M5 2006 BMW M5 Nitrous Drag Racing Video

[warot]

But those are F1 engines and not street cars engines.

You have to understand that the compression ratio of a high reving engine is high. That is why the supercharged and the turbo charged engines that Audi, and MB makes are low compression engines.

I didn't know that this M5 was supercharged, I think it just said that it had a Nitrous injection.

To me that video proved nothing and it seems that every time a video comes around people are so amazed.

Here are the problems with the video

1. The video is shot in the dark
2. The perspective you get proves nothing to you
3. All you know is that the M5 is good at peeling out and can do it
4. There is not proof whether it be visual or sound that this car has a supercharger.

When Active Autowerks was trying to develop a turbo for the E46 M3 it took them a while because of the engine problems they were having.

This is a V-10 block which is the same block as the F1 car which I can't remember the specifics about.

The engine for M is a high reving high compression engines which facilitates them with higher RPMs and this is why you have to rev the engines in order to get power.

I hope Just me can find out if this car has a superchager which I really doubt.

Now there might be people that might be working on some sort of supercharger and/or turbo charger but I highly doubt it. The only thing that might be in store for this car are intakes, exhaust, chips, etc. that are mechanical and not forced inductive.

Do you remember an M3 CSL from Sweden that was called Loaded? It was a modified CSL with a supercharger in it. It was pretty sweet.

Found the video: http://videos.streetfire.net/category/BMW/0/75A530BB-2A85-4EF8-BF08-72806831BE90.htm

 

[Michael]

Do you remember an M3 CSL from Sweden that was called Loaded? It was a modified CSL with a supercharger in it. It was pretty sweet.

Found the video: http://videos.streetfire.net/category/BMW/0/75A530BB-2A85-4EF8-BF08-72806831BE90.htm

I am sure they really worked on the compression issue

 

[warot]

I am sure they really worked on the compression issue

I think another problem with the M5 is that there is just no space... I've worked on an M5 and it is absolutely impossible to do anything because that engine bay (and gearbox) has no space in it.

 

[Michael]

I think another problem with the M5 is that there is just no space... I've worked on an M5 and it is absolutely impossible to do anything because that engine bay (and gearbox) has no space in it.

Could be. In reference to the M3 CSL that you posted. I have seen that video and it is pretty old.

I don't want to go as far as questioning the crediblity of it because I think a long time ago I went to the website of the guy(s) who did it.

Its just sometimes people don't realize that reliability issues raise with everything you do.

For a long time people on the e46fanatics.com website started talking about people in germany that take off their aftermarket intakes and put back the stock because after speaking with some engineers at the BMW lab or factory they were told that anything you do to the car after factory lowers the reliability of the car no matter what. Any form of forced induction to a car, even if it comes with it and you just chip it, lowers the reliability.

I mean some people are chipping their Audi's to perform better and that is still the same issue that I am trying to prove but it is not as bad as taking a high compression engine like the M division engines and slapping a turbocharger or a supercharger and freaking wasting it away.

 

[Zafiro]

I dont care much about the time but the sound is epic. What a screamer !!

 

[GTA45E]

Yep, the sound is pretty good. Thay must be using a special kind of exhaust system cause it sounds a little different than an ordinary M5.