Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Originally Posted By: MrHorspwer
No,
you're not paying attention.
This is Bob is the Oil Guy. Ben99GT and OVERK1LL will fight to the death that Ford mod motors are the end all, be all, bestest, and fastest engines ever made. They seek out such threads, doing daily searches for terms like "LSx" and "HP/liter". At least one reply will contain the word "Terminator".
These engines would dominate in Top Fuel, but the NHRA is afraid of them and won't allow OHC engines. They'd do it all on a stock short block too. They wouldn't need nitromethane either: They'd do it on a pump gas blend.
The rest of BITOG love Crown Vics. That right there should tell you that the Ford love goes deeeeeeeeep around here. It's like insulting a redneck. Insult one and you'd better be prepared to deal with the whole family.
Just kidding. I love you Ford guys... not really
Interesting, considering this thread was about an M5 for sale in the GTA, not Ford OR GM. Yet both of you guys are in here injecting the good 'ol GM lovin' into it.
Which begs the question as to how YOU ended up in here if you weren't searching for those terms yourself? After all, the title of this thread has absolutely NOTHING to do with any of the marques now being discussed
For all the "the Ford guys start everything" tripe and subsequent finger pointing, it wasn't the Ford guys that derailed this thread nor stated that the LSx was the "most overbuilt engine ever". No, that gem rests in the laps of the members of the "GM crew" who apparently feel that a magazine article (conveniently cited without the facts Ben brought up) is solid proof that a junkyard truck LSx is the modern day longblock messiah and will make 1200HP all day long.
Which begs the question as to why people aren't building 1200HP LSx engines all day long using junkyard longblocks.........
If Ben OR myself had EVER claimed that some torn down 4.6L (regardless of its origin) that ended up with ported heads, aftermarket cams, intake....etc was "stock", we'd be burned at the stake!
But when it is an LSx that they are "trying to blow up" (and conveniently even with the aftermarket intake, camshaft, ported heads....etc that they draw the line at upgrading the ignition?
) all of these things are magically OK!
No, there's no double standard here.....
No, not trying to inject some GM lovin'. Just trying to inject some fun. This thread is just way too serious.
To bring it back on topic, the E39 M5 is, IMO, the most pure performance sedan ever built. It's not the most powerful or the fastest. It's not the techno-wunder the E60 is. It's not the hairy beast the CTS-V is. It has enough power to get the job done and sports a proper manual gearbox, in a right-sized sedan. It's the last M5 to stay true to what M cars should be.
It's my second favorite BMW M car, after the E30 M3.
