BeastPower owns a Model Year 2000 Dinan S2 M5 (e39). This M5 was featured on the cover of the July 2004 issue of Total BMW Magazine in the UK.



In November 2003 I shipped the car from California to the UK, and had the car legalized for use in the UK. The only modification that was required was the activation of the rear fog-lights. It was pretty expensive to ship it to the UK (about $4,000), but it was in a private container. I have heard horror stories from people shipping their cars via the cheaper RORO method. The M5 is still in the UK at this time.

The car is heavily modified:

Dinan Carbon Fiber Cold Air Intakes, Dinan High Flow Air Flow Meters, Dinan Tri-Y CARB-Certified Exhaust Headers, Dinan High Flow Throttle Bodies, Dinan High Flow Velocity Stacks, Dinan Stage 5 Engine Software, Dinan Front Strut Tower Brace, Dinan Rear Shock Tower Brace, Dinan Camber Plates, Dinan Rear Adjustable Swaybar, Dinan Light Weight Forged Performance Wheels, H&R 15mm Front Spacers, Dinan 3.45 Limited Slip Differential, V1 Radar Detector (built into roof headliner), Ai Design V1 Rear-View Mirror, Ai Design V1 Control Panel, TC Design Rear Sway Bar Brackets, Titanium Cavallino Titanium Pedals, Titanium Cavallino Titanium Shift Knob, AC Schnitzer Front Splitters, AC Schnitzer Rear Diffuser, AC Schnitzer Hand Brake Handle, AC Schnitzer Carbon Fiber Interior Trim, KW Coilover Suspension (variant 2), Tubi Style Cat-Back Exhaust (regular version), Brembo Front 14" 4-Piston Calipers & Cross-Drilled Rotors, Brembo Rear 13.6" 4-Piston Calipers & Cross-Drilled Rotors, Hawk HPS Brake Pads, Hella European Front/Rear Clear Lights with Angel-Eye Upgrade, ATE Superblue Brake Fluid, Stealth Silver Indicator Bulbs, 6000K Xenon Upgrade (low beam and fog lights), RMS Short Shifter, OEM Brake Cooling Ducts, Front Recaro Sport Topline Leather Seats, Eclipse 55090 DVD Headunit, Eclipse VM7211 7" LCD Monitor, Eclipse 300W 5-Channel Amplifier, JL-Audio 10" Subwoofer Box, JBL Speakers (mids/highs), Focal 2-way Front Speakers, Eclipse 2-way Rear Speakers, SPA AFFF 6-Nozzle Electronic Fire System, Phoenix Gold Tantrum TLD22 Line Driver, iMob GPS/GSM Satellite Tracking System, Interior Roof-Mounted Micro Color Video Camera, 4-Point Custom Removable Powdercoated Chrom-Moly Roll-Bar, I/O Port Roll-Bar Mounted Video Camera Mount, 6-Point Sabelt 3" Harnesses.

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Cheers, Daniel.

 

Car is clean. That's a serious machine. How often do you track/autoX it?

 

Thanks. Not tracked in the past few years, but it can keep up with the best cars when driven by an expert driver. I had the opportunity to sit next to an expert driver once when I took my M5 to Laguna Seca, and it was phenomenal what he did with my car. No problem keeping up with a modified 996TT.

Also, this car handles very similar to my former 1997 Lotus Esprit V8.

 

Niccely modded. What kind of power are you putting down?

 

Thanks!

372.4 RWHP / 326.6 RWTQ (438 HP / 384 TQ) - dyno verified