that car fucking rocks. I know not a single one of you, could say you wouldnt want that sitting in your garage. If you've ever driven a 540i/6 and understand what torque is, and what happens when you put it in 3rd gear at 70 mph, you'll know why that engine is fucking amazing. Ive taken my 540i from 80-160 and its so smooth and powerful about it. Not to mention its underratted. My 97 was rated at 282 hp and 320 tq. With exhaust and a K&N filter it made 270 rwhp and 295 rwtq. Thats like 320 hp and 345 tq. I doubt a different muffler actually added 40 hp. Not to mention you could do all kinds of things to get plenty more power, like a chip, cams, head work, or an expensive supercharger. Go drive something with the M62 and you'll understand. Ive never in my life owned/driven a car with such a smooth engine. You can literally accelerate at 900 rpm in 3rd gear and its smooth as silk, no shaking or shuttering, just smooth shit. I cant even imagine what that would feel like in an E30. Props to this guy for what he's done (minus the e36 suspension geometry..) And yeah the m62 was reasonably well-designed. If you dont like 4 cams and an all aluminum engine, go to hell.
edit: and talk about reliability. The only thing I had to replace on that engine between 75k-130k was the valve cover gaskets which tend to go at about 100 (I did them before I even saw anything leak). It has a timing chain so you dont have to change that everything 50k or something, nor do valves need adjustments at short intervals. It had a special oil system and held like 8 quarts of oil, so when I changed my oil, it did cost me like 40 bucks for synthetic and the filter. It never leaked oil and I got about 21 mpg average (mainly city) in the 3720 lb 540. I could go on for hours, i love the m62.
Im not saying anything bad about the m42 either. I remember a friend of a friend had an e30 with one, and the kid really could drive. He held with my friends 1.8t gti that had exhaust an a bc to about 60, it was hilarious (friend sucked at launching that gti)
edit: and talk about reliability. The only thing I had to replace on that engine between 75k-130k was the valve cover gaskets which tend to go at about 100 (I did them before I even saw anything leak). It has a timing chain so you dont have to change that everything 50k or something, nor do valves need adjustments at short intervals. It had a special oil system and held like 8 quarts of oil, so when I changed my oil, it did cost me like 40 bucks for synthetic and the filter. It never leaked oil and I got about 21 mpg average (mainly city) in the 3720 lb 540. I could go on for hours, i love the m62.
Im not saying anything bad about the m42 either. I remember a friend of a friend had an e30 with one, and the kid really could drive. He held with my friends 1.8t gti that had exhaust an a bc to about 60, it was hilarious (friend sucked at launching that gti)
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