BMW Race Driver Series adds new ‘spec’ class for E46 3 series


 

 

 An E46 race build under way. RCIS photo

 

The biggest race series in New Zealand has announced a new single-specification class for the coming season, using the E46 coupe and four door versions of BMW’s ever popular 3 Series.

Organisers say the aim is to give competitors a chance to compete in motorsport at reasonable cost by limiting permissible modifications In fact the class prohibits any modification not specifically tagged in the rules.

The E46 class features ‘showroom’ 320i four or two door cars with the M54B22 24-valve, twin cam six cylinder engine. Gearboxes allowed are the Getrag and ZF manual five speed transmissions used in the road cars. There are upwards of 12 cars in-build for the current season.

The BMW series started in 2006 with a single-class competition for BMW’s E30 3 Series. Inspired by a similar competition in the UK, it rapidly grew to be the most successful such series in the country. It soon expanded to include a class for 2.0-litre cars and an ‘open’ class that enables exotica such as World Touring Car Championship E90 320i racers and turbocharged early-model cars to compete.

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  1. 1995 328i BMW, 25 years old AND looks like the business. It IS the business. Wonderful car.

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