E34 535i sport performance figures ?

ok ladies

 not to seem offish about this topic BUT 

1- there is no way in this WORLD a 535i will keep up with a scooby turbo to anywhere near 100 mph  nor an escos

2-people often go on about how fast their cars are and never really back up their claims

3- a 528i is a SLOW luxury cruiser , it was never meant to be a quick car and it never will be , let alone get anywhere near the sports saloons or hatches mentioned in earlier posts !

4- big respect to the guys with the 3.5 lumps in their 3 series , they will be quick simply because of the power to weight ratio

 IF i can be proved wrong on any of the above comments "I WILL EAT MY LAPTOP" , dont post up magazine articles to try and prove me wrong just take the suposedly "quick" cars to a run what ya brung day and show the timing slip !!

 please dont take this post as a diss to anyones cars ! take it as a personal reference from someone that has owned all of the above mentioned vehicles including -

1995 scooby turbo

1999 scooby wrx sti

1993 escos (standard at 1st)

1989 535i sport

a modded e28 m535i and my standard m535i that i still have

 IF any1 wants to organise a trip to a run wot ya brung day at the pod or north weald i will be the 1st person  on the line to cheer and clap the 1st person that beats a scooby up the quarter (whilst chewing on my laptop)

 

oh dont get me wrong !! im sure its still a fast car !!! i just wouldnt put it in the same category as the above mentioned cars !!!

 if the discussion was about brisk luxury cruisers i would'v put it up there with the big engined best  . but this started as a question of performance !!

 and even tho as you say a 528  will hit 60 in les than 8 seconds (which is very respectable) ! the other cars do it in 2 seconds less which in quarter mile times is long enough to wind down the window and turn the radio on .

Also,i never mentioned anything about a 535i beating a scooby up the quarter. What i was trying to say was when both cars are travelling at say 60mph then accelerate the bmw at least keeps up. Ive proven this many times as alot of my mates have subarus including turbo 2000's and wrx's.

It was only the uk turbo 2000's that i was talking about anyway ! Also i was trying to say that while the subaru was quick 0-60 it didnt manage to get away from me once it was rolling and im not just talking about one incident,i have raced many impreza turbos and while they do get in front of me im usually right up behind them. I have to say though that my 535i sport is alot quicker than my mates 535i sport and they are both standard. I wasnt trying to brag about being able to beat impreza turbos,what i was trying to say was that once they got rolling they have lost the advantage that 4wd gives them.

I think the e28 535 has 218bhp and does 0-60 in 7.2,the e34 has 211bhp and does 0-60 in 7.4(manual).

Cataha,

Nice car. I love those alloys.

Hi All,

Just been reading all of the posts above, quite cool cars really.

Ive just bought a Venom 2 chip off ebay for my 535i sport, but not sure exactly how to fit it? Ive had a look under the bonnet and in the fuse box, where appears to be the ecu system, but not sure where to go from here???? Am I being a biff??? Can anyone help??

Cheers

Stan

 

hi again i said in a recent post that i beat a scooby from 80 to 120 in a 535i sport e34 i must say i now beleive he/she must of had the floor mat rolled up under the pedal as my neighbour as just brought a wrx and the nice chap has just let me have a play i now feel that in order for a 535 e28 or e34 to beat one at any speed the scooby would have to be towing a caravan with its hand brake on (sorry) but this thing was light and very responsive my bm goes from a bout 3000rpm this scooby just goes!

Also looked at the link, but mine seems a bit different to that. I'll try to take a pic tomorrow, and see what you think?

Stan

 

b8alk wrote: hi again i said in a recent post that i beat a scooby from 80 to 120 in a 535i sport e34 i must say i now beleive he/she must of had the floor mat rolled up under the pedal as my neighbour as just brought a wrx and the nice chap has just let me have a play i now feel that in order for a 535 e28 or e34 to beat one at any speed the scooby would have to be towing a caravan with its hand brake on (sorry) but this thing was light and very responsive my bm goes from a bout 3000rpm this scooby just goes!

 

 

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