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Old 09-06-2009, 04:52 PM
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Awesome!

Your car was still pulling at 160 mph. Is your ECU reflashed and the 155 mph limiter removed?
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Great video!
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Originally Posted by Krozi' post='1000432
Awesome!

Your car was still pulling at 160 mph. Is your ECU reflashed and the 155 mph limiter removed?
No ECU or limiter mods. The limiter kicked in at 160mph, it wouldn't go beyond that. Considering speedometer inaccuracy I imagine that 160 indicated is probably actually 155mph. There's no point me getting the speed limiter removed, it's rare you can find long enough stretches of empty autobahn that you can spend any significant amount of time above 150 anyway. Sure I'd do it if it cost $25 but it's more likely several hundred.

I shot some multi-camera footage today that I'm hoping will turn out to be a really good video. Much better than the one you just watched. Not sure when I'll find time to edit it though. Let's hope I get some boring conference calls during the week when I can sneak in some video editing

I'm off to bed, night y'all.
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='1000435' date='Sep 6 2009, 09:00 PM
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No ECU or limiter mods. The limiter kicked in at 160mph, it wouldn't go beyond that. Considering speedometer inaccuracy I imagine that 160 indicated is probably actually 155mph. There's no point me getting the speed limiter removed, it's rare you can find long enough stretches of empty autobahn that you can spend any significant amount of time above 150 anyway. Sure I'd do it if it cost $25 but it's more likely several hundred.

I'm off to bed, night y'all.
Makes me wonder what the unlimited top speeds of 545 and 550 are. I would guess about 165-170 mph.

Good night. A rest well earned after that piece of driving bro.
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Great drive and video production
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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='1000438' date='Sep 6 2009, 09:03 PM
Makes me wonder what the unlimited top speeds of 545 and 550 are. I would guess about 165-170 mph.

Good night. A rest well earned after that piece of driving bro.
I would like to know the gains from an RPi scoop at those speeds!
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the 535 D is known to be good for 200mph with out the limiter
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Originally Posted by BLooD' post='1000602' date='Sep 7 2009, 10:26 AM
the 535 D is known to be good for 200mph with out the limiter
are you on dope?
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='1000629' date='Sep 7 2009, 09:49 AM
are you on dope?
no im on BMW


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