bmw exercise in germany

[dlacey]

Nice to see a tii being pushed to its limit:

 

 

[0257]

Yelling “185, no wind noise”!

[Mike Self]

200km (ca 124 mph) for the tii.  That's very good.  Wonder what the is achieved... Both are seriously fun cars.

 

mike

[TobyB]

tach reading seems low for for what the speedo's showing...

 

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what's the diff?

[uai]

3,45 probably and an OD  5 speed

Edited December 8, 2021 by uai

[Mike Self]

41 minutes ago, uai said:

and an OD  5 speed

Dunno about the diff, but the video mentioned it had a 5 speed.  Didn't say if it was a close ratio or an overdrive.  Since an '02 has the approximate aerodynamics of a shoebox, I'm surprised the wind resistance wouldn't overcome the engine's torque before it reached that speed, especially with an O/D gearbox.

 

mike

[Hans]

13 hours ago, Mike Self said:

200km (ca 124 mph) for the tii.  That's very good.  Wonder what the is achieved... Both are seriously fun cars.

 

mike

I recall seeing 220kph on the autobahn back in the day.

[02Les]

As I recall, back in the days of '02s, BMW would understate max speed and overstate oil consumption in the glovebox Handbook.

[ray_]

8 hours ago, Hans said:

I recall seeing 220kph on the autobahn back in the day.

I recall seeing optimistic speedometers.

 

 

I've seen mine on the peg

 

No, the other side of the peg.

 

:D

[cda951]

I did the Targa Baja California rally in my '73 tii in 2015, and our group had Federale escorts for portions of the rally. One of which was a long, straight run across Hwy 2 where we were able to drive flat out for at least a 1/2 hour straight. I definitely maxed out the tii (which was probably only about 115 MPH, the 911s that comprised much of the group were doing 130+), and at the time I didn't have a rev limiter--- my co-driver reminded me on a slight downhill section with the tach at 7000

 

For the record, this was with a stock 4-speed and a 3.64 E21 LSD diff, 205/50R-15 tires.

Edited December 9, 2021 by cda951

[Hans]

4 hours ago, ray_ said:

I recall seeing optimistic speedometers.

 

But it felt like 220!