Is your caddy modified?...I haven't heard of a single stock caddy capable of doing a 1/4 mile anywhere near 12 seconds.
agreed for drag racing but not a street race seen many 540s fish tail trying to race through traffic here, not a pretty sight the M3 has good handling it would be better for street racing, M5 is a bit too heavy what are they up to over 500 hp now, the old M3s got little over 300 horsepower
Modified S Series Jag U Are . The Mod is a lightweight driver side wing mirror . The back fell off in a minor fracas .
What do you mean drag racing but not street racing? And what do you mean you've seen many 540i's fishtailing through traffic? There are probably less than 900 540i's in the entire united states. The chances are slim. What you probably saw is either: A) Horrible Drivers B) Older 540is like non-E39 D) 525, 528, or 530i owners who think they are cool and put a 540i symbol on their trunk and make it look like it. A 540i is faster than 99% of the road...on stock, even the automatic 5-speed has no problems passing anything it wants on the road. The manual 5-speed is much faster, the automatics 6-speed is even faster then that....and the manual 6-speed is even leagues faster then that (which is what I have)...not to mention modified. And the E39 M5 (latest was 2003), had 400hp stock, E60 (from 2005-2007) had 507hp, and the latest one coming out M5 F10 (2012+) will have 560hp. However horsepower doesn't matter in 1/4mile and 0-60times at all. It has zero significance in most cases involving any kind of race...torque is far more important. Eh...I haven't seen a single stock CTS-V do a quarter mile in under 12seconds. I've watched vids and stats. It does 0-60 in 4s flat (the latest one), and quarter mile times between 12.3-12.6. Anything doing a 1/4 mile in under 12 seconds is VERY fast car...thats approaching super-car status.
What's the point of all that power when in everyday driving conditions it is not necessary? I have a very fast motorcycle that will run low 10's, high 9's in a quarter mile completely stock..so for all practical purposes there's no point in modifying further. It gets around 34mpg, which isn't great, but ok. All these modified cars people talk about in here must get in the neighborhood of 15 - 20 mpg...and even at $3.00 a gallon, that's an expensive proposition. The bike is a toy for the most part, my daily driver car/truck needs to get me from point A to point B as safely as possible within the designated speed limits + 10 mph at the most...I'm not understanding why anyone would want to own a high performance car for daily driving. It's a red flag for the police and a ticket going 100mph plus is very expensive. Seems impractical in this day and age to ever own a high performance car unless a person takes it on the track also.
High performance cars are for safety purposes... -You can make much faster left turns which is safer as there is no need to spend unnecessary time in the opposite lane. -It is good when you travel in heavy traffic and require quick lane changes which requires passing power. -In heavy traffic, people get extremely impatient and will begin honking and passing cars that take 10minutes to get from 0-60mph on the highway which causes dangerous situations. -And lastly its a lot of fun, I actually do take it to the track . And lastly I'm not a speeder at all...there is no need. You can speed in a slow car just as easily as a fast car. By your logic, you wouldn't need a car more then 50hp.
Beautiful car - the E46 series is by far the best looking 3 series ever made, and the M-series are uncatchable on a twisting back road.
Give me a BMW 1 series M coupe and i'll catch him Check out the new 1 series M coupe. Its like 2500lbs I believe and has a 6-cylinder 3.0L with 335hp. That fast and that light. I would get one in a heartbeat except it looks extremely ugly.
any 5 series is too big and bulky to race through traffic, in fact no BMW can switch lanes and handle better than a fully equipped honda civic or other modified japanese race car. BMW is built for luxury and style not racing but they make a good effort with the m3 and m5 those big body BMWs would do better at racing american muscle cars in a straight line but even then a super charged camaro or corvette will beat it hands down
Buddy...no Japanese or American car has better handling than a BMW. Not to mention...a super charged camaro or corvette can beat a BMW in a straight line, but what if I supercharge the BMW...have you heard of the G-Power Hurricane M5? It has 800HP with 500lb-ft torque +. Your camaro and Corvette would be eating dust as the M5 rockets out of this dimension. Japanese/American cars have ZERO handling...other then the GTR. They suck. German cars are the best PERIOD, especially BMW and Porsche. Not a huge fan of Mercedes, because they don't have the best suspensions in my personal opinion.
Stop by the Lexus dealership I work at. I'll drive you in an IS F. If you're still being picky, I've got the SC300/400 and SC430 to go on. If you want pure engine power, sure, Japanese cars have it a little less than Euros, but then, the engine won't die after 10,000 miles either. Myself, I drive a 1978 Toyota Pickup and a 1996 Toyota Camry. Both wonderful cars. I drove a 1979 Merc 300TD before this that crapped the hell out on me, and a 1988 Camry before that. The Pickup is bar none my favorite car.
No, it's a stock 1979 de Ville with dual exhaust! At least, that's what I tell people. It LOOKS stock, and I have put lots of effort into that look. The stock 425 was replaced with a 542ci Cad stroker (offset-ground 500 crank in a 472 block), it has an Edelbrock intake with all the logos ground off and painted Cadillac Blue, ported exhaust manifolds, a Crane cam, and a tuned 850cfm Quadrajet. Trans was the stock long-shaft TH400 case with TH475 internals, now has a TH-200-4R, and a Chevy Caprice rear axle with Seville disc brakes. Front end uses a full Hotchkiss setup, with polygraphite suspension bushings, heavier springs & shocks, solid swaybar link bushings, and an Impala SS fast-ratio steering box, rear control arms are heavy-duty adjustable (also Hotchkiss) and use poly bushings. 12.40's on the motor, 12-flat on the hidden nitrous system. Close to 100,000 miles since the stroker went in.
