Update on the E36 M3 Project - Plans and Overview
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- So what exactly am I doing with this Techno Violet E36 M3? The idea is to restore the car to its original glory and add some small tweaks like clear corners and custom M-Cross Recaros, Brembo BBK, BBS E87s, and some TTX Ohlins coilovers! This is my first real venture into turning a "stinky old car" into a like-new from the factory with some OEM+ touches to bring it up to a 2021 M car standard. All I know is that this car is going to be amazing!
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Matt: This time I take my time....ordered everything in 24h instead of 8h 😂😂😂
I'm stoked you're doing dry ice blasting on this thing. I'm fascinated by that whole process, and I bet it'll turn out great.
I'm stoked to see Matt say "Um, you missed a spot...and here too, and here." 😂
@@ccwnyc5671 I love when a client says that... Because unlike using water, I can just hit that spot and in 2 seconds, it's done!
@@ccwnyc5671 We're going to try to do a live reveal today with Matt at OG. I am genuinely concerned it will be just that. Matt, "Looks good, but what about this spot...."
@@ScottAles we're all excited about the upcoming reveal. Matt will love it. His minions will all want it done too.
So will your new garage be better humidity controlled? 🤔
Pro tip for some OEM+ wheels. Get some style 21's!
Also you could install a X brace in the front, they come on convertibles and they fit right onto all e36's. They help stiffen up the front a bunch.
He’s getting the LTW style 24s
Yeah the 24’s are the gold standard on these cars for OE wheels. +1 on X Brace from Vert and LTW.
@@j.3854 The X-Brace will bolt on except most of the 1996-99 cars didn't come with the necessary Rivnuts in the front subframe. There's 4 holes in the front subframe that must have the appropriate rivnuts installed.
@@danielsdayoff Jupp, you only need to pop in 4 riv nuts.
If you want a Brembo big Brake kit but in original BMW parts you can use the E46M3 CSL front Disks and the 6piston BMW Performance Calipers.
A company named "Epytec" here in Germany makes the Adapter for this conversion.
But with this BBK you only can use 18inch wheels.
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
Just use the oem water pump. This is the same case as the E92 rod bearings. The pumps easily last 60k-80k and don't start leaking like the metal propeller.
Also, use the oem plastic thermostat housing, metal ones warp and leak over time.
Agree. Plastic impellers are totally fine - also less weight to spin.
Yeah, I believe BMW revised the pump propeller to be made with composite material which is far stronger than the original plastic.
I was thinking the same thing. Metal albeit stronger is heavier. The composite material is lighter will spin more efficiently for a lot longer and causes least damage to the bearings. I hate that there is no definitive proof whether metal or plastic impeller is the best hands down.
That BMW OE water pump is actually fine - it has a composite impeller, far better than the old plastic ones that crack. I'd actually use a composite impeller over a metal one, since the heavier (cast) impellers place more wear on the bearings
Stewart pump
Stewart is much better still.
There are so many people in the comments that know these cars. It's incredible the amount knowledge here
When you do the clutch also replace the Clutch Release Fork (Part #: 21511223302) and the Ball Pin (Part #: 21511223328). I’d get the Stainless Steel Pin from BimmerWorld (Part #: RE.CLU.PIN). Part of the reason your Clutch engages so low is that the Fork has wear on it. A tiny amount of wear on that fork, yields a tremendous amount of lowered clutch engagement. My buddy is an E36 BMW Guru.
Your Tommy collab brought me here. I’ve been hooked ever since. Watching your wash and talks. I like your videos cause they are longer and your much mature then Tommy or Adam. I love the differences in the three of you.
Buy the BMW specific rear ball joint and trailing arm tool. Allows you to remove and replace pressed in BJs with hand tools. Otherwise you are signing up for a hellacious job.
When doing the plugs and coils do the valve cover gasket and test the vanos while you have it open.
