Can a car really be considered a sleeper if the turbo is sticking out of the hood?🤔 cool car regardless!

A sleeper appears stock with no hint of modifications. I wouldn’t call this a sleeper personally.

>sleeper >mismatched wheels and turbo sticking out through the hood pick one.

Big thank you David for getting behind the wheel of my creation!

It’s a sleeper because he still has the amber in the taillights

This is awesome, but I can't really justify calling a car with a giant turbo poking out of the hood a "sleeper" lmao

I really love how BMW’s feel when you drive them. Either driving around town or blasting down the highway it’s always smooth

boosted m52's are soooo good. Properly sized turbos (not gigantic) make the motor just wake up so much.

finding a 6 cyl bmw e30, e36 or e46 in a decent non overpriced state is very hard in europe now I dont doubt the US being the same in a few years.

I have an e36 328is with a built motor turbonetics 6266 miller war chip with 660cc injectors and their MAF. South bend stage 2 clutch z4 shift kit. LSD, 255/40/17 all 4 corners. 14.5 psi 450 whp

When ever you are in Tampa and want to review a 1000hp E36m3 let me know

I wouldn't call it a sleeper, I'd say more budget friendly but I doubt so, lol

M52 was the engine that came in that car.

Thank you so much for always making great videos I’ve been watching you since 5th grade and I’m a senior now you’re awesome

If you can see the turbo through the hood, I wouldn’t necessarily call it a sleeper haha! Cool car though! I love the stripped out racecar look!

M52 is from the 328 so it’s not a swap. Also the s52 out of the m3 is just a bored out m52. Both equally as good for boost. Also SMG is the Sequential Manual Gearbox aka an automatic so it’s not what you’re shifting lol.

Mismatched wheels (also non BMW) ones, gutted interior, really loud exhaust in combination with the turbo sticking out of the hood and etc... The car is interesting and probably fast as heck but far away from being a sleeper

Day 11 of asking david to do a review on a Volvo S60R

Motivation. Totally doable and on a budget even.

I’ve got a turbo e36 aswell g35-900. Link ecu. And I absolutely love it too. I also did all of my suspension and brakes over the course of 5 years. Solid bushings. Stainless lines. Reinforced everything. Ditched the divorced coil setup for a mono setup. Adjustable upper and lower control arms. I’m just about to get retuned but 22RPD and hopefully push to 550-600whp (made 450@14psi before on a GT3582R)

This car is absolutely stunning. Nice video

i’m used to like 6-800hp cars. but i’m not gonna lie. that M3 looks like it’s effing moving! wow!

That’s my buddy’s car. I’ve ridden in it. That thing moves.

This is in my neck of VA! How have i not seen this e36?! Great stuff David!

Soooo the 328 probably is even more significant to Bmw than the (e36) M3. The 328 line of cars specifically are a multi generation long class wining car for bmw, that has been their sports car base line for almost 100 years now (1936 and on}. Just something you should know; Also the m52 IS out of the 328i e36.. In addition to being the 2.8L used in the E39 and Z3 of that era.

We literally just dyno'd this car at Drivermotorsports!!

great tire setup, cant go wrong with R888 and FIREHAWKS!

*gets pulled over* "It's stock officer."

First 3 series i ever worked on was one of these. Looked just like this to

You can feel the excitement and happiness in this video

Video makes me wanna cry shudda never sold my 6sp swap e36 😒

VA has some awesome little backroads for spirited driving especially out toward the mountains...but ya gotta love the snake road near chester when i was younger i would go wild on that road despite the friends lost on it i am sure your familiar with it as well

I like it, I'm planning on boosting my e46 323ci

the turbo bmw is awesome, my dad have a e36 320i turbo kinda looks like this one with the turbo sticking out of the hood and he uses it as a "wintercar" kinda cool still

I’d like to see obsessed garage do a review of your car care products

Clickbait. Sleeper? Nah. Just built on the cheap.

Should have stopped by and done my srt-6 crossfire, im like in roanoke va also haha

“This Man Built the Ultimate BMW E36 Sleeper!” Turbo sticking out of hood.

M52 is the code for late 328 and 323ti engines. Same 2,5 as the older 325 but with a restricted inlet manifold. This means the 328 makes the same hp als a 325 and the 323ti has 170hp instead of 200 like a 325 just because of the inlet manifold

I've seen these with stock blocks (cams from m3) and stock trans hit almost 800whp. I'm really confused by the mod list and the power levels

What I really want to know tho, even though I love ya David, how a BMW can even be considered a sleeper? I mean even in it's lower forms still is a pretty quick and capable sports car that nobody would ever expect to be slow lol..

Dream project car rn

Where is the 'sleeper'?

M52B28 is the factory engine in the 328is sir

Turbo sticking out of the hood, stripped out interior, mismatched wheels. Not a sleeper. The sleeper was that EG Civic sedan you did a few years back. The one that was built but still looked completely stock.

hi David. nice vid. liked b4 watching b/c I knew it was going to be good

Cant wait to show @thatdudeinblue my BMW turbo sedan setup this year when its done

E36 ride amazing if you replace all the suspension and diff bushings then add some nice coilovers. With a good tire set up you can get some speed up on the track on a stock motor.

