Hot off the press: Dinan for Z8 by Christmas! - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

Lupo'Z8 · 30th October 2002, 18:24

I've just recieved news from my Master Tech that Dinan will have a 47HP Kit available for the Z8 by Christmas. It will include:

- new software
- velocity stacks and throttle bodies
- headers
- differential
- carbon fiber intake system

THEN by spring 650HP supercharger system!!!

M5's will see this first.

No pricing as of yet.

My chestnuts are already roasting...

2001's X5/Z8 · 30th October 2002, 18:52

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Originally posted by Lupo'Z8

My chestnuts are already roasting...

I love it when you talk dirty to me

.....

Sign me up for that 47hp increase.....

Paul S · 30th October 2002, 20:39

they've had that available since june. when i picked up my car in morgan hill in june they were working on a dinan s2 z8. re the supercharger, i heard 600 hp. 650 sounds nice!

BostonRocket · 30th October 2002, 21:45

47hp and not 470hp? Oh, no exhaust?

'Rocket

bobafett · 30th October 2002, 22:18

Eh, and at what cost?

I, for one, would not be interested in compromising the purity of the Z8.

--Dan

polvoronn · 30th October 2002, 23:02

I'm guessing that it's the differential that's got you daydreaming the most

(and the intake being on the other end of that spectrum) ... keep us updated on this. Your Z8's gonna become a one-of-a-kind here in BC (or maybe even Canada?!)

clauswagner · 31st October 2002, 01:53

I am not so sure if I can get to excited about the 47 HP with all these modification. Judging that this is not RW, I got 40 HP just with the Hamann exhaust system and ECU remapping. Why can't they offer identical packages for the M5 and Z8, ie 75 HP??? And I am sure that will cost a pretty penny....

atomic80 · 31st October 2002, 02:31

Wow Lupo you're going all out again! I still haven't even gotten a chance to try out your Z8 yet!

I thought you'd be able to get 70 more HP from all those Dinan performance mods that you're doing. Why only 47?!?

BTW my mom bought a house up in Richmond so I guess we're now practically neighbors.

You'll no doubt be seeing more of me up there.

I was just up there for the Z4 intro at Jessel BMW. Didn't see you there.

Tim W · 31st October 2002, 05:58

Iheard htat they are also poised to release a Supercharger for the X5 4.6.

Zoooom Zooooooom

Lupo'Z8 · 31st October 2002, 08:51

sorry for the typo. It should have read 470 HP. Off the record I'm hearing $40,000.00 CND for the kit. Anyone want to guess to the price of the supercharger?

$$$ Not sure if I'm going full bore on Dinan this time out...we'll shall see. I'm definitly upgrading to the ACS suspension. Claus and Macfly reccomend highly, and after running the rally last weekend this car needs it. The understeer ( nose plow ) is scary... almost lost the car twice on some twisties. Dinan won't have one out for the Z8 till March, and if Dinan says March it'll probably mean August.

Jason: Glad to hear your moving up in the world.

I'm sure we will see more of you, amigo.

clauswagner · 31st October 2002, 15:56

Lupo,
Check out the Hamann coil over kit as well. It will give you different settings when required.

MEnthusiast · 31st October 2002, 16:16

Lupo,
any pics of your car with the mods on it? can you discuss how each mod has made the car either better or different? I am too wimpy to change my Z8 from stock, but I like learning about what others do.

atomic80 · 31st October 2002, 16:22

Since Lupo and I are practically neighbors I'll be sure to stop by once in a while and take pictures and post them on here for you guys to see.