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
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.
This is a Chevy V8 with a turbo in an E39 chassis. Looks line a nice combination to me.
Congratulations. 10.** next time!
1991 bmw 325I <e30>
First 8 second full body BMW with BMW independent rear suspension in the USA
8.69 @160mph in a 1/4mile on slicks.
drag radial tires record holder9.53@148. Also a world record holder for bmw overall 60-130mph 4.2 seconds.
Bistein sport susp,turner sway bars,3:25lsd,m52 AEM INFINITY stand alone. MORAN 2500cc injectors E85 ,front mount 33x12x4 intercooler, 5lug conversion M3 front,Mcoupe rear Dss axles/driveshaft ATI Proglide.
2003 Ford Expedition
1998 M3
1986 Mercedes Cosworth 190e 2.3 16v 5speed (sold)
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.
Congrats! Stock bottom end LS1?
1995 M3 - Forged 9.8:1 2JZ, S366, MS3x, E85, LQ9s, 420g/PMC Motorsport kit, 4 clutch 3.15 LSD Large Case 757whp/710wtq
2011 X5 Xdrive35d- Blk on Cinnamon, Towing Pkg, Heat Pkg., etc..the tow rig/DD!
Video?!?!
That is absolutely moving out! Great job.
'08 AW E82
Love it, as an e34 guy i like to see fellow 5's representing!
Video's if you can please.
1995 540i /6 speed, Black on black, VF m62 S/C kit v3 6psi - Cold air intake/ SSSquid Tune/racing exhuast, Vortech 8:1 RRFPR ,545 SSK /3.15 with LSD / rev-shift motor mounts/stage 4, 6 puck clutch/ K Sport coil overs / suede sparco 368 steering wheel, Recaro seats, N2O, M/T drag slicks
"Skill can only get you so far, then comes money!"
R . I . P Paul Walker - 1973 - 2013
wow!
Is a spring debut date planned yet?
Lets see more on this!?
Finishing up the winter upgrades. Hope to be drivable again in the next month or so, then back to the dragstrip!
Congrats
Is this still the fastest time for an e39?
/ Danny
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