My car is slow...

[REDIS]

Originally Posted by GDB

I've run several stock and modified 325s and never had one get any farther than his rear bumper even with my front.

is your car named herbie?

[GDB]

Originally Posted by REDIS

is your car named herbie?

I call her blackie (or a racial slur derived from blackie when she doesn't work like I want her too).

Maybe that kid was right when he tried telling me that my alternator was a supercharged?

[Tyler]

Yes ti's are slow,but 0-60 should only take 7-8 seconds.

[SDKmann]

Where are you getting that number? In the manual it puts 0-50mph and about that time.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by SDKmann

Where are you getting that number? In the manual it puts 0-50mph and about that time.

0-60 8.3 seconds manual
0-60 9.6 seconds auto

This info is not in my owners manual,i got these #'s from the 1997 bmw 318ti dealer brochure. My car is an auto and i reach 0-60 alot quicker than 9.6,i'd say i hit it in low 8's or high 7's.

[John W]

If you have a naturally aspirated M42/44 with an automatic transmission, you are not hitting 60 in the 7-8 sec. range. Go out and test it with a G-Tech (which is optimistic anyways) and then let us know what your results are.

A stock or mildly modded 318ti with a manual transmission that can do 0-60 in less than 8.5 sec. is running very, very well.

[DustenT]

Originally Posted by John W

If you have a naturally aspirated M42/44 with an automatic transmission, you are not hitting 60 in the 7-8 sec. range. Go out and test it with a G-Tech (which is optimistic anyways) and then let us know what your results are.

A stock or mildly modded 318ti with a manual transmission that can do 0-60 in less than 8.5 sec. is running very, very well.

Hmmm...maybe I should fish out the G-Tech and post my numbers. Does anyone else have a G-Tech that they could do some runs with? I haven't G-Tech'd my car since I had the auto tranny in.

Remember, in order for the G-Tech to give you accurate numbers you need to have the exact weight of the car. I usually go to the local truck stop and weight the car with me in it. I think they charge like $5 to do this. FWIW - Last time I did this it was 30 degrees farenheit and I hit 211 hp, and 14.4 second 1/4 mile time with the automatic tranny. It would be interesting to see how much faster the manual tranny is.