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10-18-09, 03:36 PM
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I stare at Goats
2007 Lexus GS
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Supra 2JZ-GTE powered M5
From another forum I think its one amazing project!
I would like to take this opportunity to share with the M5 community my recently finished motor swap project. I've had the M5 since late-2007 and enjoyed the stock S62 a great deal. While the power and torque were also great, it just wasn’t enough for me. Supercharging the beast was certainly an option, but a very costly one. With my friend's shop, E-Shift Performance out in central NJ, having converted numerous cars with 2JZ-GTE motors from the Toyota Supra, we hatched the idea of the BMW M5-supra project.
I've seen an earlier thread with a fellow board member posting two pictures of my car from the Hot Import Nights event from Englishtown, NJ. I never replied to the thread given that the car wasn't fully completed at that point. The polarized responses were exactly the way I expected.
Many have asked, why an M5 instead of a regular 5-series? I already own the M5. I do not enjoy the hassles and time of selling a car and looking for another car. Buying a new car would also involve other costs such as sales tax, registration, inspection, etc. I also would have to spend money for the m-tech bumpers, mirrors (I don’t like the square look of the regular 5-series) and alcantara interior. Last but not least, I would want the M5 differential. These costs add up, so why not embark on the project with the car I already own.
My S62 had just under 80k miles and I was able to sell it for a decent price. With great resources at E-Shift Performance, we were able to keep the costs down for the whole conversion (including proceeds from the sale of the motor). We did all the work ourselves, so labor was not an issue. Including proceeds received from the motor sale, total spending on parts (including turbo manifold, custom downpipe, resonator, exhaust, intake, etc.) were less than the cost of a supercharger kit for the S62, which appears to start at $10k. That’s before doling out more $$$ for headers, x-pipe, exhaust, cats, resonators, cold-air intake, dme reflashing, etc. Bottom-line is it would cost too much just to squeeze out another 100-200whp from the S62. Reliability on boosting the stock S62 is also a concern of mine – whereas the stock supra bottom end is very capable of over 800whp.
While I have stated that motor swap is complete, the whole project isn’t quite there yet. I’ve still got plenty of mods to make (aka more money that needs to be saved up). I don’t plan to hit over 600hp until I reinforce the subframe.
So without further ado, here’s a video that E-Shift and Schen Photography put together of the Supra 2JZ-GTE powered BMW M5. Also included in the video is E-shift’s 2JZ swap on a E36 325i. The M5 laid down 542 whp compared to the stock power of 343 whp.
.. and the source
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Last edited by 1SICKLEX; 10-18-09 at 05:06 PM.
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10-18-09, 03:56 PM
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The engine fits like it came like this from the factory. Nice work.
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10-18-09, 03:59 PM
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wow, amazing work!
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10-18-09, 04:09 PM
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Lexus Champion
1993 Lexus SC
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impressive man, well done.
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10-18-09, 04:41 PM
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Stunning work! Now the craftsmanship on this looks better than the E30 V10 swap imo..
2Jz FTW! 
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10-18-09, 04:45 PM
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1SICKLEX, you are crazy in a good way.
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10-18-09, 04:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dashocker
stunning work! Now the craftsmanship on this looks better than the e30 v10 swap imo..
2jz ftw! |
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahah hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahhahahaahahahaha omfg rofl 
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10-18-09, 05:06 PM
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I stare at Goats
2007 Lexus GS
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Whoa NOT my car!!! Edited.....
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10-18-09, 06:01 PM
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YAY! Now the Bimmer has reliability!
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10-18-09, 07:01 PM
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Lexus Test Driver
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That's beautiful!
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10-18-09, 07:22 PM
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This is wild - I really like the concept. Supra mills are rock-solid so it makes perfect sense. And no crazy repair costs on BMW Vanos units (which I've heard are not uncommon on M5's)
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10-18-09, 09:45 PM
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Lexus Fanatic
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Great pics.. Looks straight from the factory.. 
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10-18-09, 09:56 PM
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Lexus Test Driver
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Just incredible.
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10-18-09, 09:57 PM
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Well that's just all kinds of cool.
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10-18-09, 10:04 PM
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Tech Info Resource
2005 Scion tC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DASHOCKER
Stunning work! Now the craftsmanship on this looks better than the E30 V10 swap imo..
2Jz FTW! |
There's no comparison between a relatively simple engine swap and a complete re-engineering effort replacing the entire suspension and drivetrain.
It really isn't hard to make this look good, but honestly, I'm not terribly impressed with the intake tubes. Very angular and un-pretty in many ways.
Still I'm sure the BMW purists out there are fuming about such a sacrilege.
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