E92 335i vs. E60 550i vs. E39 540i on german Autobahn

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Sunday, sunset and no speedlimit! what else do you need to compare two generations of BMWs V8 Beamer? a referee! Compared a stock E60 550i SMG Steptronic (367PS) to an E39 540i (M62B44TU) 6speed manual with modified ECU (310PS), M5 3.15 LSD Differential, M5 Brakes, M5 Suspension, M5 Dashboard. Suddenly we ran into an E92 335i (seemed to be stock 306ps) so we had a chance to compare the three cars to each other. The 550i was fastest, followed by 335i which was faster from 230-250 then the 540i which has a bottleneck in form of a flowlimited intake manifold. This will be changed, a new comparisson will come soon. But this time on a rented airfiled for safety reasons. And more cars to compare it to. Recorded by two GoPro HD Heros in 1080p mode, one attached to the rearwindow of the E60 550i, the other was used with a headstrapmount. The missing LCD videoscreen caused some unusable shots. It is difficult to see the real performancevariance between the cars, as we weren´t allways on full throttle. It also made a big difference who stepped on the gaspedal first. One or two seconds earlier and a 540i is head on with a E60 550i from 100-240. By hitting the accelerator 1-2 seconds too late, a 335i and 550i smoke a 540i. So don´t get fooled ;) All cars were limited to 250km/h.

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BMW, 335i, 540i, 550i, 3l, biturbo, 4.4l, 4.8l, V8, M62B44TU, ECU, mod, modded, M5, E39, E6x, E60, E61, E62, E9x, E90, E91, E92, no, limit, limiter, 250, km/h, germany, autobahn, full, throttle, Go, Pro, HD, Hero, 1080p, suctioncup, headstrap, mount

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