{"id":44332,"date":"2023-11-14T12:46:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bmwblog.com\/?p=463738"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:46:50","slug":"custom-toyota-celica-uses-parts-from-four-bmws-including-m50-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/14\/custom-toyota-celica-uses-parts-from-four-bmws-including-m50-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom Toyota Celica Uses Parts From Four BMWs, Including M50 Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The younger BMW fan associates the term \u201cM50\u201d with the M Performance version of the i4<\/a> but the diehard enthusiast knows the suffix traces its roots to the 1990s. An inline-six gasoline engine carried this alphanumeric designation and was used on a variety of models between 1990 and 1996. The 3 Series from the E46 era happened to be one, but it\u2019s no longer inside a BMW since it has been repurposed for a Toyota.<\/p>\n

This project kicked off with a rusty Celica before Daniel Railean worked his magic to bring the sports car back to life. He used parts from no fewer than four different BMWs, including a 2001 323i from where it inherited the engine. It gets even more interesting since the rear end was borrowed from another 3 Series, this time around a much newer 2011 car. It\u2019s not just BMWs that were dismantled to revive the Celica as the steering column comes from a Renault Clio.<\/p>\n

The ol\u2019 Toyota, a second-generation Celica (RA40), lives again as a drift car with a BMW-sourced gearbox. We learn it took a lot of effort to cram in the M50, which is hardly a surprise since that engine bay was originally intended only for four-cylinder engines. Although power isn\u2019t mentioned, we’ll remind you a 323i E46 had 168 hp from its 2.5-liter unit. In stock form, that generation of the Toyota Celica barely had 100 hp although there was a Japanese version with nearly 140 hp.<\/p>\n

A lot of hours were also invested into the final appearance of the car. The original plan was to make it look like a Batmobile but that didn\u2019t pan out. The finished product makes generous use of carbon-Kevlar, with each body panel requiring about a week to finalize. It has a vented hood, a massive rear wing, and fender flares. It even has a custom heated windscreen, which is practically unheard-of among cars made between the late 1970s and early 1980s.<\/p>\n

Even if the car is not necessarily your cup of tea, we can all appreciate the work and time that went into rescuing a neglected Toyota Celica by using parts from other cars and improvising where there weren\u2019t off-the-shelf components available.<\/p>\n

Source: Bad Obsession Motorsport \/ YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n