BimmerWorld OPTIMA Batteries E36 Hill Climb Car!

We took a break from isolation to make the trip out to Austin, Texas for Optima Batteries’ Hi-Performance Expo at the Circuit of the Americas last November (2020). We’ll be featuring several of our favorite cars from the event so make sure you’re subscribed and getting our notifications!

In this one we have BimmerWorld’s James Clay, and the OPTIMA Batteries Bergsteiger E36 Hill Climb Car! Being a pro driver and building racecars that conform to rules every day Clay wanted to build something without compromise or constraints and this is monster is a manifestation of that dream! Mike states a number of times that this is his favorite car ever of all time so watch and find out why!

0:00​ OPTIMA HPE Intro
1:20 Engine
4:29 Air Management
8:07 Chassis
10:02 Suspension
12:20 Engine Management
12:34 Brakes
14:01 Rear Wing
14:30 Junk in the Trunk
15:25 More Rear Suspension
19:06​ On-track Sounds

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[motoiq]

What do y'all think of Mike's favorite car ever? What's yours?

[pintdk]

This should be an hour long, amazing build and so many details.

[fastsigns]

This is an amaaaazing machine, love all the work done

[DreamProjectsMotorsports]

Could watch this for hours, amazing work and the sound is insane 🔥

[NoClassic]

the underbody aero on this thing is insane for a "street car"

[janmolenkamp]

Hello Mike as per your suggestion, hope that they bring that bimmer to Sydney motor sport race track next year hope by that time flying will be allowed. Been there a couple off times and it will be an eye opener if you can make it. Thanks for mentioning Australia in you comments. The WTAC in Sydney is an outstanding event.

[slfrules]

Mike man i'm with you! This car is insane!

[chadlegault]

Super cool!!!! :)
Love the tech and the breakdown!
Congrats, guys.

[Josh-lihb]

I would love to know the actual budget range for this car. We see so many crazy builds on the internet and never know what they cost, most of which are crazy money. Such a cool build, great feature.

[jamesbowman]

“Meat ballast” hahaha I’m borrowing that. Great Upload!

[smudger]

Coolest guy ever, just subbed your channel, thanks for a great presentation man, and that car is a serious bit of kit, Mike's a luck man.. keep plugging your videos up..👍

[Edison]

"My" favorite MK car was his red Nissans SE-R B13 by far!!

[TheRedfox]

That's awesome 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[josemendez-wunj]

How did you even get your foot in on this type of work this is like watching a dream come true

[hakkalocken]

Really cool build, I think I still prefer Georg Plasa's Judd V8 as far as hillclimb E36s go though.

[donttrusttheape]

If I ever meet Mike, we will drink and talk forever!

[Edison]

@ .32 is that a 57 El dog convertible 'B"!!!!?

[josemendez-wunj]

I'm a mechanic at big o tires in las cruces nm

[bigmikes]

Love that thing what was the weight or did I miss that part?

[janeblogs]

Spoiler alert, you won't see it hillclimb. You'll see it flyby once for 4seconds 19:30