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Someone in Germany is working on stuffing an 8.3L V10 Viper engine from a Dodge Ram SRT-10 into a BMW Z4. Just about every part of this car is being reinforced or upgraded to handle the torque. I can’t wait to see it finished.<\/p>\n

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Source: BMW-Sydikat<\/a> via ZPost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Someone in Germany is working on stuffing an 8.3L V10 Viper engine from a Dodge Ram SRT-10 into a BMW Z4. Just about every part of this car is being reinforced or upgraded to handle the torque. I can’t wait to see it finished. 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