26/05/2026
We are delighted to introduce our new FueLab and Turbozentrum combined sponsor Gabija, we are so excited to have her on the team. Gabi helps to run a family workshop in Hereford which can make life busy, but cars have always been her thing, and every spare minute goes into building, fixing or driving them.
The M3 S54 has been her dream since she was little. And once she had healed from the accident at a young age, she finally got to meet it: the BMW E46 M3.
People say it makes no sense to drift that engine — they’re probably right — but Gabi wanted to, so she did.
With drift season here, her focus is on her BMW E46 “Purple Wrath” (also known as “Blue”), which she's just rebuilt herself. It runs an S54 with a TurboSystems setup, just over 600hp at 0.8 bar. She's not chasing big numbers — she knows competing in Class 2 on road tyres means it’s about balance and reliability. Unfortunately, the engine block had a micro crack from day one, which only showed up last week.
Next step: bigger and better. she is going to run a temporary M50 for the season while building a new S54 with a sleeved block, custom pistons, lower compression and a slightly smaller turbo for better response, staying on ethanol. For good measure she's also building a naturally aspirated S54 for an E36 shell as a backup — we all know seat time is everything.
This year Gabi will be competing in the full Drift League season. Very excitingly Gabi has also been invited to Baltic Drift Days (Lithuania/Latvia) and plans to travel more. Gabi also has passenger rides booked this summer, which she loves — it’s all about sharing drifting with people. The more people exposed to the sport the better the sport becomes.
Gabi already has wastegates from us, which shes assured us work brilliantly, shes uses 2 x CompGate40 which can be found on the website. For her new S54 engine with smaller compression she has been eyeing some of the turbos in our wide and vast selection. But she is still trying to figure out the best size that will make the engine sing. We will always be here to advise on the turbos we have and cant wait to see what Gabi chooses and uses this season.