BMW M2 gets all-wheel drive/R44 Performance
The latest BMW M cars are straight-line demons from the factory, and they take modifications well. It's probably the most extreme modern M car we've yet seen, the M2 drag car pumping out 1,500 horsepower to all four wheels.
It's the work of British studios R44 Performance and Tom Wrigley Performance, and it's headed to the US to try to compete for the title of the fastest BMW in the world, writes Motor1.
This project started with an all-wheel drive conversion. BMW doesn’t sell an all-wheel drive M2 – at least not yet – but under the hood the car is much the same as the M3 and M4, both of which have all-wheel drive options. (BMW does sell an all-wheel drive 2 Series, but the hardware is a bit different from the M cars.) For this build, R44 and Tom Wrigley Performance took the transmission from an M3 and, after much trial and error, managed to get it to work.
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To get 1,500 horsepower, Tom Wrigley Performance swapped the stock twin turbos for a huge single, cleaned the engine, installed forged internals, and all sorts of additional cooling systems.
The eight-speed automatic gearbox has also received new parts to cope with the huge torque. On top of all that is a full roll cage, carbon seats with six-point harnesses, a significant suspension upgrade, custom Vossen wheels and plenty of carbon bodywork. Oh, and a parachute.
The M2 is headed to the US for a few appearances, including next March's TX2K in Texas, an event for street-legal drag cars. There, it will compete for the title of one of the fastest BMWs in the world. R44 Performance has a full video series on their YouTube channel, so be sure to check it out if you want to see everything that goes into building one of the most extreme M2s on the planet.