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RockfordAlero
12-26-2009, 02:19 PM
I dont know much about bmws, so i was wondering if my manual 2door 2.4l with only a pacesetter header, could outrun or keep up with a 1986 325i bmw with no work done to it, in a quater... probably a dumb question
Nate's Alero
12-26-2009, 02:20 PM
we don't condone street racing here, instaban...

on a 1/4 mile? quite possibly... although i know nothing about Bimmers
RockfordAlero
12-26-2009, 02:26 PM
we have a strip about an hour away from where i live, racing on publics road is just going to get someone hurt
AleroB888
12-26-2009, 02:32 PM
I dont know much about bmws, so i was wondering if my manual 2door 2.4l with only a pacesetter header, could outrun or keep up with a 1986 325i bmw with no work done to it, in a quater... probably a dumb question

Research something like this:

http://www.carforums.net/showthread.php?t=10251

"1986 BMW 325es 8.6, 16.4"

"1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Int. HO Quad 4 7.5, 16.0"

I cheated a little :)
Nate's Alero
12-26-2009, 02:39 PM
so, yes, you will rape him
RockfordAlero
12-26-2009, 02:43 PM
:D
Vic28
12-26-2009, 02:59 PM
Those time posted are to a HO 2.4 tho... so get the resource straight first.

Now in my opinion yes you can, but depends on the driver. I burn one with only intake on mine, but is a 2.2 which means lil less power than yours.
[ion] C2
12-26-2009, 03:50 PM
who cares both would be pretty slow http://xceedspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/dunno.gif lol
RockfordAlero
12-27-2009, 05:13 AM
Thats not the point.
[ion] C2
12-27-2009, 10:18 AM
So what is the point? So you can scrape by him in a tight race and say "I beat a BMW with my Alero!" but you still run a 16 second quarter mile? lol

You going to bet money or somethin? Make it worth something other than just knowing you can beat an old slow BMW. http://www.xceedspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif
jabartram
12-27-2009, 10:32 AM
Dam man, let the guy feel excited about something.
RockfordAlero
12-27-2009, 12:49 PM
C2;516715']So what is the point? So you can scrape by him in a tight race and say "I beat a BMW with my Alero!" but you still run a 16 second quarter mile? lol

You going to bet money or somethin? Make it worth something other than just knowing you can beat an old slow BMW. http://www.xceedspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif



Everyone has there own reason to take there car to the track, personaly, i go for pride. Theres always going to be someone faster than you, but that still doesnt mean you cant have fun.

by the way, it doesnt matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That01Olds
12-27-2009, 03:21 PM
I would say it definitely could be done, but it would depend on the engine he's got in the BMW. The 3 series was BMW's entry level car in the 80's and had varying engine sizes. The basic 316 only produced 89 hp. While you said he's got the 325i right? If that's the case he's got a 6-cylinder putting out 169 hp with nothing done to it and you got the 2.4l like me putting out 150 hp with nothing done to it. So it's possible give it a shot just don't bet pinks or anything.
Nate's Alero
12-27-2009, 03:27 PM
I would say it definitely could be done, but it would depend on the engine he's got in the BMW. The 3 series was BMW's entry level car in the 80's and had varying engine sizes. The basic 316 only produced 89 hp. While you said he's got the 325i right? If that's the case he's got a 6-cylinder putting out 169 hp with nothing done to it and you got the 2.4l like me putting out 150 hp with nothing done to it. So it's possible give it a shot just don't bet pinks or anything.

why the hell would you go from a BMW to an Alero?? :emotlol:
Redog
12-27-2009, 03:45 PM
C2;516715']So what is the point? So you can scrape by him in a tight race and say "I beat a BMW with my Alero!" but you still run a 16 second quarter mile? lol

You going to bet money or somethin? Make it worth something other than just knowing you can beat an old slow BMW. http://www.xceedspeed.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif


Your car was that slow once, we all can't buy turbos for our cars, if we could, your car would be slow
Vic28
12-27-2009, 04:22 PM
Your car was that slow once, we all can't buy turbos for our cars, if we could, your car would be slow
I dont think thats what he saying... dont think he would be braggin.
BlackJack
12-27-2009, 06:15 PM
I haven't driven the U.S. version of the 325, but I can tell you from a butt-dyno that a stock or even mildly modified Alero doesn't feel as fast as a stock German spec 325. I spent the mid-late '80s in good old Germany, and the 325's back then were pretty quick.

