N62 Stroker Feasibility

[GeorgeHill]

Originally Posted by BimmerBreaker

If it is looking for a home right now ... let me know

Fitment should be much better in the E39. Most critically, the E39 framerails are the same width apart as the E60. E39's are pretty light too... the I6's are within a few hundred pounds of a comparable E46. Both are over 500lbs lighter than the E65


Of course, go figure, all the H1 engines I had a lead on suddenly disappeared ~as if by magic~ from the marketplace as soon as I started looking into this more seriously. Such is life haha. I have a parts car E53 4.8is with 6HP that will likely end up in the E39 if I can't obtain an H1 within a few months

I think I want to hang onto it for now. It supposedly ran, but I haven't seen it so I couldn't in good conscience sell it for what I would think its "worth."

I was planning to put it in the E46, but the idea of an E39 is intriguing. Those tourings are certainly cheaper and more abundant. I guess I need to start researching options here. I didn't realize the crossover between the DMEs between E39-E53-E65, if it could be done like you suggest then that is a big influencer in the direction this project should go.

For a transmission, I would back it up with a ZF8 auto.