18 year old builds V10 powered BMW Z3

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Rather than wait for his parents to buy him a car for his 18th birthday, Denislav Shishev from Bulgaria took matters into his own hands by taking a wrecked BMW Z3 M coupe and transforming it into the above vehicle with help from his friends.

To begin, the ambitious 18 year old and his friends took the car to a chassis shop to straighten everything out. From there the fun began with transplanting the 5.0L V10 motor found in the current generation E60 M5. Obviously this isn’t a straight drop-in swap, so Shishev and his boys went to the custom fabrication department modifying everything including the transmission tunnel to ensure everything was done properly the first time.

From there the chassis was reinforced and stiffened with a custom cage that was welded in. After all the fabrication work was done, the chassis was powdercoated a fresh coat of white and then the car was transported for the exterior work. Most of us would be happy there, but Shishev had plenty more up his sleeve.

Once the exterior body parts were installed, including a vented hood, the vehicle received the widebody treatment. And what we really dig about this widebody is that it isn’t too excessive at all and actually flows with the natural bodylines of the vehicle. It’s very nicely executed without going overboard.

The custom paint scheme was then laid down and your usual alignment and dyno tuning was performed as the finishing touches. And if that wasn’t cool enough, Denislav has also built himself an E30 sporting the V8 from an E39 M5.

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[8cd03gro]

How did he afford all of this without the help of his parents? That's some pretty hefty funding for an 18 year old with no help. Must be more ambitious than they made him out to be.

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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro

How did he afford all of this without the help of his parents? That's some pretty hefty funding for an 18 year old with no help. Must be more ambitious than they made him out to be.

I think he has made a good bit of money for this project, plus this Z3 will be his new race car.

About Dennis

His racing career began at the age of 8 as a kart racer. Participant in many amateur competitions, from June 2009 Participant in the national championship track and mountain in Group Hobby over 1600sm3 .


Driving Career

Dennis won his first amateur competition in drift only 14 years old at VI Nat. BMW Festival 2007. Before the age of seventeen in the discipline Time Attack Dennis won two first places and a special reward before moving to the professionals



Professional Career

Dennis made his debut as a professional 06-track 07.06.2009g Dragon (Kaloyanovo). Launch of the first starting position at a better time in qualifying, but after problems with the car finished second position. The balance has now the following two first places (Buzludja and Haskovo), two second and three third places, with BMW E30 M3 V8.

[Arthur 818]

V10 M5 engine with that light Z3 body would be amazingly fast !! This kids a LowKey BOSS.