But for more fun, we put the 325 engines in the 318's for higher power with lower gearing. One of those would rape an mildly modified Alero for sure.
RockfordAlero
12-27-2009, 06:20 PM
so even with 23 years on his motor, hes still gona have the same hp as back in the day?
[ion] C2
12-27-2009, 06:51 PM
Your car was that slow once, we all can't buy turbos for our cars, if we could, your car would be slow
And I didn't race anything or think it was fast. When I had the wing on it, I always had to tell people I don't think it's fast at all, I just liked the way it looked. I knew it was slow as hell.

Car's still slow... I never brag, or say my car's anything but "decent enough" for now. I've never come on here asking if my car can beat any other car, as if it matters. It's ALL about the numbers for me. Once you know what you run, you know what you can beat and what you can't.

by the way, it doesnt matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
http://ion-productions.com/fastFurious.gif
AleroB888
12-27-2009, 07:13 PM
C2;516819']And I didn't race anything or think it was fast. When I had the wing on it, I always had to tell people I don't think it's fast at all, I just liked the way it looked. I knew it was slow as hell.

Car's still slow... I never brag, or say my car's anything but "decent enough" for now. ............................

Yeah, well they started it. :lol: Called it the "Ultimate Driving Machine".

and they cost a lot.
AbHeLlRaZoR
12-27-2009, 07:18 PM
so even with 23 years on his motor, hes still gona have the same hp as back in the day?

I'm guessing he won't have that number plus when you get hp numbers of a car from factory it's always crank horsepower so who knows how much is lost before the power gets to the wheels...
[ion] C2
12-27-2009, 07:23 PM
Yeah, well they started it. :lol: Called it the "Ultimate Driving Machine".

and they cost a lot.
what? lol

:wacko:
JLw7123
12-27-2009, 07:39 PM
the alero would win by a little
RockfordAlero
12-27-2009, 08:43 PM
i also know my cars slow, but thats no reason that i still cant have fun... even being slow, i still love the feeling, love the fact that there is no past or future, just the end of the runway.
BlackJack
12-29-2009, 09:24 PM
so even with 23 years on his motor, hes still gona have the same hp as back in the day?

Can't say for sure. I'm positive that there's no way in hell that any motor would have ever been rebuilt after 23 years lol. So I'll just humor you and tell you that you'll kick his ass, and you can hand him a tissue afterwards. Feel better now?
RockfordAlero
12-29-2009, 10:41 PM
hopefully, hes one of those people who like to run their mouth
heineck
12-30-2009, 01:08 AM
Alero ftw, the old ass e30s are pretty badass, and they can be quick if done up the right way. Those bimmers had the m20 engines its 170 off the line... in the 1980s my sister has one that's how I know. is this 87 auto or manual?
a.graham52
12-31-2009, 06:37 PM
how much difference would the the fact that the bmw is rwd vs. the aleros fwd make?
alerogls001
12-31-2009, 08:17 PM
Post the color too.... red ones are faster. Is your alero red?? :p
RockfordAlero
12-31-2009, 08:19 PM
a difference in takeoff?
RockfordAlero
12-31-2009, 08:22 PM
and no its silver, i didnt know they let blind people drive :D

his bmw looks like its brown, so does that mean it moves like sh**?
alerogls001
12-31-2009, 08:26 PM
and no its silver, i didnt know they let blind people drive :D

his bmw looks like its brown, so does that mean it moves like sh**?

Lmao probably. I used to have a 85 528E. It was nice and I loved it but it was slow as hell. But totally diff class than the 3 series Im sure.