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    Posted: 17-December-2003 at 23:43
just have a look at this........

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E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg.....
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Points: 2118 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-December-2003 at 00:29
Some awesome speeds, i take it all in Germany.

Why can't we have one road in Britain with no speed limit, would sure stop the outside lane hoggers.(2nd overtaking lane).
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Points: 691 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-December-2003 at 00:52

luv it !!!

  Im sure some of the senior members would dissaprove tho !
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Points: 707 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-December-2003 at 08:41
But HOW did they manage to take the pictures?
That must take some sort of fast one handed driving!!!
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Points: 32 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-December-2003 at 09:45
This is a pic I took whilst in Europe. What do you think happened next?



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Points: 1115 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-December-2003 at 10:30

Tim, you changed UP to 4th!!!!!!!!!!! BOY, have those ZM,s got Grunt .

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Points: 32 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-December-2003 at 12:24
Originally posted by B 7 VP B 7 VP wrote:

Tim, you changed UP to 4th!!

Well, changed up to fifth actually. More pics at Paris Motorshow write-up. The highest speed I've seen to date on the speedo is 162 mph, but the electronic timing (airfield day) showed it to be only 150.
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Points: 1115 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-December-2003 at 16:57

Tim, quite concerned about this short measure.Presume the Roadster Engines are from the Austrian factory, so should have the 321 Bavarian Gee Gee,s .OR is it the S52 spartenburg special, We should be told. 

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The engines are shipped over from Europe as part of a complete front suspension/engine module.

I was running at Bruntingsthorpe against what appeared to be a 'stock' M coupe and my roadster was certainly faster, probably due to the freeflowing Eisenmann exhaust. Once past the halfway mark, the runway slopes very gradually downwards and with 162-163 on the clock I thought I was doing well. So I was a bit peeved to find the speed difference. I and others have since checked speedos against GPS, and I can confirm the difference seems typical.
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Points: 1557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-December-2003 at 09:13

 

Still top notch to see anyway. Have you got a link for the Eisenmann exhaust - I have heard about this before but never tracked it down.... would you recommend it? Do you have any other mods in addition to this?

150 does seem conservative but then manufacturers always are. Were you running max revs? I assume your car is de-limited..

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Points: 3189 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-December-2003 at 12:27
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I didn't realise yours is LHD. Have you disconnected the limiter?
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Originally posted by M BLUR M BLUR wrote:

Have you got a link for the Eisenmann exhaust... would you recommend it? Do you have any other mods in addition to this? Were you running max revs? I assume your car is de-limited..



No, I was at about 6600-6700 revs, and the car isn't delimited. The only performance customisation is the exhaust.

I can thoroughly recommend Eisenmann. I ordered from German website at http://www.eisenmann-technik.de/export/produkte_ex/produkte.php.

For English performance details go to http://www.eisenhaus.com/perfdetails.html, and sound info at http://www.eisenhaus.com/sounddetails.html

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Points: 1557 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-December-2003 at 15:02

Great stuff.. you should try GruppeM's ram air induction - it would work lovely with your set up - particuarly if you had it re-mapped.

I've checked their prices and after converting Euros-Sterling Eisenmann work out much cheaper than comparable systems across here. def' on the shopping list!

 

 
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