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Originally Posted by kptaylor
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Funny you should ask. It actually is a Lingenfelter V8. He then designed and built a twin turbo installation with intercoolers. The update is that last week he was replacing a leaking power steering hose (which is apparently a pain in the ass since the whole engine install in a 5-series is custom), he forgot to reconnect the wastegate vacuum hoses. So he's leaving his house for work and got stuck in traffic. Gets pissed and decides to make a U turn and floors it. Wastegates don't open and the engine hits the rev limiter and BAM the tranny eats itself.
He's getting a race transmission the week after Thanksgiving and says it will be ready for the 30th. I'm curious to see what it runs in the 1/4. The ET will probably suck due to lack of traction, but I am expecting a trap speed near 120. I was in it with the original engine swap Corvette engine and it was brutally fast. That engine blew up and he bought the Lingenfelter motor.
It's a stock looking dark red 5-series (which I found out is actually a 2003) with a custom machined "557" emblem on the back (5-series, 5.7L engine, hence the 557). He lives in Awatukee back behind South Mountain.