The fastest youve pushed you e30?

[greanthumb]

i pushed my stock m42 w 3.91 140-145ish... coulda gone faster.. i ran outta room cause it took me 10 mins to get goin that fast. lol

[e30trooper]

i pushed my stock m42 w 3.91 140-145ish... coulda gone faster.. i ran outta room cause it took me 10 mins to get goin that fast. lol

orly, never seen how a lil m42 pulls past 100. Dont get me wrong they quick under a buck.

[greanthumb]

orly, never seen how a lil m42 pulls past 100. Dont get me wrong they quick under a buck.

they pull decent till you get around 120-130.... then its creep time. youd be pleasently suprised. she does real good over 4k


edit-reminds me of my crx w b16a1 at high speeds

[greanthumb]

i think w factory 4.10 it would do 130ish tops... it had a easier time getting there too

[ieatpeople]

140mph indicated in my 87 325is auto 2dr, probably 'bout 135mph actual speed. ran out of room, had to back off.

gps verified 138mph in my 88 528e 5-spd. car put down 124hp/153tq at 200k miles, ran decent i'd say.

in my 84 325e 2dr 5spd, got it up to 125 (gps) running open headers, got so annoyed with the noise i decided to slow down.

[TurboJake]

Faster than the speed of love...

I'm surprised I'm the only one commenting and knowing this.
Lulz, on two parts.

[325ix]

I really doubt any stock E30 is hitting 140mph. Probably just over 130. With a chip I could see it, maybe.

[E30SPDFRK]

135, both downhill with the m42 and on flat road with the m30. That was at redline in 5th with a 4.10 diff.

The m60 still had the factory limiter at 120 :( it would get there in about 14 seconds though :)


And I personally think e30's can be quite stable at high speeds. On my way to SoWo this spring I cruised at around 110 pretty much from RI to PA through the night. My e39 feels like a boat at those speeds.

[greanthumb]

A fresh stock motor w 3.73 diff should achieve 140mph IMO. Just might take a long flat strait to get there. Unless of course e30 guages don't read true



Edit- stock etas may be an exception

[MrNatural]

I let off at 115 not sure how much was left...but that was fast enough for me.
ETA with "i" cam and 3.25 LSD

[dashboardmonkey]

110mph

eta bottom end with I head and electronics, 4 doors for mo hoes, full interior, full tank of fuel, stereo (subs, amps....) manual, 4.10lsd.

[nando]

130 something.. topping out my car, at my age, seems sort of rediculous. it's not fast enough to be safe, as in, it takes forever to accelerate after 130mph. too much time traveling at a high rate of speed. 100mph is rediculously easy though. If I sneeze on 3rd gear I'm at 95 before I have to shift. :)

oh.. M20 with a 4.10.. yay! :p

oh, stock, it was electronically limited at 125.

[nomansland92]

All the way to 100 baby, stock M20 325ix at the time. Got there quick but I don't think it would do much more, probably not 120

[325ix]

I was going to say, the are limited at 125 or 126.

[nando]

only late ones are limited electronically

stock should definitely be able to reach 130, unlimited. even a 318 (M42) or 325e.