E46 320d - 4.4i v8 Drift Build

[JH86]

Might aswell post the progress as it allways great to have a build thread time line

This is a conversion I've wanted to do for a life time, just ask @IL

Personally I think it will be the best bang for my buck as a drift car with a friend buying a 3l m3 caged drifter for 10k just a few weeks ago and it not being 10ks worth of power in theory I'll have a few hp more for half the price and a lot better spec

Plus when a m3 throws a leg out of bed he's literally up **** creek where I can just keep throwing cheap b44s at mine

Anyyy who

I bought this daily back in june maybe
04 320d es 6 speed tested for a locka months for a neck breaking £400

Then for some silly reason we painted it nardo can't think of a logical reason why

Two non skebby wings and a genuine m3 bumper for £20

Tyres where scrap on mv2s these where forsale ideal for drift cars being e39 offset

Very eastern European spec I know but I never fitted the smaller tyres or the coils just ended up dailying it because its a silly diesel car it'd very very hard to like a diesel e46

More updates in a few mins

 

[JH86]

Then with contacting a lot of engish sellers of anything with a 4.4 in it and not being able to give people money I decided to go down X5 route as I do alot of selling car parts all round Europe X5 Is a no brainer as there's more value in them than an e39 or a daft 7 series

This absolute peach and I mean peach came up in Omagh and about a week of haggling and £1100 later it was on the lorry

2001 X5 4.4 e53 sport
120k
Fault free immaculate car tested to April with the most raceyest set of 22s and 4 new tyres

I haven't found a word that best describes the interior colour as yet

 

[TalkToFrank]

This is brilliant! Before you dismantle the x5.... Can you cut the exhaust off at the downpipes and make some real rash limiter videos??

 

[MarkM]

Baby poo, interior is definitely baby poo

 

[DUB_MK3]

Hero hammy

 

[JH86]

This is brilliant! Before you dismantle the x5.... Can you cut the exhaust off at the downpipes and make some real rash limiter videos??

Did that earlier today wasent impressed tbh sounded ok but limiter was silent

 

[JH86]

More info

I'll be using my origonal 6 speed diesel box mated to the v8 no gash adaptors etc

Flywheel is orded hopefully here Monday


X5 also has a 4.0something rato rear diff I'll steal that as welll

I kneeled down under an X5 last year and said aye sump will be fine

on the lift turns out that was a big stretch of the imagination

Bought a full rwd setup just incase can sell what's one not used anyway

Then to the reason the I got over 1k off the x5, it's pishing oil and pishing oil it is, well not really just looks bad needs a v plate gasket and rear crank seal

Both ordered from bavarian along with oe flywheel bolts

Pics of the rather ignorant sump

As you can see it's inline with hub ctr as is e46 subframe

I've a brutal amount of parts been arriving flat out but will show as there used

More pics of engine removal and cleaning soon

 

[Simon83]

A fella I used to work with from Middlesbrough did quite a few of these conversions for drifting. He would have bought 540 & 740’s with short MOTs and drove them until the MOT expired. He would have then used the running gear for drifting and parted out the rest of the car.

 

[Jonny]

Yes young Hammy. Excellent

 

[southsky sunrise]

Class Hammy. Il have to get my finger out n get my touring track ready. My mate Gareth built a v8 46 and the thing was an animal. Health to slide surrr

 

[j44nty]

Subscribed. Excellent

 

[JH86]

What touring is it you have Fred?

 

[southsky sunrise]

it’s a 328 se mate. Striped out, welded, have 20d shafts and new seta lowering springs to go in it and set of turbines to go on but just can get the frekn time to get near it

 

[JH86]

it’s a 328 se mate. Striped out, welded, have 20d shafts and new seta lowering springs to go in it and set of turbines to go on but just can get the frekn time to get near it

I'll take it if the price is right

 

[southsky sunrise]

Nah too dear for you @£1000 mate

 

[JH86]

Changed the 320d with the car needing stripped to nearly bare it was senseless using the nardo car I'll just keep dailying it

Bought this fine beast 136hp in the finest of horrible colours

Also the 2wd sump and all the hard ware

Just waiting on flywheel and clutch then the measurements can be taken for machine work for the two bell housings

More updates soon

 

[JH86]

Still no flywheel
Still no bolts
Still no crankshaft oil seals

The rear overfenders and skirts currently being made should be here mid January

Front over fenders still not arrived either

Hate this waiting game

Few random pics

 

[pablo]

what are you doing with the green one? hard to spot any attractive qualities there lol

 

[JH86]

The green one is the shell I'm using now, the nardo one makes a great workhorse

The green one was £100 and I'll not replace the nardo workhorse for £100 so sorta makes sense

 

[Steve]

Looks like a monumental amount of work lol. Will be brilliant when finished. Subscribed!

 

[mayweather]

Watching this with great interest!

 

[JH86]

Watching this with great interest!

Hopefully stops you putting a m3 donkey in an e30

 

[JH86]

Look what actually turned up

Have to say it's very light and very well made

Few days on the drink and then make a start stripping the 320d

 

[JH86]

I'm inbetween units atm left one a few months ago to get this new one, but its taking a while so it's a nutience working out of friends places but hopefully get keys this week

Big X5 was stripped of its horrific lump
Turns out it had remus cat backs on it

320d was half picked at anothrr friends place over the new year when I was bored yes that's a wood saw all I had for a stubborn boost pipe

320d being delivered to where the x5 currently is at 10am tomorro to have its teeth pulled out, as my new unit is only next door works out well

 

[JH86]

The light is terrible for pics

320d now stripped

Some size difference

Degreased and power washed, nothing more hatefull than oil and ***** everywhere

2wd sump is looking like a no go tbh not as easy as first thought either heavily mod or a steel conversion sump

Other than that gearbox cut and shut will work fine

Got keys to new place today so delighted