The X5 is s pretty good car but the driveline doesn’t age so well. Transmissions are good for $100k and the engines have little things like intake manifold gaskets failing on a routine basis. This makes the E53 X5 pretty affordable. Just not reliable. So this owner yanked out the BMW engine and swapped in a Turbo LS setup. He also moved the radiator to the rear seat and installed a fuel cell and a ton of tubing. The full list of mods and parts is pretty extensive for the $12,500 asking price. Here’s the complete run down:
2002 BMW X5 Turbo LS swap
Body has 190,000, Clean Title
It’s currently tuned for 11psi on E85 with 13.5 degrees of timing and 5psi on 91 octane with 20 degrees of timing. Both tunes are very safe as it was meant for dirt and snow runs. The SUV is setup to get the crap beaten out of it and drive it to work the next day. I just got the thing done about a month ago give or take. It took a full year out of my life building it before and after working 40 plus hours a week. I am buying a house in April and really would like to free up some more funds. 
2006 Chevy 4.8L LS Motor (90k)
Sheet metal intake
1600cc injectors
102mm throttle body
3″ Stainless steel intercooler piping
Huge intercooler
Gt45 Turbo
Tial BOV
Tial MV-R wastegate comes with all the springs
Stock Manifolds flipped to all stainless steel exhaust piping
bigger 140 Alternator
new GM 3 bar MAP sensor not installed it currently has a 2 bar sensor in it
4L80E trans
trans cooler with fan (fan currently not installed)
3″drive shaft
street Bandit shifter
Tubular cross member
All new control arms and ball joints
the rear has 2 i have not put in yet, they come with the suv
Northern Radiator (rear setup)
two 3500 Plus CFM fans inside the air plenum
flex-a-lite hurricane fan underneath for stop and go traffic (currently not installed)
Moroso inline cap housing
Stainless steel pressure tank into a standard aluminum overflow tank.
I do have new couplers to replace some standard radiator hose connections
I have all new T-Bolt clamps for the rear radiator lines
2 Bosch 044 pumps
2 stainless 100 micron filters
2 6an line to the front 1 6an back to the fuel cell
40 micron filter at regulator
aeromotive A1000 regulator
RCI 16 gallon bladder cell
Billet fuel rails up front
AEM wideband
Autometer:
EGT
Trans temp
Coolant temp
Boost pressure
Fuel level
Fuel pressure
Voltage
Oil pressure
Panasonic TouchBook laptop
EFI LIVE V2 tuning program and software
Sparco R325 steering wheel
NRG quick release 3.0
dual master handbrake
wilwood proportion valve for rear brakes
CB with two rear whips lol
Fully Custom Switch panel with fuses
4 cree inside dome lights
Mild steel roll cage with divider for having the fuel cell inside and in the back.
3 fire extinguishers
Front and rear Custom Bumpers with quick release winch mounts
Custom tube core support
Custom sheet metal 2 pod cree headlights
Duratrac tires with about 500 miles or less on them
one new full size spare in the back on the rollcage
Badland 9000lb winch with 9″ cree light bar on the front
wireless remote for the winch
Brand new Battery with 2 year warranty lol
Ready to daily drive it to work!
I am back and forth from the cities so it will either be in Duluth or Shoreview
Needs some paint and little touch ups here and there but she is 99% complete. I drive it to and from work every day.
Here’s the Craig’s list ad. Someone buy this!
