Saw this on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-532i-E39-3-2L-Stage-4-aaaTurbo-E36-M3-Engine-is350-44K-mls-1-owner-California-Super-Car-540-HP-M5-M6-Supra_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6056QQihZ017QQite mZ270196692048QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

I'd like to take it for a test drive.

Beautiful car.

All those modifications - 460 whp and only a 105 mph trap speed :confused

That's the first swap like that I have seen. Looks like whoever did that did a clean job.

i'm almsot 100% it can do more than 12.9

it all depends on a driver.. have u ever read that article in motor trend where 900hp gto did 12.1??? yeha.. no... if your car got 900hp, i dont care what u say, u WILL be doing mid 9- 10 seconds

That dyno graph looked horrible.

Not only the dyno graph looking bad, don't know how they can sell in California without cats??

Running street tires with IRS kinda hard to get hooked up with high HP, ET would be bad but the MPH is way off!

Bluebook =US$40,000? NOT!!

That is pretty sweet.

Beautiful car.

All those modifications - 460 whp and only a 105 mph trap speed :confused

Thought the same thing?????

my 350HP WS6 traps 112 @ 12.4

Even if there were traction issues his speed should still be between 115+

:shifty

If you read the article, the car is rev limited to 112 mph. They were hitting the limiter 150 ft before the traps.

Next up was the 532i. Our test driver had his hands full getting it off the line cleanly with its grabby quad-puck clutch and tire smoking torque. Remembering to switch the boost toggle switch from low to high boost in third gear required additional concentration.


The car was lined up, revs were raised, and the clutch was released--ok, sedans aren't supposed to do what we just saw. First gear was complete smoke, but when second gear was engaged it was off like a rocket. The sound? Imagine packing so much air through an exhaust that it wants to just explode--that's what it sounded like.


Just as we expected, the car hit its 112-mph speed governor about 150 ft before crossing the finish line in each run, forcing it to coast the last full second of the quarter mile. Even so, the car still saw sub 13-sec. runs, averaging out to 12.9 at 105.4 mph.


Ultimately, this is what they thought:

It was unfortunate we didn't find a blown 540i with a six-speed manual transmission near us--chances are it could have achieved that high-12-sec. mark. Equally as unfortunate, however, was the 532i's speed limiter. But as far as we know, there was no other setup like this in a 5er at the time. Had it a fourth gear that could see over 5000 rpm, the 532i probably would have seen mid 12s at speeds between 116-118 mph. Still, its motor packed enough juice to coast it to the finish line first that day.

Sounds like they need to have that speed limiter adjusted...........lets say + 80 mph

Sweet conversion, but, 40k for a car you can't even register in CA is absurd