Ped has a new toy! project M535i

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:19 pm

Glad youve got a new toy pete!:thumbs:
I must admit i know absolutly bugger all about M5`s so whats the spec?

pedGSR · Post by **pedGSR** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:28 pm

well its not quite an m5 but its a m535i. shes a 3.5 straight 6 with 220bhp and a huge amount of torque. its the same spec, bodykit and the like as an m5 just without the 286bhp engine(and huuuuuge price tag). shes great fun to drive. just need to swap the insurance over now

pedGSR · Post by **pedGSR** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:34 pm

a few more pictures...

the front wings need replacement...

and ive found the cause of a 'slight' water ingress problem....

some fresh metal needed there i think!!

russ979 · Post by **russ979** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:35 pm

pedGSR wrote:well its not quite an m5 but its a m535i. shes a 3.5 straight 6 with 220bhp and a huge amount of torque. its the same spec, bodykit and the like as an m5 just without the 286bhp engine(and huuuuuge price tag). shes great fun to drive. just need to swap the insurance over now

I see! I could blame your poor photos for not knowing what model it was;) ..................... But that would n`t be the truth.

Good luck with it!

Rob S · Post by **Rob S** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:39 pm

Love these cars!
Brilliant fun I'm sure, can't wait to see this progress

And at long last I'm joined by another D reg

miss pedGSR · Post by **miss pedGSR** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:45 am

cant wait to take "Dumbo" on holiday with us, shame im not on the insurance as id love to take turns in driving him.

pedGSR · Post by **pedGSR** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 6:00 pm

a small update. well not had much time to work on the old girl but have done a few odds and ends. first was to do a valve clearence adjustment which was desperately needed. so i did this and then a few bits were ordered off the ebay.

then got round to fitting them. along with the discs and calipers off my e32.

plenty of knuckle scraping and

no major problems and i used a pressure bleeder to bleed the brakes. after about 6 cars i finally have one that it actually works on!

the bushes, brake lines, disc swap etc took about 12 hours all in so not a bad effort.

thought i had taken more pics but cant locate them.

next jobs...wings, rear arches, exhaust. roll on my next week off!

pedGSR · Post by **pedGSR** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:39 pm

now up for sale sadly

http://www.bigpower.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=20356