Performance car for dogs...
Discussion
StuntmanMike said:
Leins said:
Going to bang the Alpina drum here again! The doggies know it makes sense
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Is that a V8 in an E36? anyone know this car and can provide any info? it looks nuts.![smile](/inc/images/smile.gif)
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Has an uprated version of the 4.4 V8. BMW originally said a V8 wouldn't fit in the E36, and Alpina said they'd make it happen. Amid a lot of sniggering at BMW, they said "Sure!" and handed over the blueprints for their engine, then 221 shells. 27 were Tourings. I think they needed to make something like 40-50 adaptions to the car to make the V8 fit properly; it was a labour of love. It only came as a 6-speed manual, and the boss at Alpina has a convertible B8 as his own personal 'fun' car. It's his favourite project, apparently.
Baseline figures- 333bhp, similar amount of torque, top speed of 175+mph, 0-60 in 5-ish seconds. LSD and ASC to control all that tyre-shredding torque.
This is Chris's- it's truly lovely.
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Next time he brings it round I'll be cleaning it before we take photos- it had just made a trip from Luxembourg to Southampton..!
Tuvra said:
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Huge boot with the back seats down. Would be big enough for them two dogs with the seats up and the parcel shelf removed in fact. Id buy a "hatchback" cage:
Try one, they are an absolute hoot
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