I'm driving an 01 cl-s stock except for AEM CAI...played for a second with this nice new bimmer then pulled up to a light together. We came even off the line, but he pulled ahead about a foot because I shifted too early 1st to 2nd...but didn't gain any more...shut it down at about 70 with him ahead maybe a foot.

thought those things were supposed to be quick...I was expecting to get smoked.

 

You should be able to beat a 530i pretty easily...

 

I don't know about pretty easily, but you should have "edged" him.

 

It's a heavier vesion of the 3-series.... You shouldn't have lost.

 

its 225 hp and heavier then you
you have 260 and are lighter...it shouldn't be that close but i wonder why it is (gearing?)

 

my friend just got a 04 530, were gonna line up as soon as he breaks it in

 

darrinb...let me know what happens with that.

I would have beat this guy if I had launched better and not shifted 1-2 too early.

 

yea i saw a sliver one it looks nice in real life!!! ne ways there not that fast an automatic is like 0-60 in 7.2-7.4 and a 6 speed is like 6.7to6.9

 

Yeah a 528i or a 530i shouldn't give you much trouble. I'd like to know what would have happened if ya didn't shift to early.

 

Advice: Don't sleep on them. They're quicker than given credit for.

 

well, he had a 98 540 before, and i beat him last time we raced, so i should walk the 530

 

you should've had no problems even if you shifted early, whats up with that? did you like basically not even run 1st gear? even then you should've caught up!

 

Here we go!

 

I saw a white one... 2004 530... i've yet to see the new 540s...

you should have beaten that 530 without breaking a sweat...

 

I should have beaten him, but I didn't.

So he had some mods I guess because he was definitely faster than me.

 

There are no mods available for the 04's yet...unless the 03 stuff fits.

The new 04's are supposet to be lighter than the 03's because of aluminum framing or some shit...

 

huh. I don't know then. is a manual available? that could give him the edge...better gearing?

thats a real hot car though...I don't mess around in traffic so I shut it down when I saw some cars ahead, but he kept going and he was weaving through traffic really fast and it looked like the car was glued to the road.

 

u still shouda beat him

 

motortrend.com says 2004 530i 0-60 is 6.5 seconds. didn't specify auto or manual. that would be about the same as me I think.


eh who cares. cya.

 

um, i think you should be closer to the 6.1 range

 

really 6.5 damn not bad how fast is a cl-s with aem cai i bought one but its not installed hopefulyl this weekedn, wll it really make my 0-60 in like 6.1 in favorable conditions

 

stock 01 cl-s lists most places at 6.5 to 6.7...I've never seen stock numbers listed as low as 6.1. I think an 03 might get to 6.3 stock with a manual. All I have is intake, which I doubt does anything measurable.

Maybe I'm wrong though, I don't know. I just remember reading a lot about the car when I bought it and stock numbers were listed at what I said above.

 

cough cough Torque.

 

BMW published numbers are typically .3-.5 conservative.

 

damn those bmw