Gotta review Lz’s e36

I just say i like u have the side rears open, i have been inflating southern finland with that. So many doesn't use them properly.

This is what I want to do with my e36. One day

It's not a sleeper with the turbo sticking out the hood lol

This is kinda like standard drift car here in Sweden :)

I love your videos man good job

Definitely the definition of sleeper

I thought u where going to show me how you set the engine up. Did you do a refresh on the head and block or is it all stock other then gasket and studs?

Turbo sticking out of the hood, no interior other than a driver bucket seat, mismatched wheels with huge meat on the back with a massive rake, and a "hater pipe" that sticks out of the hood and spits massive flames. But it still says 328is on the back, and the paint is fading, so its a sleeper 😂😂 idk if i would race that personally. Its a badass car tjo

I had the 96 325is and loved it

I'm so mad bro, I was in Richmond Virginia at ft lee army base for 6 months and never could go off post cause of covid. I got shipped straight to Germany

Can I get contact with the owner, I'm trying to do this with my e36 convertible

Thank You TDIB for the great content. Also Fun Fact: When I Was Younger I Thought Your KZfaq Name Was ThatDubaienDude :P

I don’t think e36’s had the inflatable bolstering on the seats?

Honestly I see those windows down and im jealous cuz my 328i 4 door has so many problems

Do a h2b review

The hoonicorn is a sleeper Mustang. You heard it here first.

Seeing the trees fly by at 7:26 is insane 🤩 #warpspeed

smg transmission from the e46? no. If it was an SMG then it was converted with the bell housing to a manual. If its super hard to get into gear then somethings screwed up with the clutch or shifter..because its a stock getrag 420g transmission

Don’t think it counts as a sleeper with the turbo sticking out and wider performance tires on the rear, just looks like a street drag car.

Great vid

to truly look "sleeper", he should put an Autozone-special fake hood vent over the turbo

540 letsss goo 🤘🏼

“And for some reason the air pockets under my butt and it’s going up and down” aye brooo you good??

Got one and i wouldnt trade it for anything 🤟🏻🔥

Did you have to cut the hood? Is there any other way

How do you pass inspection is the first question 👍

Aren't the bmw gearboxes the same gear ratio 1-5 in the e36 and e46 petrols? Unless he's using the 6th gear and/or the feel is WAY better in the e46 box it seems to me like he just spent some unneeded money 🤷‍♂️ BUT, not my car and he's always now got an expense box to sell to raise some funds if needed 🤷‍♂️

Yeah Matt L It’s like; I see youuuuu, your there for a reason aren’t you?

I’m just waiting on my base tune from rktunes which I should get Monday or Tuesday and I’m soooo stoked even tho base tune is only ~300 STILL

You have seen my e36 and once I do the s54 swap guarantee you'll fall in love! Soon jr soon!!

Anyone knows what turbo kit is used or was it a custom build? I have the same car but skeptic about the cheap eBay kits I see online.

My dream car, but they are so expensive unless you want a project car D:

When you going to come to the 7 cities? Virginia Beach VA, he have all the heat!

I have an E36 M3 I’d love for you to review.

idk about sleeper, with the turbo coming out of the hood and some obviously fat tires in the back

That third gear tho 🤘🏼

This is dope

Don’t know if it’s a sleeper with the massive turbo sticking out of the hood

I thought SMG’s were auto’s

I'm a simple man, I see a turbo, I like

Let's just start with the fact that sleepers are considered non-performance cars to begin with that were made surprisingly fast. Something like a Buick Ultra with the Supercharged 3800 as one of many examples. A BMW E36 will never be a sleeper. Aside from the very obvious modifications done to this one.

You always seem to have a lot of fun in these ghetto turbo cars, why haven’t you built one yet?

Can somebody explain to me what trans is actually in this car?

Only 400hp and a "big giant borg warner turbo sticking out of the hood" doesn't sound like the makings of the "ultimate sleeper" to me.

hell yeah man

People are annoying they say "OMG it's not a sleeper since it doesn't appear stock" but NO, a sleeper just is a car you don't expect to be fast, that's all, it doesn't need to look stock or anything like that, it needs to be unassuming. And as much as y'all like to say it's not a sleeper, and that there's a turbo sticking out of the hood, when you're gonna see this car on the road, you're not gonna notice any of that, all you're gonna see is an e36 with faded paint, mismatched colors and wheels and you're just gonna think "wow, another clapped out e36 that makes less power than a Honda Odyssey", and that's the point of a sleeper.

You should review adam LZ's chasers!!!!!!

The US M3 is a stroked 328i, not a real ///M motor. This 328i is fine.

Is there a link to this cars build?

Fye ass car🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🤍🤍🤍

hello sir is there any change to the ecu?