As the title states, I finally had a chance to run an E39 M5. The car is my friend Eric's fathers, and he let Eric have drive the M5 while he was out of town. It's a black/modena '00 M5, with an Active Autowerk intake and Supersprint exhaust, plus a short shift kit.
We lined them up several times on a road coming back from dinner. We had 2 people in each car.
1st pull: 40-80, 2nd-3rd gear. I immediately got the jump on him and walked him through 3rd, about 2 carlengths.
2nd run: stoplight. :P We rolled off and both hit it off-idle in 1st. The fresh rear tires didn't squirm a bit, as went through the top of 3rd gear. Pulled about 2-3 carlengths on him there.
3rd run: 20-100+, 2nd-4th gears. He was in front of me, we both hit it in 2nd. I closed the gap up until about 90, then we were even until just over 110.
Remember that the '00 M5 has 2.93 gears, and the '01+ got a 3.15. The stock flywheel in the M5 is 39 pounds, and the car itself is well over 3500. But, it's nice to know that I can roll past the big-dogs at 'around town' speeds.
We lined them up several times on a road coming back from dinner. We had 2 people in each car.
1st pull: 40-80, 2nd-3rd gear. I immediately got the jump on him and walked him through 3rd, about 2 carlengths.
2nd run: stoplight. :P We rolled off and both hit it off-idle in 1st. The fresh rear tires didn't squirm a bit, as went through the top of 3rd gear. Pulled about 2-3 carlengths on him there.
3rd run: 20-100+, 2nd-4th gears. He was in front of me, we both hit it in 2nd. I closed the gap up until about 90, then we were even until just over 110.
Remember that the '00 M5 has 2.93 gears, and the '01+ got a 3.15. The stock flywheel in the M5 is 39 pounds, and the car itself is well over 3500. But, it's nice to know that I can roll past the big-dogs at 'around town' speeds.
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