Each cylinder bank of the 5.0l V10 power plant is equipped with a belt-driven ASA T1-313 compressor. 660 hp and 650 Nm of torque are the figures achieved by the SK II bi-supercharger system thanks to low-pressure forced induction with a relative charge pressure of 0.6 bar. That said, there can be no sacrificing the hallmark G-POWER performance increase. The benefits of LPG as a fuel are both economical and ecological in nature – not only is LPG around 50% less expensive per litre than petrol, it also reduces CO2 emissions by around 15 percent. The outcome is the G-POWER M5 HURRICANE GS equipped with one fully sequential five-cylinder LPG system per cylinder bank. It is not without reason that G-POWER is the only company worldwide to offer an aftermarket supercharger system for the BMW V10 engine. By lucky coincidence, G-POWER is not only a supercharging specialist, but also one that happens to have particular expertise with BMW V10 power units. The even bigger challenge comes when the engine in question is also supercharged via two ASA radial compressors.
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The conversion, however, is not that straightforward, even for series production high-revving engines. The whole package becomes even more environmentally friendly when the increased output is delivered courtesy of LPG instead of petrol. This equates to an added fuel consumption of around 1% paired with a power increase of around 25%! In the January 2009 issue, the series production BMW M6 was found to have a fuel consumption of 18.1 l/100 km. In its December 2008 issue, German magazine “Auto Bild sportscars” calculated an average fuel consumption of 18.3 l/100 km for the G-POWER M6 HURRICANE equipped with a 635 hp bi-supercharger system. The power increases achieved by G-POWER are not paid for by an exorbitant rise in fuel consumption, but by maximization of the specific efficiency of the modified driveline. What is less well-known, however, is the fact that environmental protection and resource conservation also enjoy a high priority in all G-POWER developments.
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