In 1982, BMW replaced the E21 with the E30 series. Those were very different times for the 3-Series, which really was small and light compared to today’s car. As a result you could have the car with as little as 90 horsepower.
This coupe used to be the second least powerful version, the 318i, which came with a 104 horsepower 1.8-liter petrol lump at the time. 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) took 11.2 seconds and the top speed was 183 km/h (114 mph). That’s just awful!
So what the owner of this car did was to take out the old 1.8-liter garbage and fit in a 6-cylinder from an old M5, slap on some turbos, racing slicks and voila: the craziest sleeper you’ve seen in a while. It manages to do the quarter mile in the 11s, which is respectable for such a car.
So what the owner of this car did was to take out the old 1.8-liter garbage and fit in a 6-cylinder from an old M5, slap on some turbos, racing slicks and voila: the craziest sleeper you’ve seen in a while. It manages to do the quarter mile in the 11s, which is respectable for such a car.
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