broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
Put my m5 on the rollers last night, a standard car does around 350bhp at the wheels, i have removed the center silencers with a supersprint x-pipe and done a remap on it did 375bhp at the wheels, equated to 411bhp and 385lbft, pretty happy with that to be fair.
will post graph later
|
Chris x
Member
Registered: 11th Sep 08
Location: Bexhill
User status: Offline
|
Not bad. What engines to these have?
|
Jenko_Sport
Member
Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
|
Not a bad gain tbh, bet it sounds like the world is about to end now aswell.
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
5ltr v8.
to be honest its not massivly loud but sounds good, as standard they are very quiet, they do have a fair few silencers, 4 on the rear, 2 small center ones and 2 cats, has a nice burble to it now tho. was tempted with a full supersprint system but they cost too much and im not sure i want it massivly loud. was going to film it to get the noise but the camera just picks up the rolling road noise and fans unfortunatly.
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
|
Jenko_Sport
Member
Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
|
Nice smooth graph there.
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
decent map 
very smooth on the road.
|
Jenko_Sport
Member
Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
|
My zs needs mapping realy, got a couple of lovely flat spots.
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
M5 ftw.
Ive always fancied a shot of one of these. My dad had the 530i e39 and that was a great car
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
its just a great allrounder, handles really well, goes really well, really comfy, drink fuel really well....
|
Tom
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
User status: Offline
|
When did you get that 
Any pics? I love e39's.
[Edited on 02-12-2009 by Tom]
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
had it a few weeks now:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=527833
|
Graeme
Premium Member
Registered: 26th Jul 04
Location: Northampton
User status: Offline
|
Think I saw this last week, does ur other half work at Johnson diversey?
Used to work at a bodyshop who did all there cars.
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
yeah she does work there, she borrowed it whilst i had tyres fitted to her jetta.
|
Graeme
Premium Member
Registered: 26th Jul 04
Location: Northampton
User status: Offline
|
Ahh right, thought that could b hers aswell. M5 looks proper mean looking!
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
it does have a nice stance to it, just fitted some black grills, not sure what to think of them tho
|
sand-eel
Member
Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
User status: Offline
|
I bet the standard graph was smooth as hell as well, like all bmws really.
Does the X-pipe remove the cats aswell? They do on the e36.
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
no still got the cats fitted, just removes the center silencers.
|
will_ainsworth
Member
Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: London, UK
User status: Offline
|
what are the running costs like on these, they are quite cheap now really, i dont know if i want to go jap or german in a year, so i keep thinking evo 8/9 or something like a m3/m5
[Edited on 02-12-2009 by will_ainsworth]
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
£11k+ for a mint low milage one with al lthe toys, running costs, depends hwo does the work on it! tyres for the rear are £200ish for something decent, front discs and pads are £460ish.
fuel is the biggest killer, £85 to fill it, and you can use that up in 200miles if you drive it hard, i tend to get 300miles or there abouts to a tank.
i wouldnt want to get one if i thought it would be a cheap car.
different altogether to an m3 IMO
|
will_ainsworth
Member
Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: London, UK
User status: Offline
|
hmmmm its rather alot really, if you keep them for a while, depreciation and running alone ... lovely cars tho. i supose i will have to evaluate the situation when im seriously considering it. im sure the evo is alot cheaper to run, possibly more fun too....
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
again the evo and an m5 are two very different cars. i got the m5 as its a decent size, comfy on long distances, quick, ok its no rocket ship but in standard form itll do 186mph, loads of toys.
an evo wouldnt match those criteria. evo running costs arnt that great either really but its only a 2ltr engine now a 5ltr v8, you cant expect them to be good on fuel.
|
Jambo
Member
Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
User status: Offline
|
m5 servicing will be killer, and expect parts to be mega money
|
broster
Premium Member
Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
|
bmw wiper blades, £67! depends where you go for them tho
|
Fad
Member
Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
User status: Offline
|
Very nice Mark, I was looking at the sub 10k ones the other day spells disaster to me 
E39's possible on the best bmw's made
|
