m5board.com: BMW M5 vs Porsche 911 Turbo X50 Techart

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m5board.com: http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104432&highlight=weekend

"Weekend with the BMW M5" from 2005
BMW M5 E60 vs. Porsche 911 Turbo X50 engine package with Techart 510 HP package. Standing start and racing up to 270 km/h on airfield in Sweden. From 2005:

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=104432&highlight=weekend

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• bmw
• m5
• e60
• v10
• porsche
• 911
• trubo
• x50
• techart

[vmactn]

I own an 03 turbo X50 and an 08 M5. The Porsche is faster from a dead start to 60mph. However,this race is with a rolling start. It would be close. I'd give the edge to the porsche. The porsche would rule on a track. The M5 is my family sedan!

[m5boarddotcom]

Nice to hear. Did you regiter on m5board. com?

[Berrald]

Yea I know it's a 996 that's why I said "This 996"....

I also know that an X50 has 450 bhp, but it says at the start of the video that this 996 has 510bhp.... I very much doubt that it has 510bhp... if it had it would have been faster than the M5..

[m5boarddotcom]

That it was Techart states.

[Berrald]

strange... a 997 turbo will eat an M5 with only 480bhp...

This 996 supposedly has 510bhp???

I don't think so....

[m5boarddotcom]

This was a 996.

[k1kingsala]

GERMAN power

[Asskicker110]

I disagree the BMW is better! ( at least to me :)

[bigpapa6200]

OK I can't he;p to Chime in. I have aBMW M5 and a Mustang Shelby GT500. My Friend Paul has a 2006 911 Turbo. We run Neck to neck in my Shelby. The porsche takes off well but by 4th Gear I am leaving the porsche behind. THe Stang has 550 Supercharged horses While my BMW has 500 V10 Horses. What makes the BMW Uniques is: Gear ratio and Torgue. My Shelby has a 6 Speed Manaul while my BMW M5 has a 7 speed SMG transmission. THe Shelby RPM Maxes at 6500 while the Beemer maxes at 8200 RPM. BMW Wins

[kgoldric]

porsches are made for real races not a drag strip. take these cars around some corners. the porsche driver wins every race in my book without even stepping on the gas cause he is in a feaking porsche. seriously park a m5 and even a new boxster side by side and the porsche will get more looks.

[SuperCobraPilot1]

Late to this party, BUT... arguing about who won is dumb... acceleration (in any car) assuming you don't vaporize the tires on start, is a function of pounds per HP. The higher the ratio, the quicker the acceleration. From a start, there isn't much way a stock M5 can out-accelerate a 996 TT with the X50 powerkit. (the factory numbers tell you this) 57 HP difference doesn't exactly overcome over 600 lbs of weight... BUT, in the running start scenario Turbo lag hurts the 996TT

[r33skyline4life]

thease m5 board are fools i swear thease races are staged

[eddieferrer]

Bullshit! That Porsche has a flat six & a dual- gear box trans... Do ur research, its a lot more than what meets the eye! Engine size is a thing of the past!

[jpracingph]

You are full of shit. There isn't a stock 996 turbo that can beat my stock M5.

[barrackvoice]

the bet thing in porshe that it can keep up in high speed

[wilko567]

porsche in my opinion, my dad has test driven the M5 aswell and prefered the 996tt, picking it up on monday.

[flarpjr]

go porsche

my dad just got one

[rx8super]

yeah german power !!!! :)