'Ring-spotting: BMW M3 look-a-like receives V10 transplant
You know you're getting a bit jaded when you pass up posting a few shots of an E92 3-series with a M5 V10 under the hood. Been there, done that, right? But we were finally compelled to share it with you when we found out what vehicle was used as the recipient – a new BMW M3. Well, that's not quite true, while this car may look for all the world like a new M3, it's actually a run-of-the-mill E92 3-series coupe that's cleverly dressed to the nines to appear like an M3. The tip-off is that there are no M-parts on the inside. Crazy Germans, though they've obviously done an incredible job fooling everyone.
A forum member over at M3Post was able to snag several shots of the 500 HP coupe while on holiday in Germany, where the Bremgo-tuned M3 imposter was sitting outside the Nurburgring doing its best to look menacing and inviting at the same time.Aside from the engine switch, the German tuning firm swapped in an M5's seven-speed SMG (doh!), along with ditching the stock thrones for Recaro units and a Hartge carbon-fiber steering wheel. And if you're wondering about the rollers, those are 20-inch AC Schnitzers wrapped in 295/25/20 rubber.
More pics here. Enjoy!
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Travis 1:05PM (8/16/2007)
wow!
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Ben Levy 1:28PM (8/16/2007)
I'm confused. How did they get their hands on M3 body panels? It's even got a CF roof. It's amazing how clean the engine install looks. I can just image how an M3 CSL with that engine would dominate.
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bmw122487 1:32PM (8/16/2007)
I think this could be a HARTGE test car as they are really good at BMW engine swaps, like the v8 e46 m3's they made.
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erock 1:59PM (8/16/2007)
THIS IS A REAL M3! check out the rear quarter panel, front and rear bumpers, side skirts, carbon fiber roof, mirrors, M3 embossing under the hood...etc....etc......
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nagmashot 2:45PM (8/16/2007)
no it is not ... it is a wanna be M3 at inside pic you see wrong speedclock (only 280km/h) and wrong rpm clock only going up to 8000rpm...the redilne of the M3 is 8400rpm pretty sure the rpm clock goes up to 9000rpm at the real..
This is not the frst new M3 V10 swap.. Hartge did already the H50 ... powered by a tuned V10 with 550hp
the Hartge looks much better ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsBn8nuecws
already tested E90 3series V10 550hp... Hartge H50 V10
Ben Levy 4:14PM (8/16/2007)
It just seems more likely to me that it is an M3 but they needed to use a different gauge cluster to get the transmission to work correctly.
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