BMW 120d transformed into a 1M with the V8 M3 motor!

[UsualSuspect]

[Sticky]

This is what the 1M should be.

What shop did this?

[DavidV]

Cool project.
Not sure why there are GB plates underneeth the Egyptian one, for the car is clearly lefthand drive.
Giving it a 1M makeover will kill the sleeper effect though.
In this case it would have been easier to start with a 1M and do just an engineswap.

[Autobahn335i]

Cool project.
Not sure why there are GB plates underneeth the Egyptian one, for the car is clearly lefthand drive.
Giving it a 1M makeover will kill the sleeper effect though.
In this case it would have been easier to start with a 1M and do just an engineswap.

I think in some countries prices and taxes for some cars are so high, that people prefer to modd the hell out of a base model with parts from a wreck instead of getting the M right away. Plus labour is really cheap over there.

But if the job is done right, this shop did have to swap the entire chassis too to make the car handle that kind of power... A project like that is just about impossible in our countries due to labour costs, and of course regulations like Tüv etc...