Well after much messing around with what to sell and keep I made the right decision to sell the 3dr as it just wasn't what I wanted in the end and have decided I want to build a skyline powered e46 BMW as fancy something mad to use for drifting/track days.

I have bought a 2001 330ci sport coupe this week and a 1994 rb25det skyline. So will be planning a build thread very shortly. I'm looking at around 450bhp out of the skyline motor with the car fully stripped, caged, buckets and the exterior will be full e46 m3 but all fibreglass.

I will be looking for some pointers on the way so have joined the driftworks forum and a couple of BMW forums.

I know it's not a ford but would be interested to see what you guys think.

 

Different Rich on a standard liner engine 450 will be a challenge as the pistons are weak above 400 as the piston ring land tend to crumble so the first thing would be a cheap set of gtr rods as there better than the gtst and a forged set of pistons and a cosworth head gasket and a set tomei poncams a gt30 you will see a easy 500 bhp and about 1.5 bar

 

Cheers jay. Not to clued up on tuning jap stuff but will certainly take that on board nearer the time.

 

best of luck with thethe new toys rich ,looking forward to a build thread

 

Cheers James. It's gonna be a slow process but aren't they all.

 

This will be interesting seen it done into capri's, cortina's and sierra's.

 

Nice match up. Look forward to watching this progress, good luck.

 

I will keep an eye on this thread. Hopefully you wont miss your 3dr to much.

 

Cheers guys. Thought I would miss the 3dr but can't wait for it to go today so I can get my garage back and get started.

 

Looking forward to seeing this build, good luck with it sounds like it's gonna be fun. If you need parts look at the Moff shop he does all skyline parts as a breaker.

 

I use to work for bmw a few years back and the e46 rear subframe mounts are notoriously weak and if you're going to run that sort of power you must reinforce them. Otherwise you'll crack the mounting points and that's when things get messy. Basically the n/s rear mounting point cracks first and when that fails the o/s front mounting point cracks. A lot of people refer to this as the boot floor but technically its a large structural part of the body work that sits underneath and in front of the boot floor. I'd say the majority of e46 M3s out there have had this part of the body replaced under warranty.

You'll need to reinforce the two rear mounting points by using bmw's repair method which involves injecting that area of the body with their expoxy foam which sets like concrete and prevents the mountings from flexing.

Or cut away the upper part of the boot floor to reveal the sub frame mounting points and have a custom cage tied into the points and then weld up the upper boot floor. It's a bit difficult to describe but there's loads of info out there.

Anyway, sounds like an awesome project. Just thought I'd give you the heads up on the rear floor issue.

 

You can buy reinforcement plates and weld them on, maybe ask some guys who drift etc they may know what companies to get them from.

 

http://www.redish-motorsport.com/E46...forcement.html

 

Thanks guys. I was gonna look into this as I had an m3 years ago and had it all done under warranty. im probably gonna tie the cage to just about everything so that should help.

 

Well the 330ci landed today and almost seems a shame to break it up. If anyone needs anything off it let me know as all the bumpers,trim etc are going.
The skyline will be turning up Tuesday.

 

It appears the Moff shop website is down for maintenance at mo, he has a 2.5 gts-t skyline running 600bhp+ and takes part in time attack so like I said if you need parts and help just give him a shout.

 

Cheers gaz.

 

I know Tim Moff if you need anything his car runs a gtr engine and had no end of issues with bad decisions on engine builders and tuners

 

Jay didn't he take it to abbey motorsport to get it all done and they made it run perfect or has he has issues since?

What is the car being used for? Track or track and drift? Garage D might be able to help and driftworks. No probs I'll try to help anyone I can.

Also try indigo-gt.com and speak to Ant he is a top guy and they do many of the jap cars, not much on their site so would be best to call them

 

any pics yet?

 

yeh abbey sorted all the issues out in the end

 

Soon. I only have 1 of the cars at the minute the other is not due till tues. I have to get my garage sorted next week end as moved house recently and got shit everywhere lol.

 

http://www.jdmlegion.com/KnowledgeBa...4-dbb3ee8dcfcc

Here is the wiring diagram for the rb25

 

Don't know if this will help with the bmw wiring

http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=649934

 

Cheers Gaz appreciate the help..

 

Well the skyline landed today and although its a right lemon it flies and makes all the right noises I will get some pics up at some point this week as still trying to get the garage finished so I can make a start.

 

Kool project mate look forward to it

 

Subscribed!

 

Guys help us out with how to post pics.

 

Photobucket account. Copy and paste img code. Job done

 

Nope its even easier now in the box where you write your post there is a pic of a postcard click and upload from your device

 

Sorry bud I didn't really understand that

 

Sign up to photobucket.com then uplaod your pics to photobucket then click each image and it will show 4 links by the side of the pic highlight and copy the IMG link and paste to your thread

 

Think I'm having trouble as trying to use the I pad and not my laptop. Will do it on laptop later.

 

Photobucket ipad app makes it easy Rich.

 

Of course an app. I'm usless with technology. Will get that sorted in a minute. Cheers

 

Sorry bud poxy auto correct! Sorted for u

 

 

Let's see if this works.

 

Thank fuck for that. Been pissing about for ages trying to download and update etc etc.

Well as you can see one 330ci and one skyline