I see at end said you already did the plugs and coils.. easy enough to get back in there. Also when get the valve cover off don’t freak out when you see white creamy crap all over the top of the cover - this is ‘normal’ when hasn’t been driven much - condensation and then driving pulls all the crap to the top - they call it bmw milk
@@bcastromusic Same with any I/C Engine that hasn't had the Oil allowed to reach operating temperature. Just condensation forming in the Oil. Not ideal...but not the end of the world.
I’m upset, I work right next door, literally 10ft away from the dry ice blasting guy and I didn’t get to see Tommy’s car
Clutch pedal bushing is another must if you aren’t replacing the whole pedal that’s how they crack
Glovebox sag is also caused from that top vent section above the glove box not fully clipping in.
I've had a hard time finding a how-to about this...
The OEM seats are really nice (shape and condition). I’d leave those bad boys. They’re ALREADY OEM+!
I agree, but Matt said previously he wanted to get a lower seat for the extra headroom. Those seat at crazy nice tho
Do a slicktop for headroom! I agree on keeping the stock seats. The Speeds got nothing on these.
It will be crazy to replace those seats, they are one of the signature features of the e36 m3
I think the dry ice is going to work out quite well, I can’t wait to see the results of it but after sending you that video Matt it looks like that is the way to go!
The ones I know have been using the dry ice for a while is Griot's Garage because of their section in their shop that does restorations. That type of setup must cost a lot🤦🏽♂️🤑 but definitely very fast and effective of what it does.
@@1stfrompuertorico568 how long until he and the staff send their others cars to get dry ice blasted? It is Obsessed Garage.🤣
@@ccwnyc5671 I don't know, just wondering who close to them have it available to enjoy watching it since Griot's Garage has the device in their installation but still no video on it. All I know it is expensive but effective cleaning method.
@@1stfrompuertorico568 Stay tuned fellas! Matt is only 20 miles from my shop and the TV e36 is in my warehouse!! Starting tomorrow.
@@ccwnyc5671 Hmm.... not long?
Coffee and an E36 Techno Violet beauty!!! Definitely the Midnight purple in an "M" color.
Amen to that dude thats first thing i did when i bought my car re upholsterer all the seats & get new carpet its the small things you do thats the most satisfying 👊
Looking forward to this project
Finally a real project resto rig, pumped for content
This TV color made me cry, I used to have one with Modena interior, sold it for a dirt cheap 5 years ago. That was one worse decision I made in my life. Beautiful TV!
Ohh Ohlins!!!! That’s going to be a super sweet M buddy! Always the best of the best with Mr Matt! I truely appreciate your “OCD” and the fact that you have enough funding to build such perfect cars. We all love seeing it and would love to own some, but majority of us could not do what you can because of funding. So I think that makes it even more enjoyable to watch as you perform your magic. Keep it up!
This car came to the RIGHT HOME !
Matt, I highly recommend getting the X-brace for this car, very simple swap and it made a nice difference on mine. Congrats on the e36 from one Techno Violet owner to another
I have a crazy idea for you( and I can help you)
Buy a new pressure washer with an integrated diagram pump which will allow you to leave a system with two hp pipes that will end up to a new and improved version of the mosmatic gun the would have a built in foam canon
Love the attention to detail on this
so excited for this series!!
Wow thing is stupid clean!
I got me a box from FCP Euro today. They're a great company.
Best company for most Bavarian Cars tbh. Life time warranty is a super plus for it
Hey.. a few suggestions.
The amber indicators must stay.
Remove rear spoiler..
This really make the M3 look most desirable..
Great content 👍
26:06 just caught Matty slipping with the F bomb lol
Fog light delete!
My thought exactly.
You can use that attachment in the diegrinder the Milwaukee ones that little collar pulls out then you can stick it in and tighten
Great looking e36. Sounds like you’ve got a great plan for it. How about a walk around of the off-road Toyota 4Runner in the back ground.
So pumped for this!
This color is growing on me more every video. Beautiful car.
Love the videos and how you are going to bring this back to what it was
Matt: "Don't hoard stuff. Just throw it away and buy new when you need it."
Also Matt: "I'll probably have 7 sets of wheels for this."
