Doogee Dakar M3 Track Build

[doogee]

Body is coming along


Today I did a few things on the motor.

Installed the headers (I realise two bolts aren't tight Took the pic before I was done.)


Glad I checked the thermostat. This is how it was before I touched it.


Aluminum Thermostat Housing


Pressed the solid diff mounts into the cover as well

[blk3]

coming along nice

[BMW BMXer]

I'm still shocked how well the paint matches.

[Royksopp]

what kind of headers are those?

[tg07lq]

pictures dont do this justice, going to a wicked car. gotta hand it to ya man, your progress is pretty quick!

[doogee]

Originally Posted by Royksopp

what kind of headers are those?

Supersprint replicas. I'm pretty sure you can get the same ones on ebay for dirt cheap.

I've had them looked at, and apparently they're top notch quality.

[Steve30]

What did you use to seal the aluminum thermostat housing?

[Romaz]

Car is looking good bro

[doogee]

Originally Posted by Steve30

What did you use to seal the aluminum thermostat housing?

The housing presses against the o-ring on the thermostat to seal. Then there is an orange gasket inside the housing to seal one of the coolant pathways.

[doogee]

Made my little custom heater core bypass today:


Installed all bushings and the subframe. Hopefully these washers that came with the powerflex bushings hold up. They look a little thin.




Cleaned up a little: (Temp suspension )


This will go in tomorrow:

[BMW BMXer]

Wow doin work

[BMWTED]

Looking good

[randallt6]

Big Bird is coming alive!!!!!!!

[doogee]

Today I finally got the motor in:





First Startup!


Giving it some beans after:

[craz azn]

Doin' Work. Nice job!