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[Sentry]

Picked up this beaut about 2 months ago. Decided to try on a BMW for size. 1995 540i

When I bought it, it had:
5 speed manual swap!!!
Hot air intake
Custom exhaust with dynomax muffler
18" BMW Style 32 wheels
D'Sylva ECU Chip

And over the last 8 weeks I've done some maintenance stuff as well as:
Lowered it on ST springs and Bilstein shocks
Straight piped it
E-fan conversion
Trunk lip spoiler
Power polish

Anyway, without further adieu:











For plans, just wanna spiff up the front end a bit. Respray the rock chipped grill trim, do something about the busted fog lights, etc. Maybe a woodgrain Nardi steering wheel?

[xnvy]

Oh wow, that sounds amazing :sploosh:

Plans sound decent too. Needs some BBS though

[Redlined_8000]

Looks pretty cool man! Old BMW V8 project car haha. Nice.

[revelations]

Great first clip but the second - I would have almost put a mic in the trunk by the exhaust and turned the camera mic off (or edit it out).

Also, I am a big fan of large exhaust systems WITH resonators (dont like the raspyness) .... but to each their own!

[Maxx Mazda]

At least its not loud!

[Sentry]

Originally posted by revelations
Great first clip but the second - I would have almost put a mic in the trunk by the exhaust and turned the camera mic off (or edit it out).

Was my first time putting a camera there. What I found works well for dampening noise is just a piece of electrical tape over the camera mic, forgot to bring some when I shot this video.

[Hallowed_point]

Sounds nice Sentry. What rpm do you shift at? Not for fuel economy anyways!

Probably the best sounding straight piped car I've heard in recent memory. Hooks up nice as well.

[Sentry]

At the 6500rpm limiter.

I'm gonna throw it on a dyno at some point. Feels like about 250whp according to my precision calibrated buttdyno. Not fast but definitely not slow, enough to keep me entertained.

[relyt92]

I love the look of these things, 20 years old and still looks great.

[flipstah]

Holy shitface, that's awesome.

[KRyn]

Cool ride, sounds awesome as well.

[Darell_n]

Now you have me Kijijing older v8 BMWs. I need a new project and my wife enjoyed the video as well.

[Hallowed_point]

Originally posted by Darell_n
Now you have me Kijijing older v8 BMWs. I need a new project and my wife enjoyed the video as well.

Same

[riander5]

Awesome! 20 year old BMW sounds hell of alot better than that one 4 year old C63

How much do those go for? Worth ponying up for the next gen m5??

[Sentry]

Yeah I think an E39 M5 may be in my future. The most badass V8 BMW.

Some cosmetic enhancement this afternoon. New towhook cover and fog light blockoff plates.

[ekguy]

Damn this thing is loud!!!

Love it!!!

[Sentry]

Visited a parkade tonight with my broke-ass welfare camera. It managed OK in low light. Might get an actual shoot done on this thing once the leaves turn.

[corsvette]

Damm, that's a clean car, looks awesome. To this day one of my all time favorite cars was my 95 540.

[Sentry]

It's one of those cars that's fun to drive slow as well as fast. Just rumble around at 1300rpm through downtown. Turns heads.

[Sentry]

Switched HID bulbs to yellow for mad tyte euro cred.


Installed some AKG strut spacers to correct bumpsteer.


(Yes I know my tires are pooched, gonna replace them next summer. )