E34 535i sport performance figures ?

Peter,

It was a Ghibli GT II 6 speed & yes your right deep deep pockets ,beleive it or not 17500 pounds of blood sweat & lots & lots of tears(mainly the wife's) went into that car i loved it & still do but it had to go or move into a tent....hang on it'll soon be summer ....fresh do the kids a world of good...Oh well .

Oh I know these GtR's are incredible value for the money Pete but Honestly its more than that when you own one ,you know your not going to bump into one at the next corner ,you just love looking at the 18crt gold Laselle clock(daft as it looks) & the really lovely thing is the sound  ,if you could bottle it you be on a winner for sure!

Its just an expereience Peter that should be on the National Health me Old mate

chippeduk wrote: are you refering to the 2.7 or the 3.2 ? as for the fuel, it is not wrong or improper to use high octane fuel on the rolling road to avoid detonation is it ?

The 3.2 printout, which is the one we have been talking about for the past couple of pages!

Well it's wrong to not tell anybody you're using it but it's not wrong to use it, but when everybody else was running pump fuel it's not comparative is it. 

chippeduk wrote: no, i did take the printout, i showed it on your forum. as for fueling, i only tols sal about that so now i know the leak

You did take the print out? But a few posts up you say you don't have one...hang on this story is getting a little sketchy, write it out first then post to make sure you have it all in order, i'd suggest a little notepad of your daily ideas.

Actually we all had our suspicions already on the fuel you used, but now you've confirmed it, well done that man.

chippeduk wrote: i`m always up for that but the fact is, your word spreads like wild fire so me posting a rolling road run (i dont actually have one on print) would be pointless as it could of been copied from the net using a different car. What will happen is that at the next rolling road day in february attended by the e30zone members i will put the car on the rollers and come top (hopefully) Just like last time, and the time before. If i remember rightly, even the m3`s were left trailing. Mind you, i read the emails going round afterwards saying i most likely bribed the rolling road operator to give me a higher reading even though 30 of your own forums members were present ;) Makes me chuckle.

I never heard about the bribing, tsk tsk that would have been naughty indeed, as would running it on a super high octane fuel and timing accordingly.

To be fair on the M3s they were stock or lightly modded weren't they? E30 M3 is not renowned for its massive power outputs in stock form, especially against a highly modded 2.7 litre straight six!

You had a rolling road session but didn't take the print out! Some might look back and think "darn i wish i'd taken that print out"

b8alk wrote: paul325i wrote: 300bhp is easy to get from a tubo'd zetec, not sure why everybody has doubted it, you just need to throw cash in the right places, it's not an art like tuning a big V8, thats an art. HI paul i never said i was doubting the guys honesty i would of just liked to have seen a rolling rd graft of it ,just like you have asked for regarding his bmw,after all this is a car enthusiast site is it not. I did feel however the guys reply,ie (i like to keep everyone hanging on ect) was maybe a bit odd. I even belive i said in one of the threads if he had a 300bhp rst good on him. Still think that much power going through the front wheels is a waste though..

Yeah if i had 358bhp from an N/A m3 engine i'd want to prove it.

And you're right, car enthusiast site so we should be able to quiz people

Like i said earlier, to be truthfull it was a piece if crap, it didnt drive nice and the torque stear was horrid.

mind you, it was made in france so what do you expect

no, i got 7.1 0-60 on that day, jason got 7.2 (ish)

the quickest too 60 was a race car that just broke 7 seconds although he broke hid driveshaft in half on the second run and that was the end of that.

to be honest, none of the times were spectacular and the conditions were almost perfect.

we did a standing start where i races a scooby which was modded and it whooped me then from a rolling start and i whooped it (from 30mph over half mile)

jason ran against a rally prepped imprezza and destroyed it around brunters but he was up against a novice but jason is an established cart driver. 

thats the feature,

i came top.

the only one where i lost a section point was top speed and that was by jason cull who had a 1.8 ZVH which i had also built.

mine did 154gps and his did 156gps proven.

Talking about spending lots a money on performance, my previous car was a Rover coupe turbo and was 197bhp as std.

The same engine was dropped in a Maestro but tuned to 418bhp with well over 300 lbs of torque!!  I think now the figure is higher.

Mencal!!

there are loads of them nowadays.

i would say at least 20 around at the mo.