wow I am amazed every time i see a new car/motor come out from bmw or any european/german car company it is so awesome to see what they can do with such a small amount of displacement fuck 5.5 liter 550bhp! why cant we do this. Im embarrassed to have that 5.0 badge on the side of my car and barely make a quarter of that power lol.
Id say its impressive i understand your point of 12cyl and 2 turbos but only 5.5 liters of displacement thats not that big to make 550hp. I mean come on 5.7 ls1 (I know i shouldnt go here but i will) 350hp ,4.6 3valve mustang motor only 325hp why arnt we making more with less?
You posted NA motors… not TWIN TURBO motors. Otherwise, I would agree.
My 3.0L Mitsubishi motor had 2 very small 9b turbos on it and it made 320hp from the factory… in 1992.
Punch that out to 5.5L and you’re way ahead of this BMW for its time. (586hp). You’d be a hell of a lot faster too… in a 4000lb car… from 1992.
Even take, for example, the 2.0L ECOTEC in the Sky Redline. 260hp 260tq. Pump that up to 5.5L and you’re still ahead. (715hp 715tq)
03 Cobra motor with a shitty blower would make about 500hp @ 5.5L.
This is all ricer math though.
I agree with you completely partly because i have a friend that has a ss turbo and my father has a 03 cobra and they all do have alot of potential. Im just saying i really admire what the germans do with their shit and the new m3 is na isnt it and it is only something like 4.5 liters and makes in the ball park of 455hp doesnt it ?
This thread is about the TT V12 in the 7series… not the M3 motor. I think it is a 4.0L, 420hp. Sweet.
It looks pretty but…
E30 swap?
X…
I thought only the SL65 AMG Black edition is 670hp… IIRC 300K
I don’t know I just went to their website and looked for cars with a tt v12 and the cheapest one started at like 170k. Somehow I don’t think the 7 series will be nearly that expensive.
Car looks great, but that engine looks sexy.:rolljerk:
Can I ask why people are saying the engine looks awesome… or are people just really fucking dumb
The bare engine pic looks awesome thats all.
Well, shit! If that’s the case, we shouldn’t compare the two very similar power plants to each other. In that case BMW > * /thread :picard:
lol, a twin turbo BMW V12 that makes barely more power than an NA GM V8. (LS7)
Theres no replacement for displacement
:banghead: Great the mb makes 170 more hp and only costs you 50k MORE. Seems like a screaming deal to me…
i’ll take the BMW.
brwap
I agree though. Could they not make ~500hp n/a? If this was an /M I can see the point in making an underpowered TT v12 because of the tuning potential. I don’t believe many 7 series will be modified and tuned, so it just seems like a waste to me.
One word. Torque.
Doesn’t look safe, I bet you go through those clear plastic blocks like crazy.