Pretty cool BMW E38 project car

[Mook]

40k mi 740i

ESS supercharged s62 in there

Dye the entire interior caramel

460hp

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[Pressure Ratio]

That is a cool project.

 

[RICH17]

What motor is that?

 

[Mook]

What motor is that?

The S62 engine (also known as S62B50) is a high-performance variant of the M62 which is fitted to the E39 M5 and E52 Z8. It is enlarged with a bore of 94 mm (3.7 in), a stroke of 89 mm (3.5 in) and a displacement of 4,941 cc (302 cu in).[15] It shares its basic architecture, including aluminium block, with the M62 engines.[15]

Previous M5 engines were assembled at M division headquarters in Garching, Germany but the S62 M5 engines were assembled at the Dingolfing assembly plant.[16]

Eight individual throttle bodies (one per cylinder) control the airflow into the engine,[16] these throttle bodies are electronically actuated (often referred to as "drive-by-wire"),[17] with a setting for the driver to select "normal" or "sport" mode throttle response. Bosch Motronic version MSS 52 is used to control fuel injection, ignition timing and other functions.[15]

Variable valve timing is used for both the intake and exhaust camshafts; the S62 was the first BMW V8 engine to incorporate this feature.[15] The compression ratio is 11.0:1 and hollow camshafts are used.[15] While the M62 engine uses a single-row timing chain, the S62 uses a double-row timing chain.

The S62 engine produces 294 kW (394 hp) at 6600 rpm and 500 N·m (369 lb·ft) at 3800 rpm.[18] The redline is 7000 rpm.

 

[RICH17]

Thanks

 

[Blownbyyou]

Very cool! Not my cup of tea but still cool

 

[jason05gt]

That's awesome. The e38/e39 have a really elegant pre-Bangle design.

 

[SleeperLS]

I am a big fan of these cars. Guy put good money in that engine set up, but they sound so damn good. I have also heard the manual transmissions in the M5's are the best feeling and operating manual transmissions out there. Unsure if he did a trans swap as well though.

 

[Rent Free]

Damn this is a killer setup what a good lookin car.

 

[YoushallgoFo]

this is one of the better looking bmws for sure. I would have left the wheels alone though.

 

[Understated Detailing]

As someone who truly appreciates the beauty of an E38 I can say that this thing is fckn sick!

 

[Yaj Yak]

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[Outlaw]

Ugh. I would've left it on the M-pars but yes. Much want.

 

[mustang2013]

WOW!!! Absolutely amazing.

 

[SHARKBITEATTACK]

So it's essentially a 7 series with an M5 drivetrain. And a supercharger. This is one badass luxury cruiser/sleeper!

 

[ragingclue]

I remember seeing a bunch of Schnitzered E38s in Ann Arbor back when I was a poor college kid. E38s are some of the best looking cars I've seen. Is this one of the years with the Nikasil block issues? I bet it moves with a blown S62...

 

[nordman-mg]

I am a big fan of these cars. Guy put good money in that engine set up, but they sound so damn good. I have also heard the manual transmissions in the M5's are the best feeling and operating manual transmissions out there. Unsure if he did a trans swap as well though.

S62 physically can not work with automatic transmission, I never seen anyone making it work with auto.
They swapped S62 engine, 6-speed manual transmission and limited slip differential which is standard on all M-cars, on his car it is new 3.15 LSD

 

[nordman-mg]

I remember seeing a bunch of Schnitzered E38s in Ann Arbor back when I was a poor college kid. E38s are some of the best looking cars I've seen. Is this one of the years with the Nikasil block issues? I bet it moves with a blown S65...

That was only till 97
when they changed from 4.0 to 4.4 they solved that problem