» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | looove 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 0 Replies, 408 Views | | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:45 PM 04-13-2024 11:45 PM 0 Replies, 213 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:43 PM 04-13-2024 11:44 PM 1 Replies, 139 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:40 PM 04-13-2024 11:41 PM 1 Replies, 138 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:38 PM 04-13-2024 11:39 PM 1 Replies, 143 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:36 PM 04-13-2024 11:37 PM 1 Replies, 137 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:35 PM 04-13-2024 11:35 PM 0 Replies, 120 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:34 PM 04-13-2024 11:34 PM 0 Replies, 126 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:33 PM 04-13-2024 11:33 PM 0 Replies, 118 Views | | | | | | 11-24-2009, 07:24 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver Posts: 373 | BMW Compact Rally Car Build I'm getting started on a rally car build. Figured I'd start with a quick 'how did I get here' rundown. I got hooked on racing about 10 years ago on a frozen lake in the mountains of Colorado. I've been bitten by the auto-x and rally-x bug, racing an Impreza RS, Miata, 323 GTX, and most recently an Evo. After a few years racing in parking lots, I got the itch to get more serious about playing in the dirt and put a cage in my Mazda GTX and brought my wife along...literally...as the navvie calling out the pace notes. We had some fun in the Mazda, but it was old and beat so we upgraded to the Evo IX. We've had great fun with it and some pretty good success, but we're really interested in getting out into the woods with some stage rallies. After careful budget considerations, we've come to the conclusion that rallying a top level car is a bit out of reach, so we're looking to build a 2wd car and will save the Evo for Pikes Peak. I always had great fun in the Miata, so I knew we'd be looking for a RWD car, but most of the common RWD stuff is 1970s era, and I've had enough with rallying old vehicles after the GTX. After some youtube'ing of rally videos from Europe, I stumbled across the BMW Compact Cup, and I was sold. I started looking for a 318TI and found one a couple weeks ago on this site. It was a high mileage car at 240,000 miles, but the most important thing was that it is rust free. Here's a shot of it on the scales. 3100 lbs on the nose with 2 people in it. It weighed 2820 with an 1/8th tank of gas. Waaaaay to heavy, so lets get started! This is what she looked like after a day in the garage. Most of the interior is gone, but I've yet to tackle the dash and associated wiring. End of day two, and the motor is almost out. Rear bumper and back half of the exhaust was removed as well. That's all I've got for now, thanks for reading! Dave ps - if you're local and need parts from a decent running 318Ti, LMK. Last edited by DaveKern; 02-08-2010 at 06:00 AM. | | | 11-24-2009, 07:26 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Or Posts: 2,666 | Don't forget to cap the shock towers, they are thin metal. I'd do them from the bottom side if your tearing things that far out. Then add the turner upper shock mounts. Dave __________________ Dave - PDX 1995 318ti - Active Black and Tan. 2005 330xi - Mtech 1 - 6spd - Orient Blue/Black | | | 11-24-2009, 07:32 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver Posts: 373 | Quote: Originally Posted by pdxmotorhead Don't forget to cap the shock towers, they are thin metal. I'd do them from the bottom side if your tearing things that far out. Then add the turner upper shock mounts. | Thanks! That's going to be on the to-do list for sure and was one of the first things I learned about BMWs on the rally forum. I haven't decided on many things to do with the build, but my current plans are to strip it down to bare shell and find a place to acid dip the chassis, so we can start seam welding it. That'll be a great time to go after the weak areas of the chassis and fatten them up. Dave | | | 11-23-2011, 02:48 PM | #4 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 6 | Shock Towers! Quote: Originally Posted by pdxmotorhead Don't forget to cap the shock towers, they are thin metal. I'd do them from the bottom side if your tearing things that far out. Then add the turner upper shock mounts. Dave | Absolutely cap them if you're going to be doing heavy driving. We learned the hard way that they're somewhat fragile. Lol! | | | 11-23-2011, 07:19 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver Posts: 373 | Quote: Originally Posted by Zigfried3 Absolutely cap them if you're going to be doing heavy driving. We learned the hard way that they're somewhat fragile. Lol! | Rear towers were cut out completely and replaced with a single bolt setup. Fronts were reinforced with the factory add-on rings which were welded to the underside of the shock towers. On my "wish" list is removing the engine bay fuse box and relocating them inside with the real purpose being that I want to extend the roll cage through the firewall and have it meet up with the shock towers. Dave | | | 11-24-2011, 10:07 PM | #6 | Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Long Beach CA Posts: 88 | Quote: Originally Posted by DaveKern Rear towers were cut out completely and replaced with a single bolt setup. Fronts were reinforced with the factory add-on rings which were welded to the underside of the shock towers. On my "wish" list is removing the engine bay fuse box and relocating them inside with the real purpose being that I want to extend the roll cage through the firewall and have it meet up with the shock towers. Dave | Moving the fuse block is easy if you can snag another harness somewhere so you can maintain colors but it may not be long enough I changed a Toyota pickup harness from RhD to LHD in an afternoon; some had to be extended to the right or left side; some had to be shortened etc, Stagger all the joints; solder them and use double wall shrink tube; it has sealant/glue inside it Make a gizmo using alligator clips to hold the wires while you join them. And OH!..don't forget to put the piece of shrinktube on before you solder the joint...ask me | | | 11-24-2009, 10:35 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Memphis, Tn Posts: 1,299 | Looking good. I am interested in this build very much. __________________ custom dual exhaust,M3 front and rear bumper, 10.4 inch roof mount drop screen, Viper alarm system, DSII's rims, M3 Vader Seats, M3 Mirrors, Carbon Fiber CAI, Smoked Corners, Side Markers, Leatherz armrests, black grilles 225k miles and still the Ti goes on | | | 11-24-2009, 11:12 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 | Cool! Keep us updated with (bigger?) pics! | | | 11-25-2009, 12:45 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Avondale, Az Posts: 203 | Sounds interesting,what engine are you going with? | | | 11-25-2009, 01:08 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver Posts: 373 | Quote: Originally Posted by KINGAMR Sounds interesting,what engine are you going with? | I found a 1995 S50 swap, engine, trans, wiring harness, ecu. Was going to wait on the announcement till I had pics. Should arrive sometime next week though. Dave | | | 11-25-2009, 01:52 AM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 | looking forward to this project, I think you're the only person on here making a dedicated rally car | | | 11-25-2009, 02:19 AM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver Posts: 373 | Quote: Originally Posted by tiFreak looking forward to this project, I think you're the only person on here making a dedicated rally car | For now...just wait till I get up pictures of the cars from the Compact Cup in Europe. Hopefully someone else might join in the madness. One of the beauties of a rally car is that they are street legal and insured, so you could daily drive it. I won't be, but have friends that were DD'ing their rally cars for a while. I'm currently working on getting a price quotes from one of the suppliers for the BMW Compact Cup for the full body kit, underbody bracing, lexan windows, and rally suspension. I won't be using the same drivetrain as those guys, as the S14 and sequential transmissions are $$,$$$! Dave | | | 11-25-2009, 02:38 AM | #13 | Z3 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Usa Posts: 660 | Make it look like the one and only REAL rally Ti... ________ roor bong pictures Last edited by Bozola; 01-31-2011 at 04:36 PM. | | | 11-25-2009, 02:39 AM | #14 | Z3 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Usa Posts: 660 | Last edited by Bozola; 01-31-2011 at 04:37 PM. | | | 11-25-2009, 05:41 AM | #15 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Denver Posts: 373 | Quote: Originally Posted by Bozola | Is that a PNW based car? Dave | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |