'05 Supercharged TL vs. '07 BMW 550i
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'05 Supercharged TL vs. '07 BMW 550i
Had some fun runs with my friend's 550. Full mods in my sig. He is completely stock. We did two runs from about 55 or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMwZytrQas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxMwZytrQas
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Good runs man, nice video!
CarandDriver did 13.7@104 with a '07 550i, not bad at all! 4.8L, 360 hp, 360 torque...
Smooth shifting and you pulled good on that 2nd run...
Looks like your friend had trouble shifting?
CarandDriver did 13.7@104 with a '07 550i, not bad at all! 4.8L, 360 hp, 360 torque...
Smooth shifting and you pulled good on that 2nd run...
Looks like your friend had trouble shifting?
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Nice. I feel like a SC TL should pull more on a 550i though...
Side note, I didn't know the 550s came in stick.
Side note, I didn't know the 550s came in stick.
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Teteux - I think he shifted ok - if he messed up, he would have said something. Normally he would give me some excuse but this time he just admitted the TL was quicker.
My SC doesn't seem to be putting out the numbers as some of the other SC I've seen posted. My whp is about 305. I don't recall what the torque was...maybe around 260? This was on a Land and Sea Dyno.
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Good catch but I have some good news/bad news.
The good news is I did pick up a new (to me) set of wheels and they're A LOT lighter! Volk RE30 - 16.5lbs each!!! I forgot to update my sig.
The bad news is that they're already on the car so that's as hard as I'm gonna pull.
The good news is I did pick up a new (to me) set of wheels and they're A LOT lighter! Volk RE30 - 16.5lbs each!!! I forgot to update my sig.
The bad news is that they're already on the car so that's as hard as I'm gonna pull.
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In your sig it it says Greddy Exhaust with stock resonator. Does that mean the OEM resonator that has a 2.25in inlet or outlet or both(can't remember). Wouldn't that be bottlenecking the 2.5in piping on the Greddy Exhaust. I say get a Vibrant(one in the BM right now) or Aero AR25 resonator which are both good to cut down on drone and town down the exhaust, PCDs w/ HFC to cut down on rasp and smell, and a PnP on your IM with matching TB and runners and you'll be in the 330-350 range at least. Im not 100% sure the numbers I'm using are correct, but it can't hurt and you already have so much invested in the performance of the car, why not? Maybe someone with a SCd TL can correct me if I'm wrong or elaborate on it.
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In your sig it it says Greddy Exhaust with stock resonator. Does that mean the OEM resonator that has a 2.25in inlet or outlet or both(can't remember). Wouldn't that be bottlenecking the 2.5in piping on the Greddy Exhaust. I say get a Vibrant(one in the BM right now) or Aero AR25 resonator which are both good to cut down on drone and town down the exhaust, PCDs w/ HFC to cut down on rasp and smell, and a PnP on your IM with matching TB and runners and you'll be in the 330-350 range at least. Im not 100% sure the numbers I'm using are correct, but it can't hurt and you already have so much invested in the performance of the car, why not? Maybe someone with a SCd TL can correct me if I'm wrong or elaborate on it.
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If you had no other work other than the exhaust is there going to be a point of diminishing returns?
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APNORM nice run man makes me wanna work up to a SC'd TL...
NOTBRANT im actually a custom 3" cat-back with V2 CAI. Is there something else i should have besides (PCD / J-PIPE / HFC )
Im working on getting the UR pulley next...
NOTBRANT im actually a custom 3" cat-back with V2 CAI. Is there something else i should have besides (PCD / J-PIPE / HFC )
Im working on getting the UR pulley next...
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In your sig it it says Greddy Exhaust with stock resonator. Does that mean the OEM resonator that has a 2.25in inlet or outlet or both(can't remember). Wouldn't that be bottlenecking the 2.5in piping on the Greddy Exhaust. I say get a Vibrant(one in the BM right now) or Aero AR25 resonator which are both good to cut down on drone and town down the exhaust, PCDs w/ HFC to cut down on rasp and smell, and a PnP on your IM with matching TB and runners and you'll be in the 330-350 range at least. Im not 100% sure the numbers I'm using are correct, but it can't hurt and you already have so much invested in the performance of the car, why not? Maybe someone with a SCd TL can correct me if I'm wrong or elaborate on it.
Even though my numbers seem way lower than other SC out there, I'm still happy with how quick this car is. It still puts a big grin on my face every time I open it up so at this point, I probably won't be doing much to try and increase power.
Another reason (besides not having any $$ to play with) is that I already replaced the clutch and I don't want to push it too much and have to replace it again.
I think the next upgrade, if I do anything, would be Tein SS or Megans. I need to save up some money thought.
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A coworker of mine has an '06 S4 and I'm hoping we get a chance to do a few runs but we live in opposite directions. I may have to take the long way home one day.
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U should be in second gear (if ur a 6mt) on a 50 roll. Big difference from third gear. U should see a big improvemnt i always do 50 rolls in my TL and if i start in third it's pointless.
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Just out of curiousity, what RPMs are you at going 50 in 2nd? Any chance of recording a run?
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Here's my 2nd gear roll from 50...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y9n6a4xGdk
And I thought I took one of a 3rd gear roll from 50 but I was at 60 instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6Juq3gV3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y9n6a4xGdk
And I thought I took one of a 3rd gear roll from 50 but I was at 60 instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6Juq3gV3Q
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Looks like your 2nd gear goes out to around 65-70 like mine... It's certainly worth being in 2nd on roll races 50mph and below unless you're limited by traction which it looks like you aren't.
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Yea i knew it was around 5500k but its much better right. I can see ur driving in the rain but i think u stilll will get traction like Slow03Maxima said. So def. do another run with the bmw 550i
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Yea i knew it was around 5500k but its much better right. I can see ur driving in the rain but i think u stilll will get traction like Slow03Maxima said. So def. do another run with the bmw 550i
Should be ready in about 10 min. or so.
#39
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Damn!
It looks like you gave him the jump on each and every race...no wonder I thought you should pull more lol. The 550i gears are a bit longer which allows him to utilize all that torque up top while you have to shift quickly. You should be putting down more power but his gear ratios definitely help. Nice job pulling each time even when you gave him the jump It's much harder to play catch up...
I watched your speedo vids and wow...straight beast!
It looks like you gave him the jump on each and every race...no wonder I thought you should pull more lol. The 550i gears are a bit longer which allows him to utilize all that torque up top while you have to shift quickly. You should be putting down more power but his gear ratios definitely help. Nice job pulling each time even when you gave him the jump It's much harder to play catch up...
I watched your speedo vids and wow...straight beast!
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Thanks Sonnick. His gears are definitely longer...2nd tops out at over 70 and 3rd is over 100 compared to about 60 and 90's for me.
I'm trying to get the whole run in the video and find that if I jump early, he disappears from the camera view rather quickly and then you can't tell how much I would pull from him.
I'm trying to get the whole run in the video and find that if I jump early, he disappears from the camera view rather quickly and then you can't tell how much I would pull from him.