S62 ?? - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

EM5PWR · 22nd January 2006, 19:00

here's a dumb ???? is the s62 a 5.0 or 4.9 liter ?? i've seen it both ways which is it?

TiSiBeast · 22nd January 2006, 19:07

4.9 Litre - 4941cc to be exact

cableguy · 22nd January 2006, 19:08

4941cc

Some refer to it as 4.9, but most as 5.0 litre.

Hope this helps.

C.

EM5PWR · 22nd January 2006, 19:13

it's like a fishing trip with your buddies, the fish are always bigger after they caught them !! LOL thanks for the info....

TiSiBeast · 22nd January 2006, 19:17

I look at it this way - 4.9 - 5.0 - whatever it takes. Either way, I still have 400HP and can smoke 95% of the cars on the road today.

EM5PWR · 22nd January 2006, 19:26

yah that's true, i have fun with the 95% myself !!!

MINENCE · 22nd January 2006, 21:23

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think there is some industrial provisions that allows car makers to round up the displacement to closest higher value. It is a normal accepted practice. So I don't think there is such thing as EGO play here.

Evil Vanos · 22nd January 2006, 21:41

I think its actually the 4liter(4398 M62)thats been re worked by M thats why you cant get a hole lot out of the engine with Normal mods(porting the heads re boring) unless you spend big because its nearly at its limit of releiability the only "true 5liter are the 5379 M73 V12 in the E38 7 series and the 5576 S70 V12 in the E31 850csi even the E60 M5 isnt 5liters 4999 but imagine that, an E39 Touring or saloon with an proper M tuned V12