E39 M5 - twin supercharged

[s62]

Twilight1 said:

You seem to like driving sideways. Or is the BMW unable to go straight?

Nice engine upgrade, exterior is nice too. I would only replace those wheels.

It is possible to drive straight..... but not as much fun
The wheels are not coming off - love them

ExPat2B said:

http://www.rngtoy.com/thordur/almennt/BMW_Fahrerle...

Nice Save !

All that drift training kicked in

pmanson said:

Great place St. Michel.

Agreed.

[Murdock]

Awesome thread Thordur! Coming from what is, for all intents and purposes, Iceland's southern hemisphere equivalent (New Zealand) I long for the day when I can mirror your ambitious project. Just need to wait for my mum to tire of her M5 first.

[s62]

Me and a friend of mine did some "dyno" tests yesterday using
a program he has developed that uses GPS info as well as car
weight, gear and drive ratios, air resistance, etc. to calculate
power.

Here are the results for 3rd gear pulls, numbers are at the wheels:

Run 1 494hp 587Nm
Run 2 494hp 579Nm
Run 3 490hp 585Nm

Avg. 493hp 584Nm

If we calculate back to crank values using 20% drivetrain losses
it gives 616hp and 730Nm.

Not bad for a family sedan

You can see the full report here: http://www.rngtoy.com/thordur/m5/ONNO_Power_report...

[wackojacko]

Great to see another sideways lover



V.nice M5 indeed the install is ultra discrete.

[minimatt1967]

Six hundred and sixteen brake horse power. That is a monumental amount of power, proper super car slayer! Glad to see it's still going strong!

[Lewismacleod7]

616bhp at the rear wheels?

[Ginger goblin]

Read three posts up...

[Nik Gnashers]

Your E39 M5 is possibly my dream car !

[s62]

Been like this for too long - summer almost gone byh:


But now the refurbed PG2 Hamanns are finally on the car


Centers painted, lips bare. Haven´t decided if I will polish them or not.

Feels so good having them on the car - the Style66's were driving me mad!!!!

[Max M4X WW]

s62 said:

Feels so good having them on the car - the Style66's were driving me mad!!!!

I don't know, standard mirrors and it could be fun.

[s62]

New paint, not bad for a 1999 model!

[sc0tt]

Lovely OP

[Butter Face]

Looks fabulous! That colour is ace.

[Diesel Meister]

Superb - the fastest hunk of thwump (not junk!) in the galaxy

[anonymous-user]

s62 said:

New paint, not bad for a 1999 model!

Stunning looking car, love the colour and the beautiful clean design of the E39.

[TheJimi]

Properly nice!

[s62]

Here are all the good pics from the shoot:

[Its Just Adz]

It still lives, fantastic.
How is the E30?

[Welshbeef]

Nik Gnashers said:

Your E39 M5 is possibly my dream car !

Make him an offer he cannot refuse and it will be yours

[s62]

Its Just Adz said:

It still lives, fantastic.
How is the E30?

Going through a painfully slow transformation

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...