Has anyone formed an opinion on the GKD Legend Six?
As an Alpina driver and having witnessed the performance of the M3s at Silverstone on the weekend, there's no doubt that the thought of a BMW
powered racer appeals....
I like the Legend
Looks pretty good. Some six pot cometition for me
Hello
Its my aim to build one of these next year - when I enquired I was told any E36/E46 suitable except the M3.
So for an E36 straight six you could have a 325i.
An E36 318is is as powerful as a 320i but lighter so why go for a 320i six at that power level. Both are chain driven cams so no cambelts issues on
either.
Would seem to be more in keeping with sevenesque to go for a four pot.
There is a chap on the bristolkitcar club website building one but he only updates slowly - by all accounts though so far its going smoothly.
The only fly in the ointment I can see at the moment is an E36 donor with this nikasil issue if you really want a six - it affects most of the later
engines.
Seems 318is or 325i is therefore safest and you'll get 140/189 bhp dependent on choice.
quote:
Originally posted by pdm
Hello
Its my aim to build one of these next year - when I enquired I was told any E36/E46 suitable except the M3.
So for an E36 straight six you could have a 325i.
An E36 318is is as powerful as a 320i but lighter so why go for a 320i six at that power level. Both are chain driven cams so no cambelts issues on either.
Would seem to be more in keeping with sevenesque to go for a four pot.
There is a chap on the bristolkitcar club website building one but he only updates slowly - by all accounts though so far its going smoothly.
The only fly in the ointment I can see at the moment is an E36 donor with this nikasil issue if you really want a six - it affects most of the later engines.
Seems 318is or 325i is therefore safest and you'll get 140/189 bhp dependent on choice.
Maybe that's what he meant - best to take it direct from GKD to clarify really rather than my second hand story !!! He was certainly really
helpful even though my enquiry was really really early.
Thing is if you start off with an M3, once it's on the road you havent got much scope for tuning it or fettling it in those long dark winters !
At 240ish+ bhp you're getting on for 380 bhp per tonne - that's certainly going to be reasonably quick I would have thought !!
quote:
Originally posted by pdm
Thing is if you start off with an M3, once it's on the road....
True enough indeed and what a track weapon you'd end up with..
mmmmmm
E36 3.2 Evo engine in there - 320 bhp. 
Might need to find out if they do wider rear arches to cope with massive tyres....
The idea appeals to me too, if only because it's a bit different as much as anything else.
With regard to tuning/winter upgrades - you can forget about the need to tune the engine if using M3 power and instead concentrate on setup and
handling instead. More than 240bhp would just mean shredding tyres.
ETA:
What's the difference between the legend and legend six? Is it the same dims or a wider chassis? That would put me off a bit/
[Edited on 29/10/09 by StevieB]
I have thought about this as the engine in my 530i is just glorious. 231hp as standard, smooth, nice sound, lots of tourque and fairly robust. Might
be a bit heavy but I'm not sure how bad.
If you can use donor brakes etc they would be massive on a car like this although again weight might be a problem?
quote:
Originally posted by pdm
Hello
Its my aim to build one of these next year - when I enquired I was told any E36/E46 suitable except the M3.
So for an E36 straight six you could have a 325i.
An E36 318is is as powerful as a 320i but lighter so why go for a 320i six at that power level. Both are chain driven cams so no cambelts issues on either.
Would seem to be more in keeping with sevenesque to go for a four pot.
There is a chap on the bristolkitcar club website building one but he only updates slowly - by all accounts though so far its going smoothly.
The only fly in the ointment I can see at the moment is an E36 donor with this nikasil issue if you really want a six - it affects most of the later engines.
Seems 318is or 325i is therefore safest and you'll get 140/189 bhp dependent on choice.
quote:
Originally posted by DavidW
I have thought about this as the engine in my 530i is just glorious. 231hp as standard, smooth, nice sound, lots of tourque and fairly robust. Might be a bit heavy but I'm not sure how bad.
If you can use donor brakes etc they would be massive on a car like this although again weight might be a problem?
quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
The idea appeals to me too, if only because it's a bit different as much as anything else.
With regard to tuning/winter upgrades - you can forget about the need to tune the engine if using M3 power and instead concentrate on setup and handling instead. More than 240bhp would just mean shredding tyres.
ETA:
What's the difference between the legend and legend six? Is it the same dims or a wider chassis? That would put me off a bit/
[Edited on 29/10/09 by StevieB]