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    BMW E9 CSL Batmobile Replica

    Hi all!
    We are small company from Russia, we are engaged in car maintenance (mostly BMW, also Porsche, Audi, and others), tuning and preparing for competitions. And our hobby is buying and restoring classic ("young-timer") german cars. There is nothing about commercial interest (the market of this kind of cars is tiny here), we do it just for fun.
    So, our latest project is our replica of BMW E9 CSL Racing car, which is known as "Batmobile".


    Of course, there is no E9 road cars in our country, and we have chosen the E28 as "donor".
    So, we have found 1985's E28, in "halfway to junkyard" condition (it is the best option of E28 here). The most important part - not completely rotten body
    Our car, surprisingly, had an well-running engine too,and working gearbox. It was luck




    We have seen some info about the similar project in Europe (Norway, as we remember), the guys have made the "Batmobile" from e28 too, using factory steel body panels with extenders. We chose the other way - to use self-made fiberglass body panels. Also, we were very lucky to find vintage BBS wheels. And the car was fully restored.
    Photo in the middle of the process:



    And the final result looks like that:







    The full information about the process you may find on our website:
    http://raceport.ru/project/item/171-...-e28-batmobile

    We hope, this is interesting for the community. Later, we can write about other projects: BMW E12 520i restoration, E23 735i, E31 850 CSi, E36 M3 Racecar, and others.

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    Fantastic work. Did you do anything to the engine?
    1977 633 CSi RHD Euro. S38B38 3.9L M5 Transplant. 5 Speed Getrag Dogleg. 3.73 LSD. 417hp, 369lb/ft
    1971 3.0CS E3 2dr Alpina Special Coupe Racer, 347hp, 295lb/ft

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    Thank you!

    No, the engine is stock, with mighty 100 horsepowers . Maybe, we will change it for the S38 , or one of the similar old-school BMW Motorsport 6-cylinder engines. But they are very rare today.

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    I changed my M30B32 in my 633CSi and put in an S38B38. It now rockets along.

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    1977 633 CSi RHD Euro. S38B38 3.9L M5 Transplant. 5 Speed Getrag Dogleg. 3.73 LSD. 417hp, 369lb/ft
    1971 3.0CS E3 2dr Alpina Special Coupe Racer, 347hp, 295lb/ft

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shipper View Post
    I changed my M30B32 in my 633CSi and put in an S38B38. It now rockets along.

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    Ho ho ho Josh,,,,,, nice to see you and ((my former)) the S38B38 lovely to hear it goes well,,, it should at least after the rebuild

    wish you all the best

    thats hell of a power you have got out
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