1/4 mile times - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

TBrown · 10th December 2003, 20:27

When comparing cars recently with a few friends the subject came up, so just wondering if any of you have taken your car down the quarter mile. I've never seen any magazines print results before.

BmwNut · 10th December 2003, 21:37

Most numbers I have seen for an E34 M5 with the S38B38 are low 14's, with the S38B36 variant a little bit behind. Hopefully someone here has better numbers than that.

Pepsmeister · 10th December 2003, 22:31

Using a G-tech accelerometer and three people in the car, a spare tire in the trunk and a little less than half tank of gas. Perfect launch holding at 4000rpm and releasing the clutch with just a little bit of wheel spin:

=0-60mph in 6.4 seconds

=1/4 mile @ 14.3 seconds at 101-102 mph (It was a while ago, I don´t remember exactly).

I´m sure that these figures can be lowered with only one person in the car, low fuel and no spare tire. What happens is that it´s pretty hard to set the G-tech correctly, so usually you need another person in the car...

kotsos1870 · 11th December 2003, 15:08

for the S38B38:

0-100 (62mph): 5.9 sec
1/4 mile: 13.8