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Originally Posted by TheJuggernaut
It is completely true. Getting a stripped E30 under 2400 lbs is trivial, 2200 isn't terribly hard, especially with the S14 or M42. To get an E36 that light, you have to replace most of the glass and sheet metal with plastic. An E46, I dunno, cut it in half... The logic is similar to saying that a hippo on a diet will weigh the same as a dog on one because the hippo has more to lose. The E46 is a large, heavy car. Not an E30 with extra sound deadening and creature comforts. In fact, I'd bet it's about the same size as the E28, the 80's 5 series.
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Technically you COULD get an E46 down in the mid 2k's. Get rid of ALL the luxuries, 1 lightweight race seat, no sound deadening, no PS or AC, replace the glass with plexi, Acid bath the chassis (yeah going that far to prove a point, lol. Sure it's a lot of work but I'm just trying to prove it's possible), light weight battery, no spare, lightweight alloy rims, get rid of a few panels etc etc
So yeah essentially you would be riding around in a metal bucket with one seat, a roll cage, and a powertrain BUUUUUT it's a track car it's not supposed to be comfortable.
The real question is, WOULD you? Does it make sense? Not really when you can do it for cheaper with an E30 or E36 but there are crazy people with too much currency on hand that like to do unique things to cars for the sake of doing it. Had a dude at my college drop an RB26DETT in his Chevy S10. Why? Because there are only 2 other's like it in the country and he wanted to be the third.
So yeah this hippo could weigh as much as a dog... it's just a LOT of work.