Thanks Man. Planned to get it serviced this week. It with roll racing quickly approaching the N54 and S62 are getting all the attention.

Thanks man. Amazing what the rain does haha.

Great tip!

Thanks for the tips!

Hmmmmm the more i thought about that i reckon the F15 30d, is gonna be a lot quicker to 100. The low end torque on the diesel was super impressive when i was in it.

No is the short answer, however I need to have a look at water wetter properly. Water is generally regarded as the best conductor of heat, so curious what water wetter actually has in it and how it deals with boiling points with out affecting heat transfer like "normal" coolants.

It was a slow car when new. 350hp is not enough to make a 5000lb car fast. Also the 5 speed tiptragic doesn help either.

😳........ check grays straight away...

@@ZeroTo60Tube the 330 went for just over 8k with 216k on the clock , later in the list is a silver e92 325 six speed manual as well I think it only has 213k on the clock it’s on page 29 I think

Thats awesome to hear you have both!! Living the dream. Let us know if you do get a chance to dragy or vbox them.

@@ZeroTo60Tube Nah sadly I've only got the ML55, your 4.6is has loads more stuff and unique touches compared to the AMG. Speaking of, another 4.6is went on Grays tonight for $4200

@@ZeroTo60Tube ML is running 100% now. Been running late 6s to early 7s. My guess is that the M62TU really needs all of the VANOS stuff to be working 100% right, whereas the M113 is just a SOHC lump of an engine that makes its power with pure cubic capacity. No tricky bits. The BMW stuff is great but the Mercedes stuff is really being overlooked as a performance car, especially the W210/W208 Mercs.

Not a bad idea. We may look at getting a proper tune for it soon.

Sounds like a plan.

Bloody hell!! You can see why the diesels become so popular. Snappy little things.

Thats how it feels, it actually gets moving ok, once you are at speed.

@@ZeroTo60Tube Yeah, thats the bigges issue with cars like these. or.. you just have b44 engine in there :´D

YESSSSS!! There is actually a video of one on youtube in the slow. Looks so much fun.

I saw that video The swap is fairly straightforward except for a necessary adapter plate to adapt the transfer case to getrag 420g. I’m fixing to do it on my 4.6is

Its a possibility. It may be pulling timing due to lower than optimal octane. Never thought it would play a big part on a relative sensible tuned motor like this one, but its something we would like to explore.

We've only done a few thousand timed launches.... got no idea the best way to get an auto off the line.......... :|

Having done a few thousand myself in a variety of cars I’m Just saying from watching the video it didn’t look like you’d let it stall long enough. You can load the converter up much harder in the heavy car and get a great launch. But it may just be the perspective of the video vs being sat in the car. But didn’t even look like the revs had stabilised before letting go of the brakes. I love your content and trust you can do the runs but just giving my perspective on what I’d seen here.

@@mwh2412 It may be the video messing with perception. On the same note we have found not letting the rpms stall on the converter results in a faster time than when we to hit the converter harder. Turbo cars are different btw. But NA engines, Im not sure if the additional load affects timing tables or what in the dme. But we generally try and release the brake 100-300 rpms before you reach the limits of the converter and keep the revs climbing faster instead of stalling at the limits of the converter. Have you ever tried that instead of fully leaning on the converter?

Couldn't agree more!

Absolutely.

@@ZeroTo60Tube not trying to be a smarty pants but magazines also don't have two people in the car. I know you are trying to do a real-world test but when you consider the extra -person and gas combine for likely 200 pounds of weight plus you are testing a nearly 20-year-old vehicle not running optimally your 8 seconds is actually not bad :) Brand new Motor Trend had this @ 6.4 0-60 which is about 6.6 0-100 kms. Good luck in the next test and thanks for the content. Not many put out content on the old "is" models so it is appreciated.

@@c05l24 Thanks for the comment man, not smarty pants at all haha. It seems like you actually understand what we are doing with this style of test. Looking forward to seeing how it improves as we work on it.

It could be.

@@ZeroTo60Tube It’s definitely VANOS issues, time to swap in new/rebuilt VANOS adjusters and do the timing chain and guides while you’re in there.

​@@TheGermanHammer i'd love to know how you guys are determining this? I am far from convinced thats all.

@@ZeroTo60Tube Does the engine make a horrible rattling noise for a few brief seconds after startup? I’ve heard the rattle a few times in your videos. That rattle and the 8 second zero to 60mph time point to a severe loss of low RPM torque, where VANOS should be most active. That rattle is a 100% positive indication that the VANOS seals are toast and not holding oil anymore. I’m a 12 year veteran BMW master technician, and I’ve done so many of those VANOS and timing jobs on the M62 that I’ve lost count hahah.

