Hi Newie here from Lux

[ChrisLux]

Hiya everyone ,

I've read a lot about Evotechnik , so I thought I'd join .

My name is Chris and I live in Luxembourg , although
originally from Wolverhampton .

I'm lucky enough to have owned a lot of cars in my years driving
and my current cars are ;

a '97 E36 Alpina B8 4.6 Touring , which I use daily and was at Gaydon
in case anyone saw it there .

an '02 E39 ACS5 3.0d Touring

and recently arrived , '05 E53 X5 3.0d



Cheers

[VikzE92]

Welcome aboard Chris

[330-Singh]

Welcome Mate.

I'm liking that beastly E36! I thought that engine only came in the E39 Alpina variants.

[Theivz]

welcome mate. nice beemers there :) ... any pics of the front end/engine bays of the alpina or acs tourings?

[westside]

welcome bro nice set of cars there :-)

[ChrisLux]

Welcome Mate.

I'm liking that beastly E36! I thought that engine only came in the E39 Alpina variants.

The engine block originally appeared in the E34 B10 4.0 .

Then BMW were looking for a replacement for the E36 M3 and considered a
V8 , but couldn't get it to work cost effectively on the production line (the
mechanicals have to go in through the top , and not through the bottom because of the suspension turrets)

Alpina then said that they would get it to work , and had to make 42 modifications in the engine bay to make it fit .
Firstly 4 B8 4.0's were made , but they considered 300PS wasn't nutty enough
so bored/stroked to 4.6 333PS/470NM !!

It's the same engine as the B10 4.6 , but has @ 15PS less due to the restrictive nature of the exhaust manifold in the E36 engine bay .
However , there are some cars known , that have been personally modified , that show 385PS .

The engine bay modifications were made on the BMW production line , and then the shells delivered to Alpina for the mechanicals etc to be fitted .
221 B8's were made between '95 and '98 , the rarest being the Cabrio (23) and then the Touring (27)

It's actually quite a practical car to run , can be very docile driving everywhere in 4th using all it's torque , or can be extremely nutty keeping up with lesser Ferrari's,Porsches,Audi S4's etc . I've had a TomTom registered 292kmh on the Autobahn , and it averages 22/24mpg , but I've seen 28mpg with cruise set at 85mph .

[ChrisLux]

welcome mate. nice beemers there :) ... any pics of the front end/engine bays of the alpina or acs tourings?

I've got one of the B8 , but not of the ACS5 I'm afraid , sry .
Although to be honest , there's so much plastic , it's not very interesting . Unlike the S5 petrol cars , the Diesel doesn't have any carbon goodies .

[mysticm3]

that e36 is lushhh

welcome to the nut house :)

[m3tiko]

Welcome mate, nice selection of motors.

On our return from the 'ring last year we decided to stop off for a night out in Lux....ended up in this street where they had 3 clubs next to each other. Dear as f'ck from what I recall, but we were that sozzled we didn't care. The women were pretty nice too :-) but the african bouncers weren't so nice :-(

[westside]

what bootman was on the door

[m3tiko]

A right chitter he was...

[Black Sabbath]

Welcome along,enjoy the forum:) ,loving the tourer :cool: :cool:

[J1SUA]

Welcome along dude!

[gie0320]

Welcome to the forum buddy, that E36 is :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

[Raj]

Welcome aboard. Glad you got out as I'm still in Wolves....lol.

Nice collection.

[ChrisLux]

Welcome aboard. Glad you got out as I'm still in Wolves....lol.

.

I'll gv u a buzz next time I'm home to meet up then

[Raj]

I'll gv u a buzz next time I'm home to meet up then

Definitely.

[SpeedTrap]

Welcome Chris:) enjoy the forum