Performance BMW mag

[TTyMiller]

In the latest issue of P BMW there is a '72 Inka Orange 02 on the cover.

The guy has put in a M20 motor and then added a turbo to produce 270hp at the crank. He is beating e46 M3 and e39 M5 at the strip turning 13:45 1/4 miles. I'll see if I can get it scanned in sometime today.

[c.d.iesel]

....have fun beating up M3's and E39 through the twisty

bits!! it's all in the driver - not the car I.M.H.O. .

See yaall at Lime rock tomorrow morning. ..... drags indeed ?

it's all happening at the road course.

[Lee]

I beat twin turbo 911s even on fast racetracks with my 160HP 2002. As CD mentionned, forget the motor, concentrate on the driver, the suspension, the brakes.

[Senna27]

....have fun beating up M3's and E39 through the twisty

bits!! it's all in the driver - not the car I.M.H.O. .

See yaall at Lime rock tomorrow morning. ..... drags indeed ?

it's all happening at the road course.

Bring on the great equalized... "Rain" Then you'll see who's got big Kahuna's/talent.

[TTyMiller]

My post was not to imply anything other than what the article stated. I am well aware of the importance of a driver in the car. I merely wanted to share in the event that others might enjoy the article and pictures. I'm also aware that we do not drag these cars; however it is still an impressive feat.

[andrewro]

Sorry you're getting beat up a little. That car belongs to Curtis and he posts here pretty regularly. There was some talk about this mag a few weeks ago but it wasn't really avaliable then. Thanks for letting us know, I guess it's finally on the shelves so I'll be picking up a copy soon!

Andrew

[FL02]

Bigger is better, it's the American way. Who else would put a V8 in a small euro body....thanks Carol Shelby...Stock is good, but I'm not sure how 'cool' it is. Cool is bigger, better and faster...Rock and Roll baby, it's the American Way & I think the orange turbo is super cool.

[TMK-001]

That would be Curtis - he is a member here :-)

Todd

[M20Curtis]

That'd be my car and I DO track it, done laps on Sebring and Gainesville raceway here in central florida and always looking for more. The 1/4 mile time was just to see what it would run. I got enough grief at the track for having a car that would outhandle anything there and even wanting to run it down the track; until they saw under the hood. I just ran it for a number to throw in the magazine and that's that. The car is built to be the ultimate street machine, has coilovers, all urethane, Bilsteins, big brakes and I like to think a driver that can make the car do anything he wants. I def. gained respect at Sebring from a bunch of fast cars knowing that I only had the 170hp out of the M20. The extra 100hp more really makes it a screamer and boost comes in very linear. It's still a very trackable car and I will show that soon enough. Thanks for the good words from a few of you and for those of you bashing that there was a 1/4 mile listed, know that the car is much much more than a drag car and the driver HATES going in a straight line.

-Curtis

[HarryPR]

Hey, Curtis!

Thought I read a while ago that you were thinking of selling the car. Glad you decided to keep it!

Still hoping I can get a ride in it next time I go to Orlando.....

Best,

Harry

[TTyMiller]

Curtis, thanks for slaming the door on that. I didn't mean to misrepresent your ride by posting the 1/4 but like I said thats impressive. That is one hell of a 02 and maybe it's just me, but I automatically assumed you had the car very trackable; I mean it is an 02, just happens to be a very fast 02.