What are your 0-60 times?

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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:06 am

Hi guys

This afternoon i was trying out my 0-60 times (probably a bit sad i know lol!). The method i used wasnt particularly accurate (passenger with a stopwatch) but good enough for a bit of fun and a rough-ish figure!!!

Basically i averaged my time to 7 seconds. My car has a 325 engine with 320 gearbox and 320 4:10 diff.

Just wondered what figures other people have achieved with which particular engine and running gear...

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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:23 am

MarkF wrote:Hi guys

This afternoon i was trying out my 0-60 times (probably a bit sad i know lol!). The method i used wasnt particularly accurate (passenger with a stopwatch) but good enough for a bit of fun and a rough-ish figure!!!

Basically i averaged my time to 7 seconds. My car has a 325 engine with 320 gearbox and 320 4:10 diff.

Just wondered what figures other people have achieved with which particular engine and running gear...

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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:24 am

In the Touring though,no idea,about 5 secs I guess.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:36 am

Ha Ha Ha!!! Good old renault 5's! What running gear does the touring have?
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:47 am

MarkF wrote:Ha Ha Ha!!! Good old renault 5's! What running gear does the touring have?
Only kidding about 5 secs on the Touring,my old girls all standard,I think the diff is 3.91 open.
0-60,I would imagine to be about 8 secs or so.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:57 am

Sounds about right im guessing. I think my 320 box and diff help as are obviously lower geared!
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 1:30 am

I had a 4.10 in my 328i for a while. That was fun, if somewhat pointless. Either at idle or 6.5k :lol:

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Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:27 am

im going to say in the 7's for my 0-60.... she pulls well... too well!
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Mines still on axle stands but my clio did 6.2 0-60!
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:03 am

Mine doen it in 6.4,6.5,6.5. cant understand why its so fast. Must have got an ecu remap at sometime. Im not complaining though.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:13 am

Ive never timed mine...maybe this weekend winkeye

Hopefully it'll be having its HG done tomo....so if a) this happens and b) Autotrader insurance has its call centre open saturday afternoons, ill be back in a E30 by the end of the day :)

.....saying all that it prob wont happen :(
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6.52 on a G-tech with the old baby piss turbo on, now somewhere in the 5's, did a 0-100 in about 10/11secs this morning! And I didn't rev it out in any gear, I keep getting paranoid about it popping.......must grow some bigger balls soon. We started 5 cars back in the queue waiting to get onto the A14 and by the time I changed into 5th the cars behind were gone, certainly got the adrenaline flowing before work.

I'll try get a pic of the datalog up, will show the revs and boost and you can work out the speed against revs and gears, I'm running a std box and 3.73 diff on 16's.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:34 am

e30bmlover wrote:im going to say in the 7's for my 0-60.... she pulls well... too well!
A standard M3 is quoted at around 7 IIRC.

My Touring... Well you would need a few years worth of calendars :)
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My BMW 530i Touring with a manual gearbox do it in 7.6 seconds, not to bad for an estate! :wink:
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:01 pm

I think some of the zoners stopwatches are a bit keen here :)

A Hartge H35 does 0.62 in 6.2 seconds and a H28 does it in 7 secs as per the brochure. Also as Maxfield mentions the M3 is about 7 secs too.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:08 pm

More like dogey speedo readings. 66mph on the dash is a true 60mph. Most cars would need a change into third to get that :?

The cars on my drive I reckon would do it roughly in:

200sx turbo 270bhp - 5.7+ seconds
subaru turbo 4x4 215bhp -6.0 seconds Probably less if you were brutal with the clutch, but seeing as its on its way out...
mi16 205 - 6.5 upwards
iS- 9.5 upwards I think. Needs third :(

A 325i can't do it in 7 seconds!
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:12 pm

I'd like to think my car will do it in the low 5's.













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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:26 pm

I think if i get the stopwatch out and give it a go now should get to 60 just before sunday lunch time! :D
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:30 pm

a "technical data" website i saw stated the 325i as 0-60 in 7.2 seconds and an E30 M3 in about 6.5 i think

take it as the 325 has lost a bit over time it should be 7.5 to 8 shouldnt it?

cant be hard for someone on here to find the official BMW stats?


eitherway none of it matters lol, its not about how you get there its how much you enjoy the ride on the way and how good you look :)

0-60 times are for people with seriously modified cars or seriously fast ones i reckon?
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:32 pm

My SIII land Rover wouldnt d0 60, and it had a 2.5 tranny engine..i tried it once but the needle was swaying so much at 50 ish (and i was terriified) i gave up. It would pull the moon though :cool:
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:38 pm

Ive timed mine with a gps and stop watch and it's roughly hi 5 with a 3.15 diff. A 3.9 diff as it strands now is roughly 5.5 ish, but I can't get the traction down! :(
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:14 pm

oze30 wrote:Ive timed mine with a gps and stop watch and it's roughly hi 5 with a 3.15 diff. A 3.9 diff as it strands now is roughly 5.5 ish, but I can't get the traction down! :(
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:16 pm

Andy325i wrote:I had a 4.10 in my 328i for a while. That was fun, if somewhat pointless. Either at idle or 6.5k :lol:

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i was about to question your figures until i realised your talking about diff ratio and not 0-60 :mad:
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:17 pm

Dunno.. Quicker than a 325i tho..
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:17 pm

mine hasnt been timed officially either but got mid to late 5's ,possible 5.7 iirc using the old stopwatch.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:30 pm

according to my gtech i have done 6.74 in my stripped out 325i with a 3.64 on 15's
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oze30 wrote:Ive timed mine with a gps and stop watch and it's roughly hi 5 with a 3.15 diff. A 3.9 diff as it strands now is roughly 5.5 ish, but I can't get the traction down! :(
Is your M60 standard?
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:25 pm

mine ive owned for 18 months and im still trying to get it 60 but i think its gonna take another 2 years :D (its hard on a driveway) :) :)
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:52 pm

with the 4.45 diff and 320i box in my 325i id need a change into 4th to make 60. then again i can do good smokey standing starts in second! :mad:
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:08 pm

Factory time i guess, 9.5 ish seconds, maby slightly better with that stupid short diff... Enough to wipe the smirk of a fiesta zetec-s drivers face up a hill anyway winkeye



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Fri Jun 27, 2008 9:24 pm

Im not really bothered about 0-60 its more in gear times/overtaking im interesting in.

The auto does not really lend itself to 0-60, but double kick down once its in the zone really helps to dispatch a few cars.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:05 pm

please note people i did say in the 7's... not seven seconds! so this could be 7.5 seconds 7.9 seconds 7.4 seconds... you get me drift.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:24 pm

not about to try, tbh. I've been followed most of the way home by the polis a few times in the past couple months... and I drive like a granny most of the time! :?

erm... my gran was originally an emergency ambulance driver, so I wouldn't exactly say she's slow, even now!

I would guess in the region of 10sec, and speedos are not the most accurate of things. According to pretty accurate GPS, mine reads about 35mph at an actual 30mph, so at 60mph... ?? I would guess most peoples' are similarly out as required by law.
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