World's ONLY Turbocharged V10 M5!!!
Mar 22, 2007, 08:17 PM
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Mar 22, 2007, 09:07 PM
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So how long is this thing supposed to stay together?
I haven't heard of any turbo E46 M3's that lasted, and that cars been out much longer than this.
For $350,000 I would never, ever buy it. I would have more faith in AMS. Give them a new M5 and $160,000 and they could make something better than that.
NO WAY there's anywhere near $160,000 worth of work in that car, even with all the gator.
Cool idea, but no way.
Plus, I'd hate worrying everytime I went over a speed bump or something, I wouldn't trust that those turbos arent gonna get ripped off of there.
I haven't heard of any turbo E46 M3's that lasted, and that cars been out much longer than this.
For $350,000 I would never, ever buy it. I would have more faith in AMS. Give them a new M5 and $160,000 and they could make something better than that.
NO WAY there's anywhere near $160,000 worth of work in that car, even with all the gator.
Cool idea, but no way.
Plus, I'd hate worrying everytime I went over a speed bump or something, I wouldn't trust that those turbos arent gonna get ripped off of there.
Mar 22, 2007, 09:08 PM
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3 things:
1) the car looks hot
2) that is the worst safety wire job I have seen in my life
3) The difficulty of putting that turbo is a kindengarden task
There is a company called STS turbos ( http://www.ststurbo.com/) that specializes on fitting rear remote mounted turbos on just about any car. I am biting money that that specific turbo is running very few lbs which would not be too difficult to get it working on such configuration.
Here is a universal turbo system configuration: http://www.ststurbo.com/universal_system
Last but not least, if you are going to do a safety wire job, make sure you do a twist safety wire job at least so that it auto adjust in tension. There is a special twisting pliers that we use in aviation. The turbo would It would have been much better without it(safety wire), the one installed is doing nothing..
By the way, I wish I had that car
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Carlos
1) the car looks hot
2) that is the worst safety wire job I have seen in my life
3) The difficulty of putting that turbo is a kindengarden task
There is a company called STS turbos ( http://www.ststurbo.com/) that specializes on fitting rear remote mounted turbos on just about any car. I am biting money that that specific turbo is running very few lbs which would not be too difficult to get it working on such configuration.
Here is a universal turbo system configuration: http://www.ststurbo.com/universal_system
Last but not least, if you are going to do a safety wire job, make sure you do a twist safety wire job at least so that it auto adjust in tension. There is a special twisting pliers that we use in aviation. The turbo would It would have been much better without it(safety wire), the one installed is doing nothing..
By the way, I wish I had that car
my .2c
Carlos
Last edited by fromWRXtoEVO; Mar 22, 2007 at 09:21 PM.
Mar 22, 2007, 09:17 PM
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One more observation. Look at picture number 5. Observe the rod from the boost solenoid, the flapper seems to be opening in front of a wall, it does not have an exiting route/pipe.
By looking at the picture, it looks like the flappoer just releases the flow into a chamber connected to the turbine/minidownpipe/tailpipes .
Are you guys following me?LOL, some of you might be thinking of me: what a hater!!
Carlos
By looking at the picture, it looks like the flappoer just releases the flow into a chamber connected to the turbine/minidownpipe/tailpipes .
Are you guys following me?LOL, some of you might be thinking of me: what a hater!!
Carlos
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Mar 22, 2007, 10:11 PM
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i am going to start off saying that its a nice car and i am sure its really fast...
ok now
350K is a lot for that little work....
the welds are horrible, i would assume the turbo lag would be pretty bad bing all of that inter cooler piping and then a large FMIC
i do not like how the intercooler pipe connects to the 2nd turbo and its a straight up T no nice bend.
im think this car was built to say "I have a TT V10" thats it the turbo routing does not look very well thought out. like half are T bolts the other half are just hose clamps
ok now
350K is a lot for that little work....
the welds are horrible, i would assume the turbo lag would be pretty bad bing all of that inter cooler piping and then a large FMIC
i do not like how the intercooler pipe connects to the 2nd turbo and its a straight up T no nice bend.
im think this car was built to say "I have a TT V10" thats it the turbo routing does not look very well thought out. like half are T bolts the other half are just hose clamps
