And interestingly they have no water cooling passages in the engine block. Fuel (methanol) does the cooling.

Funny how everyone calls Top Gear Old Top Gear.

Haha. That’s why I’m gonna build an LS powered E39 at some point. Best engine ever in the best saloon ever. Fuck VANOS

Didn’t knew it was hated. I don’t see a reason why.

I support this. People pay too much attention to peak horsepower. That’s why BMWs always dispose of their competition in straight lines with “less” horsepower (Do I sound like a fanboy?).

I know everyone is tired of this swaps, but this one’s a great candidate for an LS swap.

I could feel a 60 kg weight reduction in my 1000-ish kg car. I guess you’ll ned at least 15hp to feel the difference in this.

Lol, I’m actually watching the Bonemaro build as we speak. Saw episode one yesterday.

Only the 2002. I'd totally love to have a CSL Hommage in black.

This is a hommage done well

I’m almost drooling man. That’s one of my favorite BMW’s, in fact, the E34 is my favorite BMW. I like it even more than the E39, especially as an M540i

LOL

I’ve only won one eBay challenge, my entry was an M540i haha

But it’s in the shop.

Exactly, people are turning my suggestion down because they just look at silly numbers. The peak power is not impressive but they have good and broad powerbands. I’ve seen this cars dyno at over 270 whp with the manifold and 3.15 diff.

Now THAT’S what I'm talking about. I went BMW just because I'm a fanboy.

If you are a masochist, you get a —40i, now —50i is in a league of it’s own. You must really hate yourself, besides, and 850i is also not that fast. It's just not worth it unless it's mint, and then it wouldn't be under 5k

I was going to tell you to stop bitching, then I saw the last bit. That’s exactly my plan too, and I wanted to suggest it, but who wants to go trough the hassle? Only a few of us. I’m planning on buying a broken 6 cylinder and building my own truck motor with aluminium heads. What scares me the most is installing all…

And still I want one haha

I was looking for a Volvo for my entry and found none, how could I forget SAAB? Turbo cars are always the best sleepers, tho I used a V8 as my entry haha