Bmw v8

Beast o Bodmin · Feb 3, 2011

As relaible as a rover or not.

Either way HGF.....

not seen many of these in past work.Does anyone here have a bmw engine thats done HG?

fett · Feb 3, 2011

most things are more reliable than R v8.

the 4.4 bmw lump does like headgaskets compared to the 4.0 and produces the same bhp.

best bet go for the 4.0 and have it mapped to unleash the beast I got 330 bhp and 340 ftlbs torques

even the 4.4 does less H/G than the R v8 though!

igotta90 · Feb 3, 2011

so does anyone have experience of stroker kits for the 4.4.

fanatic · Feb 3, 2011

yours not big enough? try a bmw forum

fett · Feb 3, 2011

I dont think there are any for the BMW v8's

More power is normally in the form of blower,NOS or mapping or any combination of them.

Any more power than mine would shred the ZF 5HP30 anyway! and the 6 speed manual are very hard to find and very expensive to fix.

leg oot the bed · Feb 3, 2011

is that out of the m5 or an x5 or what?

DiscoPol · Feb 3, 2011

leg oot the bed said:
is that out of the m5 or an x5 or what?

I had one in a 740, t'was the 4.4, lovely motor, remapped to over 345 bhp really went like a train on speed.

johnlad · Feb 4, 2011

ive got 4 litre V8 in my M3 420bhp its pretty quick,lol

rewmer · Feb 4, 2011

Sounds like you need to read januarys issue of Practical perfermance car. There's a whole feature on fitting the bm v8 into stuff it shouldn't go into.

Beast o Bodmin · Feb 4, 2011

rewmer said:
Sounds like you need to read januarys issue of Practical perfermance car. There's a whole feature on fitting the bm v8 into stuff it shouldn't go into.

hmmm yes..

haveing just witnesed my morgan +8 4.0 go in the back of a metro lookin at the head i think i may do a bmw lump in the back of the starlet we have here.ralphs metro is quick but i reckon i can go faster ....

fett · Feb 4, 2011

johnlad said:
ive got 4 litre V8 in my M3 420bhp its pretty quick,lol

is that the new m3 v8? must be the 5 litre which used to be fitted to the e39 M5 , very nice engine.

fett · Feb 4, 2011

leg oot the bed said:
is that out of the m5 or an x5 or what?

they were orginally talking about the 4.4 m62 v8 from an e39 540i or an e38 740i then I started talking about the tougher and more reliable m60 4.0 v8 from the e32 740i and the e34 540i (which I own).

I belive the x5 runs a 4.8 v8 and twin turbos have been fitted but beyond about 1998 my bmw knowledge gets a bit shakey. I do Know that the current m5 runs a 507 bhp V10 though

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