Not sure if any of you pay attention to the hoonigan YouTube channels at all but if you do Scotto (he’s a huge audi/vw guy) just got a d2 s8 and a v10 out of a s6 and said he plans on putting it in the older s8 with a manual trans. Should be pretty awesome to watch that all go down whenever that happens and who knows maybe once that happens we will get a little bit more interest into the s6/s8 v10s.
On a side note it would be pretty cool if he were to find jhm somehow and get in touch with them and bring even more light to how good jhm parts are.
Yeah, Martin Harp (I think that’s his name) is on here and he did a manual V10 swap into a B5. Seems to be the new thing to do. Hopefully the word spreads and values go back up.
Hoonigan guys are always good for a laugh in a good way. The D2 S8 is a sweet body. I think the manual transmission thing is kinda lame. After you get a JHM tuned 6hp or 8hp you really don’t yearn for a manual anymore. Espically considering you can always shift on the paddles. There isn’t much a manual can do other than just for the mechanics of it. to each their own I gures.
I like some of the concept but these guys never know what they’re doing and they always use a B5 transmission that sucks. You can swap in the B6/7 transmission and with the better gear raito it makes for a better driving car. Espically with a big tq motor.
True I would prefer a more restomod approach for myself…
the luxurious comfort of the torque and the auto gearbox. I realy like a manual as well but this engine doesn’t fit the purpose of those manual cars imho.
The joy of a manual can be found in lightweight engines with power instead of torque… I agree a modern auto is faster better everything you want, BUT, a lightweight car to throw around and keep in the powerband with a manual is just a joy.
Manual v10? give me the bmw unit every day… less torque more revs…
Maybe it’s blasfemy but i would love a bmw 
of the older 7 series with the drivetrain and engine of our cars.
That would be an awesome car…
Dzow… Thanks for saying it. Since you said it first it’s ok for the rest of us to… The bmw V10… there is just something about that V10 that is completely different.
I agree. Manual cars are a blast but it’s got to be the right formula. I don’t think this motor in this configuration is it. The R8 V10 and lambo… now that’s a different story.
Our engine is a masterpiece made with luxury in mind… An alternative for a v12 engine in a unique layout with a caracter of its own and a wonderfull way of running.
Remember it was never supposed to go against the bmw m5 but to be a rival for the 550i
I’ve driven both and the only thing in common is the amount of cilinders.
The bmw is a racing engine… ‘Nothing’ to see low down but when the revs build you see what kind of a masterpiece it is…