Official information on 6,3 Liter AMG engine released
If you knew anything about engines you would know there is no similarity between a road engine & an F1 engine. Even the SMG they talk about is totally different. The ony similarity is they both have paddles on the steering.
I will ask you one more time incase you ignore again, IS THERE F1 TECHNOLOGY IN THE M5's ENGINE?
The M5 has a high compression ratio. Yes, they have been doing that long before BMW entered F1. The E30 & E36 M3's had high CR. I don't think high CR is exclusive to F1.
The M5 has a high redline. Yes, once again this has nothing to do with F1. Long before BMW entered F1 the E30 M3's had high redlines.
The VANOS was released in 1992. I don't think F1 cars would benefit from variable cam timing anyway.
I think the links to F1 are more marketing than anthing else, but if yu can point me to some concrete evidence of stuff in an M5 that actually came from an F1 car, maybe I'll change my mind.
I will ask you one more time incase you ignore again, IS THERE F1 TECHNOLOGY IN THE M5's ENGINE?
But there is really very little mechanical similarity between the M5 V-10 and an F1 engine.
The M5 has a high compression ratio. Yes, they have been doing that long before BMW entered F1. The E30 & E36 M3's had high CR. I don't think high CR is exclusive to F1.
The M5 has a high redline. Yes, once again this has nothing to do with F1. Long before BMW entered F1 the E30 M3's had high redlines.
The VANOS was released in 1992. I don't think F1 cars would benefit from variable cam timing anyway.
I think the links to F1 are more marketing than anthing else, but if yu can point me to some concrete evidence of stuff in an M5 that actually came from an F1 car, maybe I'll change my mind.
As with the Hyundai Getz, what an appropriate car to add to the M5 vs E55 argument
If there is F1 technology in the Hydundai Getz, please point them, I might have missed something there.I cannot provide concrete evidence that stuff in the M5 came from F1. How can the M5's engine be mechanically the same as that of the F1 when one is a road car and the other is a race car?
Never said they were mechanically similar but technology wise, there is similarity. Just for argument sake, Nismo are producing 20 hardcore R34 GT-Rs with 2.8L bottom end and reworked twin turbos, it will have 500 plus hp roughly the same as the M5. A local magazine had put this hardcord GT-R as the same category as the M5, there might be a comparo coming up. Can the journalist say it is not fair because the GT-R has twin turbo ?
In 2000 The E46 M3 was released. Also over 100hp/litre with an 8000rpm redline. BMW weren't in F1 yet.
I honestly cannot think of anything in the M5 engine that was derived from F1. The new magnesium crankcase for example, has nothing to do with F1.
Aluminium in the suspesion was also around for a while (Audi A8 was the 1s car I think).
I dunno', maybe I'm dumb. It just seems like a high revving V10 with good tuning to me.
The Best of Mercedes & AMG
here is an article from germancarfans.com

I wonder what our sponsors think of this? Do they know? Perhaps some of us should start emailing them and complaining, since the mods seem to think that letting teenage kids and trolls have the run of the place makes it better.
I'm so fed up with it that I'm seriously entertaining the notion of abandoning this hole. If the moderators want this to become a daily slugfest, where most posts consist of BMW guys telling us how great their cars are and how much ours suck, fine....I come here to discuss Mercedes, but lately it seems as though I'm spending all of my time countering the lies that these guys regularly inflict to sell more BMWs, and it is getting tiresome.
It doesn't have to be this way, but our moderators are a joke.

I wonder what our sponsors think of this? Do they know? Perhaps some of us should start emailing them and complaining, since the mods seem to think that letting teenage kids and trolls have the run of the place makes it better.
I'm so fed up with it that I'm seriously entertaining the notion of abandoning this hole. If the moderators want this to become a daily slugfest, where most posts consist of BMW guys telling us how great their cars are and how much ours suck, fine....I come here to discuss Mercedes, but lately it seems as though I'm spending all of my time countering the lies that these guys regularly inflict to sell more BMWs, and it is getting tiresome.
It doesn't have to be this way, but our moderators are a joke.
jack offs like m&m getting under your skin shows you he is winning and YOURE letting him!!! thank god our mods treat us like adults and mostly allow self moderation. just ignore him, its easy to do and it works. enjoy your posts impro!!!
I wonder what our sponsors think of this? Do they know? Perhaps some of us should start emailing them and complaining, since the mods seem to think that letting teenage kids and trolls have the run of the place makes it better.
I'm so fed up with it that I'm seriously entertaining the notion of abandoning this hole. If the moderators want this to become a daily slugfest, where most posts consist of BMW guys telling us how great their cars are and how much ours suck, fine....I come here to discuss Mercedes, but lately it seems as though I'm spending all of my time countering the lies that these guys regularly inflict to sell more BMWs, and it is getting tiresome.
It doesn't have to be this way, but our moderators are a joke.
Man O Man.....yes we are adults. We can moderate ourselve to a degree. Have you ever heard of the ignore button? Funny how Trolls never seem to bother me. I find the info I want here no problem.....I don't worry about other people's posts. Maybe you need to lighten up or grow up. Sorry to be so harsh but your constant complaining is giving me a headache.
But now that I hear more and more, that the tranmission should be able to compliment the engine enough so that it'll be faster in a straight line then the 5.4LS/C and it's lighter therfore better handling, it just makes me jump in joy!
Weight is the number 1 enemy, and I'm glad that weight has been drastically reduced! Does anyone know how they did it?
Weight is the number 1 enemy, and I'm glad that weight has been drastically reduced! Does anyone know how they did it?

















