BMW 528i How Fast
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If it was an e39 version
Factory claim 192 bhp and 147mph for a manual version, anecdotal evidence suggests that
a good well serviced one will actually have about 210bhp
My one would regularly show slightly over 150 leptons on the dial then I saw a
GPS verified 149 leptons on a V-Box that I borrowed to find out just how quick
it actually was.....
God I miss that Car....
Factory claim 192 bhp and 147mph for a manual version, anecdotal evidence suggests that
a good well serviced one will actually have about 210bhp
My one would regularly show slightly over 150 leptons on the dial then I saw a
GPS verified 149 leptons on a V-Box that I borrowed to find out just how quick
it actually was.....
God I miss that Car....
BBS-LM said:
So I came across a BMW 528i tonight and was wondering how fast these cars really are, I was in a standard Mk1 Leon Cupra R and could just about keep up, I'm thinking this was a 540i V8 rebadged as a 528i.
Occasionally, it goes the other way.I have a 528i, and yes they are quite nippy, quicker than most of the mundane things you see on the road, and of course they are rather good at standing start stuff, because they drive the correct wheels.
I followed a really scruffy peug 106 through some roadworks at the normal 50 mph, after the works ended, I pulled out to overtake, as is the norm, and hit kickdown, the little beggar waited for me to be alongside, then left me for dead !
He didn't even have alloy wheels, don't ya just love a sleeper.
Burrito said:
E39 or F10?
E39 is only c.190bhp so your car's broken!
F10 is supposedly 258, so more likely to leave you behind.
Well there is no way that was a standard E39 528i, with only 190Bhp and coming in at 1580 kg. Must have been a sleeper with a V8 in it, lets just say it was bloody quick.E39 is only c.190bhp so your car's broken!
F10 is supposedly 258, so more likely to leave you behind.
Edited by BBS-LM on Saturday 7th April 23:01
BBS-LM said:
Well there is no way that was a standard E39 528i, with only 190Bhp and coming in at 1580 kg. Must have been a sleeper with a V8 in it, lets just say it was bloody quick.
The engines in the 528i are very tunable, even a OEM manifold swap will give you 20bhp+. Edited by BBS-LM on Saturday 7th April 23:01
sebdangerfield said:
What did it say about the LCR?
That it was a 210bhp example and did 0-100 in the same time as the 528i - 18.0 seconds.Autocar also tested an auto saloon 528 and manual 528 estate in 1997 but both were a fair bit slower than the manual saloon they tested in 96
Edited by s m on Sunday 8th April 01:27
s m said:
Back in 96 Autocar tested a manual E39 528i against the timing gear.
0-60 6.8
0-100 18.0
Max 142
Ss 1/4 15.3@93
Wt 1530kg
It's the 17th April issue
Autocar have only tested the 210bhp LCR - 4th Sept 2002 issue
Since 2009 the lcr has had the 2.0tsi engine tuned to 261bhp. If the 528 was standard the lcr should have blown it away.0-60 6.8
0-100 18.0
Max 142
Ss 1/4 15.3@93
Wt 1530kg
It's the 17th April issue
Autocar have only tested the 210bhp LCR - 4th Sept 2002 issue
Edit: just read the op...he was in a mk1 lcr, 1.8t at 207 bhp when made and probably far less now.
Edited by veryRS on Saturday 7th April 23:47
s m said:
That it was a 210bhp example and much slower than the ones Joe Public runs.............. 
Autocar also tested an auto saloon 528 and manual 528 estate in 1997 but both were a fair bit slower than the manual saloon they tested in 1996
Ah, always fancied an auto 528 as a cheap barge to get to the station. Might go manual now! Autocar also tested an auto saloon 528 and manual 528 estate in 1997 but both were a fair bit slower than the manual saloon they tested in 1996
Edited by s m on Saturday 7th April 23:40
There ain't no replacement for displacement......
My old Cooper S Works & latterly the GP Works (both on par with a mk1 LCR) would regularly get embarrassed in motorway drags with half decent German saloons. Much as its hard to admit, these 200bhp hot hatches are built for the corners and are the square root of f
k all good when competing above 60mph......
My old Mk5 Golf GTI was the same.
These cars are certainly nippy but they're not anywhere near as quick as we like to think by just looking at the 0-60 times.
I've got a 330i Touring that on paper is no quicker than the GTI was - but in reality pisses all over it on the straights.
My old Cooper S Works & latterly the GP Works (both on par with a mk1 LCR) would regularly get embarrassed in motorway drags with half decent German saloons. Much as its hard to admit, these 200bhp hot hatches are built for the corners and are the square root of f
k all good when competing above 60mph......My old Mk5 Golf GTI was the same.
These cars are certainly nippy but they're not anywhere near as quick as we like to think by just looking at the 0-60 times.
I've got a 330i Touring that on paper is no quicker than the GTI was - but in reality pisses all over it on the straights.
veryRS said:
Since 2009 the lcr has had the 2.0tsi engine tuned to 261bhp. If the 528 was standard the lcr should have blown it away.
Edit: just read the op...he was in a mk1 lcr, 1.8t at 207 bhp when made and probably far less now.
If he was fortunate he might have got the same engine as in the 1.8 Octavia VRs they tested Edit: just read the op...he was in a mk1 lcr, 1.8t at 207 bhp when made and probably far less now.
Edited by veryRS on Saturday 7th April 23:47
M3RMS said:
There ain't no replacement for displacement......
My old Cooper S Works & latterly the GP Works (both on par with a mk1 LCR) would regularly get embarrassed in motorway drags with half decent German saloons. Much as its hard to admit, these 200bhp hot hatches are built for the corners and are the square root of fk all good when competing above 60mph......
My old Mk5 Golf GTI was the same.
These cars are certainly nippy but they're not anywhere near as quick as we like to think by just looking at the 0-60 times.
I've got a 330i Touring that on paper is no quicker than the GTI was - but in reality pisses all over it on the straights.
The old 1.8t ands the 2.0 tsi engines are like chalk and cheese. My 2.0tsi is on a stage 1 and pulls 265bhp and 380nm torque and will happily stay with or out drag larger engined german barges and the like 60 to 100+. Tuned to stage 2 or higher they are bonkers.My old Cooper S Works & latterly the GP Works (both on par with a mk1 LCR) would regularly get embarrassed in motorway drags with half decent German saloons. Much as its hard to admit, these 200bhp hot hatches are built for the corners and are the square root of f
k all good when competing above 60mph......My old Mk5 Golf GTI was the same.
These cars are certainly nippy but they're not anywhere near as quick as we like to think by just looking at the 0-60 times.
I've got a 330i Touring that on paper is no quicker than the GTI was - but in reality pisses all over it on the straights.
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