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OppositeLockMT
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The 330i sounds more refined aswell
YUBEN said:
Who says a 328i can't? :fencelook:
OppositeLockMT
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My needle couldn't get past 235km/h :fencelook:
LPM320
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This is where the m50 intake really shines. it totally tranforms the top of the rev range of that motor. Where as a normal 328i pulls hard from the bottom till about 5500 r/min and then hits a wall. With the m50 intake, there is a very slight loss of low end torque (untuned only, remapping sorts that out), but what happens after 4500 r/min more than makes up for it. The car pulls HARD all the way to the limiter. Even the sound of the motor after 4500 r/min changes.
The best I have seen so far in my 328i is an indicated 250km/h @ 6400r/min. To be honest the revs were still creeping up slowly (my car has a raised rev limit of 6900 r/min), but I ran out of road.
OppositeLockMT
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I wouldn't be able to survive with a slight loss of low-end torque. :fencelook:
I will only sell my 325i if there was NO other way to get by, and by selling it I would be able to get some cash in hand to help me survive... I won't even trade her in to upgrade, and thats why I decided to keep her, pay her off, and keep her... :inlove:
From day 1 of owning her, I was happy, and after doing software in 2007 via JSN motors, I was even more happy, as it brought out the low end torque more, and made her drink less. So good she was on the highway, that on a trip 360km trip there, and 360km back, going from Pretoria to Nellspruit, I got 6.2l/100km. :dropjaw:
In 2011, going to Uvongo, 722km trip, I got 6.8l/100km going there, as I was pushing it the last 160km to get there, and the car was loaded.
Coming back a week later, I got 7.2l/100km, as I was pushing the entire time, as I still had to go to work that night and was rushing back. :argh:
Highest documented speed test, true speed on the Garmin is 220km/h then I tapped off, but I have indeed run her to where the speedo ends at the 250km/h mark, and I know at that speed there is about a 10km/h reading error, but it was pushing past the the little stripe showing the 250km/h mark, and yea, hit the rev limitter in 5th gear... and slagged of... :fencelook:
After doing full exhaust including headers and twin freeflow, and getting Promotec to do the software, I have even better low down torque, and rarely need to downshift. The only problem now is because of the beautiful exhaust note, and I have been told by other fanatics that my car does sound great, I am constantly putting foot, and gearing back to hear the sound... :rollsmile:
I am happy with my baby, and yea, although I did have a run against a stock 325i and lost in a sense, it was purely my fault in launching kak, and I am pretty sure if I have to go to a track and do a few proper runs in a controlled place, I would do MUCH better. I know she is not the fastest, and the newest, and not a 330i or an M3, but for me my 325i is like Tina Turner sang: "You're simply the best!!" :inlove:
From day 1 of owning her, I was happy, and after doing software in 2007 via JSN motors, I was even more happy, as it brought out the low end torque more, and made her drink less. So good she was on the highway, that on a trip 360km trip there, and 360km back, going from Pretoria to Nellspruit, I got 6.2l/100km. :dropjaw:
In 2011, going to Uvongo, 722km trip, I got 6.8l/100km going there, as I was pushing it the last 160km to get there, and the car was loaded.
Coming back a week later, I got 7.2l/100km, as I was pushing the entire time, as I still had to go to work that night and was rushing back. :argh:
Highest documented speed test, true speed on the Garmin is 220km/h then I tapped off, but I have indeed run her to where the speedo ends at the 250km/h mark, and I know at that speed there is about a 10km/h reading error, but it was pushing past the the little stripe showing the 250km/h mark, and yea, hit the rev limitter in 5th gear... and slagged of... :fencelook:
After doing full exhaust including headers and twin freeflow, and getting Promotec to do the software, I have even better low down torque, and rarely need to downshift. The only problem now is because of the beautiful exhaust note, and I have been told by other fanatics that my car does sound great, I am constantly putting foot, and gearing back to hear the sound... :rollsmile:
I am happy with my baby, and yea, although I did have a run against a stock 325i and lost in a sense, it was purely my fault in launching kak, and I am pretty sure if I have to go to a track and do a few proper runs in a controlled place, I would do MUCH better. I know she is not the fastest, and the newest, and not a 330i or an M3, but for me my 325i is like Tina Turner sang: "You're simply the best!!" :inlove:
OppositeLockMT
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Your 325i would probably leave my 328i for dead Cois :rollsmile:
OppositeLockMT said:
...all depending on how kak I launch it off the line... :fencelook:
Did make a vid today of my baby going 0-100... between 6.5 and 7 seconds, and this here in Gauteng Pretoria. Quoted 0-100 factory at the coast is 7.2 seconds I think.
Bare in mind, I have my right arm supposed to be in a sling from a dislocated shoulder 3 weeks back, holding the phone, and the steering wheel, and my left snapping the gears, all while trying to keep my eye on the road and the rev counter, and on the phone camera to see if all is going ok... :fencelook:
I think with some proper help or someone or something else doing the monitorring of my performance it might be more acurate... :dunno:
OppositeLockMT
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That acceleration time is very impressive! I wish I could get closer to that but the Auto in my car was made for elderly cruisers :argh:
Best I've done is 8.5, doesn't feel like brake boosting helps out much either, the car just bogs down because of the lack of low end torque and slow tranny.
Best I've done is 8.5, doesn't feel like brake boosting helps out much either, the car just bogs down because of the lack of low end torque and slow tranny.
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SP33DYV
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Francois, you can stop the showboating... :fencelook: or just get the Gtech Pro from Tiaan. I doubt your car will do 0-100 in less than 7.4 secs.
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OppositeLockMT
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:fencelook:
Morne, The video is 31 seconds in total, as I was waiting for another car to drive at the STOP street before I went, and is in HD, and thus 65mb in total. I'm not uploading that. I will see if I have a video editor or something at home on my pc, and then I will edit and post it.
I launced at 15 seconds on the video, and by 22 second I already hit 100 on the speedo, and that was with hitting rev limitter in 2nd gear before I changed gear, because like I ALREADY said,
...or like I ALREADY said,
So yea, I can't see the point of your post?!?!? :tease:
I launced at 15 seconds on the video, and by 22 second I already hit 100 on the speedo, and that was with hitting rev limitter in 2nd gear before I changed gear, because like I ALREADY said,
...or like I ALREADY said,
So yea, I can't see the point of your post?!?!? :tease:
S
SP33DYV
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You know what the point is :rofl: You cant drive with a phone in your hand and measure 0-100 speed. :flyfun: Just keep in mind that your speedo will over read slightly. So true 100, will be around the 105 - 110 mark. Just get the Gtech Pro from Tiaan. :fencelook: and me to drive. 
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OppositeLockMT
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Looks like I'm doing 0-100 in 10 seconds then :fencelook:
SP33DYV said:You know what the point is :rofl: You cant drive with a phone in your hand and measure 0-100 speed. :flyfun: Just keep in mind that your speedo will over read slightly. So true 100, will be around the 105 - 110 mark. Just get the Gtech Pro from Tiaan. :fencelook: and me to drive.
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Thats exactly why I mentioned all the issues with my time I ran in the first place!! :flyfun:
Anyway, I am happy with how she runs, and how she sounds, and how she performs, and thats all that matters. :thumbs:
PS: My car can outrun my mother in law on her broom, and that is the most important thing to remember here!! :mmm:
S
SP33DYV
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And a 325i won't:
That is a true 237km/h in that pic.
That is a true 237km/h in that pic.
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