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You Need This: The first BMW Spec E46 race car built

Go racing for less than $50,000: This Spec E46 race car was built by BimmerWorld, comes with several spares and needs nothing to go racing according to the seller.

This gives a whole new meaning to firing up the BMW | Fire Pit

Got an engine just sitting around? Why not turn it into a fire pit?

You Need This: K20-swapped E30 BMW track car

The iconic, high-revving K-series experience, but in the E30 BMW chassis you know and love.

You Need This: A not-so-subtle, S54-powered E36 BMW wagon

Prefer to be the center of attention? Subtly isn't really your vibe? Here's an E36 BMW wagon–powered by an S54 engine–to match your personality.

You Need This: Widened, track-ready BMW 128i

An even more track-capable BMW 1-Series? This 128i for sale has been made a little wider, a little lower and a little stiffer.

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BMW articles

Features: Tired of slaying dragons, this racer switched to a BMW | #TBT

Underneath this BMW 2002's vintage-­style fiberglass lies a mixture of period-correct performance parts and custom-fabricated hardware.

Buyer's Guides: F8X BMW: All you need to know to go fast with one

The F8X BMW provides a great platform for a dual-duty car. Learn more about what you need to know about this era of M3 and M4.

Columns: Could you be happy with just one car?

True happiness always seems to be just one more car away, but is the opposite actually true?

Electronics & Electrical Systems: Troubleshooting 101: Basic steps when your car won't start

Sometimes a simple, methodical approach can bring that dead car back to life.

Shop Work: #TBT: Which BMW M3 is best for track and street, E30, E36 or E46?

In this test from 2004, we compare an E30 M3, E36 M3 and E46 M3 against each other to find out which one works best as a street car and a track car.

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BMW project cars

2015 435i

Is the BMW F30 chassis the next hot track day car? We intend to find out.

2004 M3

We've chronicled our adventures in E30-chassis and E36-chassis BMW M3s, but what's life like with an E46-chassis example?

1991 318is

This BMW 318is is the perfect candidate to see if we can make it just as fast as an M3 without breaking the bank.

1997 M3

This one-family, two-owner, 180,000-mile example was purchased nearly new in 1998 by Associate Publisher Joe Gearin’s dad.

2011 328i

A 2011 328i that we picked up off a used car lot at a considerable discount—but it's a blank slate for fun upgrades!

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BMW project car updates

What being on track can tell you that a dyno won't

Dynamometers are great tuning and research tools, but they do have their limitations. The primary limiting factor of a dyno is that it’s static. It tests power at the wheels …

How an easy transmission flash made our BMW 435i even faster

Once someone cracks the code, more performance is often just the press of a button away.

The MHD Tuning suite that we’ve been using with our

How we prepped our BMW 435i to excel on the street and the track

Photography Credit: Tradd Slayton

The dual-duty ethos has always been a guiding force for our BMW 435i project. And, dear reader, know that the struggle is real when it …

Wheel studs: What you need to know before making the switch

Wheel bolts or wheel studs? Exactly. 

When we called BimmerWorld to order some studs for our E46-chassis BMW M3, we figured it would be a quick …

How we cured our BMW 435i oil pressure problems

Our BMW 435i? Yeah, it had an oiling issue. Specifically, braking would send the oil to the front of the pan–where the pickup wasn’t located. Oil pressure wasn’t …

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