In 1995, this BMW 3 Series – a 325i, to be specific – left the BMW facility in Munich, and was exported to the United States. Years later, after several owners and in a downward spiral of affection and care, he ended up with his bones in a scrapyard. In this purgatory, he met Carl Balzer, who rescued him from the clutches of death, and transformed him into a beastly kart on an XXL scale, equipped with a 1,200 hp engine of power. Believe it or not, this meteoric BMW 325i can still be driven legally on the road in the United States.
The engine of this high-flying Frankenstein is an LS4, a V8 engine of General Motors origin. It is supercharged by two turbochargers, develops 1,200 horsepower and passes its power to the rear axle through a Tremec T-56 gearbox. The rear differential comes from a BMW M5 and uses E85 bioethanol As fuel. There are still recognizable pieces of the BMW 3 Series E36 that once was, since the rigidity of its platform is provided by the roll cage that surrounds the entire car.
Although it may seem like it, it was never a Series 3 Compact. It is a four-door, lengthened and modified over and over again.
On paper, it’s capable of doing the quarter mile in under nine seconds, and it’s evolved from a track car to a drift-ready car. Rob Dahm, creator of a certain Mazda RX-7 with a four-rotor engine, is in charge of showing us the car on the Top Gear YouTube channel. Unfortunately, the car’s rear differential breaks at his command, due to his tremendous power level. If you like prepared cars and the ingenuity of certain preparations, you cannot miss this video.
