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It certainly would save someone some time in terms of being stage ready now, but at a pretty damn hefty premium. It does have a fast paint job!  About the only good deal in that ad is the S52, assuming it comes with the transmission and both have less than 50k on them....otherwise that too is overpriced.
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Andrew Frick Senior Moderator Location: Greenville, SC Join Date: 05/18/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 684 Rally Car: Rally Spec Ford Focus |
Andrew Frick Senior Moderator Location: Greenville, SC Join Date: 05/18/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 684 Rally Car: Rally Spec Ford Focus |
Grant Hughes Ultra Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Turner Motorsports is a good source for most of the reinforcement bits I think.
I finished our first prototype skidplate last night. Crossmembers and skidplate, weld on turret, crossmember bolts on or welds on. Few minor modifications left to do on it but will be available for around $400+$50 core (for rear cross piece.) Last file shows a stock oil pan that was hit by me with a sledgehammer to see how easily I could break it. The car with the skidplate pictured has an S50 swap with a JB welded oilpan. He is planning to replace it soon. Grant Hughes |
Andrew Frick Senior Moderator Location: Greenville, SC Join Date: 05/18/2007 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 684 Rally Car: Rally Spec Ford Focus |
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We use the Turner kit for E46. We use a combination of the OEM BMW parts and some parts made in house for the E36. We use the Rally Road parts on the E36 front subframe. None of these parts are hard to make, but in a shop we have to look at the time vs cost factor.
Here is a gallery of what we typically do to an E46. Very similar to an E36. E46 rear subframe mount reinforcement 
Not as detailed, as it's a whole car build, you can see some prep for a high powered road race car in the Vorshlag BMW E36 LS1 ST2 Build. We would do some additional things for a rally car, but this is a starting point. The front subframe 
The reinforced rear subframe mounting points  Jason McDaniel |
Grant Hughes Ultra Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
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