Hi All

Tonight on the way home from work, i stopped to take a call, when i had finished i pulled away & this old style M5 came up my ****, so i dropped to 3rd (was in 5th taking it easy), an went for it totally blew this beemer away, came upto a roundabout, i went all the way round it so i was now behind the M5 (just to confirm it was), he went for it so did i, passed him & to be honest easily.

Does anyone no the BHP of these old tanks

Ps It was on quiet roads out of the way & speed limits were not broken

sti-04!!

 

if it was a d reg,

Statistics

Through the Gears:

0-30mph 2.3

0-40mph 3.5

0-50mph 4.8

0-60mph 6.2

0-70mph 8.4

0-80mph 10.5

0-90mph 12.9

0-100mph 16.6

Standing ¼ Mile 14.6sec Terminal speed 95.7mph

Displacement 3453cc

Bore 93.4mm

Stroke 84.0mm

Compression Ratio 10.5:1

Max Power 286bhp @6500rpm

Max Torque 250lb ft @4500rpm

BHP Per litre 82.7

Fuel System Bosch Motronic electronic injection & engine management

Cylinders Cast Iron block, seven main bearings

Cylinder Head Light Alloy, DOHC, four valves per cylinder

Gearbox 5 Speed manual

Final drive ratio 3.7:1 (25% LSD)

Clutch Single dry plate

Front Suspension MacPherson struts, double links, coil springs & gas dampers, anti roll bar.

Rear Suspension Semi-trailing arms, control links, coil springs & gas dampers anti roll bar.

Brakes Ventilated discs all round, 11.8in front with four-pot callipers & 10.7in rear. Servo assisted.

Wheels & Tyres 220/55VR 390 Michelin TRX tyres on 165TR390 alloy wheels (Press Car)

Unladen weight 3153Ib

Wheelbase 103.3in

Turning circle 33ft

Fuel tank capacity 70 Litres/15.4 Galls

e30 was a quite a bit more powerful i think.

 

Well coming around the roundabout he was quicker out of it, as i am still gettin used to AWD (had a RS focus previously) so the 3500 straight six would have pulled quicker though as soon as the turbo spooled i was on his rear

 

they were a straight six engine, and id say for a car made in 1987 you should be showing a bit of respect for it.

as your car has 17 years of technology ahead of it, and the e34 would trouble you more if not beat you.

 

I did show it respect my friend, i havent slated it, i only asked the question & to be honest it was neds that were driving it & not respecting it
I respect my own car & other peoples cars!!
It was a general observation
as for the E34, i wouldn't mind coming up against one as it would be a good bit of fun.

sti-04!!

 

I used to have an E12 M535i a few years ago. I rebuilt it and was very proud of it too, fairly rare car. A bloke I knew had one of those with the 24 valve M1 engine in it and you would have been hard pressed to beat that one with a Scooby.

Les

 

My Austin Maxi (tuned with twin Dellorto carbs and a ramfix airfilter) would easily keep up with ANY 80's BMW six cylinder to fifty miles per hour. When they get to the roundabouts, thats when the beauty of hydragas and fwd have its advantages I'd Still rather drive my MY02 WRX wagon though
Blutes