Italian 318is, NA 197hp, E30 S14 ITBs... (pics from article)

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Hi, I want to show you a thing that made me dream since 2004, year of this article. It's from a Italian tuning magazine.
The car is a M42 318is tuned by Franco Gatti, one of the best, if not the best italian BMW tuner (he built BMW race cars. But he died a year ago.

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Here is the mod list that magazine shows:
- lightened crankshaft
- CPS forged pistons, but not bored and not stroked, so oem displacement
- Schrick cams
- ported head, intake and exhaust holes, but not skinned
- Compression ratio 10,8:1
- flywheel lightened: minus 6,5kg from oem weight
- different oil pump, external oil filter and external oil radiator
- ITBs and airbox from 320iS E30 S14
- BMC CDA air filter
- Superprint exhaust, central and silencer pipe
- EFI race ecu, should be a standalone.

Power= 197hp at flywheel, 23,6 Kgm of torque (circa 168 ft-lbs).
rev limiter is slightly over 7000 rpms.
As you can see the e30 itb can be fitted!

To me the list is too short for 200hp...
no other infos of the car