Also also Matt: "We should have 50 chairs just strewn around the place."
I had sunflowers exactly like yours and bought a new set of OEM 17inch Motorsports for mine which look spot on !
32:00 get in, release parking brake, press clutch pedal ....be amazed
I love the shit this guys says, "Don't be a guy, be a man. Throw it away and buy it again when you need it" Just recently subscribed after seeing the civic on Savagegeese. This car was one of my dream cars, can't wait to see everything you do to it. I know you won't ruin it like Throtl, haha.
Can see you’re not from the classic car world. Those factory stickers in that condition are extremely rare. Makes the car so unique and would score heaps of points at a concours event.
Dream e36 interior
Loving these uploads... can’t wait to see the mods
Oh yeah pretty easy access to do the headers... Famous last words. I hate doing headers on these cars with a passion.
Do the euro m3 rad and tank setup, its far better and easier to bleed
Don't forget the rear trailing arm bushings.
love it. so cool bro! love your gear and style! god bless keep up the good work! your my life and car guru so one day wish to meet you for a coffee.
Find a set of Dinan fikse fm5’s!
I’m interested to see what brackets and seat rails you choose because that is notoriously a pain in the ass. Can’t wait to see more.
Man fikse makes such nice wheels too and they're light
@@Shiftheads IMO some of the best wheels you can buy!
Those are some OG wheels. Love them
I like your CZcams. PPE. Eyes and hands. Stay safe !
I can’t wait to see how this turns out. I’m redoing my ‘97 328is right now, just wish I had the same budget as you. Lol. Can you post a list of where you get all your parts from? I would like to use some of the same parts on my build.
30:29 the relationship between the alignment of the m badge and the roundel!!!!!!
Ya love the mid torque. It just rounded out 3/5 of my oem BMW lug bolts this morning. Lol fml and thanks to whatever a hole torqued them on
More videos E36 ♥
You are not helping me hold off on the Ohlins for my AP2 S2K. The quality on these just seem incredible. Would have loved to be able to afford them when I had my E36.
You don't want to polish this twice indeed. The clear is really hard, my black one was a nightmare to correct without a lot of aggressiveness.
BMW just changed the US floor mats... kept the same part number but now they say ‘M’ in some wrong font and not ‘M3’ quality isn’t as good either. Also look out for the optional factory black M3 trunk mat ... NLA but can still find them every now and then.
I’m a jealous you’re doing dry ice, I clean the undercarriage of my ‘98 M3/4/5 by hand with steamer and pressure washer... takes forever and opens can of worms when I start removing the brownish factory wax
First the EM1 series scratched an itch I had for a regular car I’ve owned. Now you get the Barney E36! Dude my dream cars. Love this series.
Btw don’t listen to the haters. 90% of them weren’t even around when these cars were new like we were. Shit, I still have memories of DTM Power days and early Bimmerforums. Back when Dado’s Dakar M3 was the bees knees.
This techno project is so cool. That’s a sick base to start from. I know you like the really high end Moton stuff. But I’m surprised you didn’t contact the guys at Ground Control or TC Kline out of Ohio for their set ups. Plenty good.
I recommend upgrading to the chase bays tripled baffled power steering kit. It wont leak or “sweat” like the oem ones tend to do over time and the fluid always stays leveled especially during hard turns and corners
Takes courage... investing so much into an e36 M3, doing such a long video, going into such detail. It’s a love of labour, like you’ve accustomed us. Doing a R&T Ohlins set for my e46 M3, but I’m curious about the real life differences between that setup. Never drove a car with Ohlins
Surprised you haven’t removed that little antenna from the rear windshield yet.
I hope that comes soon. I did that to my w203 as soon as I got it.
When and/or if you pull the tranny out there's an all metal throw out bearing that's a much more durable upgrade for the plastic oe throw out bearing. I bought mine from Active Autowerk. I've had to pull my tranny and replace just the throw out bearing due to the grease drying out and frying the plastic casing. So, "while I was in there" I also did a complete clutch replacement...
