Just to get everyone on the same page....

98 540i 6 spd

little more than a 1/4 tank of gas, full size spare, and 4 quarters in the door..lol

Only mods suspension and rims

245/40 18 all around on toyo t1-r's

Weight of car + me according to track scales 3900 lbs

1st run
60... 2.48
1/8.. 10.94
mph. 69.21
1000. 13.88
1/4 16.30
mph 90.03

Almost stalled the car and spun all through 1st and 2nd



several runs later


60 2.61
1/8 10.01
mph 75.63
1000 12.86
1/4 15.17
mph 96.03

Not to bad... 96 mph means the car could do low 14's


A few runs later, my best run of the day, 7 runs total


60 2.47
1/8 9.83
mph 75.71
1000 12.59
1/4 14.90
mph 97.10

I had 2 14.9x @ 97.x mph runs

I just need to get better at launching the car.. I finally found the line in the left lane.. to bad I had to go.. I had a good time and my gas consump from when I got to the track from when I left was 14.xx mpg...lol

Not bad for a 9 year old grocery getter

I had full tank n spare in the trunk, spun thruout the first gear completely and still ran 14.66sec. it was in the morning tho, do u think u were running in the heat?

My stock 1/4 mile times are in my sig :)

PLENTY more left in the car...I was pulling 2.1X 60' times on an 80 degree day

i need to get out to the track :(

i need to get out to the track :(
me too sounds like fun...

I had full tank n spare in the trunk, spun thruout the first gear completely and still ran 14.66sec. it was in the morning tho, do u think u were running in the heat?


it was ~75 deg

I just need to get better