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Originally Posted by brad850csi
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Originally Posted by Pimpsy
Sorry, but this is not correct.
The ZF8HP75 is rated 750 max gasoline torque per the manufacturer spec. A stock M5 is about 550 torque so 20% more is not even close to max spec.
Aside from that, common sense will tell you that the cars are not designed to run at max stress. There is plenty of room to add extra horsepower and torque without destroying the drivetrain.
Much more important is how you actually drive the car. After all, BMW will tell you that even a stock car can be damaged by repeatedly using launch control.
Your basic premise is of course correct, which is that as you add power it will add additional wear to some extent. But I imagine if we pulled apart a stock drivetrain driven hard at 100,000 miles it would look worse than a race chipped car driven reasonably at the same mileage.
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750nm and 550lbft is pretty much the same thing. |
Good catch… I forgot that outside of the US most people use nm.
That said, no one seems to have lunched a transmission yet despite enormous increases in horsepower and torque.