Winding up the purists since ages ago

[Guest Ari Gold]

This is insane. What an awesome swap!

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/car-chat/4...powered-m5.html

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/e39-m5-e5...tml#post1660530

What an awesome sound and awesome power. Cheaper than S/C'ing an S62 too

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[sp8s 1]

Now that is Awesome

Edited October 25, 2009 by sp8s

[crazyarab 6]

Love it. Still a bit iffy about the M5 to be honest but the E36.. GREAT SUCCESS!

[Sammy J 1]

Thats an amazingly tidy conversion, Sad it was a genuine m5 though.

[e30plz 1]

White boy rap music + Supra's with NOS stickers - Fast And The Furious much?

[danj 0]

that's pretty cool, but why an M5

[Apex 693]

The M5 is worth jack in America so its less a big deal over there.

Cool car.

[Driftit 2078]

White boy rap music + Supra's with NOS stickers - Fast And The Furious much?

Yeah couldn't watch the video due to this.

2JZGTE conversions. Yawn. Seen them in everything. Including an E39 which was once a 520.

They are best bang for buck though.

But to me the M5's V8 is what made the M5 appeal to me. With no V8 it is just a bodykitted 520 with a supra motor like the one I read about years ago.

[JiB 0]

I think this is even more awesome:

...And those wheeeels <3

[Top Secret 2]

I love it. It was tastefully done, and the owner justified using an M5 as a base.

I compare it to a cashed up guy using this as a base instead of the tried and true Supra or GS300.

[Apex 693]

Or IS300.

TBH the M5 is a logical base, had you started with a lesser model it would most likely cost allot more and wouldn’t be as good.

What other E39's have a beefed up diff with a limited slip unit, a 6-Speed box, beefed up sway bars, shocks and mounts the list goes on and on.

I would still rather the V8 though.