With a mighty V8 in place of the standard i8's three-cylinder turbo engine and electric motor, we'd say so. The i8 only has a tiny 3 cylinder engine so I imagine the engine bay would also be tiny. No room for a DIY v8 swap without some serious chassis re-engineering.
That GTR car you mentioned has a full custom chassis purpose built for racing and for that engine, it's not like they shoehorned a v8 into a stock i8. The BMW i8 is a plug-in hybrid sports car developed by BMW. The i8 was part of BMW's electrified fleet and was marketed under the BMW i sub-brand.
The production version of the BMW i8 was unveiled at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show and was released in Germany in June 2014. [12] Deliveries to retail customers in the U.S. began in August 2014.
[13] A roadster variant was launched in May 2018. [14. A BMW i8 will ditch its plug.
Custom Projects - Engine Swap Magic: Building a BMW i8 with a Twin-turbo S63 V8 In this guide, we are providing an updated BMW i8 engine compatibility chart that will guide you on the engines to go for. We'll also dive deeper into what you need to know before doing an engine swap and the challenges you're likely to face. The Munich-based company - what a coincidence, right? - took a BMW i8, stripped it down to a hollow shell, took a 4.4-liter V8 engine from an M6, and put the two together.
The BMW i8 is a masterpiece. In the late 2000s, engineers from the German automaker created a sonnet of motoring, carefully folding in the past with the future-sadly, it's a song which fell on. Gabura Racing Technologies in Munich, Germany is fulfilling many BMW fan's dreams by building a supercar out of a BMW i8.
The supercar is being called the GRT V8i and will feature a twin-turbo V8 from a BMW M5/M6. The stock BMW i8 needs just 4.4 seconds to reach 100 km/h (62mph) from a standstill with its 360 horsepower, so we expect the tuned up i8 to be a bit faster. The BMW i8 is propelled by a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine, combined with an electric motor, an 11.6-kWh battery, and all-wheel drive, as opposed to a supercharged V8 or a thunderous V12.
