Ian
Club Member
V10's are my favourite engines and I've loved the S85 V1O from the BMW E60 M5 for long time.
So I was wondering out of interest if a swap into a 260Z would be possible, seems to me like it would be, theres definitly enouth room lengthwise although it might get a bit tight widthwise and I'm not sure if the transmission tunnel is wide enoth for the E92 M3 6 speed box which would be need with this swap, also the gearstick might come up quite far back in the cabin. The other area which would be hard to get working is the steering shaft.
You might also think with it being a 5L V10 that it would be much heavier but as it an all alloy engine it won't work out much heavier than an RB26DETT swap.
These make 507HP stock, but with the aftermarket ecu I'd have to use 520+HP is easy, with a good intake system feeding the ITB's, tubular manifolds with a decent exhaust system and remap 550HP is possible. But in a Z I;d be happy with the stock power, even putting that to the ground would be a challenge.
What do you think?
Some photos of the S85:
So I was wondering out of interest if a swap into a 260Z would be possible, seems to me like it would be, theres definitly enouth room lengthwise although it might get a bit tight widthwise and I'm not sure if the transmission tunnel is wide enoth for the E92 M3 6 speed box which would be need with this swap, also the gearstick might come up quite far back in the cabin. The other area which would be hard to get working is the steering shaft.
You might also think with it being a 5L V10 that it would be much heavier but as it an all alloy engine it won't work out much heavier than an RB26DETT swap.
These make 507HP stock, but with the aftermarket ecu I'd have to use 520+HP is easy, with a good intake system feeding the ITB's, tubular manifolds with a decent exhaust system and remap 550HP is possible. But in a Z I;d be happy with the stock power, even putting that to the ground would be a challenge.
What do you think?
Some photos of the S85:
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