Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted June 22, 2008 Been talking about it for long enough, time to start it now. I'm building an E28 open class car for the BMW series, and will keep all up to date with the build. The shell was a 525e, 1987 E28, bought for $250 after the owners had pulled the engine. Plans are for an E34 M30B35 transplant, full cage, adjustable spring platforms on all 4 corners with top camber plates on the front. Started stripping the inside tonight, have most of it out and will list on trademe later, complete blue E28 interior, drivers seat worn, but the rest is very good. Will have pics of my wheels tomorrow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashmill 68 Report post Posted June 22, 2008 Been talking about it for long enough, time to start it now. I'm building an E28 open class car for the BMW series, and will keep all up to date with the build. The shell was a 525e, 1987 E28, bought for $250 after the owners had pulled the engine. Plans are for an E34 M30B35 transplant, full cage, adjustable spring platforms on all 4 corners with top camber plates on the front. Started stripping the inside tonight, have most of it out and will list on trademe later, complete blue E28 interior, drivers seat worn, but the rest is very good. Will have pics of my wheels tomorrow. Magic David. What brakes are you going to use - that old girl will take some stopping? What is target date for first race? Don't tell Shuey you are running a six cylinder engine - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted June 22, 2008 Hi Bruce, I've got vented fronts and backs, fronts from a 750i, backs from a 540i, straight bolt on upgrade. It's not a six, it's a 4 + half a 4? Hope to have it running for the Jan meet at Puke. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashmill 68 Report post Posted June 22, 2008 Hi Bruce, I've got vented fronts and backs, fronts from a 750i, backs from a 540i, straight bolt on upgrade. It's not a six, it's a 4 + half a 4? Hope to have it running for the Jan meet at Puke. Good luck with it David, i hope the project goes well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted June 23, 2008 Magic David. What brakes are you going to use - that old girl will take some stopping? What is target date for first race? Don't tell Shuey you are running a six cylinder engine -stripped e 28 will be quite light aprt from the big chunk of cast iron in the front! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomo 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2008 (edited) sweet an e28 racer! i remember seeing a mean bright orange one in an old issue of performance bmw, am sure it will also look the biz when finished! look forward to seeing progress on it, will be nice to see more model variation in the field. Edited June 26, 2008 by Tomo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted June 26, 2008 sweet an e28 racer! i remember seeing a mean bright orange one in an old issue of performance bmw, am sure it will also look the biz when finished! look forward to seeing progress on it, will be nice to see more model variation in the field.These are a couple I'm thinking of modelling it on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotwire 352 Report post Posted June 26, 2008 These are a couple I'm thinking of modelling it on. Won't get lost on the track with one looking anything like those Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tomo 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2008 yeah that orange ones the one i was thinking of, looks stunning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted June 26, 2008 yeah, it's my favourite at the moment as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted June 30, 2008 (edited) The car's stripped and gutted now, ready for the cage. Front adjustable suspension, with camber plates on top. 750i front calipers, momo 16" wheels. Edited June 30, 2008 by Silver Fox Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R90S 2 Report post Posted June 30, 2008 yeah, it's my favourite at the moment as well. It's mine too. I bought that issue of Performance BMW at the time, and got the centre-fold poster of the car laminated. It's on the wall in my shed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) Front airdam fitted and going orange.... should drop another 60 to 70 mm with the engine in. Edited July 3, 2008 by Silver Fox 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cainchapman 0 Report post Posted July 3, 2008 Going to look great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark 178 Report post Posted July 3, 2008 Where'd you find the airdam? Or is it custom made? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted July 3, 2008 Yeah, where did you get the airdam? looking almost Alpina'ish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted July 3, 2008 Where'd you find the airdam? Or is it custom made?Homemade custom ACM job , nothing like composite Aluminium panel for playing around with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PBOY23 0 Report post Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) looking good going to be a cool old car i found this while browsing proberly been put up before http://www.carclassic.com/stock.asp?Ref=DV95&Lang=en DTM e28 for sale Edited July 3, 2008 by Pboy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted July 3, 2008 Thanks, hadn't seen it before, cool car for a 1/4 of a million. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew 30 Report post Posted July 4, 2008 Baaadsassss make it inca orange.. do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cale 36 Report post Posted July 4, 2008 Awesome stuff, love the look of e28 racers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted July 4, 2008 looking good! love the orange! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmwsparkle 3 Report post Posted July 12, 2008 hey mate, havent been on the site in a long while, but saw this, so had to post. Looking awesome. Be interesting to see how it goes in with the E30s. What are the coilovers out of? Or just modified stock struts? What diff are you using? Will keep checking this thread for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted July 12, 2008 Long time no see Sparkle, good to see you around. The fronts are modified stock, platforms cut off and threaded tube welded on. The backs are nzv8 style but with Koni's and threaded tube. Beauty of it is that by running the nzv8 setup there are so many spring rate options at good prices. I've got 4.1, 3.73, 3.46 all LSD's to play with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
conrod 1 Report post Posted July 13, 2008 The E28 535i that Stephen Mchugh raced was running 14's, and that was a stock engine and suspension that wasn't working too well. Would love to build one of these myself, very underrated car I think. It would be great with a 3.8 S38 tweaked up! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