My Caddy manages 16-18MPG...stock, it never topped 15 and usually managed 12-14. My wife's fire-breathing 10-second Grand National pulls down 20-24. Her friend's 330HP Z28 SS averages 22 and will top 26...best tank (long highway run) was 28+, and that was at 75-80MPH. The SS and Grand National are daily drivers (the GN with 5-point belts and a full rollcage), the Caddy was until recently. If I have to explain it, you cannot understand. The Caddy is utterly invisible to the police...even the GN doesn't stand out that much, though moreso now that there aren't too many GM G-bodies left on the road. We do!
Catch up to the times, dude: the new Mustang GT matches the M3's handling. In fact, the Mustang is FASTER around many roadcourses! A Mustang GT will not just beat, but trounce an M5...a Boss 302 will humiliate one.
i think if both mine and his 540 the way it is had slicks i think it would be a good run, but im pretty good and my launch either way but still its drivers race. and yes my year M3 came with 333hp/279tq. . the new M5's have 500hp or around there but they still cant beat the new M3 eventhough it only has 412hp atm. now once the M3 goes back to the inline 6 and dumps a twin turbo kit on it, which will be next year no V8 M3 or the M5's are gonna stand a chance in hell stock for stock lol. so much you can do alone just with tampering with the ecm with twin turbos out the gate.
lol some good drag radials and nail the launch it can very well be done man. like i said, if some slicks can knock off half second on stock M3 imagine what it can do for something weilding 550hp. your launch alone is half of the race lol.
well there are too kinds of drivers man, the one who knows what they got and respect their vehicle on the road as well as other drivers and the idiots who buy a sports car and run it like a bat out of hell like an idiot lol. me, i cruise back and forth to work or wherever i go considering not only do people already know an M3 is a great sports car, but because the gas is wicked and i have to use 93octane lol. but for the most part if i even race im at the track. i mean of course i take a fun lil spin through the country back roads, nothing majorly fast but just a spirited drive. but no other than that i only nil it at the track, i like my insurance the way it is lol.
thanks and im not being biased but i agree about the E46,i even think the M5's from my year are better looking than the newer ones. i dont like how rounded the new BMW's look, i like more or lss boxy wide cars, it has more appeal to me than round.
I abandoned fast cars over ten years ago and ride bikes instead. However I am afraid of my own right wrist ha ha. So having a history with Harley, I have been building and riding respectfully fast HDs. Until the harley's, not the V Rod its fast compared to other HD's but its too across the ocean for me. I like big inch sportsters (100ci or bigger), while not as fast as a Jap bike etc I like the motors torque and the sound. But I do not race a Jap bike on the street! Ha ha. I do like the BMW RR being a copy of a fast Jap bike but with the street cred of a BMW. Dont get me wrong, I love all bikes, I am not a snobby HD rider, anyone that has the wind in his face is a brother in a sense eh? Lastly I may get back in street cars when funds improve, I love the street rods, old school, A huge the bigger the better motor a Ford T style body and huge meats out back, not the rusty buckets that are popular now. Something that looks like a dragster for the street is my desire! But all cars all bikes, even that 25 mph honda is interesting to me, especially if the owner has productively modified something on the thing... Rev A Hey Hillbilly! Your comment is why my street car is a 94 ford explorer (mildly set up for the woods). It's paid for ha ha! Still I am wanting something a little nicer. I sold everything about three months ago save for the ford, times got real bad! However I FINALLY sold a few acres of land which gave us a nice cash cushion. Not huge but enough for a few years. No one could get a loan to buy unimproved land even after I reduced the price to 20 k an acre. Luckily for my family I am closing the deal this week!
Stock M5 maybe...although the 2011 Mustang GT will not, there have been GT's before that can. However what you are saying is non-sense, I can take a Hundyia Alantra for 5k and turbo charge the heck out of it and make it as fast as a bugatti if I wanted. In a straight line there are plenty of cars that destroy an M5....both american and Japanese. If BMW wanted to, they could create a faster car obviously, and if ford/chevy wanted to, they could create a 5000hp car faster then a bugatti. Although the M5 IS the fastest sedan or one of the fastest sedans on earth. BMW makes luxury sports cars...meaning the cars are super fast yet still keep luxury and are still very comfortable to drive in on a daily basis. Yes... obviously there will be cars faster in drags. However what I'm getting at is the feel of driving an M5 is one of no other. It gives you the feeling that you are the most integral component and command center of the entire vehicle. It gives you the feeling that you are glued to the ground. It has absurd handling...def better then any american crap. Due to the ridiculous displacement of the E60 M5, you can supercharge it to get 800hp from it. It hits sixty in well under 4s. And lastly a lot has to do with the driver himself. Also can you show me your sources?...A good driver using a sequential manual in an E60 stock is very difficult to beat. It they use a clutch then it will obviously be quite slower. And remember, the M5 is a massive and heavy sedan...take its engine and shove it into lighter body like a coupe and there will be a huge difference. Dinan makes custom 550hp+ engines for the V8 M3's.