You mentioned a low bite point in the clutch pedal , you need to change to a braided house between the clutch master cylinder and the slave cylinder I did this mod not long after I got my car 18 years ago and it's still perfect.
No nibs , no shine ! Right on , i like it
Good stuff. Can't wait for the E46.
Can't wait for the civic giveaway!!!
Very much looking forward to the content here.
My e36 is the same color techno violet 💜. I got bbs style 5 rims off an 5 series.
That purple has grown on me. 🔥
I’d highly highly recommend the turner/corsa rsc36 catback. One of the best sounding exhausts for this platform.
Matt, you could have used the paddle wheels with your regular drill driver, I've used them several times on my janky vehicles over the years. The chuck will accept all of those. Paddle wheels are the way to go, gets the surface rust off super quick, does make quite a bit of mess though. BTW, rear trailing arm suspension.
Get the headliner and interior panels wrapped in Alcantera, it’s the best couple k you will spend on the interior of a car.
I have no idea how a big dude like Matt fits in Recaro Speeds
Love handle mod.
Have you thought about Evans waterless coolant if you are draining the cooling system?
Excited to see a decon, clay, 845 without polishing. Wondering how it’ll look.
I was SO happy to finally see Euro content on here. Now PLEASE PLEASE Matt buy either a W202 C43 V8 or consider a 1990-1995 500E (the ones assembled by Porsche).
At 19:36 just breathing all that dust in lol
M50 intake manifold, best power mod for up in the revs, do it.
you could name it chocolate as its the same colour as our cadbury chocolate brands main colour on their packaging here in oz, also the fusso coat wax has a pretty hard core coating also as another option to swiss
Those vader seats are so rare and expensive, 1500-2000 euros here in Europe.
Matt why don’t you have a little dedicated cart for your tools and parts as you work around the car. Would be easier for you
M50NV head swap with Cams and Vanos drills and install + M50 Intake
EVERY single bushing on it needs refreshing, every single one...
Please put up a video of the Decon and the waxing
Can't be rolling around with nibs....LOL got me dying
Look how easy that driver door opens...
Hit up Garagistic for those trans bushings
A e46 m3 six speed with a short rear end like. 3.46 would be wicked! Once you do exhaust you’ll notice how bad these cars need a sixth gear
surprised Wahba hasn't converted him to studs and lug nuts....especially if he's going to have multiple sets of wheels. Lug bolts are such a pain.
It’s an independent rear suspension.
How much legal Cannabis mg is it on? To operate at that speed? I’ll might buy it if it can hit 233.2 k top speed. On stock tune of course. Nice work keep it up. I love that OCD tribute to this E36. This might be the most fine E36 M US spec contenders? Pardon my English.
My car had super low bite too and turned out to be the Throwout bearing and the sleeve being messed up. Check up on that too. I did a whole refresh in my trans. Jb racing flywheel from Bimmerworld with Sachs m5 clutch and Sachs m3 pressure plate from FCPEURO.
Matt is the type of guy you want to sell your car to
Matt, this isn't a civic. take your time.We're a fan of your garage.
Matt doesn't want to admit it, but off scene he uses Michelle's cuticle cutters to denib the tires. 😁
What Impactgun are you using to remove the Wheel? It is amazing, so quite!
Deleted for wrong info.
Zhp is a direct swap
@@jonathanmoga5188 You're right, thought I remembered some differences in how the cooling line mounted, but that was with the steelbodied racks. ZHP is actually (potentially) less complicated to swap.
Remove cdv valve on clutch Pressure line quicker clutch takeup...
Hey Matt, can you add the anti seize for Porsche centerlocks to your store? Very tricky to find online, especially outside of the states, and there would be alot of overlap between the customer bases (in relative terms).
That’s not a bad idea.
Where did you get the door cards from? It looks like there’s no speakers in them, so you plan to add them or leave them out?
nothing is wrong with allignment...it is called positive camber and it is for better cornering... disadvantage is uneeven tire wear