Suggestions for cost effective mod(s) to beat an FBO E60 M5?
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Suggestions for cost effective mod(s) to beat an FBO E60 M5?
Well, after finally signing off my tuning project as complete (well
almost
), I decided it was time to beat an FBO M5 whose
owner was constantly pestering me for a race (I did my car at a BMW
dealership
). So I obliged thinking I could easily take him, but was
rather surprised.
1St gear 30mph pull, Mercedes walked the bmw by about a car length, but
at around 120mph he caught up and by 160mph was around a car length in
front himself. I think I had a chance of catching up when he changed into
7th gear at around 165mph, as I was still in 4th but the ******* let go of
the gas.
Here are my mods
85mm Supercharger Pulley (own make)
Belt Wrap Kit
Eurocharged TCU
Aggressive 100ron Jerry tune
No secondary cats
Ported headers (otherwise stock)
Ported supercharger air intakes
Dual HEs.... one OEM, one Eurocharged
3rd Gen Bosch IC pump
E60 M5 has:
Evolve Tubular Headers
No primary or secondary Cats
Custom Section 2 Resonators
Eisemann race exhaust Section 3
Lightened aftermarket pulleys
Custom Evolve Cold Air intake with BMC filters
Evolve Alpha-N 100ron octane 8750rpm redline tune
Here are the vids
Inside (sorry for no sound)
Outside (that V10 is a screamer
)
What's the cheapest mod to do to finally beat that m5?
almost
), I decided it was time to beat an FBO M5 whoseowner was constantly pestering me for a race (I did my car at a BMW
dealership
). So I obliged thinking I could easily take him, but wasrather surprised.
1St gear 30mph pull, Mercedes walked the bmw by about a car length, but
at around 120mph he caught up and by 160mph was around a car length in
front himself. I think I had a chance of catching up when he changed into
7th gear at around 165mph, as I was still in 4th but the ******* let go of
the gas.
Here are my mods
85mm Supercharger Pulley (own make)
Belt Wrap Kit
Eurocharged TCU
Aggressive 100ron Jerry tune
No secondary cats
Ported headers (otherwise stock)
Ported supercharger air intakes
Dual HEs.... one OEM, one Eurocharged
3rd Gen Bosch IC pump
E60 M5 has:
Evolve Tubular Headers
No primary or secondary Cats
Custom Section 2 Resonators
Eisemann race exhaust Section 3
Lightened aftermarket pulleys
Custom Evolve Cold Air intake with BMC filters
Evolve Alpha-N 100ron octane 8750rpm redline tune
Here are the vids
Inside (sorry for no sound)
Outside (that V10 is a screamer
)What's the cheapest mod to do to finally beat that m5?
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Was thinking about that. But I've been reading many threads and some say itll make a difference others say it wont
IC is new and is original Mercedes Part, have a CM30 spare just in case 
Those evolve headers are a masterpiece. Car made 504whp on the dyno
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6...1c9eb7b9_z.jpg
True, but we do go on a deserted(ish) motorway at night to do those runs. And I cant get enough of VMAX after being stuck at 150mph. Ive done 194mph gps verified, and just need to push it to 200mph
Those evolve headers are a masterpiece. Car made 504whp on the dyno
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6...1c9eb7b9_z.jpg
True, but we do go on a deserted(ish) motorway at night to do those runs. And I cant get enough of VMAX after being stuck at 150mph. Ive done 194mph gps verified, and just need to push it to 200mph
Last edited by 0700700; Nov 10, 2014 at 09:19 PM.
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that's why I paid a good deal of money to port and polish the inlet tracts (the metal things with amg on them) and the stock headers. We actually managed to increase the flow through the stock headers by a significant amount (smallest diameter inside increased from around 38mm to 43mm). Problem is I wasn't aware of how cr@p the stock headers were in the first place. If I had done some more research in the first place...
Daymmm that's a lot of mods. Have you tried something ridiculously fast. Like maybe a stage 3 MTM V10 RS6 (750hp and around 600pounds of torque) 
Last edited by 0700700; Nov 11, 2014 at 09:56 PM.
