The NEW BMW Project Car!

Say hello to the Channel's new Project Car..... but what are the plans???

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[Wandering_Horse]

Ok, as a former BMW shop owner....Timing Chain guides on that little M44 are a must. Thermostat housing is a leaky bit. You're going to probably find a few stripped valve cover bolts. Once you go Speeduino and ditch that god aweful intake and go itb it should really wake up! Oh ya clutch is dual mass, your going to want to ditch that diesel truck bit and go with a single mass. I believe there was one available from the dealer in the European market. Some have converted with an M20 flywheel, most blow the quid on the aftermarket bit. That's all I got, sounds like you got this under control, looking forward to your adventure. I have built more than a few E30's and E36's for racing so this should be fun to watch ;)

[vileib]

Make it lighter and weigh all unnecessary bits.

[bwm]

Had a 325ti 6spd manual e46 back in the day. Great driving car.

[ferenckiss]

Building a budget rally car, and go to an amateur rally with it!!! :D

[Levibetz]

Oh yeah want more schemes? Well I don't know if this would work, but if there's an NA rally class you may have an advantage if you could retrofit the awd drivetrain from an e46 into the shorty. You'd probably want to weld up the center diff as they're very slippy, but you'd end up with a light, short, tossable car with good power that's probably similar in weight to a subaru, but shorter in wheelbase and more powerful NA. But it looks like the frame may not kick up enough to clear a cv axle in the e36. You'd probably have to use the e46 upright as well. As for names, maybe like Stubbeamer or StubBMW or something?

[willbennett]

you'll have to keep it under 2000cc including forced induction equivalence to be even slightly competitive

[mugencity]

Yay glad to see you're back. I was just going through your videos hoping to see a new one.

[Uschimcfly]

A ongoing list with all the updates would be nice. Thanks 😊

[Mangusts]

Build a stroker out off this engine with ITB and try to make similar to BMW s14 engine
Its easy to make it look like rally bmw: Put on some mud flaps, m3 style front bumper, spoiler and skid plate

[trythistv]

185, 000 is nicely broken in, You won't have to worry about stiff ball joints or anything like that!
Excited to see you back, I was just given a roll of glass fiber nylon filament for my 3d printer, I'm excited to see if I can get up to anything interesting with that!

[thundercrowz]

I think buying a 6 cylinder to put in it would be perfect and then most likely turbo it.

[madzuki]

Fit the offset M3 solid lollipop bushes to the front. Huge difference. The rear beam can be made adjustable, I have a spare if you need one, easier to slot it all in in one go.
Interested to see you going throttle bodies, planning the same on a Z3 with the same engine.

[KiloWhisky]

You should build something like 318 ti cup in germany or the rally version seen in Belgium. Keep the 4 cylinders engine for light weight and race it every week-end 😅😅😅

[CYMRU]

I'd say forget the supercharger and just put the M54 3.0 engine from an E46 330i in it. Remember if you're road rallying you're limited to N/A 4cyl if i remember correctly, a 6cyl engine is ok for a stage car though. Rebuild the diff and add some extra clutch plates for better lock up!

[mbikers]

Never thought I would see a BMW, not to mention that its an m44.. looking forward to see your approach on modding this one!

[joseandressaravia]

BMW 318 TI: SILVER STREAK. That could be a name.

[karmatose]

I put that Z3 rack in my E30 and it was the best bang for buck upgrade I did to the car. Excited to see where this one goes.

[glennrosheuvel]

Put itbs on the engine ig its a m44 or m42? That would be realy cool

[linuxuser]

those m4x engines have adjustable cam sprockets from the factory. maybe play with the cam timing a little once you start modding it

[johnathanbennett]

Epic!! I’m building a saxo to go rallying atm, thought about a compact but then had the saxo as an RX car al already caged etc. so looking forward to this!