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Dr Firefly
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Post Thu May 11, 2006 8:17 pm

Anyone looked at Performance BMW magazine this month? Someone's fitted a V12 850Csi 5.7l engine to an E30!

And it's made out of aluminium, so it's only 18kg (about 15%) heavier than the original engine! There's only 1000 of these engines ever made, so they'll be pretty difficult to find I'd imagine. The guy's planning to turbocharge it next winter, so that it will eventually have over 1000bhp.

I'd like to see someone beat that one!
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Post Thu May 11, 2006 9:22 pm

If I remember right, there were only a handfull of csi's made, but there are lots of the normal v12's around. ( from 7's and 8's)
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Post Thu May 11, 2006 9:55 pm

YEah but the Csi engine is actually 5.7 or somthing, whereas the 850's an 750's are actually only 5 ltrs, Csi was an M// breathed on engine.

Dips is planning turbos too, are you sure it isn't him?
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Post Thu May 11, 2006 10:37 pm

Adding to that, just read on an 850 csi add, "no xx of 160 RHD csi models made" also the rocker cover had a "m" on it winkeye
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Post Thu May 11, 2006 10:44 pm

bet thats sweet it aint in th uk is it?
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Post Thu May 11, 2006 10:48 pm

If your reffering to the car in the add im on about, its in the uk and its fecking gorgeous. Its in one of the best colours ive ever seen an 8 series in.

Its the bottom car winkeye

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WWW/ca ... =1&photo=1
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Post Thu May 11, 2006 10:56 pm

Damn thats a nice exotic colour (barabados green).
Lovely looking car
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Post Thu May 11, 2006 11:18 pm

Widge wrote:YEah but the Csi engine is actually 5.7 or somthing, whereas the 850's an 750's are actually only 5 ltrs, Csi was an M// breathed on engine.

Dips is planning turbos too, are you sure it isn't him?
not me yet,running low on funds but looked at space i can run twin turbos
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Post Fri May 12, 2006 9:56 am

Love those cars, i wouldnt choose one of those engines for a conversion though! Too rare, 'only' 380bhp, and not much in the way of tuning i would think. S62 would be a better choice imo, lighter, more widely available, more power out of the box, more available tuning wise.
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Post Fri May 12, 2006 9:58 am

Yeah but it's not all about power, it's torque too, and the V12 soundtrack! :D
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Post Fri May 12, 2006 10:00 am

yes those s72 lumps are pure animals

used in the mclaren f1 folks!
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