Show Off Your E36 (post Pics)

Originally Posted by cj.surr

While I usually condone putting Racelands on budget E36s, I cringe when I think about them being put on an ///M. If you've got the money to buy an M3, it deserves a nicer suspension setup.

As racelands biggest supporter on here I have to agree, no racelands on ///M's

Attached Is a pic of me rolling to DOD

Notice the muffin wrapper on the lower bumper? Stayed on for 120 miles

After a nice drop on Rokkor coils and the euro tag slapped on.

Originally Posted by Poorboysracing

As racelands biggest supporter on here I have to agree, no racelands on ///M's

Attached Is a pic of me rolling to DOD

Notice the muffin wrapper on the lower bumper? Stayed on for 120 miles

Is that pic with the racelands? Also I am planning to get a set of racelands soon. I don't view them as a super upgrade. I just view them as slightly upgraded adjustable stock replacements.

I love your car DenKare, it's st00pid goodlookin'

Originally Posted by kaos_325i

Is that pic with the racelands? Also I am planning to get a set of racelands soon. I don't view them as a super upgrade. I just view them as slightly upgraded adjustable stock replacements.

Yes sir, those are racelands bottomed out

bottomed out?

i was 6 threads from bottoming out my racelands on the coupe and i was lower

Yeeeaaaaaahhh buddy!! I'm back into another e36. Just pick up a 95 325is with a few goodies. The PO says that the guy before him put in an s52 with an m50 manifold. But I'm not 100% sure on this. I'll have to check the numbers on the block to make sure. However, it does get up a whole lot faster than any of my other e36's.

Welcome back! Looks good.

An S52 into a 325 body would require an OBD swap one way or the other, but it's possible.

Yeah, he says its been swap back to obdI. Has the red label 413, been chipped for the s52 m50 manifold. Theres just a few things about it, that has me double guessing. Haven't had the time to pull stuff off, to make sure its all legit. Has a few vac leaks, cause this thing idles way to high for my liking.



The oil housing isn't metal, the vanos looks a little different. Even if this turns out to be an m52 with m50 manifold. I'm still happy, cause this car is a whole lot better than my sc3 I just got rid of!

Also, it has a fuel starvation problem. With half a tank of gas and on hard right turns only. The car acts like it wants to die. I'm not sure if it could be a dirty fuel filter, bad pump or sending unit.

Yeah, without the metal oil filter housing cap, I'd say that definitely isn't an S52. It's either an M52B25 or M52B28.

^This.

Unfortunately, I don't think you can get a good look at the vin plate while the engine is still in the car.

Whatever, M52B28 still beats an M50.

So I can't just take off the manifold to get to the plate? The car pulls pretty damn quick, maybe I'll get lucky and there's some s52 cams in there! The car seems to rev for ever, but, the rev limit might be gone.

There's gotta be a way to access a tag without pulling the engine.

Originally Posted by peels'bimmer

So I can't just take off the manifold to get to the plate? The car pulls pretty damn quick, maybe I'll get lucky and there's some s52 cams in there! The car seems to rev for ever, but, the rev limit might be gone.

I seriously doubt your rev limiter is gone. Someone would have had to mess up the tune really bad. Does it go way past 7k? It might just be a 318 cluster that reads high.

Originally Posted by ZeGerman

There's gotta be a way to access a tag without pulling the engine.

Yeah, there probably is with a mirror or something.

Originally Posted by peels'bimmer

So I can't just take off the manifold to get to the plate? The car pulls pretty damn quick, maybe I'll get lucky and there's some s52 cams in there! The car seems to rev for ever, but, the rev limit might be gone.

Can you do this?

Damn! I know I can go passed 7k. I haven't tried to go that far. I'll try tomorrow on my lunch.

^Lol dont do that, his cluster reads wrong

And isnt there a VIN number on the head where you can access with the intake mani off?

same oil filter housing as my m54b30

Originally Posted by Mr Gusta

bottomed out?

i was 6 threads from bottoming out my racelands on the coupe and i was lower

Frame is <1/2" from ground

With an ET20

Dod

That's a beautiful S60R you parked next to. Pretty stock it looks like, but that sonic blue is pretty rare to see.

Originally Posted by Poorboysracing

Frame is <1/2" from ground

With an ET20

17x8 et13 on my zhps in the rear and et 20 in the front

bottomed out no adjusters in the rear and 6 threads in the front




lol we have the same car with the same coils we cant be lower than the other unless the tire sizes are different

Originally Posted by Mr Gusta

17x8 et13 on my zhps in the rear and et 20 in the front

bottomed out no adjusters in the rear and 6 threads in the front




lol we have the same car with the same coils we cant be lower than the other unless the tire sizes are different

I dont get how my camber looks more neg. than yours in front lol...im at -3, do you know what yours is up front?