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Meeting people and companies from within our industry is one of our biggest enjoyments, and over the last couple of weeks we have been talking to Ian Lawson of INGSport about sourcing the last few parts for our own BMW Z4 V8 GT3 Road build, which has been very helpful and enlightening certainly someone thats full of good information, so it has been great touching base with him and getting some professional feedback on his own amazing Z4 GT3 endurance Britcar that he races under his own company name banner.

Whilst talking to Ian about what parts we were hoping he could assist us with finding he informed us that his wonderful GT3 Z4 is up for sale, boy oh boy do we wish we had the funds in place for that purchase … but unfortunately we are 2 years in with our own road going Z4 V8 project.

The INGSport car has been rebuilt with new parts and comes with a huge list of spares, the car is basically ready to race to go racing and the price discussed it will be the cheapest Z4 GT3 to come on to the market that we know of, it really is a bargain, the icing on the cake for this amazing little bundle of joy is it’s the time-lapse build that can be seen on YouTube built by West Coast Racing is the car you will be buying, amazing that watching that video all those years ago and we are building our own car and we have since met Ian ... such a small world.

So if you want the most aggressive looking track car to ever grace a race track then get in touch with ourselves or Ian directly … and "YES" we are available at no cost if there is a spare race seat

Time Lapse BMW Z4 GT3, West Coast Racing, INGSport Britcar Endurance Build

 

Our good friend Johan Sjöstedt has been at it again, updating and fine tuning his amazing BMW Z4 GT3 creation, we have him to blame for us also taking the same path with our own BMW Z4 transformation.

I think everyone in the car scene around the globe knows of the BMW Z4 GT3 that Jens Byggmark drove in the 2014 Gumball 3000, built by West Coast Racing, if you don’t where have you been, as this is one of the most famous if not “THE” most famous Z4 on the planet, as I said it most certainly contributed towards us taking the plunge, as we were looking to sell our authentic full carbon kit, until we saw how it looked on the road, so a big thank you Johan for helping with our choice to build our V8 GT3 Z4.

Johan Sjöstedt BMW Z4 GT3 Road Car

So what has Johan been up to with the Z4 and what changes have been made since we spoke to him last year, well for starters the folding electric roof has been taken off and in its place a full carbon fibre BMW GT3 fixed hard top, and we must say we want one at some point as it looks so spectacular, he has also updated the N54 Turbo engine that the car was launched with, its been replaced by the S65 V8 with sequential gearbox.

The final change has been the all new white look, with the BMW Motorsport detail stripes around the sill, rear quarters and the bonnet vents, this is one serious transformation, and one that looks at home on the track as it does on the road.

Johan Sjöstedt BMW Z4 GT3 all new look

Kudos to Johan for building what has to be the finest homage to the awesome BMW Z4 GT3 race cars in the world, we have a lot of work to do with our own Z4 GT3 V8 build, and if it turns out anything remotely like Johan’s beauty, I for one will be extremely happy.

Johan Sjöstedt BMW Z4 GT3 V8

 

Its taken some time but we are happy to say we have the final piece to our Z4 GT3 Jigsaw puzzle, getting hold of a genuine rear wing assembly, the wing is the easiest part to get hold of as we can simply manufacture any width any length wing with various profiles, all we have to do for the Z4 is make sure we have the correct width. We already had the early type rear wing set up, but its chassis mounted uprights which was great if you had the race car with the fixed roof, but not so great if your converting road cars and you still have the steal electric hood, we will possibly look at changing our roof to the authentic GT3 at some point, as we have found a German supplier that produces the roof and the mirrors if we need them, but not everyone wants a fixed roof, they want the convertible option, and you cannot use the roof as the wing uprights are bolted strait to the boot floor and the rear wing will not let the roof work correctly, so we have been after the later style with the boot mounted assembly for a while now, and its great to finally source a pure race wing set up, with the twin blades.

BMW Z4 GT3 REAR WING ASSEMBLY

Lots of people have said we shouldn't fit the wing as we are building a road car, and to some extent we agree, but this conversion needs it, this is a really aggressive looking car, the authentic GT3 kit is super wide, so the GT3 rear wing set up is the cherry on the top, and one this wide body V8 needs, with the added bonus and advantage of advertising space, which is priceless.

We will be having the aluminium supports laser cut and manufacturing, the double wing set up will be manufactured in carbon fibre, email us for more details if you happen to be building a Z4 GT3 or you just fancy fitting the GT3 rear wing assembly on your BMW E89 Z4 Chassis.

 
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