Sometimes our car swaps make no sense to onlookers but perfect sense to us. This time last year I was lucky enough to have a beautiful, low mileage E92 and a Lotus Exige 430 Cup as a road/track toy. Both fantastic in their own ways, and both intended to be forever “keepers”, whether on the road or in storage.
But life doesn’t always turn out as planned and unfortunately last year it became clear that two would need to become one. The question is what could replace such a pair as a one car “do it all” solution? Answer – a G81 with a few choice mods. This was after test driving an RS6 Performance back to back with an M3. From a driving perspective, there was simply no contest. The M3 felt light, direct, and alive.
I found the right example in December and so far am loving every minute behind the wheel. Hats off to BMW M for giving us such an awesome platform to build from.
Mine will continue to evolve. But at this point the main mods are:
- KW HAS
- TRE exterior carbon
- Milltek 4” single midpipe
- Milltek Sport backbox with valve controller
- 200 cell sports cats
- Eventuri intake system
- Stage 2 tune with Flex-fuel
- 650 – 820bhp switchable map
- Rayaa Forged wheels in 20/21”
Pics of the E92, Exige and G81 below. Each wonderful in their own way.
