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  • E30_Pare
    R3V OG
    • Oct 2008
    • 7801

    #31
    5th gear redline down long hill in 25yr old m10 e30. Most horrifying experience in my life. Maxed at 125, but shook like I was doing 200 in a horse drawn carriage down a dirt road. Let off the gas & cleaned what was left of my trousers.

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    • Exodus_2pt0
      R3V Elite
      • Dec 2011
      • 5943

      #32
      Originally posted by slammin.e28
      We can't stop here. This is bat country.
      No more of that talk or I'll put the f*cking leaches on you, understand?
      No E30 Club
      Originally posted by MrBurgundy
      Anyways, mustangs are gay and mini vans are faster than your car, you just have to deal with that.

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      • Asbradley21
        E30 Mastermind
        • Jun 2008
        • 1938

        #33
        I just rev it until she screams like the little whore she really is. When that scream is so much even you cannot take it, shift, rinse, repeat.

        -proud owner of a blown m42.

        S54B32 swap in progress. Status: Getting There

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        • ELVA164
          R3V Elite
          • Dec 2011
          • 4861

          #34
          Originally posted by Asbradley21
          I just rev it until she screams like the little whore she really is. When that scream is so much even you cannot take it, shift, rinse, repeat.

          -proud owner of a blown m42.
          Blown as in turbo or blown as in exploded? ;)
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          • M42Power
            E30 Addict
            • Dec 2009
            • 519

            #35
            When i don't feel like using shitloads of fuel i shift @ 2k. But a little redline action everyday is always nice
            Originally posted by kendogg
            Don't know, but the E90 wasn't designed from the ground-up intending to be a racecar like the E30 was.
            OG RACECAR

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            • Xat1cZ
              R3VLimited
              • Jan 2012
              • 2020

              #36
              I shift at ~2.8k during normal driving, 6.3-7k every time I take it out on a road where the speed limit is 49mph or more.
              ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)Be Afraid Of The Future

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              • blunttech
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                • Jul 2004
                • 12850

                #37
                No need to even have a tach in my car. Ive trained Biscus to bark at 7k. He has a finely tuned ear for the s14
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                • CHIF8008
                  No R3VLimiter
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 3447

                  #38
                  ^yess
                  -FREEDOM- is cruisin at 80, windows down and listening to the perfect song-thinking "this is it"
                  -The Beauty in the Tragedy-
                  MECHANIC SMASH!!- (you all know you do it)
                  Got Drop?? ;-)
                  Originally posted by JinormusJ
                  But of course
                  E30s are know to be notoriously really really really ridiculously good looking

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                  • Asbradley21
                    E30 Mastermind
                    • Jun 2008
                    • 1938

                    #39
                    Originally posted by ELVA164
                    Blown as in turbo or blown as in exploded? ;)
                    Blown as in exploded.

                    S54B32 swap in progress. Status: Getting There

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                    • z6ne
                      Mod Crazy
                      • Dec 2012
                      • 758

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Xat1cZ
                      You should've turned back and stare straight into his eyes and yell "DANGER ZONE"

                      like so
                      Lol'd
                      sigpic

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                      • GillesBigCowboy
                        E30 Addict
                        • Jan 2012
                        • 507

                        #41
                        I wish the tach worked in my 318is

                        87 4dr specE30: Bitsy (lurking above), 89 4dr 325i blau, 91 318is brillrot, 90 325ivertbronzit

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                        • doucy2
                          E30 Fanatic
                          • Sep 2006
                          • 1311

                          #42
                          If you drive a honda civic with a fart can and body kit its red line all day.

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                          • Steve547i
                            Advanced Member
                            • May 2010
                            • 130

                            #43
                            4.5K First and second. 3rd and up is less.

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                            • Wschnitz
                              R3V OG
                              • Dec 2011
                              • 8089

                              #44
                              I usually wait till my car is warmed up first, then whenever I pull from a stoplight I pull up to 5.5k (SETA Redline) in a nice crescendo so it makes the sweet music of SETA awesomeness.

                              Then I drive normal 30mpg ftw mofo
                              1989 BMW 325is | 2019 Ford Ranger FX4
                              willschnitz

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                              • tg318is
                                R3VLimited
                                • Jun 2008
                                • 2052

                                #45
                                Redline all day, errday.
                                Tim.

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