der5er on August 20th, 2006

As promised, today I will post pictures from tearing apart a BMW e28 M5. First, a little history. Rob is the most recent owner of this car. It has a salvage title and a blown exhaust valve and 144,000 miles on the odometer. Before that, we know the car was owned [...]

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der5er on July 5th, 2006

athomas at the M5 board has it all down in a nutshell.
Links to this post have made the rounds on most M5 related message boards this summer, and, like many readers have said, it nearly brings tears to my eyes. Mr. Thomas describes perfectly the experiences of driving a 20 year old car. [...]

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Finkbuilt ? Blog Archive ? DIY Fuel Injection Conversion
Jalopnik pointed this one out yesterday. Finkbuilt is a great blog, and currently he’s converting his ‘hot rod’ e12 2002 over to EFI with Megasquirt. I’ve seen a few guys doing Megasquirt conversions on their e28 M30’s, but never in the detail that Finkbuilt is [...]

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der5er on May 31st, 2006

MyE28.com :: View topic - 5er Fest ‘06 Trophy Winners!
Layton has posted the official trophy winners for this year’s 5erFest. I’ve included the pictures for the ones I had.
Best of Show E28: Ted Kalman

Best of Show E12: Eddie Ribeiro

Beater: Jay Neal

Garage Queen: Larry Cullins

Overall Best of Show: Bruce Bockelman

Hi-Mileage E12: Peter Florance, 426,000 km

Hi-Mileage E28: [...]

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der5er on May 30th, 2006

This was my first Fest, and I have to say that it was every bit as fun as people told me it would be!! The first fun thing for me was the drive there! A nice long haul from Richmond, VA to South Bend, IN. Beautiful roads and beautiful country the whole [...]

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