manual box on a v12...

[jezbraker]

can't find a 750 with a maual box - does such a think exisit - and if not would any of the other models boxes fit one?

thanks chaps!
jez.

[jezbraker]

ps. hello

[leonard-skinnard]

Have you ever seen the movie "the Transporter"? In the commentary someone states that the car featured in the movie was one of a kind 12 cylinder manual 7 series. And yes I am so fanatical about bimmers that I listened to all the commentary during the scenes featuring the car. Now movies do have a budget we can only dream of, so making a V12 manual is nothing to them even if the point was just to drive it off a cliff! I assume it is possible considering the 850 can be had as a manual and it uses the same M70 motor. Swap the flex plate for a flywheel and make space for the new pedal, which I also assume would not be all that difficult considering there are manual E32's and all the necessary mounts should be in place. However there is the driveshaft issue. Not something you or I can just weld in the shop now is it. I posted a similar question but no one seems to know the answer. So what are we to do? What do you know about tuning the M70? 332 lb.-ft of torque with an 8.8 compression ratio sounds like there is alot of potential in that motor. Is there anyone out there making performance parts for this beast?

[Bear]

It has been done and it is very expennsive like $$$. On top of that there is the EML issue that has to be dealt with as the ATX is different than a MTX.

[srivers33]

Hey, the car in the movie is a beefed up 735i with a v-8 and the getrag 260/60 manual transmission.

Rivers

[TEXAS-HOTROD]

I posted some similar questions a while back and had no responses. I have an M70 engine project that I am working on and was searching for gear box options and performance parts for the V12. I ended up making a mountig plate for the back of the engine to bolt up a Muncie 4 speed, I also have a T5 Mustang 5 speed that will fit, but w/a small amount of machining on the front snout.
I thought the stock intake runners were on the puney side, so I fabbed up my own intake manifold to fit 3 Weber down draft carbs. I adapted dual 6cylinder Chevy distributors to drive off the front of the cams and I trashed the crappy exhaust manifolds in favor of fabbing up a set of custom headers. At least w/carbs and basic distributors, I won't have to modify an ecm system and have electronics to deal with. Besides, it'll have less clutter under the hood. I have several '60s muscle cars, I just need to decide which car to eventually put it in.
I found a guy in Canada that punched one out to a 6.0 and has a supplier (or he makes them himself) for camshafts. I'll have to pull up his file, but I think he quoted a cam and spring set at $900.

I always wondered what an M70 w/open pipes sounded like, check out the vids. This is one bad home-built.
http://www.ultimav12.ca