Jim Green

Video Here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD9NWg6HaGw

Story Here : http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/sho...d.php?t=119969

Here's why E39 M5 owners have a problem deciding what to buy next.

And someone on here was questioning if the E39 M5 was slower than an E46 M3..........Definately not ! ! ! ! The new V8 M3 can hardly match it, let alone the old one. Basic reason is that the new M3 V8's power is all high up in the rpm range, compared to the torque of the old M5.

kiddie

m3 had its arse handed to it a bit! sounded lovely

JjCoDeX75

Wonderful cars, the E39 - I loved mine. Without torque, you aint nothin!

JJ

pani_k

iTrader: (1)

That Dinan stuff ain't cheap though so hardly a stock vs stock comparison which is what I thought it would be. That M5 would be pushing more like 430bhp and more torque.

Mind you it'd still be cheaper to buy a very good used M5 and add the Dinan stuff than a brand new M3

Jim Green

PANI K : Yep, Dinan stuff is extremely expensive, but that's because they're one of the only American Companies who deal entirely with BMW Cars, and extensively test everything they produce. But at the end of the day, the M5 had an aftermarket exhaust system, Air Intake Boxes and Filters, and a re-map.........which on a naturally aspirated car like the M5 (Which is already very hightly tuned by BMW M Sport) adds a maximum of 30bhp (As Quoted by Dinan). So the E39 M5 still did really well against BMW's latest M Power car.

In "BMW CAR" Magazine last month, they did exactly the same test (Standard v Standard) and again the E39 M5 came into it's own in the mid range acceleration tests. Yes.......the M3 is quicker, but by less than 1 second on most acceleration runs.......(0 - 60mph, 50 - 100mph and 100 - 155mph). No doubt that the M3 would certainly be the winner on track, but on the road, there is very little difference.

C4llyT

Going off that video stock vs stock M3 would have done it.
M3's have always been screamers.
I do like torque though.

andyt

iTrader: (1)

in the 2nd race the m5 done nothing really just the same as the m3

Stavros

so basically, after watching all the video and not just the 1st race where the m3 let off, the M5 modified to similar bhp was as fast as a stock new M3.

cripes, i never wouldve imagined that.