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How BimmerWorld turned a BMW 335i into an M3-beating track car | Articles

How BimmerWorld turned a BMW 335i into an M3-beating track car | Articles

“Building what our customers are driving is just a natural way for us to help serve them better.” Those words from BimmerWorld boss James Clay explain his company’s motivation for creating in-house project cars, like this 2010 BMW 335i. But he’s quick to qualify that statement: “Well, I also really like building fast BMWs.” 

And while the folks at BimmerWorld certainly build their share of fast BMW project cars–for both racing use and street use–most of those share a trait that’s missing from this E90-chassis, N54-powered sedan: an M badge.

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“This was really the first time where we felt like the non-M version of a car potentially had a higher performance ceiling than the M variant,” James explains. “The naturally aspirated M3 was faster off the showroom floor, but the turbocharger on the non-M 335 gives you a lot of options for…

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