E31s are so classy.

[chrisesteschiro]

Dropping an m30 turbo in it would be the way to go.........

[Massive Lee]

850s are future collectors. The irony is that nobody wanted one when it started because of the lack of sportiveness due to a close to two-tons weight. But now that many BMWs are at the same mark, the 850 makes sense. And they can be had for cheap while offering the same front nose as an M1.

But beware of the costly 5.0 motor if it breaks.

Is that an M1 or an 850? ;-)

[defaultName]

They did, it never came here.

I really don't think they made a 6 cylinder 8 Series.

If you are talking about the 830i that was a V8 and was never actually sold.

[daniel]

all i'm saying is i would love this car with a modern, more efficient motor. the thought of maintaining and paying for fuel for an 850csi makes me shudder.

[Massive Lee]

An 850 is a supercar. One doesn't buy a supercar on mpg ;-)

[QUKBMER]

I wouldnt mind having a 840ci. Stay away from the 850's though,you over heat that bastard one time and ..........bye bye engine. And dont try to fix an overheated 12 cylinder BMW motor.:tsk:

[freeride53]

Yeah, I can realistically see myself owning a 840 at some point down the line.
V12's can be overkill sometimes, already pretty powerful with the v8. csi would be amazing.

[daniel]

S54 swap

[blck325is]

A good friend once had a 850il, loved that car. Pretty damn fast too, too bad it got r3v'd in Huntington. It was a sexy beast of a car.

[spyde25]

The operating cost is quite high, i did all the maintenance on mine and for what i spent i could have bought acouple of nice E30s. I ended up selling though and just picked up an e30 to keep on tinkering. will post up a build thread soon.

[e30polak]

The 8 series is one of the sexiest body styles ever created!!! :pimp:

The V12 in the 850 is a total POS. One of the worst engines created by BMW. :loco:

I will be building an 840 with an s62 and 6spd for my dad when I can save some more money. It will be carbon black and run either a square set of 18 x 9.5 e39 M5 wheels, or M-Parallels. :nice:

One of the nicest ones around:

http://web.me.com/koizumi13/2011_E31_Calendar/Main_Page/Pages/2011_Members_Cars.html#29

[freeride53]

[Supadave]

I really don't think they made a 6 cylinder 8 Series.

If you are talking about the 830i that was a V8 and was never actually sold.

Your right. Thats a small v8

[ten2doyle102]

Dinan 850 from Oktoberfest 2010, Guy flew up from Texas, picked it up in Chicago, drove to Road america for the event and then drove it all the way home...

[Massive Lee]

The V12 in the 850 is a total POS. One of the worst engines created by BMW. :loco:

Do you also mean that the M20 is BMW's worst engine? I am asking as the V12 is basically two M20s mated together.

But now, if they mated two M50s, that would be even better. The V12 is a good match for the heavy two-tons 850. You need train-like torque to move a train-like heavy car.

If I remember, only the rare 850CSi (basically an ///M8) had a 6 speed manual tranny, plus more power, plus beter aerodynamic. The slushbox of all the ther models is the only put-off... Yurk.

Lee