that car was just playing games with me today on the highway.
i would go ahead(the BMW would let me)and all of a sudden he would just zooom right by me. never racing a 540i again.
holy cow im ashamed, sorry maxima family.

 

yep, never stand a chance against that beast

how bout the 2k2 6sp?

 

i know that will burn me as well.
540i VS the 6 speed 2k2 , wow that would be a great race...
thos of you with 2k2 6 speeds, please take revenge for me.

 

i know a dude with a 540 who will want to race me. maybe ill give him a call

 

If it makes you feel any better , I did the same to a 530i.....

 

you burned a 530? is there a difference? with teh 540i?

 

yah...with 4 people in the car, i am tellin you man, that frakencar intake you got on the got his as@ kicked

 

530 is a 3 Litre engine and a 540 is a 4 Litre if im not mistaken.

 

4.4..

 

The 540 is available in a 6 speed, and Im pretty sure its over 300 HP...

 

i believe your answer 100% but im curious...i thought the #s after the "series" # represented the size of the engine:

325 = 2.5L 3 series

330 = 3.0L 3 series

528 = 2.8L 5 series

etc....is that not true?

 

282.

Up to 290-ish now I think. The updated version of the engine for the 745i has Double-VANOS and puts out 320+. Not sure if that's in the 540i engine though...

 

If your max is an AUTO, a 2K2 might be able to pull on you just as badly, especially a 6 speed ...

 

It was a pretty good race though....but I do LOVE the looks on those bimmer (bemmer...whatever...bike....car...) guys faces though....when I roll past them.

 

I would think the 540i would smoke my butt, those things are FAST!
But then again, its like twice the cost of a Maxima
Maybe I should race try and race that old lady with the 540 in the faculty lot.

-Frank

 

Some stats...

540i 4dr Sedan
-----------------------------
Base Number of Cylinders: 8
Base Engine Size: 4.4 liters
Base Engine Type: V8
Horsepower: 290hp @ 5400 rpm
Torque: 324ft-lbs. @ 3600 rpm
Weight: 3803 lbs (Auto)
Weight: 3748 lbs (Manual)

Year Make Model 0-60 1/4 sec 1/4 mph Transmission Source Date
--------------------------------------------------------------
2001 BMW 540i 5.7 14.3 97 Automatic C&D 9/1/2001

 

A 2K2 would loose, buyt not by much. With some mods we could be up there.... Like a Y pipe, if someone would make on for us ????

 

A 540i 6 speed will take a 2k2 6 speed, but a 2k2 6 speed will take a 540i auto. Oh, BTW no such thing as a 528i anymore as they are now 530s. The 325i has returned for 2k2 (was previously a 323i).

You can't tell the size of a BMW engine by the model number all the time. As mentioned previously, a 540 has a 4.4L and the 323 had a 2.5.

 

And I ate up a 530 and spit him out my powertech on the I15 ! .. at over 125 MPH !

 

One of our VP's drives an M5. He "toyed" with me on the Dulles Airport access road for breakfast one morning. I must say going from 75 mph to about 110, my Max did impress me as she almost kept up with the beemer.

 

It's not, the 540 still has 290HP.... Also, there is a big difference between the 530 and 540, we have a 530 also and there's no way it can hang with even an auto 4th gen up Max... 225HP I6 (530i) and 290HP V8 (540i) the 0-60 times are not even close to identical, also, on one of the previous posts, i read that somebody said the 2k2 6sp Max will easily take the 5sp auto 540.... Not too likely since the 0-60 times of the auto and 6sp 540's are only about 0.2sec off...

 

When you look at the price difference, which one is a better buy ?? If we're only talking about .02 sec ????

 

Thats what I orginally thought too. But, It only applied to the 3 series, and some of the 5s. 7 series never went by the last 2 numbers, nor did the old 8 series.

 

Screw BMW == Nissan = Bang for the buck !......Throw an SC on if youre not happy !

 

Well when you look at the modifications that have been dyno'd so far for the Maxima- pulley(9hp), intake(10hp), cat-back(5-8hp) and add them up you're looking at around 280hp for a 6spd Maxima and soon with y-pipe and headers we will be over the 290hp mark. So the BMW's will be less and less of a problem. And when you look at the options and the price of the Max, why would you drive anything else.


Jesse

 

YUP !

 

No. from 97-00 it was the 323 (2.3 litre) and the 328 (2.8) liter. from 01+ the 3 series got the 325(2.5 liter) and the 330 (3.0 liter).

 

M3/M5 is a different story...that car is a beast and supremely engineered.

 

id definatly hafta agree..M3..and the M5..oh man i just wont even try..i tried to go at an M5 on the freeway heading to work..i redlined 3rd..and 4th..by that time he was faaaaaaaaaaar away...

 

ricemath j/p

Seriously though, it seems the 540 and the 2k2 6-speed are EXACTLY evenly matched. 14.3@97mph is about right for both cars.. I mean someone's gotten 14.2@99mph so it's not entirely improbable that the 2k2 max could beat a 540 in the quarter mile. On the freeway, the 540 would probably pull past 130 if it weren't speed limited Due to displacement alone.

Kloogy: JEEZ MAN! You've had your car for less than 3 months and you already live in a maxima down by the river.. Post *****!

 

The 323 was actually a 2.5L I-6 and not a 2.3L.

http://www.edmunds.com/used/2000/bmw...tml?id=lin0066

On the 325i model I believe they revised the intake manifold and did some exhaust work (taken from the 330i engine I believe) and the extra power is the difference between the 325 and the 323.