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Soul_Glo · 05-13-2019, 10:58 PM

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Dyno run reveals how BMW's two-ton four-door is nearly as quick as a Ford GT in our track tests.

For our experiment, we put a stock M5 Competition on a Dynojet all-wheel-drive dynamometer at Livernois Motorsports and Engineering in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. To avoid any torque multiplication by the car's eight-speed transmission, we ran the test in sixth gear, which is a direct-drive or 1.00:1 ratio. The results show a surprising peak of 617 horsepower and 606 lb-ft of torque at the wheels. Modern drivelines are very efficient at transferring torque, so we're not convinced this is a 700-hp engine at the crank, but it's darn close.

Full article: https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...no-horsepower/

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Soul_Glo Major General 13342 Rep 7,484 Posts Drives: G20 Join Date: May 2013 Location: Manhattan, NYC iTrader: (1)	Car&Driver: Power Game: BMW Understates Output of the M5 Competition's Twin-Turbo V-8 Featured on BIMMERPOST.com Dyno run reveals how BMW's two-ton four-door is nearly as quick as a Ford GT in our track tests. For our experiment, we put a stock M5 Competition on a Dynojet all-wheel-drive dynamometer at Livernois Motorsports and Engineering in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. To avoid any torque multiplication by the car's eight-speed transmission, we ran the test in sixth gear, which is a direct-drive or 1.00:1 ratio. The results show a surprising peak of 617 horsepower and 606 lb-ft of torque at the wheels. Modern drivelines are very efficient at transferring torque, so we're not convinced this is a 700-hp engine at the crank, but it's darn close. Full article: https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...no-horsepower/
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