0-60 times on the street.

[vafan13]

Key is to not drop it *all the way* down. Whether programmed or not, I'm sure full WOT from a stop will cause a burnout.

I dropped my rears 2psi cold. Can't say for sure if it made a difference, but logically it would make sense.

When I had the PSS that came on my car I'd actually slip at peak power RPMs when WOT in second. Again, I think most of that was them not being fresh, but PS4S are definitely an improvement.

[Blaxwil]

I usually run 36-38 PSI. Good balance of feel, comfort and grip

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by vafan13

I had a hard time initially when I was trying to bring RPMs up to "launch" it. I'd either bog it or spin too much. I then read some old thread on here about just punching the gas and that has worked quite well. Being I'm not tuned, I'd guess I was punching it to ~75-80% in 1st and then going full WOT as soon as it shifted to 2nd.

This. It's what I do in first then into second it catapults off.

[707M5]

Originally Posted by Doctor_X

My 0-60 times are embarrassing. Even with a 325 rear tire, the extra power from the mods blows the tires off. I'm sure I could do better with my throttle modulation but I never really hit it from a dig anymore.

325s? What offset are you running?

[Doctor_X]

HRE’s are 21x11.5 et 29, tires are 325/25/21

[707M5]

Originally Posted by Doctor_X

HRE's are 21x11.5 et 29, tires are 325/25/21

Wow my 315s on 20s +32 barely fit.

[Doctor_X]

Nothing is trimmed or flared - no rubbing.

[707M5]

Originally Posted by Doctor_X

Nothing is trimmed or flared - no rubbing.

I'm running toyo r888r. It's pretty tight back there.

[Noggie]

Tire brand and model can be very different in width at same spec.

I ran 295 MS Supersport rear on 10,5 et19 M6 wheels, occasional rubbing in soft suspension setting and hard acceleration.
Then I put 295 MS Alpine 4 winter tires on the same wheels and they poked 1/8" outside the wheel arc and rubbed like crazy.
Had to buy a set of stock wheels to put those tires on.

Took the M6 wheels and machined off 3mm making the offset 22mm, no more rubbing since that.

[ianm5]

Just out of interest are the times in this thread based on passenger and full tank? I always run with about a 1/4 tank and no junk in the trunk. It seems pointless to me to carry an extra 60+kg of fuel unless I’m on a long trip.

I find the M5 does it’s finest work 40-140. You’d need to be deeply committed to out accelerate the F10 in that zone.

I’m sneakily interested in the engine mods, many years ago I had a lotus esprit that you could manipulate in real time via a laptop in the passenger seat with some internet software. You could literally slide the bar to increase boost. It was held together with tie wraps and tape. The F10 is a bit of a ‘tiger woods’ or a ‘Schumacher’, it’s so good at everything it’s almost lacking a personality or anything to empathise with. When it’s gone I’ll cry and say ‘but it was so good?’

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ianm5

Just out of interest are the times in this thread based on passenger and full tank? I always run with about a 1/4 tank and no junk in the trunk. It seems pointless to me to carry an extra 60+kg of fuel unless I’m on a long trip.

I find the M5 does it’s finest work 40-140. You’d need to be deeply committed to out accelerate the F10 in that zone.

I’m sneakily interested in the engine mods, many years ago I had a lotus esprit that you could manipulate in real time via a laptop in the passenger seat with some internet software. You could literally slide the bar to increase boost. It was held together with tie wraps and tape. The F10 is a bit of a ‘tiger woods’ or a ‘Schumacher’, it’s so good at everything it’s almost lacking a personality or anything to empathise with. When it’s gone I’ll cry and say ‘but it was so good?’

I find it does help having around 3/4 tank to give some weight to the back to cut down on chirping at take off.

[vafan13]

I'm guessing I had 2/3-3/4 tank of gas (no passenger). Wasn't on purpose, though I would imagine it does better from a dig with more gas in the tank than less.

[M5Rick]

Thought I'd get this fun thread back as we spend much more time taking off from the lights than the proverbial 60-80.
I did some 0-60 runs on a deserted road on a warm day, my stop watch was getting just above four seconds for the dash, in auto with 305's ps4s of course.

[M5Noob]

SO are you guys launching with traction fully off or traction off with MDM on? I have a Draggy and still have not used it to its fullest and have no 0-60 times to report. I've made highway pulls with all traction off and it still gets sideways in third gear. Running stock tires but brand new with a few thousand miles on them. I came from American muscle and this car is so different to launch lol. Kinda scary...

[M5Rick]

I have traction full on,no MDM to reduce, full auto, soft suspension and Sport engine and g/box with the tyres fully warmed haha we're talking F1 now.

[vafan13]

Traction was full off for me. Sport plus throttle with D3 on the trans. As mentioned above, I had the best luck just punching the throttle to something short of WOT and then going WOT as soon as it hit 2nd.

[M5Rick]

^ You did well there, a sub 4 seconds is what Road and Track could manage in that road test they did.

[M5Noob]

TY gents, hopefully get some 0-60 pulls in the next few weeks.

[M5Rick]

* Guys careful with traction off doing this, you've seen the vids with cars skewing sideways,I use traction on all the time with the occasional MDM on thrill.

[vafan13]

Straight roads in the middle of nowhere is key. Move a bit across center line to get more buffer on the shoulder. I didn't have any problems with going sideways but it's definitely something to pay attention to in 1st.