corsasport.co.uk
 

Corsa Sport » Message Board » General Chat » m5 on the rolling road


New Topic

New Poll
  <<  1    2  >> Subscribe | Add to Favourites

You are not logged in and may not post or reply to messages. Please log in or create a new account or mail us about fixing an existing one - register@corsasport.co.uk

There are also many more features available when you are logged in such as private messages, buddy list, location services, post search and more.


Author m5 on the rolling road
broster
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 06:19   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
2nd Dec 09 at 07:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Not bad. What engines to these have?
Jenko_Sport
Member

Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 07:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Not a bad gain tbh, bet it sounds like the world is about to end now aswell.
broster
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 07:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 07:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote



Jenko_Sport
Member

Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 07:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Nice smooth graph there.
broster
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 07:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

decent map

very smooth on the road.
Jenko_Sport
Member

Registered: 25th May 06
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 07:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
2nd Dec 09 at 09:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 10:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
2nd Dec 09 at 10:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

When did you get that

Any pics? I love e39's.

[Edited on 02-12-2009 by Tom]
broster
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 11:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

had it a few weeks now:

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=527833
Graeme
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 26th Jul 04
Location: Northampton
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 11:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 11:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yeah she does work there, she borrowed it whilst i had tyres fitted to her jetta.
Graeme
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 26th Jul 04
Location: Northampton
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 11:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Ahh right, thought that could b hers aswell. M5 looks proper mean looking!
broster
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 12:09   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
2nd Dec 09 at 12:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 12:55   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

no still got the cats fitted, just removes the center silencers.
will_ainsworth
Member

Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: London, UK
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 13:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 13:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

£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
2nd Dec 09 at 13:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 13:25   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
2nd Dec 09 at 15:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

m5 servicing will be killer, and expect parts to be mega money
broster
Premium Member

Avatar

Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
User status: Offline
2nd Dec 09 at 15:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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
2nd Dec 09 at 22:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

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

  <<  1    2  >>
New Topic

New Poll

Corsa Sport » Message Board » General Chat » m5 on the rolling road 22 database queries in 0.0151629 seconds