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layabout
08/31/09

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I'd say you have 2 options, 1) twin engine VR6 4wd option 2) sell Corrado
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Mad_Science
08/31/09

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It's a good thing they didn't start with a e30 Touring; it would've opened up a vortex of awesome so powerful as to suck every wagon, -amino, DAF, FAF, Citroen and LeMons car into an alternate dimension.

Actually, that sounds like a fun dimension. Sign me up!
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Fat Tire
08/31/09

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Im sure this thing will be badass and all, but Im going to say:

Save the E30 M3s!!

Considering how much modification this thing is undergoing they should have just used a regular E30 and slapped the M bits all over it afterwards. Its not like it would have been a posermobile by any stretch with the V10 under the hood.
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Mad_Science
08/31/09

@Fat Tire: Seriously.

I've never been a fan of using the good/rare/desirable models for complete teardown/re-do extreme builds like these.

My personal pet peeve is when 1st generation 4Runners get all chopped up to be hardcore trail rigs. If you're gonna do that, just start with a truck!
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Deartháir II
08/31/09

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Articles like this keep making me want to up the stakes on my project Corrado. It started with a supercharged 20V 1.8. Then I wanted to go to an Audi 4.2L V8.
Now I want to try a W12.

I need therapy.
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vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
08/31/09

@Deartháir II: The Return: you don't need therapy, you need us enablers to egg you on and help you make it a reality.
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Mad_Science
08/31/09

@Deartháir II: The Return: I can't help but think a Northstar V8 would be an appropriate candidate for the front of that ride.
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brandegee
08/31/09

@Mad_Science: Good call. More appropriately, graft the Northstar to a Saab 9-3.
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DonLuc
08/31/09

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Wait... That's a 1st-gen M3? Aw shit, man, where do I stick my weiner?
That thing is terrific, but I'd probably stop at a V8 even if I had the means to put anything I wanted in it (motor, that is).
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LTDScott
08/31/09

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Where do they attach the quills?
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Dr. H. F. Danger
08/31/09

@LTDScott's work is getting in the way of Jaloptime: A V10 would be a good addition to the PorcuBimmer
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Silvrt01
08/31/09

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Glad I finally got the help I needed. My previous plan was:
1. Get rich
2. Buy E30 and 500HP engine
3. ?
4. Rampant hoonage
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engineerd
08/31/09

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Leann Rimes sang about this:

Standing in the garage
Looking at a giant pile of parts
I can feel my heart beating faster as I cut out frame rails
There’s new subframes and the promise of more horsepower
I’m heading out tonight, traveling light
I'm gonna cram it all in there

And buy one way ticket on an overpowered car
See how far I can go (Because I can)
I'm gonna go out driving in the pouring rain
And put a bit V-10 in the nose (Because I can)
I will race the world around me
Knowing that I'm strong enough to make it go
And I will fall in love again
Because I can
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TimTim
08/31/09

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There are countless great ideas that fall by the wayside due to poor execution. There are a great many poor ideas that come to existence due to great execution. There are very few great ideas lucky enough to be paired with truly great execution (and proper funding). This is a great idea paired with some proper fabricating know-how, it's a beautiful thing.
This is why I hang around Jalopnik, crazy-wacked-out schemes expertly executed with pant-loads of pictures. I'll not be following the rest of this weeks articles, I'll be here drooling on my keyboard over the 74 glorious pictures of this wondrous beast.
I can't see how things could get any better than this... Seriously, as if this wasn't a Wile E. Coyote plan to begin with, the crate motor comes in a box marked "V10 in a box". Orderd that from BMW? or ACME?
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Jo Schmo
08/31/09

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Can I get mine in dark metallic silver?
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evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
08/31/09

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I have just been beaten over the head with awesome.

Excuse me, I have to go lie down for a while.
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layabout
08/31/09

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Out of all the BMW V10 conversions i've seen i'd have to say the Hartge Z3 M coupe V10 still stands out as the most impressive
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Feny
08/31/09

@layabout: I only know of the Hartge Z3 M Coupe 5L V8 conversion ... care to share a link? I had a "stock" S50B32 powered Z3 M Coupe a couple of years ago ... it was awesome.
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layabout
08/31/09

@Feny: Trying to find the link like a demon right now,i know of 3 official Hartge Z3 M coupe's,one was owned by the owner of Hartge in Estoril blue.
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Feny
08/31/09

@layabout: Yeah, but those were V8's ... I only know of a silver and a black one ... but I guess a Estoril one would make sense [www.pistonheads.com]
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dal20402
08/31/09

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Weight distribution and total curb weight? I wonder if this thing will be so heavy, and front-heavy, that it won't outperform the stock E30 around a road course.
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Brimful of Ash on the 78
08/31/09

@dal20402: The battery will be in the trunk, though.
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Dr. H. F. Danger
08/31/09

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I think I just crapped my pants.

MOAR!
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VeeArrrSix
08/31/09

@Dr.Danger: ::You are awesome::
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
07/01/09

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Damn, wrong again..

I guessed Swedish-export 1973 Plymouth Barracuda..

If anybody can actually read Swedish, I'm sure there's more info here:

[www.pure-pf.com]

Pretty cool engine-swap project, anyway.

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the good dr zero
07/02/09

@Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable: I can only get the really simple bits, like the second line: "This is the Plymouth 'Cuda 73". But this one has 6 cylinders, and they aren't even slanted!
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