E34 550i

[Tcdoe]

Check this out, taken at a recent car show (not by me):

http://gallery.henriluoma.net/albums/ECS2005/IMG_2096.sized.jpg

http://www.btcf.fi/gallery/displayimage.php?album=8&pos=0

[infinity5]

i want one of those.. *drool* I wonder how it pulls..... :) vroom. my poor 530 is embarassing sometimes

[632 Regal]

poor 530 is embarassing sometimes
Mine isn't quite a freight train but definetly is up to par on the highways at 80+. Gonna run it at the track this summer for 1/4 mile times.

[crashnburn80]

Actually the car has been for sale on autotrader for a long time, $23k. It was originally a 535i, Heres the link.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=168691277&dealer_id=587057&car_year=1990&make=BMW&distance=0&lang=en&max_price=&model=535I&end_year=2006&min_price=&certified=&address=98053&search_type=both&advanced=&start_year=1989&isp=y&cardist=1703

[Kalevera]

This car, and cars like it, are always for sale, on eBay or what have you, and are continually brought up on the board.

Hell, I watched one of these ("550i" w/ S70 & a 6 speed) being built in January; and I know nothing about these cars :)

'Scuse me for being grouchy, but what's the deal? Everyone's seen it before...

Best, whit

[632 Regal]

the big deal IS that these ARE freight trains!

[Kalevera]

Jeff, I agree...they are, but I mean....I think the novelty wears off after a while -- kinda a common practice to slap an M70/S70 into an e34, don't you think? I mean, *I'm* going to do it in the next year or so.

The cool thing about that particular car is the paint. I think they overdid the 20" alpinas (or 19's...whatever they are, they're too big)...

if they were chromed, I'd expect to get shot at while in the car's general vicinity, maybe while hollering at my wharties.

[Tcdoe]

Actually the car has been for sale on autotrader for a long time, $23k. It was originally a 535i, Heres the link.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=168691277&dealer_id=587057&car_year=1990&make=BMW&distance=0&lang=en&max_price=&model=535I&end_year=2006&min_price=&certified=&address=98053&search_type=both&advanced=&start_year=1989&isp=y&cardist=1703

This car is in Finland, so it's not the same one.

True, there are quite a lot of these m70 conversions around (even a e30 350i), but I thought this particular one was cool because of the nice blue paintjob, the wide grill and the overall Alpina look.

[Paul_540i]

Isn't the V12 similar power to the 4.0 V8 anyway? And thus probably slower as it's heavier? I believe the V12 is an old-technology engine (2 valves per cyl) meaning it doesn't get as much BHP per litre as the V8 with 4-valves per cyl and a host of other improvements.

If this is true, then what's the point really? Or have the V12s been tweaked to produce closer to the power they should have done in the first place?

[Tcdoe]

It's probably more about the bragging rights than it being a sensible engine.
I would've chosen a S38 for +300hp but I admit it'd be pretty neat to have a V12 in a E34. :)

[JAlfredPrufrock]

That car really needs blacked out kidney grills.

[Rory535i]

I love it, the paint's really nice. I don't think the wheels are too big, I want 19's next for my car. 17's just look too small these days. apart from the usual things like rolling the inner arches and stuff like that is there any other major surgery required to fit them on?

[muuris]

I was in the show yesterday, the car is really awesome. Not to mention it was quite nice before this upgrade. It's actually a everyday-use car, not built for shows despite of the massive Alpinas.

The reason for the M70 instead of M60 is that the M70 is a full engine (M60 is missing some cylinders :D ) and the owner is planning to stroke the engine, he already has a manual 6-speed gearbox in sight and and and... we'll see.