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Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:03 pm
by Rav335uk
I think this guys mixed up somewhere

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C74338

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:10 pm
by Stan318is
And a bargain at that... Only €16,500 for a heap of red fibre glass sh!t.... :wink:

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:35 pm
by rob_10
its from the year 1083 too 8O , old school lol

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:39 pm
by Rich_W
Well the M1 did use a 6 pot 3.5 Litre. I think it was then used in other M cars. :?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M88

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:39 pm
by leeparkes
didnt the M1 share the same engine as the E28 M5,
S88 i think!
could be wrong

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:51 pm
by bss325i
It was an M88 used in the M1 with about 270 bhp. It was revised and gave 286 bhp but still called an M88 and was used in the E28 M5 and E24 M635CSi.

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:55 pm
by leeparkes
bss325i wrote:It was an M88 used in the M1 with about 270 bhp. It was revised and gave 286 bhp but still called an M88 and was used in the E28 M5 and E24 M635CSi.
i knew it was something 88 :o:

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:20 pm
by Bob_S
the m88 was also used in the hartge h36's

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:24 pm
by Theo
no it wasn't

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:25 pm
by GrindCulture
I was expecting some sort of mid engined monstrosity!

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:37 pm
by Rich_W
Just click the bloomin Wiki link in my thread :cry:

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:44 pm
by tom_johnston
thats same kit as mine lol

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:19 pm
by bss325i
Bob_S wrote:the m88 was also used in the hartge h36's
M88 was used in Hartge H35 24V's and S38 was used in Hartge H36 24V's

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:20 pm
by Bob_S
bss325i wrote:
Bob_S wrote:the m88 was also used in the hartge h36's
M88 was used in Hartge H35 24V's and S38 was used in Hartge H36 24V's
that is what I meant.. what I was thinking and what letters my fingers trod on were 2 different things however

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:59 pm
by Barx325i
:giggle:

Re: Widebodied e30 with M1 engine

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:16 am
by cecotto479
M88/3 to be accurate, but commonly referred to as the M1 engine - later became the S38 in 32.5, 3.6 and 3.8 guises. In M88/3 it was in the E28 M5 and E24 M635CSi - not the NA M6 though, it got the S38.

I think that's actually a pretty useful historical reference point. If it wasn't built in the late 80s, it has been built to look like it was. While they're not to everyone's tastes a few of these mad creations from that era need to be kept or recreated.