I was driving around and see this older 1986-1987 E30 BMW with dual exhaust on it. He was at a stop light and his car sounded like no BMW I have ever heard. I pull up next to him and tell him to pull over. He pulls over and I ask him about his dual exhaust setup, he says that it is a true dual setup. I say that can only be true if you have another engine in it. He says YES I have a modded 1993 Mustang Cobra 5.0 engine in it. He opens the hood and there it is in all its beauty !!!! Supposedly he said that the Mustang engine with aluminum heads and the ford 5 speed tranny he had in it weighs within a few pounds of the stock inline 6 he had in there and that he weighed it both. He installed the engine himself and it looked really nice, sounded mean too. He said that he and his buddies had installed Chevy 350's in the BMW E30's a few times and he wanted to be different and put in a mustang motor. He was from Vermont but just recently moved down here. If I remember correctly I think he said that he dynoed around 325 RWHP which is about 380 hp at the crank. He also either has a 100 or 150 shot nitrous. He said earlier that week he had cruised the local rice hang out looking for a race. He met some guy with a turbo Talon/Eclipse that the guy said that he does high 11's on the in 1/4 mile, he said that the fastest he ever ran was 12.3 on street tires and no nitrous, so they decided to street race. Well according to the guy he beat the Talon/Eclipse pretty bad and that the other driver was pretty pissed, he said that he could not really find out actuallyhow fast his car is because according to track rules he needed a roll cage for the times he was getting and approaching. So that is the most HP I have seen in a E30. If the owner of this car is reading this, mad props to you and your car, you have a real sleeper !!!!!! God Bless.
