sunrunner_pei
02-05-2008, 08:00 AM
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/hurricane_450-op.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556035/)
Click above for a high-res gallery of the G-Power Hurricane.
No, the G-Power Hurricane (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/g-power-claims-mantle-as-fastest-bmw-with-730hp-hurricane-m5/) isn't one of Fifty-Cent's Smart concoctions; it's the new record holder for the fastest, street-legal BMW on the globe. The modified E60 M5 was clocked doing 225 mph (360 km/h) at Germany's Papenburg speed bowl this past weekend, taking the title from the AC Schnitzer Tension M6 (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/28/ac-schnitzer-bmw-breaks-speed-record/).
The M5's V10, which normally produces 507 hp, was tweaked to the tune of 730 hp through the use of the firm's Evo II twin-supercharger setup. The duo of belt-driven compressors huff around seven pounds of boost into each one of the cylinder banks, and partnered with a higher differential, the G-Power crew maintains the Hurricane could have reached 250 mph if rain and light snow hadn't caused traction issues.
[Source: World Car Fans]Gallery: G-Power BMW M5 Hurricane
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556035/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556034/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556037/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556038/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane05_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556036/)
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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/hurricane_450-op.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556035/)
Click above for a high-res gallery of the G-Power Hurricane.
No, the G-Power Hurricane (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/03/g-power-claims-mantle-as-fastest-bmw-with-730hp-hurricane-m5/) isn't one of Fifty-Cent's Smart concoctions; it's the new record holder for the fastest, street-legal BMW on the globe. The modified E60 M5 was clocked doing 225 mph (360 km/h) at Germany's Papenburg speed bowl this past weekend, taking the title from the AC Schnitzer Tension M6 (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/11/28/ac-schnitzer-bmw-breaks-speed-record/).
The M5's V10, which normally produces 507 hp, was tweaked to the tune of 730 hp through the use of the firm's Evo II twin-supercharger setup. The duo of belt-driven compressors huff around seven pounds of boost into each one of the cylinder banks, and partnered with a higher differential, the G-Power crew maintains the Hurricane could have reached 250 mph if rain and light snow hadn't caused traction issues.
[Source: World Car Fans]Gallery: G-Power BMW M5 Hurricane
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556035/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556034/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556037/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556038/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/gphurricane05_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/g-power-bmw-m5-hurricane/556036/)
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