Fastest 535i: [email protected]

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As the title states I took my car to SGMP 1/4 mile track and clocked this time off. This was my 1st pass after a 125 mile 2 hour drive with no cool down. My 2nd and 3rd pass didn't work too well. I'll state what happened in each.

1st pass: [email protected] w/ 1.62 60'

Again this was after my two hour drive with no cool down. Boost was set to 23# midrange and taper to 21# at redline. Running 5gal 93 and the rest E85, need to step up to a Stage 3 fuel setup and is happening by Feb.

JB4 1st gear boost was limited to 18# as I was worried about blowing the tires off. As you can see by the 60' the car hooked very well. I had 2nd and 3rd gear boost limiter turned off.

I short shifted 1st gear at 6500 in Manual mode and let the car auto shift in Manual mode the rest of the track.

2nd pass: After being in the staging lanes for an hour due to a big tire V8 spraying coolant down the track the car cooled off. Actually the car cooled off too much and the oil temps didn't get up to operating temp (160 barely). I still proceeded to to do my burnout in the water box and came up to the line and staged. Not looking at the oil temps I thought they would have been up to temp by that time. Which to my demise they were not and stock boost the whole track and went 12.0@113

Also, before this run since the car dead hooked on the 1st run I decided to turn off the JB4 1st gear boost limiter. To try and get my 60' into the 1.5s if possible.

So the 2nd run was a complete wash.

3rd and final run: After more and more broke ass V8s I was worried I wouldn't get another run in before they closed. I know the car had another 0.1-0.2 in it especially with turning of 1st gear boost limit and wringing out 1st to 6900 before shifting. Which would have picked up another 1-2mph and a little better 60'.

After, the 2nd run one hour fiasco waiting this time around I started the car every 15min to idle for 5min before shutting off.

Finally, the track staging lanes were closed so this was my last and final run for all the marbles. Again I fully turned off the JB4 1st gear boost limiter and was going to wring out 1st gear to 6900 instead of short shifting.

Burnout......pulled up.....pre staged....inched up staged....lights drop......brakes and gas pressed to the floor.....rpms came up to 2500.....let brake fly....and off I went.

The 60' felt great and as I came up to 6900rpm in 1st I wrapped the paddle shifter and at that very moment the TCU decided it wanted to shift also . So the damn car went from 1st to 3rd instantly I just said the hell with it and stayed in it.

The 60' was my best @ 1.60 and the sucker still went [email protected] If you compare the 3rd run to the 1st run it was only 0.3 seconds slower and 0.5mph slower all the while completely bypassing 2nd gear.

I feel confident the car would have gone [email protected]. I'm still happy with the results for the 1st time at the 1/4 mile and with only 1 good clean pass....and after two hours of driving.

I have a ton more mods coming up in the spring. Next time I'll have 3# more boost with no taper and full E85, as my Stage 3 fuel setup will be done. It will go high 10s for sure then. Not going to give all my tricks just yet not until I beat that nitrous E60 M5 on Dragtimes that went 10.57@130. Then I'll unofficially be the fastest E60 in the world. Once everything is all said and done and the transmission upgrade is complete I plan on turning it up to about 31#. End goal is 10.4-10.5@133-135

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