[maq]

BMW Z4 M Coupé as motor racing kit.
Press release, 02/28/2006

The first BMW two-seater for Nordschleife fans and international customer teams.
Munich/Geneva, 27th February 2006. Unveiling in Geneva: On the occasion of the Automobilsalon, Prof Dr Burkhard Göschel, BMW Group Board Member Purchasing and Development, introduced a new racing car for customer motor racing. The Motorsport Version of the BMW Z4 M Coupé, which has already made a big impression as a production model, is the first two-seater BMW Motorsport offers for customer teams. When it came to the development, BMW faced a huge challenge: The car had to have what is needed to race successfully on the world's most demanding and spectacular racetrack, the Nürburgring's famous Nordschleife. The new motorsport coupé can be used by private BMW customer teams in the German Endurance Championship and in the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race.

The power unit of the beefy coupe is a BMW Motorsport designed 3.2-litre in-line 6-cylinder engine delivering about 400bhp, with the suspension area in particular benefiting from the knowledge gained from the successful BMW M3 GTR project.

With its varied component ranges, BMW Motorsport and BMW Racing Parts Distribution offer customer teams a new technology platform for use in many miscellaneous international racing and club sport series, with the Nordschleife enthusiasts not being the only interested party, as the brawny coupe also represents the perfect car for use in the Belgian Belcar series and other, non-European, endurance series.

The kit can be ordered from May 2006 at BMW Motorsport and will be available for an estimated € 250,000 (plus VAT).



Technical Data BMW Z4 M Coupé Motorsport Version

Length: 4415 mm
Width: 1880 mm
Wheelbase: 2493 mm
Front & Rear Overhang: 865 mm/774mm
Rear Wing Width: 1504 mm
Front & Rear Ground Clearance: 80 mm/90 mm
Front & Rear Tyres: Michelin 27/65-18, 28/71-18
Front Brake: Grey cast iron disc dia. 380 mm / 6 pot fixed calliper
Rear Brake: Grey cast iron disc dia. 320 mm / 4 pot fixed calliper
Drive Line: sequential 6-speed gearbox, sintered clutch
Engine Layout: six cylinder in line
Cylinder Capacity: 3246 cc
Bore x Stroke: 87 x 91 mm
Compression Ratio: 12,5:1
Max. Power: approx. 400 PS at 8200 rpm
Max. Torque: approx. 400 Nm at approx. 5750 rpm
Max. Revolutions per minute: 8400 rpm
Cylinder block: one-piece construction
Crankshaft: forged steel part
Piston: forged slipper skirt piston
Con-rod: Steel
Cylinder head: Aluminium, four valves per cylinder
Valve train: Two chain driven overhead camshafts with variable valve timing
Intake System: Six single throttle valves, Carbon fibre Air box with resonance induction optimised inlet pipes
Exhaust System: Multiple pipe manifold with silencer and catalytic converter
Lubricating System: Wet Sump Lubrication
Cooling System: Water / Air cooler
Flywheel: Steel
Fuel System: Inlet-Pipe Injection, one Injector per Cylinder, 5 bar injection pressure
Fuel: 5-star lead-free petrol, ROZ min=98
Fuel Tank Volume: 120 litres
Minimum Weight: 1200 kg in Nürburgring Specification

Engine Management System: BMW Motorsport ECU406 with two powerful microprocessors, Ethernet Interface and four CAN busses; Cylinder selective optimized Injection and Ignition; Pit-Speed-Limiter; Quick-Shift; Engine Log Book; Electronic Throttle Control; VANOS Control; Race ABS; Traction Control.
Energy Management: Distribution and Control of the electric energy through the BMW Motorsport POWER400 Control Unit; Networking of all Sensors and Actuators through a CAN Bus.
Electric loom: Weight optimised

Ignition coils: Six high performance pencil-type ignition coils with integrated ignition driver.

Sparkplugs: NGK high performance Sparkplugs

Instruments: Free programmable LCD Display with integrated shift lights

Steering-wheel: multiple function Steering-wheel with Quick-Release mechanism and display control

[younghov85]

SWEET, pics would help!

[maq]

Here's an awsome pic. If they push the engine as far back as possible, it's pretty much mid-engined.

[lux.sh]

Which airport is that thing headed to?

[Reckamech]

Nice

[SteveMD]

That is awesome. Absolutely awesome. I want a poster.

Mind you, there's a kid in a Civic around here with a bigger wing.

[Enroutte]

Am I the only one who doesn't like it? I don't relaly know anything about cars, but I don't think it looks nice. It looks unpropportional. The nose is way too large and closing it with a roof accents the huge nose more, IMO. I don't think it's cute, at all.

[Ghunger]

Sorry Kat, I think it looks fantastic. I will qualify that though. I don't think I'd drive something that looks like that around town. I prefer something with a bit more class for a car I'd drive every day BUT, For an aggressive race track only z4...

[Enroutte]

Originally Posted by Ghunger

Sorry Kat, I think it looks fantastic. I will qualify that though. I don't think I'd drive something that looks like that around town. I prefer something with a bit more class for a car I'd drive every day BUT, For an aggressive race track only z4...

Yeah i agree, the car isnt that classy, just sporty. my dad has the z4 roadster but it's his weekend car. i think its a midlife crisis. but i think it looks nicer than the coupe. like, im sure the nose is of the same length/width, but it just looks less ginormous because it doesnt have a closed roof? maybe its jsut me imagining* things.



*wow, the word IMAGINING has a lot of ingingingings, it made me all confused. i had to read it over like, 3times.

[Oz]

Will new Z4 have the steel top just like the upcoming 335i coupe?

[db17k]

I hate the Z4's headlights! thanks for the pix

[shragon]

siiik! thanks for the pics!

[joony79]

Maaaaaan~~ Awesome pics of Z4 AND E90

[Sound Of Speed]

Holy god damn

[magmd]

Shit!!!!!!! THEY are Awesome!!!!1

[BMW F22]

I want that car - the spoiler.

[Sound Of Speed]

Originally Posted by BMWE90

I want that car - the spoiler.

Yes, because on a racecar like that, it isn't needed.

[Robin_NL]

The spoiler is one thing an YES it's needed.

400BHP from the 3246cc E46 M3 engine and 1200 kg in Nürburgring spec. That's MORE like it.

[Oz]

Could someone be able to answer my question? Will it be a steel top like the upcoming E92? One of my friends wants to get a 3.0i Z4 in the summer..

[Tierfreund]

Originally Posted by Oz

Could someone be able to answer my question? Will it be a steel top like the upcoming E92? One of my friends wants to get a 3.0i Z4 in the summer..

My guess is youre asking wether the Z4 will be a steel hardtop (retractable) convertible.

That shows you have no idea of what´s going on with the Z4.

The upcoming E93 convertible will be a true convertible with a retractable steel top. The E92 you mention is the coupe, naturally with a steel roof, what else.

The Z4 will continue as a regular roadster with a soft top just like before.
Addintionally there will be a Z4 coupe that, as the name allready gives away is NOT a convertible. It´s a fixed (steel of course what else) top coupe. NOT retractable thus very much NOT like the E93.

Instead of nagging for an answer around here, why not simply look at all the available pictures of the facelifted Z4 roadster and the new Z4 coupe. It´s very obvious really.

[Tierfreund]

Originally Posted by lux.sh

Which airport is that thing headed to?

[BMW0]

Thanks for the pics, they look great! I like this cool shot of the rear.