RB26 E30 BMW

Thanks to Jeroen from Speedhunters for kindly throwing this build my way. Once again, everyone’s favourite car (or should I say, the Internet’s favourite car), the E30 BMW, get’s some major lovin’. This one’s getting it’s new heartbeat from Nissan’s finest, an RB26DETT (with both T’s removed and replaced with one big T). Purists look away.

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It’s still in the build, so head to either http://www.lotustalk.com/forums/f152/1986-bmw-326rb-32022/ or

http://www.onyxsyndicate.com/newman/e30gtr/e30gtr_00.html to keep up to date with the progress.

UPDATE: This build is now complete

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8 Responses to “RB26 E30 BMW”

  1. swerv13 says:

    wow sweet color…..crazy ex routing!

  2. Jesse says:

    There are so many things I love about this. The engine, the exhaust routing, the overfenders, the cage, the fact that it’s an e30… I mean, I don’t know what I don’t like. I guess 315-series tires would be better in the rear, but that’s hardly a big complaint I could hold against it.

  3. [...] There are even some crazy re-engineers who saw a BMW v12 and a BMW chasssis and made the two play nicely together.  That’s definitely something I can get behind.  My favorite is the feature BuildThreads posted about an rb26-powered e30. [...]

  4. TH says:

    The guys at DBM Engineering in the Netherlands have done the same (and a whole lot more) with this E36 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5qmSmFMgrU

  5. NismowhorE says:

    HOLY CRAP! ive been following this build since 07! man, its got paint! cant wait to see it finished. glad i stumbled across this thread

  6. [...] looks like the RB26 E30 that I featured last October is finally finished. Click here to go back to the old post where you’ll find links to the [...]

  7. jose says:

    most of the pics are dead but this is awesome

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