Well i gotta say i was impressed by the BMW 335xi
Im not good at telling stories... i was in 6th gear at 60mph in my stage 2 protuned sti and im not sure what gear he was in but we stayed dead even until 140mph when i let off the gas
incase anyone cares there were 4 people in my car and the trunk was full
he was the only one in his bimmer
i thought i coulda took him with no problem thats why i didnt down shift :sadwave:
so i dont know if this is a loss or what but i wasnt tryin to race he just kept up so i kept going
yeah i looked at the speedo and thought to myself how am i going to explain this to the cop (if i did get pulled over) and my job and i was like screw it time to let off the gas
They still are fast...they've just been overlooked...especially since F&F and what not.
I'd gladly take a 911 turbo or GT3 or ferrari or M3 or SLK v10 anyday...just wish I could afford one lol
Yea i'm pretty sure they are TT, one of my good friends got a 335ci hardtop convertable. Such a sweet car (even if its automatic), I wish I had a rich dad.
Bimmers have great high end accelleration I used to have a `92 525i and my friends Golf VR6 would toast me all the time off the line or a slow roll. Until we hit the straightaway on a bridge one time from around 80 and I started to pull as we got above 100 and kept doing so up to 140 when we had to slow from the curve.
You were at a major disadvantage due to the extra 3 people in your car. Figuring they weight 150 average, plus throw in another 100 for the stuff in the trunk, that cuts down weight/power ratio pretty badly:
Unloaded (just driver): 3250 / 303 = 10.73 lb/HP
Loaded (3 passengers plus luggage): 3800 / 303 = 12.54 lb/HP
You effectively reduced your your HP by ~14%, plus you didn't downshift. I'd say you ran very respectably versus the BMW.
haha you could almost take the helicopter, i think most top out around 190,
(dont qute me on that, i think i learned that little fun fact from the transporter) :rotfl:
Unless the police department has upgraded since the last time I checked, most police departments still use the Bell Ranger don't they? Those only do about 140MPH. The only thing is, you better have a REALLY long staight line, otherwise the chopper gets to cut corners....
Those new bimmer's are freaking sweet. With small upgrades I hear they are beasts, but it is very easy to over do it and blow up your motor.
when I had flashed Stage 1 with my AP...I went to the track. A guy was running his brand new 335ci 6spd. I had the launch on him obviously as he had some wheel spin, but as I trapped with the win, he was getting closer...
I ran a 13.1@104 and he ran a 13.4@ 108
If we had another quarter mile, I'da been smoked. Had it been the XI, he probably would have beat me.:sadwave:
They are some DAMN nice cars though. I'm yet to peak at the engine of one of them...or hear one with a nice exhaust...dreams:thumbup:
I ran a 12.73 @ 107 with Cobb OTS Stage 2...but I haven't run at all since going Protuned:sadwave:
I went up 30whp and 50wtq over the OTS map as well as it smoothed the powerband out a lot, so I imagine I'll run a lot faster come this Spring:thumbup: