what type of suspension is on the e60 525i

Back in the good ol' days of police driver training, we used to run "bald eagles" at 100 PSI (honestly) on a flooded skidpan to learn car control.

Few things since then have been so much fun, at least while I had my clothes on.

LOL My race bicycle pump allows me to inflate car tires as well... next time my tires are shaved, I'll try the 100psi stunt in a parking lot before replacement :-))))

Yes, a CTS-V will trash *any* BMW excepting an E60 M5. It is essentially even in performance (of all kinds, not only straight-ahead acceleration) to an E39 M5. And they cost less than either of your cars.

Chrysler resurrected the Hemi name about 5 years ago, in a 5.7L V8, and in a 6.1L V8. The only thing the current engines have in common with the 360&426 engines are the Hemi name, SOHC pushrods, and combustion chamber shape.

See, you continue to show that you know nothing about US cars, even though you claim to have lived here.

What's this now - "Scrap heap challenge"

SOHC ??????????

Yes--------------- 1982 - 1987 but then the Buick Regal had a 90 deg crap V6 and you had the double nickel speed limit. The Caddy I had at that time was the one with the 4, 6, 8, cyl firing system to save on fuel and gas was 50c gallon. All US cars were massively over geared and @ 70 mph one could actually see the fuel gauge (gage) move. Couldn't coax more than 75 out of that bus and the caddy - well nice to ride in and fair to drive but no real mover!

Why would an engine have an overhead cam and push rods? Push rods were used on engines that had the cam down in the block.

But I agree 100% that the Chrysler Corp has resurrected the "Hemi" name purely for marketing.

It's a way of operating non inline valves from a central overhead cam. Pushrods can be lighter than long rocker arms. IIRC, the pre-war BMW 6 used this method.

I'm so used to overhead cams my brain just pre-pended SOHC to the valve type. You've gotta love associative memory, even when the association is incorrect.

FloydR

Frighteningly, yes. I knew from the day I saw some preproduction prototypes sitting at the local track - having recently returned from testing at the Nurburgring (they left the stickers on one) that this was One Bad Caddy. Andy Pilgrim and others have raced them quite successfully in a couple of sedan series here.

Running radar on them at selected points during some of those races, I know they were among the fastest cars on the track. As much as I might like your 'short' E38 (and *not* the E45, or whatever your diesel is), they are *no* match for a CTS-V in terms of speed and handling.

-- C=2ER. Krieger (Been there; done that)