1970 Sunbeam Alpine (fastback) with 4.0 BMW v8 engine.

Description

1970 Sunbeam Alpine project.... The donar car was a 1994 BMW 540i touring, all the wiring loom, engine and gearbox (6 speed manual). This project will take me the next couple of years to get together but for now here's a teaser of how far i've gotten. Chassis has not been modified but i have cut away some of the bulkhead for better clearance, and stiffend the engine mounts with the BMW's crossmenber. car weighs 1000kg exactly, the engine is all ally so the overall weight is much the same as it was with the original cast iron 4 cylinder lump!. (1725cc) the Bmw engine produces 286bhp, but i have removed the cats and other restrictions taking this one up to 300bhp. i will be useing the bmw 6 speed manual gearbox but will use the limited slip diff from a ford capri, this is a simple bolt in mod. more information and video's to follow! Dave

Keywords

sunbeam, alpine, rapier, h120, v8, bmw, classic, custom, hot rod

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