Join us as we tell the epic story of this ultimate retro luxury coupe: The BMW E31 850CSi
We at Schmiedmann had the honor to work on the line-topping, limited-production BMW 850CSi known from the video
“The BMW 850CSi Is Still The Ultimate Dream Car” produced by Petrolicious in partnership with BMW.
Find the epic video by Petrolicious right here: • The BMW 850CSi Is Stil...
In many ways the BMW E31 850CSi is the M8 of the 1990s. Built with the aim to show the world how comfortable 160+Km/h could be. In other words, the king of rapid luxury.
Only 1510 units of this luxury sports coupe where ever made with the iconic S70B56 engine. The 850CSi was uncommon among uncommon cars! It is exceedingly rare.
The legendary 5.6 Litre S70 engine, tuned by M, essentially 2 straight-sixes fused together, later went on to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in two different cars; the McLaren F1 GTR and the BMW V12 LMR.
The 850CSi is often categorized as a once-expensive sportscar, now too expensive to maintain and service, leaving them to rot in a garage, never to be driven again.
We at Schmiedmann believe that BMWs, regardless their age and heritage are driving machines, they belong on the road!
The fact that there were only built 1510 units of the 850CSi with it`s S70B56 engine, nearly killed the car in this video!
Our Danish customer saw the Petrolicious video, fell in love with the car and imported it to Denmark.
Only 2000KM driven and it breaks down!
And so does the Schmiedmann story with this famous, rare BMW E31 850CSi begin
The repair includes specialist tools, 4 years of hard work and research finding a used S70B56 engine in good condition and rebuilding the famous BMW E31 850 CSi
Watch the video and learn more about the engine failure, how Alusil works and why it might not be the best option and most importantly if this iconic movie star of a BMW E31 850CSi gets back on the road!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Falling in love with the BMW E31 850CSi
0:45 Buying it and importing it to Denmark
0:54 BREAKDOWN - What now?
1:02 BMW Denmark - BMW Group Classic - or Schmiedmann?
1:18 Schmiedmann steps in
1:21 First examination including endoscopic footage
1:57 Repair - first attempts
2:07 Alusil damaged - no repair possible!
2:15 Finding another S70B56 engine
2:57 Prepare the new engine for mounting
3:10 Firing it up
3:18 It goes dead!
3:30 The mystery of the damaged alusil
3:39 Why did this happen? The Schmiedmann theories
4:18 Hours of work down the drain
4:33 8 Months of research might pay off
4:43 Transformation from Alusil to Cylinder liners
5:34 Mounting the restored engine
5:42 The complete SUPERSPRINT exhaust system
6:08 Isn`t it beautiful?!
7:06 Sound check
7:13 Conclusion - back on the road!
7:23 Why choose Schmiedmann - Outro
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