This post from 2006 is why I question the possibility:
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Originally Posted by tortoise
They've retrofitted two cars.
In 2000 BMW Motorsport realised that they had a few extra LM engines sitting around. They offered them to McLaren.
McLaren went to all road car owners and offered the engines to them. The catch was that they would not allow the engine replacement alone; one had to have the HDK fitted as well.
As I say, only two owners took up the proposition. Ever since this time McLaren have said that the offer is no longer available.
As minimagic points out, with enough money you can obtain almost anything, so who knows?
After this offer expired, BMW put one of the remaining engines in a company X5.
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Also, don't you find it strange that "we" only know of two cars that had the 691 engine? If it is simply a cost issue, surely other F1 owners would have opted for it?
Greg A