Engine Conversion
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 5
I have to defend the sound of this engine. I have a friend with an 850 that has the BMW V 12 in it and it sounds awesome I can't imagine that the V 10:
with sound anything but great! This is not the classic American v8 muscle car and it won't sound like one but I think the conversion concept is very interesting.
with sound anything but great! This is not the classic American v8 muscle car and it won't sound like one but I think the conversion concept is very interesting.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 710
From: Indianapolis
Don't let the ignorant get ya down josh, it's clear that some people don't even know who the stig is much less how well a BMW motor can run or that a few world class cars have used BMW engines......even the fastest. Mclaren I think used a BMW V8 to build the fastest car in the world, it can even beat up on a veyron.
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 8,162
From:
The mclaren f1 was bmw powered but the worlds fastest car is a ssc ultimate aero and its chevy powered.I'm laughing at dyno run max torque of 497 at 6900rpm my small block makes more torque then that.One thing your not thinking about a early mustang has the aerodynamics of a brick over 160 you have no steering in one.
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 710
From: Indianapolis
The ultimate arrow...I kinda recall They make a fast car (now), kinda sux *** that it took the world so damned long to catch up to that old mclaren lol.
They do state that they designed the billet aluminum v8 so I don't know if it's a total chevy knockoff or what, I can't imagine it being cheap though.
Pushrods, I love em in my shovel but not so much in a super car.
They do state that they designed the billet aluminum v8 so I don't know if it's a total chevy knockoff or what, I can't imagine it being cheap though.
Pushrods, I love em in my shovel but not so much in a super car.
Last edited by Coupe; Nov 30, 2012 at 08:16 AM.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 173
From: Guam
Do what you want. It is your car and your (soon to be emptied) bank account.
I was going to buy an E39 540I and drop the engine trans and rear suspension in my 57 bel air. But i got transferred across the country and had no where to store it for the time i was in South Carolina.... now I am in guam so it would have been 7 years instead of 3.
I figured, even with a generous "Oh F*&k" budget, that it would take about 7k for the fab to put that together and make it run right.
would have been one of a kind.
I was going to buy an E39 540I and drop the engine trans and rear suspension in my 57 bel air. But i got transferred across the country and had no where to store it for the time i was in South Carolina.... now I am in guam so it would have been 7 years instead of 3.
I figured, even with a generous "Oh F*&k" budget, that it would take about 7k for the fab to put that together and make it run right.
would have been one of a kind.
1st Gear Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 58
From: Louisiana
just asking about dropping a bimmer motor into a stang is complete disrespect to the mustang community. If you do hack up/ruin an american icon to attempt this garbage, please do not post it up on this forum.