Can you afford the option of fitting a massive tuning package for your BMW 1 Series M Coupe without asking what it costs?

The questions is available mostly due to the fact that Manhart Racing’s tuning division have made their MH1 S-Biturbo package available for the market.

They’ve done that without announcing the pricing for it. That’s a bit of a concern but the conversion is certainly desirable.

It’s a thorough package with starts off from the beginning as there’s new air guide with a carbon airbox and custom downpipes.

Cooling is also considerably improved because it has to keep the 3.0 liter inline six cylinder engine cooled. When your engine gets pumped up, keeping it from burning out is an issue.

Especially when your car has an extra 125 horsepower than the stock option. What it now has is 465 horsepower and 443 lbs-ft of torque.

There’s just now way you wouldn’t want that in your car. The Manhart MH1 S-BiTurbo kit comes with several aerodynamic tweaks of a minimal construction.

This is both because they’re made out of lightweight carbon fiber as well as because you have to be a major petrolhead to notice them.

Lesson over, let’s get to the driving. You will love the engine and its new output but you’re likely to take notice of the change the Continental Sport Contact 5P tires make as well.

Just in case you want to keep more connected with the mechanics of it all, Manhart fit a new screen inside to show some usable data of the whole thing.

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They’ve actually rolled up their sleeves and actually went through to complete the project. The MH5 S-Biturbo BMW M5 is here.

They updated the exterior, the performance and went on to announce the changes in the most German way possible.

Manhart Racing tuned up the ECU map and then fitted an in-house valve controlled exhaust system with 90 mm Tips, 200 cell sport catalytic converters and downpipes.

I have little understanding of what either of these tuning bits mean but we do know the changes the MH5 S-Biturbo gets stand for two things.

The first would be the fact that the M5’s 4.4 liter V8 engine now develops 633 brake horsepower and 575 lb-ft of torque.

The second change would be how the tuning on the Manhart Racing MH5 S-Biturbo not only improves this car but also creates the opportunity for future improvements.

All those redesigned bits in the body are there to help aerodynamics but cooling is also a major factor here. Apart from the newly drawn bits, they’ve also lost some weight.

That’s thanks to usage of carbon fiber in the bonnet, a the new diffuser and the trunk – bootlid spoiler assembly package.

No price tag is available, no production figures have been stated and there’s no word on what the racing team has planned for those extra improvement room.

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If the BMW M5 got a makeover, why wouldn’t one of the company’s more exciting products get a similar makeover with the equation.

Enter the Manhart MH1 S-Biturbo; a special conversion for the BMW 1 Series M Coupe. This is where things get a little more interesting.

Before we get to the new look let’s consider the amount of people who claim the original car doesn’t get enough of a power boost from BMW.

If the 1 Series would be faster than the M3, things would be seriously problematic. Manhart racing doesn’t have enough time to consider corporate dilemmas so they came up with the Stage 3 idea.

Fiddle is not the word we should use. Let’s say Manhart racing went on to monster the mods on the 3.0 liter turbocharged straight six cylinder.

That’s why the same engine now produces a total of 465 horsepower and 442 ft-lb torque. I wonder if Stage 3 is what they call the boss level.

You get a carbon fiber air box, sports exhaust system with downpipes and stainless steel mufflers. This is where they mixed in the enormous turbocharger.

Further more, the German tuner made sure to upgrade the whole of the cooling system so that all your hooning needs are met without any steam appearing in the equation.

The final bit of the equation was a carbon fiber body kit. This one is painted black and looks seriously evil even while it’s standing still.

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Not the finest exercise in branding or marketing we’ve ever seen but, thankfully, the product itself is miles more impressive than that. Just like the base car, it’s about refined looks and serious performance.

Going one better than that, a refined look, in Manhart Racing’s vision, means not messing around with the original design too much and simply adding a few differentiating tweaks here and there.

That means you get new alloy wheels, 20 inches worth at the front and 21 inches at the rear. It also means you get a new suspension package which works on more than one way.

Lowering the car makes for better stance while giving the car a lowered gravity center which should improve the handling characteristics. The new coilover kit drops 35 mm at the front and 30 at the back.

A sport exhaust system is fitted so you no longer need to listen to the V8 noise being played through the car’s stereo in a rather fake way.

Speaking of V8s making noises, the twin-turbo 4.4 liter one under the bonnet of the F10 BMW M5 is now upgraded by Manhart Racing to produce 633 horsepower and 575 lb-ft of torque.

Even more impressive, it seems that the MH5 S-Biturbo is going to be just the “starter kit” for Manhart racing.

In the future, they plan to introduce versions of the M5 which produce 670 and 735 horsepower.

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