Johan Sjöstedt upgrades his BMW Z4 GT3, and the new look is sensational.

Our good friend Johan Sjöstedt has been at it again, updating and fine tuning his amazing BMW Z4 GT3 creation, we have him to blame for us also taking the same path with our own BMW Z4 transformation.

I think everyone in the car scene around the globe knows of the BMW Z4 GT3 that Jens Byggmark drove in the 2014 Gumball 3000, built by West Coast Racing, if you don’t where have you been, as this is one of the most famous if not “THE” most famous Z4 on the planet, as I said it most certainly contributed towards us taking the plunge, as we were looking to sell our authentic full carbon kit, until we saw how it looked on the road, so a big thank you Johan for helping with our choice to build our V8 GT3 Z4.

So what has Johan been up to with the Z4 and what changes have been made since we spoke to him last year, well for starters the folding electric roof has been taken off and in its place a full carbon fibre BMW GT3 fixed hard top, and we must say we want one at some point as it looks so spectacular, he has also updated the N54 Turbo engine that the car was launched with, its been replaced by the S65 V8 with sequential gearbox.

The final change has been the all new white look, with the BMW Motorsport detail stripes around the sill, rear quarters and the bonnet vents, this is one serious transformation, and one that looks at home on the track as it does on the road.

Kudos to Johan for building what has to be the finest homage to the awesome BMW Z4 GT3 race cars in the world, we have a lot of work to do with our own Z4 GT3 V8 build, and if it turns out anything remotely like Johan’s beauty, I for one will be extremely happy.

Johan Sjöstedt BMW Z4 GT3 V8

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BMW Z4 GT3 rear wing assembly

Its taken some time but we are happy to say we have the final piece to our Z4 GT3 Jigsaw puzzle, getting hold of a genuine rear wing assembly, the wing is the easiest part to get hold of as we can simply manufacture any width any length wing with various profiles, all we have to do for the Z4 is make sure we have the correct width. We already had the early type rear wing set up, but its chassis mounted uprights which was great if you had the race car with the fixed roof, but not so great if your converting road cars and you still have the steal electric hood, we will possibly look at changing our roof to the authentic GT3 at some point, as we have found a German supplier that produces the roof and the mirrors if we need them, but not everyone wants a fixed roof, they want the convertible option, and you cannot use the roof as the wing uprights are bolted strait to the boot floor and the rear wing will not let the roof work correctly, so we have been after the later style with the boot mounted assembly for a while now, and its great to finally source a pure race wing set up, with the twin blades.

BMW Z4 GT3 Rear Wing Assembly

BMW Z4 GT3 Rear Wing Assembly

BMW Z4 GT3 White

BMW Z4 GT3 Rear Wing Assembly

BMW Z4 GT3 REAR WING ASSEMBLY

Lots of people have said we shouldn't fit the wing as we are building a road car, and to some extent we agree, but this conversion needs it, this is a really aggressive looking car, the authentic GT3 kit is super wide, so the GT3 rear wing set up is the cherry on the top, and one this wide body V8 needs, with the added bonus and advantage of advertising space, which is priceless.

We will be having the aluminium supports laser cut and manufacturing, the double wing set up will be manufactured in carbon fibre, email us for more details if you happen to be building a Z4 GT3 or you just fancy fitting the GT3 rear wing assembly on your BMW E89 Z4 Chassis.

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Kremer Racing Factory Visit

For our third and final day of meetings Holger took us to see Kremer Racing in Cologne (KOLN) we had already had a taster of what was to come seeing a K3R Turbo being built at Holger’s HQ, but we hadn't seen a fully built car.

Kremer Racing HQ Cologne

Kremer Racing HQ Cologne

On our arrival the owner Eberhard was in a meeting, so we had a chance to have a look around the workshop and get to see the K3R up close and personal in both road and race form, and they are super wide, and so radical, and what was extra special you get to compare to the original 935 k3 chassis as they have two original and immaculate cars sitting in the workshop, we have said it before and we will say it again, Holger absolute nailed the design, on some angles you would think the bigger 997 clad K3 is the older traditional model, especially from the rear and the rear three quarter view, incredible that these cars are some 35 + years apart yet the DNA is visible, its only the front of the car that has taken on a newer fresher look, it’s a perfect mixture of new and old, and extremely clever, I guess it helps that Holger has the original K3 imprinted, he has been around the brand all his life, and his was his dream to create a modern homage to the original creation and I tip my hat to Eberhard gave it his blessing, the cars and plenty of cash to get the programme going, Holger must be the ultimate salesman, considering Eberhard only ever saw a very rough drawing of the concept idea Holger had in his head, so credit to them both for bringing us an absolute beauty of a modern day K3.

Kremer 935 K3

Kremer 935 K3

Kremer 935 K3

Kremer 935 K3

We had the privilege to see a racing K3 and also the road going K3R that had just passed TUV certification, which means yes it can be driven on German roads, which is no easy feat.

Both of the 997 k3’s are based on cup cars, the racer has the Turbo style exhaust exiting either side of the bumper, with no front fender lights, this is a racer so they aren't needed, and it’s true to form with the original 935 K3, the road car has to have the lights, as the bumper lights don’t cover enough light in front of the car when its dark, but to be honest we prefer the double lights as well as the bumper lights, it gives the car a real super-car appearance, with our preferred centre exit exhaust and it just looks so much better, we also prefer the 997 rear lights exposed on the racer over the blacked out ones on the road car, I guess it’s all down to personal choice.

Kremer K3R Road car

Kremer k3 997 Race car

The plan is to launch the car globally, and we are hoping to build one for the UK market, as well as offer them as a build to our current customers around the world, but its early days and there is still a lot to do, like a reworking on some of the parts, like the rear quarter moulds being redone so the panel sits a little better over the wheel and tyre combination, you can rest assured that we will shout it from the roof tops once we know the plan of building the cars, what we do know is we will be involved.

I couldn't help but think to myself sitting in the Kremer show room what Erwin and Manfred Kremer would of thought about the modern take on the old classic, and although Erwin has passed, were told Manfred frequently visits for a coffee and a catch up, what a legend.

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