Vehicle Owner

Member ID: eknowles

Location: Seattle, WA

Vehicle Info

1991 BMW 5-Series

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

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    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Jun 02, 2009

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Eric’s BMW 5-Series
“BigWhiteSled”

  • Currently 3.6 /5 Stars.
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eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Serieseknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

1992 BMW 5 Series  ****as of 3/1/09 CAR IS FOR SALE ****

Alpineweiss II     Please contact eric.knowles@plumcreek.com

80,754 Miles

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

1.       Suspension & Brakes

a.       Coilover Conversion kit from Koni-Eibach

b.      New Control Arms

c.       Front Brake Kit, Brembo GT

                                                               i.      Four piston brake calipers - 324x30 1-Piece

                                                             ii.      Red Colored Calipers

d.      Self-leveling System delete

e.      Replaced rear pad and rotors

f.        Replaced rear struts and springs

g.       E34 M5 Rear sway bar

h.      Tie Rod assembly and Sway bar link

Professional installed by Group 2 Motorsports in Seattle

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

1.       Wheels and Tires

a.       Pirelli P Zeros (Tires have 1,500 miles)

b.      Machine refinished BMW Style 21 Forged M System

                                                               i.      17x8 wheels and painted throwing stars (painted Sebring Grey)

 

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

1.       Exterior Trim

a.       E34 M5 Body kit

                                                               i.      Sourced from Germany only through BMW of Seattle (no longer offered in the U.S.)

                                                             ii.      Painted Alpineweiss II and installed by Haury’s Collision in Lake City, WA Haury's

b.      Door handles and trim

c.       New front windshield trim

d.      New Euro Hella Elipsoid Front headlights

                                                               i.      Bought new from Abrahams

e.      French Fog Lights (yellow), bought used on Ebay

f.        Euro bumper Trim (new)

g.       E34 Blacked out kidney covers

 

 

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

 

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

1.       Interior

a.       Manual Sport Seats from Euro M5

                                                               i.      Black leather with Hurricane cloth

                                                             ii.      Have fabric for back seats to be covered

1.       Stereo System – Car came with BMW Business case CD deck from Blaupunkt. (from e36)

a.       Two new amps

b.      New Rears (in Ceiling), new front kickers, new 8” sub,

c.       Ipod Interface in Glove compartment

 

 

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

1.       Engine & Drive Train – S50 from 1995 M3 (engine has documented 90k miles when transplanted)

a.       The S50B30US was a 3.0 L version, which powered the US-spec E36 M3. Power was 240 hp,

                                                               i.      Cylinder head has been freshened up, but still using the stock 3.0L cam shafts

                                                             ii.      OBD2 exhaust manifolds w/ secondary air ports welded

                                                            iii.      Custom exhaust 2 ¼” w/ resonator and magnaflow muffler and single oval tip

b.      New headgasket

c.       New ARP head studs

d.      Independent ECU from GoTech EFI Spec page

                                                               i.      Ignition coil is Bremi Unit using Magnecore ignition wires and increased flow Bosch fuel injectors

e.      Supercharger from Active Autowerks

                                                               i.      Car has been dynode and tuned at Carb Connection CarbConn.com

1.       Car has pushed 280 HP at the rear wheels or converted to 315HP at the crank

f.        Car came with rebuilt zf 5 speed conversion from EuroDepot

g.       Purchased 3.73 Limited Slip Differential from M5 and refurbished locally in Seattle

h.      New Water Pump

i.         All Engine conversion and management was performed by West Werks in Redmond, WAWest Werks

 

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

 

 

 Here is my dyno, before and after Supercharger. At the rear wheels w/ just s50 engine, I was at 210.35 which converts to 239 at the crank, not bad for a motor w/ 90k, factory is 245. The torque was at 225 before supercharger. I used .88 to convert from whp to hp. After supercharger, the HP came in at 280 whp or 318 at crank and torque was 236 and 269. Fairly happy with results. 

eknowles's 1991 BMW 5-Series

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shrike071  

Posted by: shrike071

07/07/2009 11:19AM

Beautiful car, Eric. We're nearly clones of each other, with your car getting the nod!

Y2K_TJ  

Posted by: Y2K_TJ

06/02/2009 05:10PM

Sick bimer! 5 Stars! Check out my TJ

apbmw91  

Posted by: apbmw91

06/02/2009 04:39PM

Nice car!!! congrats!

72bimmer  

Posted by: 72bimmer

03/10/2009 03:43PM

SICK E34!! wow i love it, alpine on those rims looks awesome, ive always wanted an alpine touring! 5*

ALPINAMAN  

Posted by: ALPINAMAN

02/12/2009 04:23PM

This is the first touring that made me to want one. Nice work.

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Member ID: eknowles

Location: Seattle, WA