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Old 01-06-2007, 11:21 PM
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Not sure what power they put out, it looked brand new. We ran twice, even at a light both times. The first one I was entirely sure if he was going to go, so I let out easy, gave it a little gas and he responded, so I hammered it. After getting traction in 2nd gear I pulled on him hard, had about 7-8 cars up to about 130. Stopped at the next light gave each other the thumbs up. The second run I spun pretty hard, but once I caught traction I had about the same result, thumbs up again and we went on our way.
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the new ones are 500+ hp man i love those cars, but they are like the 90k price range
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good runs, those cars are pretty quick......make us stockers look like mustangs
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yeah they are competition for the corvette, nice kill
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Seen a new m5 run 12.30 at 117 at houston race way park.
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Originally Posted by kennyxg
Seen a new m5 run 12.30 at 117 at houston race way park.
C&D ran an SMG equipped M5 12.5 @ 118 that is one fast Camaro! Stock gears?
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yes, I have stock 3:42's and an M6. I ran a 12.1 with 400rw, and now have 54 more whp, so I can see why I pulled on the M5. They are advertised at 500hp and 383tq, which is about 420/320ish wheel power, so this combined with the 4000lb weight, makes sense. They are great cars, I would love to have one, but for 90k, hmmmm.. I dunno..
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Originally Posted by mcamp001
yes, I have stock 3:42's and an M6. I ran a 12.1 with 400rw, and now have 54 more whp, so I can see why I pulled on the M5. They are advertised at 500hp and 383tq, which is about 420/320ish wheel power, so this combined with the 4000lb weight, makes sense. They are great cars, I would love to have one, but for 90k, hmmmm.. I dunno..
Nice. That is on DRs? They are a little stronger than that at the wheel - they do not have torque converters. Plus the 7spd transmission means keeping the motor in the powerband in 1st - 5th.

$90k - it's all relative, right? If you can afford it, would you really want a $42k SRT-8?
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once again... Nice kill, and Nice car. Its always a plus to get a thumbs up IMO. Sure beats a middle finger up when you kill someone.
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nice kill, but i think the bigger accomplishment here was finding a BMW driver that wasn't an *******




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