"Mad Max's " S54 powered E9 project
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Did you use E36 M3 mount arms? They bolt right up and seem to place the engine in a different spot than the stock arms at least.
Hey Randy you can start right here
http://www.e9coupe.com/forum/threads/1971-3-0-roller-chassis-body-work-done.23861/
yes , once we got the subframe in the correct location, we were able to use stock e36 mounts .
after getting the trans mounted , next was to get a shifter built. We had to cut , shorten a late mode shift tower , then cut and shorten a shifter linage to fit that tower, and the last step was to make a bracket that held up the tail of shift tower
modified tower and linkage
shortened tower
tower and linage installed
Prepping for tower bracket/ mount install
Shifter is done
Next problem was the driveshaft center support bearing mounts were in the wrong place, cut out the old new and fabbed up some new ones from scratch and welded them into place ,
Killer work Brendan!
Just remember that last bolt on the Guido before you try to lay down some rubber tracks . . .
Just remember that last bolt on the Guido before you try to lay down some rubber tracks . . .
started laying out the cooling system. using an E28 535 rad, and making my own coolant hoses to mount up to the S54
E28 rad mounted
Cut off the e9 rad mount and used the e28 parts,
placed the e46 M3 exp. tank where it will reside after I fab some brackets for it
view of upper Rad Hose , used one 90Degree hose coupled with a 45 , still needs a bit of tweeking
E28 rad mounted
Cut off the e9 rad mount and used the e28 parts,
placed the e46 M3 exp. tank where it will reside after I fab some brackets for it
view of upper Rad Hose , used one 90Degree hose coupled with a 45 , still needs a bit of tweeking
Amazing work!
Heads up that several members are looking for the OEM passenger side radiator bracket.
Heads up that several members are looking for the OEM passenger side radiator bracket.
what happened to the green car at the end?
no pictures of the finished car?
no pictures of the finished car?
Started on the rear suspension conversion to e28 component's . I had done this on my Green Race car where I felt free to do what I wanted. On this car being a street car I was trying to keep the fab work to a minimum , and bolt on type stuff. It would appear that is NOT possible. I have tried numerous different ways to get this done, and finally just started cutting and fabbing up my own parts to get the e28 stuff to work . If you guys are interested Ill start a new detailed thread how to for e28 conversion . Holler.
the biggest difficultly is the shocks , the e9 stuff has the coil on the trailing arm while the e28 is a coil over, the upper shock mounts are to small for coil over , and the location of the lower mount puts the shock coil assembly at a difficult angle , . I was hoping that we could cut out the stock shock tower and weld in an e28/e12 tower , this still left an undesirable angle and was too short , so we eventually just made our own.
stock e9 shock tower
a "mock up stock e28 shock , notice the misalignment up into the stock shock tower, and lack of room for the coil
Cut out the old tower, and the boxed that it attaches to
the e12/ 28 tower that we tried to make work , but ended up being to short and the angle was too severe for the shock to work correctly
New coil over shock from Ground control , note spherical bearing lower mount to help with the severe angle
Our own shock tower from scratch before getting located in the inner fender
the new tower tacked in to place
everything tacked into place , ready to be boxed in, and welded completely
the biggest difficultly is the shocks , the e9 stuff has the coil on the trailing arm while the e28 is a coil over, the upper shock mounts are to small for coil over , and the location of the lower mount puts the shock coil assembly at a difficult angle , . I was hoping that we could cut out the stock shock tower and weld in an e28/e12 tower , this still left an undesirable angle and was too short , so we eventually just made our own.
stock e9 shock tower
a "mock up stock e28 shock , notice the misalignment up into the stock shock tower, and lack of room for the coil
Cut out the old tower, and the boxed that it attaches to
the e12/ 28 tower that we tried to make work , but ended up being to short and the angle was too severe for the shock to work correctly
New coil over shock from Ground control , note spherical bearing lower mount to help with the severe angle
Our own shock tower from scratch before getting located in the inner fender
the new tower tacked in to place
everything tacked into place , ready to be boxed in, and welded completely
PrussianMotors
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Pretty cool stuff here.
I was wondering, did you look into a z3 rear end as a possible swap candidate?
I was wondering, did you look into a z3 rear end as a possible swap candidate?
I used the ground control setup on the front too
Mike Yaskin ?? No I had not considered that, , I will have to remember that for a future project .
Today we got the rear shock towers finished up and completely welded into place . Fair amount of work, but turned out nice , now we got the car on the ground in the rear , still have a few issue's to sort out the rear compl
New tower getting welded in place
from the top side
excess trimmed off and completely welded in place
coil over shock installed
close up of spherical lower mount
had to cut some access holes to be able to weld all the way around the new tower
complete shock tower
are you going to add the rear diff brace?
is it already there?
is it already there?
PrussianMotors
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Am I Mike Yaskin? No. He's at my shop often though. Refers to us as the River People.
I'm working on my first e9 right now. I'm going to attempt a z3 front and rear suspension swap. As I was taking the engine out yesterday, I decided on the front as well!
I love that you're a few steps ahead of me.. so I can follow your lead. Thank you!
I'm working on my first e9 right now. I'm going to attempt a z3 front and rear suspension swap. As I was taking the engine out yesterday, I decided on the front as well!
I love that you're a few steps ahead of me.. so I can follow your lead. Thank you!
I do plan on reinforcing the diff mount, but in a more substantial manner than you are probably thinking , I will basically have a strut brace in the rear that ties into the diffmount .
another piece of the rear suspension conversion that needs to be taken car of is where the trailing arms mount to the subframe . on the later model subframe's the trailing arm mount closer to the top which creates interference with the body. To take care of this we cut out the stock body /floor panel, and made some pockets for the trailing arms to have a enough clearance to rotate as they should
the trailing arm hitting against the body /floor pan
Floor pan before modification
We cut out the floorpan , note trailing arm pocking though
The pocket we made welded into place
New trailing arm pocket from inside the car