seven11

i have been driving my BMW 745i for a couple of years now and i am really tired not having a really fast car, not too long ago we had to choose between speed and luxury, and the cars that had both were out of my reach... but right now the prices have fallen a great deal so i can now get an e55, so i would love for you guys to tell me:

1. what years i should avoid?
2. anything i should look for in any e55? (options? accesories?)
3. what are the problems areas in the car? (engine, trasmission, air supension?)
4. what kind of power adders can i get for the car? and how much power will they add? what companies (chips, supercharger pulley, exhaust?)

here are a couple of pics of my car









thank you guys in advance

CWW

Nice bimmer. I used to have a 7 series. That thing cost like $1k/mo to maintain...no exaggeration.

That car was murphy's law on wheels.

seven11

thanks man

i still have warranty and maintenance so i dont pay for anything except tires, which are 500 a pop for the 21in wheels

ThisFlyGuy

wow, nice 7 series...........i go to Peter Pan too

seven11

who is your SA?

Jakpro1

From 7, I would think you would wanna be checking out the S600's no?

500hp out the box.....chip flash and you have got a flame throwin monster.

Gotta get CPO though, or at least one with some warranty left.

LADY_AMG

So true!!

liquiddi

You would have to get the E63 if you want 500+HP. The E55 doesn't make 500HP

seven11

with some simple mods i think i can reach 600hp, no?

dlav06

True...but with the $$ you'd save over the E63, you could get an E55, add a couple of mods, and be in the 600+ hp range....

AZIPOD

Hi Seven11!

It's me!!! I too owned at one time a 745Li ! :-D
Come hop into the 500 HP club! You can up it to 600 HP with just a few simple and inexpensive mods.

hamann69

745 is looking good....I used to have a 750li in black with the same wheels...miss that car

seven11

sup jerry

MB_Forever

Actually, they do

Wryfox

Had two 7 series before the E55. I found the BMWs to have smoother motor and ride, and better seats. BUT, push the throttle on the E55 and woohoo! If the MB didn't have so much crazy power, I'd still have a BMW.Even the M5 doesn't feel so Beasty.

E55BKS

Yes it does, mine dynoed 428 rwhp stock, do the math it's over 500 hp.

Zod

liquiddi loves his E63 so much that he is in denial that a 55k could beat it
funny thing is have not seen any E63 dyno higher then a 55k and well the torq in the 55 is much higher to begin with

and if we were to mention the 1/4 mile well

Still a vey nice car though and they are close stock for stock

AZIPOD

Do you think the published HP/torque ratings are under-rated for the E55 ?

dlav06

Most definitely! I think they understated them on purpose. Part of it was to keep the car's image a little stealthy, but I think the other part was a marketing move to ensure the E55 didn't take too much thunder away from the S55, CL55 and the SL55 at the time. (All of which cost more than the E.)

MB_Forever

Common man..... just because he's new, you can't try to trick him like that

Trez's CLS63 dynoed 440 whp on evosport's dynojet. It actually dynoed 428 whp stock and 440 without charcoal filters. Also AMGreateful dynoed 436 whp and 400 wtq on dyno dynamics dyno. Most of the 55s and 63s dynos posted by Vadim came right in between 400 to 420 whp.

What's more important is.... Juicee's 63 (at the time only had VR530) was taking down stage 1 CLS55s at Fontana like it was...... naaaah... I won't even finish that

seven11

what do i gotta do to get 500whp out of an e55?

MB_Forever

Very easy: Pulley + ECU + headers + throttle body + cooling mod (usually secondary heat exchanger)

Oh, and then later when you get tired of that level of power (and believe me, you will), you can always add the bigger carbon fiber intake boxes + carbon fiber tubes + long-tube headers + cams + more ECU tuning + ice resevior. Then when you get tired of that level of power, the fun really begins

Zod

lieeeesss all liesss the CLS had a bad pump !

juiceeees orca beat the other car only bcz his car is black, well known and documented to give magical HP!
thats it
oh and maybe the fact the otehr cls did not havea tune and assumed all that extra boost was goignt to work X)

on a more serious note, teh E63 styling is the bomb it looks way better then the E55 from the front....but u can retro fit the parts and looking at how cheap the 55 is now its hard not to go for it

xlr8tin

I would also have to say you should look into the S600's. They're pretty close in price. Can't be any worse off then the 7. I don't mind Bimmers, but I'm sure glad I stayed away from the 7's. They look great though

MB_Forever

Actually, we resorted to dirty tactics that day..... before the CLS55 staged, we threw a few hundred pounds of weight in it's trunk without the owner knowing about it Juicee wanted to stick a banana in the exhaust just in case, but I told him that it maybe a bit too much.... after all, we still wanted it to be believable