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    Worlds quickest and fasted 1/4 mile E39?

    What a day today. Went to a dragstrip rental today and beat the car to death for 7 hours. I made no less than 30 passes and the car performed perfectly. I did break the accelerator pedal, pushing it to the floor as hard as possible but nothing a tie strap couldn't fix. No amount of tie straps could repair the clutch that gave its life at the end of the day. I will not complain at all about it, it held on way longer than I ever thought it would.


    Getting this turd out the hole with the 3.15 rear and a 275 street tire turned out to be quite a challenge. Right off the trailer on 8psi it clicked off a 11.95 which was very inspiring. Up went the boost and down came the E.T.s! After running a whole afternoon of mid 11's I was finally able to knock out a 11.2@129. Backed it up with a handful of 11.3's and 11.4's. That being said, as far as I can find documented, my car is the quickest and fastest 1/4 mile E39 in the world. I was able to beat out the previous holder with a s/c'd M5 on drag radails by 4 tenths of a second.


    I'm car #9

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    All I can say is WOW ! My daily driver is an E39 and I think I might be able to crack the 16 second barrier in the 1320....far cry from the late seventy's when my L78 fat block 396 would terrorize the drag strips @ 11:22 @ 126 mph, this in a 1969 Chevy Nova SS with slicks and open hookers. Congrats.

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    Congratulations. 10.** next time!
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    Thanks guys! It was a blast. I have a set of 3.62 gears on the way which are a better match for the t56 transmission, hopefully that will help me in the future also.

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    Finishing up the winter upgrades. Hope to be drivable again in the next month or so, then back to the dragstrip!

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    Is this still the fastest time for an e39?
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