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Seems it's a good day for wedging massive V10s into small vehicles.
OK, this isn't quite as loony as that Viper-engined motorbike, but it's gently unhinged nonetheless.
German tuner Manhart - and we are far too grown-up to make a joke about that name - has wedged a 5.0-litre, 550bhp BMW-sourced V10 into the BMW Z4.
So that's 550bhp in a roadster weighing just 1,450kg - a power-to-weight ratio of 379bhp per tonne, more than the Ferrari Scuderia.
Manhart says the mad Z4 will hit 62mph in 3.9 seconds and, thanks to a sneaky removal of the 155mph limiter, run close to 200mph.
If, however, you fancy a slightly more retro flavour to your V10-powered roadster, how about the Weismann MF5 set to debut in Frankfurt in a couple of weeks?
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Twister commented on this article
at 02:36 pm on 28 August 2009
The only nice part of that car are the rims
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TennantsLager commented on this article
at 03:54 pm on 28 August 2009
So they upped the power a bit from the lump going in the Weismann, nice. One wonders what the difference in price will be....?
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daftlad1 commented on this article
at 04:18 pm on 28 August 2009
If your into tooled up beemers then check this web address out, i found it a couple of weeks ago. http://buildthreads.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/v10-bmw-e30-m3/
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at 06:17 pm on 28 August 2009
Always wanted to do this engine swap into the 1 series. Z4 makes more sense though
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Metal-Omega commented on this article
at 08:58 pm on 28 August 2009
That one's cool. Great and sensible job.
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