The Car–Basic Stats
wayne posted in Uncategorized on February 19th, 2007
1987 BMW 535iS. Purchased in December, 1997. Miles at purchase–89,000. Current miles–220,000.
Engine–3.5 liter, fuel injected, in-line 6 cylinder.
Transmission–ZF 4HP22, 4-speed automatic with overdrive. Electronic controlled with “sport” selector switch giving higher line pressure and higher rpm shift points. Also a manual position which puts the transmission in the actual gear selected by the shift lever. Good for snow and ice.
BMW model de-coding.
535is means:
“5″ is the body series. In 1987, 3 was the smallest, entry level model. 5 was the mid-size sedan, 6 was a sport coupe, 7 was the large, luxury sedan.
“35″ is the engine size. Sort of. For example, the same basic engine was used in 1983-84 with 3.2 liter displacement but the car was called a 533i. The so-called 3.5 liter engine actually measured 3430 cc.
“i” means fuel injected.
“S” means Sport. In 1987 this meant the car came with an M5-style front air dam, a rear spoiler and Recaro bucket seats. There may have been some slight suspension tweaks as well.