@@TheGermanHammer I've not heard the rattle. Which is why i don't think its vanos. When did you hear the rattle, just in case i missed something? I couldn't find many instances where vanos was an issue with out the rattle, although there area few documented cases in the depths of the net.

Sounds like a plan!

Anything is possible. Would have thought if there was a maf issue or it was out of range you'd get a cel?

Maf won't cause any codes at all. But you will loose up to 100hp if you are unlucky. Juat running without with cleared adaptations will give back most of it. Also don't go out buying non oem. Even known brands as ex Valeo will read wrong. Rather just run without it or get a alpha N tune instead then Knock sensing on the simens ecus bmw uses are seriously good. Take advantage of it.

You may want to do some research on dragy, how it works and how accurate it is. Its not just a smart phone app. Its the industry standard, well the performance industry anyway.

@@ZeroTo60Tube Oh you are totally right! I'm sorry for the hastely comment - my fault. I thought it's just an app and it uses the intern gps sender :)

Sorry that was a shitty reply, rushing got so many coming through at the moment. It has a seperate device with 10hz refresh rate which connects to the phone via bluetooth. It also uses a Gsensor to further increase the accuracy. Generaly that will match a NHRA drag strip time slip with in 100th of a second.

Ohhh you already replied. Lol. We are both way too polite for youtube haha. Have a great week anyway.

@@ZeroTo60Tube Oh I think we are :D Yeah you too thank you :)

Wow, super low milage. Just wondering how you time yours? Just off the speedo or use something accurate like dragy? Also is your 6.5 0-60mph or 0-62mph? Just curious so we have some modern day figures to aim for.

My 2002 4.6is has the stage 2 dinan w/ 160k mi 0-60 5.9sec my best lately w/ 98 oct.

Starts watching "how to weld" tutorials.

@@ZeroTo60Tube I reckon a 30/76 garret would give it massive low down Tourque and really quick spool time you may even turn those big tyres

@@ZeroTo60Tube look up pulsar turbos on eBay the China Garrett copy

@@anthonywhelan8373 before we get too far ahead of ourselves dont forget i put this transmission back together......

A dragy is a device that accurately measures acceleration times. We used to use a Vbox which is like industry standard, but the dragy is so much easier to use and normally with in 1/10 of second of the dragy

Just got back in to youtube. It went down about 10 mins after we posted this one. Sooooo what did you think of the time?

@@ZeroTo60Tube it's still quicker than my E39 lmao. My is350 does around 6.8-7 seconds. Think it just needs a good service and dry roads you might get to 7.7

Im hoping the service helps. I remember plugs made a big difference to my N62 e53. We know this was regularly serviced as a shop, but there is no signs of the plugs being done. So might try and get a set fitted in the next week or two,

@@Vikturus22 My '99 540i Executive (stock aside from non vanos intake) is a low 6 second car whereas my non VANOS 540i E39s struggle to get into the 6s and usually sit at early to mid 7s. Take my times with a grain of salt as I just use the drag racer app.

Fingers crossed!

Jeez I have the same M57 Diesel engine in my E53 (Sports Package) too it did it in 8.4 sec in sports mode.

@@VRJSNGH love the sound they make at 3000rpm😁 very raspy!

@@stuartkipp6533 yeh especially cold starts really Burnley and raw then gets raspy like you said when you rev it quite high

It’s an auto, that’s as high as it will stall 👍

Im yet to see someone pull up at a set of lights late at night on a cruise and ask their passenger to get out before the light goes green....haha, but ill try next time.

hahahah if only that counted.

hmmmm, do you see much a gain on these? Also how much would it cost..... you got me thinking :D

@@ZeroTo60Tube 255kw-277kw 354lb-ft Torque - 376lb-ft torque

@@ZeroTo60Tube its an NA engine usually 10-15% more.. So 30 hp isn't out of the question. But unlike a turbo engine it won't be night and day difference, definitely an improvement though. If your afrs are way off(maf gone wrong even though it doesn't throw codes) , cats clogged, etc it'll be very down on power.

That is sensible...... But quite wrong haha.

Damn son!! you were pretty close.

@@ZeroTo60Tube I wish I was a son I’m 48 and feeling it 😂

How often do you ask your passenger to get out when you have a random race at the lights?

Less beers........ yeah well just have to deal with the slow.... haha

@@ZeroTo60Tube amen to that 🤣🍻🍺