freeway was a little clear that night so we decided to have some fun

7th gen 6spd sc, Nick's J32A2/6spd swap and yours trully

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPMnX2bUx4U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMqR24k9-6A

 

Good times

Really brought some life back in that meet with that stunt

 

we need to get a better place and better camera!

 

You mean the track and a camera not found on a cell phone

 

nice, looked like fun..............btw its a few runs not a few rans

 

lol ya.. nothin wrong with jsut a little fun on the freeway, sometims..

 

that new BMW M5 didn't pull away that much on you Nick and i had you like 5 cars on the first vid @ 1:50. so, you think i can take that him?

I was thinking it happened a few days ago, so past tense of "run" is "ran" but who cares about teh grammar, it was fan LOL

on a good long open freeway

 

You can easily take out the M5 if hes in economy mode @ 400hp, if hes at full power at least 500hp, good luck, he'll still take you.

 

Nice vids...

 

so you think he was in economy mode when you raced him?

 

I assume so from the lack of cars he pulled on me, but then can't they change the power rating at the press of the button, just like that? Maybe they were going easy on me?

 

Most people press the 'M' button as soon as they start the car. You only save like 2 mpg so why even bother w/ 400hp mode? It's like me and my car's traction control. First thing I do is put it into Competition Mode as soon as I fire her up!

 

yeah, if i have an M5 that's what i would do. I would understand on traction control bcoz you have to consider the weather and condition of the road, but power wise i don't get it why BMW would do that?


BTW, somebody PM'ed me and want to know the specs on the cars...

359.6hp/323.1tq----SIRSIG 6th gen coupe (SC, IC, 9psi, J32A2, 6spd)
277.7hp/239.0tq----Accord_V6_400m 6th gen sedan (NA, J32A2, 6spd)
308whp/245wtq-----Sean 7th gen Accord coupe (SC, 4.5psi, TL 6spd tranny)

 

converted to wheel horse power (5% parasitic loss)

341.62whp/306.95wtq---SIRSIG 6th gen coupe (SC, IC, 9psi, J32A2, 6spd)
263.81whp/227.05wtq---Accord_V6_400m 6th gen sedan (NA, J32A2, 6spd)
308.00whp/245.00wtq---Sean 7th gen Accord coupe (SC, 4.5psi, TL 6spd tranny)

 

love the vids... show up at the socal meet on 4/29

 

uhh...easily take out an m5 in econo mode...?! not happening, man, those things have so much torque, they're monsters... ^^510 hp to be on the money

 

but still some sweet ass vids man

 

I was refering to Siggy hence the reply to his quote

I dont se why a 340whp 3200lb car cant compete and possibly win against a 400hp 4000lb car

Your not going to save any gas with the M button not engaged, it restricts the indiviual TB's to 90%

The hp number is 500 SAE to be on the money
http://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/M/M5Sedan/techdata.htm

507hp non-SAE rating
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=1649

 

or 510 on the dyno they say 500 becasue they do not care about the extra 8-10hp, they already know its the most badass 4door on the planet. Its not the "M" button on the steering wheel necessarily that gives it the "500Sport", there are over 190 different combonations you can get the M button to do. You can se it to 400Econo, 500, 500Sport thru the iDrive.

 

interesting..

 

What dyno are you refering to? Wasn't aware the "M" button was so customizable, still whats up with the M5s burning so much oil? One guy was telling me that his takes a quart of 60 oil every month, the dealer just hands the stuff over and says here.

 

funny me and Sean wanna "try" the M too, you just didn't gave us a chance lol

 

-actually most bmw's burn about a quart of oil every 5 or so thousand miles (especially the x5's). All you have to do is pull into the bmw service drive, they'll check your oil level and if you need to top it off, they top it off...thay do that with all flouds; washer, atf, oil, etc. The "M" button can control everything to the HP, to the numerous suspension settings, to the active seat setting (when you take a left turn the right side of the seat instantly inflates on the right side to prevent you sliding any), etc...we actually got the 08 M5 in yesterday, they changed the front/rear lights and a little on the interior...thats what my avitar pic is of

 

oo and one of my cust took his E60M5 to a dyno to see what if really has, he had heard as low as 498 and as much as 515. If I can remember, the next time he comes in I'll ask him if I can scan his sheets, he had 'em in the glove box last time he came in...I didn't think they would come in handy.

 

Looking foward t seeing those dynos. I'll have to ask the owner again how often he needs to add oil but I can almost be sure of him saying every 600 miles. I guess I'll find out next Monday if he shows up to the meet.

 

dynojet will be nice...

 

nbennett is a service advisorerer at a BMW dealer. So don't think he's another "know-it-all" of BMW's, he knows his shit.

Great runs, guys. Damn, Siggy. I'm impressed by how much power you're throwing out. Take that bish to a 1/4 mile track, please!

 

haha thanks ryan

 

60'=2.322
1/4=13.57
trap=106.9mph

on Toyo RA1 R compound tires... will try again as soon as i get my BFG DR's

 

how much do you think the DR's will knock off in the ET?

see ya at the SoCal meet. you're going, right?

 

Usually the DRs will affect your 60' times and for everyt tenth of a second it will usually knock off 0.1-0.15 seconds from my experience.

They tend to drop your trap speeds as well but the end result is that your ETs are much better so I can se him dropping his times to 13.0-13.2 with a 2.0 60'.

 

on 3rd gear i still spins my tires with this toyo's. LACR's track are poorly prep too so i'm hoping high 12's w/ DR