How quick is a BMW 135i w/Dinan upgrade...
04-04-2011, 12:56 AM
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04-04-2011, 01:01 AM
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The BMW N54 (earlier 135i, 335i, 535i, etc, with the twin-turbo instead of the twin-scroll single turbo) starts out at 300hp and can be Dinan-tuned to three different levels of power, starting at 360hp, up to 400hp. The 135i is a very heavy car for its size, but with Stage 3 software, that's a lot of acceleration potential (and over a vastly wider RPM range than any 2.5L 951). Did the driver tell you that he had the software, or did it just have a Dinan badge on it (which can mean any combination of Dinan upgrades, not necessarily engine upgrades)?
Either way, if a RWD 6MTX I-6 twin-turbo is a chick car, I don't know what isn't.
Either way, if a RWD 6MTX I-6 twin-turbo is a chick car, I don't know what isn't.
It looked tough, had the big Dinan badge on the back of the car with everything else removed. Like I said I know from a dead stop i would have been spanked. I had a chance to roll side by side through a trun and then we both hit it. I pulled him in the first three gears and third was getting worse (for him). I assume my car is a lot lighter too.
04-04-2011, 01:14 AM
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I went to one of my old hang out's last night...greasy burgers, beers and cars. LOL...I probably had the most girly car there amongst 9 second street cars, tubbed pro street trucks, rat rods and muscle cars.
04-04-2011, 01:44 AM
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You'd be shocked at how little some (not all) of those guys know about going around corners! I work with a Mustang guy, (11 sec quarters) he doesn't know
a coil over from a standard strut! Got rid of his front sway bar to save weight!
04-04-2011, 02:24 AM
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That's what I like about living here in Littleton: Bandimere Speedway is just a few minutes down the road, no ricers and not just because they get chased off the streets, but because the hand-me-downs and rides kids get here are better than the average ten year old Honda, seeing as it's probably their parents who are driving the big block classics cruising the streets with wheelie bars tucked underneath, tuned diesel trucks with more torque than the 5 cars behind it combined, and Littleton embraces car culture the most out of all parts Denver and surrounding areas (they even dig it when I take my go kart out on the streets). My friends have seen the front wheels of new and old school Camaros lift off the ground in stoplight races and told me about riding the streets in 9 second GTOs. I used to have such a hunk of **** truck that I found it funny to rev on people, I even had a guy in a chomo van take me serious and BLOW MY DOORS OFF with his ****tastical sleeper of a ride (me and my friends almost died laughing watching this ****box just ****in' TEAR OFF down the road!). Those are the kind of manly man rides we have in Littleton, except for the van, which has to be deemed kind of gay for being associated with chomos...
04-04-2011, 01:23 PM
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A 9 second street camaro at 5800ft is a 13 second car once it is actually on the track at Bandimere. I have not yet figured out why there are so many 9 and 10 second street cars waiting in line to get into Bandimere yet there aren't very on the inside of the gates. Why do the cars gain 3 to 6 second in the quarter mile just going through the gates at Bandimere?
I never knew littleton was the "car mecca" on Denver. When I used to misbehave, the street racing crowd certainly didn't hang out there...
-Dana
04-04-2011, 01:28 PM
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I can't wait for the streets to be swept here. most of snow is melted.. right now my car only spines out wickedly on my micky thompsons... no chance of wheelies as it should do 
guessing the just above freezing temps doesnt help
guessing the just above freezing temps doesnt help
04-04-2011, 02:53 PM
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04-04-2011, 08:38 PM
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Uh huh.
A 9 second street camaro at 5800ft is a 13 second car once it is actually on the track at Bandimere. I have not yet figured out why there are so many 9 and 10 second street cars waiting in line to get into Bandimere yet there aren't very on the inside of the gates. Why do the cars gain 3 to 6 second in the quarter mile just going through the gates at Bandimere?
I never knew littleton was the "car mecca" on Denver. When I used to misbehave, the street racing crowd certainly didn't hang out there...
-Dana
A 9 second street camaro at 5800ft is a 13 second car once it is actually on the track at Bandimere. I have not yet figured out why there are so many 9 and 10 second street cars waiting in line to get into Bandimere yet there aren't very on the inside of the gates. Why do the cars gain 3 to 6 second in the quarter mile just going through the gates at Bandimere?
I never knew littleton was the "car mecca" on Denver. When I used to misbehave, the street racing crowd certainly didn't hang out there...
-Dana
04-04-2011, 11:56 PM
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Guys, our cars are fast. But a 135 or a 335 is also a fast car with some minor mods. By the way have you guys seen the 2012 M5? Thats a sweet machine. My neighbors son has a 2010 if I'm not mistaken, Ahhh the exhaust sound.
04-05-2011, 12:06 AM
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agreed wholeheartedly! We have a number of mildly modified 335i's that are fun to watch at the dragstrip around here. The 135 was quick too...our cars are light and once rolling will accelerate well. Mine has no hesitation once the boost is on! I WILL NOT jump on my car from a dead stop...too much stress.
