BMW X5 engine swap?? - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

Yorldi · 19th April 2006, 15:17

Hi everyone!
I have a problem... well, not me, a friend of mine.
He has a '06 M6 and a 4.6is X5, and now, he'd like to have a V10 engine fitted to the X5. Any ideas?? Budget is no problem (as you may have guessed...) The car already has Brembo 8 pots at the front and 4 at rear and also a custom Bilstein WRC suspension, one-off!!

Laxwmatt · 28th June 2006, 18:21

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Originally Posted by Yorldi

Hi everyone!
I have a problem... well, not me, a friend of mine.
He has a '06 M6 and a 4.6is X5, and now, he'd like to have a V10 engine fitted to the X5. Any ideas?? Budget is no problem (as you may have guessed...) The car already has Brembo 8 pots at the front and 4 at rear and also a custom Bilstein WRC suspension, one-off!!

I'd be concerned about the choice of engine. It's a bit too free revving and low torque for that car. He'd actually be better off looking for an S62 and dropping it in, and doing some work to that.

just my $.02

gbogh3 · 1st July 2006, 23:12

BMW did fit a S52 Engine into an X5, I would think that would be a little easier. If Money is no object, why have Dinan build an engine?

Yorldi · 2nd July 2006, 06:24

I've told him to build a 5 litre version of his 4.6 with a supercharger, as I've already had a quote from birds in the UK, BUT, he's obsessed with the V10... He's now added an M5 to his garage, so...

gbogh3 · 2nd July 2006, 06:35

What about a Viper V10? 500 cubic inches, it may not fit?