E34 535i sport performance figures ?

a lot of money for 535 sport!  it's 3.6 M5 money!!

race at high speeds on a public road!! i not sure i like what you are implying i do NOT RACE AT HIGH SPEEDS ON PUBLIC ROADS that incident was on a M road in the early hours of the morning.And as for wind them up and watch them go CONGRATULATIONS you,ve succeeded...

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rickyv8efi wrote:   I'd have a guess that a 535 autos' 50-90mph sprint in kickdown will be faster than an Imprezza.

NOT A HOPE THE IMPREZZA WOULD RIP IT A PART.

I have to agree.

My RS Turbo killed them from a rolling start.

mind you, my e30 cab would do the pair of them from standing, rolling or even if i had flat tyres

my rs turbo was a genuine 300hp zetec conversion so yes, it would leather an imprezza from a rolling start and did so at brunters a few years back.

 

i dont mess about with power and claims mate.

yes, you have a point.

it was stupidly quick but a total waste, it drove terribly feeling all the bumps etc etc.

and i sold it for peanuts too :(

paul325i wrote: [QUOTE=chippeduk] my rs turbo was a genuine 300hp zetec conversion so yes, it would leather an imprezza from a rolling start and did so at brunters a few years back.   i dont mess about with power and claims mate. [/QUOTE    But you thew 20 grand at that! Some might say not a wise move, but i'm sure if somebody took 20 grand to an impreza it would wipe the floor with any RSt.

300BHP running though the front wheels what a waste of time,money,and effort.Would love to see a print out of that from a dyno

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Hang on a bit ,those UK IMPREZZAs are quite quick but not that stunning , but I also doubt that a 535 sport or other would touch it. I've had a few good motors in the past & one was a 635i manual, horrible overated car apart from the "M" that is, they would lose all ways round but .I've absolutley trounced a scoobie up a steep hill & the best bit was he missed a change down (I presume) at about 85mph & it was like something had catapaulted backwards, I was in my old Twin turbo 3.6 Jaguar 320bhp Auto it used to spank them all day long up hill ,down hill etc lovely turbo's just keep on spooling in an Auto so you dont lose the thrust on gear changes9Or miss them)as it changes at  full throttle& the other baby which I still deeply regret having to let go was  a Maserati 350bhp twin turbo manual , Oh boy most of the ricers would try but scoobies never ever came close ,my freind had a nice scooby & admittadly on a twisty road he was good but the Masser's are'nt at all bad in the handling & steering Dept either surprised him when he used to cahse me & especially when he drove it ,he had to admit there was no comparison .at ALL. On a good straight road yes the good 300ZX or skyline would be there but so would the Masser & always more to spare , the beauty of the Massers engine was that it pulled away at the very low revs (1600-1800 upwards) like a 4-5.0 car & then at 1800 through to 6500rpm the turbo's just made you think you were at alton towers, nah forget scoobies go & get yourself a test drive in a Maserati & save up ,keep it until your pockets are bare(Diito) & cry when you sell it , but at least you enjoyed haveing your pockets emptied as fast as you could earn it Ha Ha HA

Maserati! if you are talking about the old Ghibli cups and bi turbos you'd need to have deep pockets to run a car like that. They did a buying guide in EVO magazine and some of the costs were horrendous, not to mention some of the potential problems.

The advantage that the Japanese cars have is the protential for tuning. Sure a standard Skyline will not keep up with the Maserati, but throw enough cash at it and it will wipe the floor with anything. Sklines can been tuned to over 1000bhp as can Toyota Supras. In fact when Toyota designed the engine in the Supra the block was built to handle 600bhp.