Well i have a b5 S4, an 86 951 and a 93 525i; All turbocharged and tuned by myself. I initially just looked into the possibility of bringing the rpm's up and trying to get some more power out of it. Nothing was absolute in my mind. My second thought was to use a compressor and go the route that...
I'd absolutely never want a F1 engine in a 5 series. I was more interested in some insight into the smaller displacement high revved engines and everyone just ran with the 530/40 comment.
The cylinder head's are the same. The cams are the same. It seems ridiculous to say don't ever tune or modify a 530 because a M60B40 has 1000cc's more displacement.Your pretty much saying leave a 540 alone as well. I'm more interested in why formula 1 and other company's prefer the high rpm...
I'm looking into buying an E34 530i with a smaller 3 liter V8 compared the the 540 4.4 liter V8. A lot of people online say buying a 530 is pointless when you can get the same car with more displacement and more power. I think that's ridiculous since displacement is only 1 of many ways to make...