Project Holly - a live tale of my 1996 E36 M3 Evo

[enthused]

Wow. You really go all out. All the mod you did will be a really nice setup for track. It is going to handle well on the track. Bilstein PSS9 coilovers is one of the most popular one. I have Tein coilovers and they are slammed. Very predictable, a little rough if daily. Do you have exhaust yet? I have UUC and the sound is addictive.

Good luck and keep us update.

I'd never heard of Tein coilovers for the E36. I thought they were JDM only :D Time for more googling! The exhaust is another story - since we're on the topic why not?
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One thing about the test drive that struck me from the beginning, and with every subsequent drive was the exhaust note. The S52 has this really nice metallic buzz zwi-aAAAAAAAAAAANG sound to it, particularly as it climbs higher through the revs.

As it came the car was fitted with a Hamann rear box (made of mild steel, but with stainless steel tail pipes) and a custom fabricated twin stainless exhaust with two resonators side by side at the position of the original cats. It sounded great!

One day I was itching to see what power the car was putting out so I put it on the dyno. I'm not sure what happened - but the exhaust seemed to rattle a little more after that and upon investigation I found that the mild steel of the muffler had corroded away leaving a fabulous hole in the exhaust.

For a quick solution a nearby welder was tasked to fix it up - RM250 later it came back with two jasma stainless steel back boxes welded side by side with my Hamann tips welded onto the end of it rather neatly... It still sounds fantastic!

Budget fix FTMFW. I'll go back and do it up properly when I find a proper muffler setup, but for now, in the spirit of keeping the car on the road, sounding good, and looking right it will do!

 

[Izso]

I'm anal about these things. That's a lot of varnish on the insides, ever considered doing a full on engine flush?

 

[DanzEterna]

I'd never heard of Tein coilovers for the E36. I thought they were JDM only :D Time for more googling! The exhaust is another story - since we're on the topic why not?
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One thing about the test drive that struck me from the beginning, and with every subsequent drive was the exhaust note. The S52 has this really nice metallic buzz zwi-aAAAAAAAAAAANG sound to it, particularly as it climbs higher through the revs.

As it came the car was fitted with a Hamann rear box (made of mild steel, but with stainless steel tail pipes) and a custom fabricated twin stainless exhaust with two resonators side by side at the position of the original cats. It sounded great!

One day I was itching to see what power the car was putting out so I put it on the dyno. I'm not sure what happened - but the exhaust seemed to rattle a little more after that and upon investigation I found that the mild steel of the muffler had corroded away leaving a fabulous hole in the exhaust.

For a quick solution a nearby welder was tasked to fix it up - RM250 later it came back with two jasma stainless steel back boxes welded side by side with my Hamann tips welded onto the end of it rather neatly... It still sounds fantastic!

Budget fix FTMFW. I'll go back and do it up properly when I find a proper muffler setup, but for now, in the spirit of keeping the car on the road, sounding good, and looking right it will do!

I remembered 1 BMWCM Facebook page was selling tein coilovers for e36. somewhere this week

 

[stupidcar]

Didn't expect ZTH forummers to have rebuilding or modding thread much.
This is great!
Always read MightyCarMods forums witht he rebuilding threads.
But can't get a Malaysia's insight.

 

[leonl]

The Tein & UUC came with the 2nd M3 I bought. I prefer Bilstein better, but those Tein held up pretty good. Better than the old and tired ones. UUC has the twin canister design also. One things about BMW engine is the power band is all across the RPM. So how is it coming along. What's next?

p/s: I thought your car is red? Did you painted it blue?

 

[BLaCkHoWLiNG]

TLG - didnt know u post here in zth

 

[vr2turbo]

Just be careful with the Contis. The side wall are prone to bulging, so do give it a regular check if using. If you have changed to RS-3, my friend's Subaru kaki are using for their track day and loving them....

 

[TitanRev]

subscribe...keep up the work bro...nice and informative thread...

 

[Tom]

Good stuff LG, yours is probably the best E36 M3 I've tasted. Good luck.

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[leonl]

TLG - didnt know u post here in zth

Sorry. Is this for me?

 

[Tom]

Sorry. Is this for me?

that was for the threadstarter i believe

 

[leonl]

that was for the threadstarter i believe

Thanks. Just don't wonna be rude.

 

[Izso]

Sorry. Is this for me?

TLG is the initials of the threadstarter (his real name).



Keep sharing btw, you got lots of interesting input in this project

 

[leonl]

TLG is the initials of the threadstarter (his real name).



Keep sharing btw, you got lots of interesting input in this project

Thanks for clearing that up. Let's continue TLG, what's next ? Turbochaging or supercharging

 

[Izso]

I'm anal about these things. That's a lot of varnish on the insides, ever considered doing a full on engine flush?

TLG : I noticed you 'thanked' my post - you probably know this or have your regular choice of brands, but if you're like me and looking for best bang for buck, the CRC engine flush is pretty good and oil seal friendly.

Leonl : if I'm not mistaken, TLG is a purist. I doubt he'll do anything out of the ordinary like FI for the stock engine