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Spotted this on eBay in Australia...

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Is there such a thing, built from the factory?

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Guest Denny Crane

Yes.

Engine code was M102 - a turbo'd 3.5L, with turbochargers of the time taking a a rating of 1 litre (especially for racing classes of the time)

Never were any RHD versions - so i'd be wary of this particular car, as the turbo was mounted right where the steering column would be.

Also of note was that SA got an ///M 745i - fitted with the M88 engine out of the M1 and the original M5. Brent came into possession of one, but I believe he, ahem, raped and murdered it?

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Also of note was that SA got an ///M 745i - fitted with the M88 engine out of the M1 and the original M5. Brent came into possession of one, but I believe he, ahem, raped and murdered it?"

havn't killed it yet , yes I have very rare RHD 85 M745i with M88 (M5, M6 engine in it, thats where they should be anyway ).

have sold body shell to a happy owner who already has one of these cars and others, he will be fitting a bmw v8, v12 or something to make interesting or maybe just the std 3.5l bmw engine (which suits the car better anyway).

yes the turbo'ed M745i was only LHD , they couldn't be bothered trying to fit the turbo plumbing around the steering box etc so they just plonked the M88 twincam engine in it , M745 its a 3.5L unit with same power as a 4.5L engine hence the model name .

but problem with this car , is most of them were fitted with the 4 spd auto , with the very long first gear and a engine that develops its torque further up the rev range , so its slow off the line untill it winds up past 4000rpm then takes off ,. only about 5or 10 where made manual , and they had the dog leg close ratio box in them which knocked 2 secs off the 0-100km/h time .

Edited by Brent HARTGE535i

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Very interesting....

All the journalists who claim the new 335i coupe is the firt turbocharged BMW since the 2002 must be wrong!

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Very interesting....

All the journalists who claim the new 335i coupe is the firt turbocharged BMW since the 2002 must be wrong!

yep they are wrong all right .

never seen a turbo RHD one though

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Very interesting....

All the journalists who claim the new 335i coupe is the firt turbocharged BMW since the 2002 must be wrong!

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