Most drift cars in Europe start their track life having seen a lot of street time, and it needs to be said that not a lot of cars on this side of the pond have seen as much street time or is as well known as the Polizei drift BMW driven by Alexander Gräff in the Pro class of International Drift Series.
The car is originally a 23 year old BMW E28 525e. The engine was swapped to the 4 liter M60B40 motor out of an E34 and underwent a good deal of modifications.
These include a revised chip, exhaust system, sport air filter, 100 cell catalytic converter, new intakes and custom camshafts to bring the power output from the stock 286 PS to 387PS.
The car also features an FIA spec roll cage and Sparco lightweight racing buckets. Alex is 40 years old and has been drifting since 2000, competing professionally since 2008 in his Polizei BMW.
As wonderful as the story sounds, during one of the practice runs at round 5 of International Drift Series, a collision resulted in Alex totaling his car as well as the E30 M3 belonging to his wife. Luckily, there were no injuries bar minor bruises.
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