One of the things I like about the themed months on Speedhunters is the opportunity to see the diversity that comes with one brand or type of car. One thing I've noticed about BMW's is the wild engine swaps people do on them. Really, it's not surprising when you have an inexpensive RWD car with a well-engineered chassis and a large engine bay. I was browsing the Drift Works forum earlier when I found this Toyota-powered E36 drift car being built in Germany.
The base car is a '96 model 328i with the M package. Chassis modifications include XYZ drift-spec coilovers, an XYZ brake kit…
…and this Wiechers roll cage.
The engine is a 1JZ from a Chaser with an R154 tranny. The engine remains close to stock, with 3" exhaust, front mount intercooler and a Blitz boost controller adding a bit of power to the factory twin turbo setup.
The photos in the thread show two sets of wheels, 18" Braid Winraces, and the BBS LM's seen here. One set for the street and one for the track maybe?
For more photos and info you can check out Freddy2k's build thread on Drift Works.
And while on the subject of swapped BMW's, we'll have to keep an eye out for more crazy swaps to feature this month. Any ideas?
-Mike Garrett
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The most crazy BMW swap i have seen is a 13b in a E46. I realy ain't a fan of german cars but if you throw a JDM engine in them i would give it a chance.
Here's a local 2JZ swapped E36 from the St. Louis area, as far as I can tell the swap is just about done.
http://www.driftstl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17836
Mike, two suggestions for you. Also posted them on the SH's facebook page:
E30 RB26 Swap:
http://onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_01.html#
E30 M3 S85 V10 Swap (among other things):
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4515333
sweet e36, trust ze germans to make a cool bmw, the "dolphin" shape is still one of the best in my opinion. engine swaps are cool, but why dont people just tune and turbo the regular straight 6 or the m3 motor? its such an awesome engine, strong, turbine smooth and can make lotsa powa.
if you have a BMW with a 3.5 under the hood, with a little bit of "soul",you will say "what, turbocharger ???"... lol
some neat ones I've seen around (I think Joeren showed one to me a few months ago) was an E30 with a twin turbo V8 M5 engine - I believe it was from one of the Scandinavian forums
Wow.
I hope this ends up in the next Fast and the Furious movie. Maybe it can have a race with the RB26 Mustang.
the rsr gods smile upon thee
Clean & mean, what's not to love?
Hey mike I saw some video with keichi tsuchiya test driving a e36 with a F20/2 s2k engine swap a while ago.
I know,not very specific at all but thought I'd let you know.....
That is my buddy Axel's ride. I can't wait to see it in action!
hey Mike, i don't how to send an email for u but this is friend's e30 with 1Jz in Malaysia. I only have some pictures of the ride as im in Australia for years now and i think his ride is pretty awesome that you might want to have a look.
http://www.autojunctions.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=37\
I found it was featured in local automotive forum.
Apparently the car has bigger turbo lol and i havent got chance to see it yet.
I heard Paul Vlasblom (http://www.driftking.nl) is busy with a Corvette engine to be driven in an BMW next season. I don't know if it will be built in his Driftking.nl Wagon or another BMW.
Thanks for the suggestions guys! There's truly some crazy Bimmers out there...
nice car, and clean build
Why no M3 turbo Engine? because it will cost about 10 times the money of a 1J swap, and even then its not shure that it will last forever
nice report good to see some stuff from our pretty small drifting scene around here
E30 2Jz powered seen In Polish SDS (Super Drift Series 2009)
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2176/pimg5697.jpg
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7026/pimg5095.jpg
http://iv.pl/images/ssgs27uf78yvuosti.jpg
http://images38.fotosik.pl/177/2de7f8249e21c0b0med.jpg
V10 Z4 roadster:
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/27/manhart-racing-drops-the-bmw-v10-into-the-z4-roadster/
around the world I can hear bmw purists slitting their wrists to their favorite kenny g cd's asking WHY GOD, WHY?
Really, I loved. (I'm brasilian)
why do all that and not just swap a 2jz in there.. makes more power on a stock block and head.. a 1jz swap seems nice, but i woulda went the extra mile and went with a 2jz swap
WHY NOT JUST ROCK THE CHASER??? PROLLY GET MORE PROPS AT A DRIFT SHOW , NOT HATING I JUST LOVE TOYOTAS, KUDOS TO THE TEAM FOR THE EXOTIC SWAP THO
Here was my ill-fated attempt at shoving a 1JZ into an E36 for a drift weapon. It's going back to a stock M50 shortly.
http://www.driftworks.com/forum/drift-car-projects-builds/71579-jz36.html?highlight=jz36
A 1jz? Seems like alot of work. Why not just swap in something out of the BMW arsenal?
good to see he has taken safety on board!!!
I love this swap. I would make this a daily driver. Maybe an early 1990's 7 series with a 2JZ swap would be perfect.
No mention of the Queen Street Racing BMW E46 yet? You just have to check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO1782B6RZw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Q9FhURrRs
@AE71- 4AGZE
There are no Toyota Chaser around in germany, so you have to take what you get and thats bmw
Thx for your comments, why no engine of BMW arsenal? Too expensive and no potential. If you buy a M3 engine it has 286HP or 321HP in Europe and thats it. To get 400 or more HP you have to take 5,0L V8 from M5 ( 6000 minimal without gearbox ) and i did V8 Swap on my last E30. I wanted to do something different, something nobody did in germany before!
I would like to have a Aristo or Chaser but its nearly impossible to register a Jap Spec Chaser/Aristo in Germany...
Greetz Axel
PS: ITS ALIVE!
Haha some Soarers and 2 Aristos TT & a lot of Supras are around here in Germany near Mannheim, beside all the RX7, GTR and other toys....
we make your ride rollin´
CU back on the track, Axel!