My 2009 BMW E90 320D

[Bayn46]

You're going to love the C-Teq tune - power aside, the driveability went up 10 fold on my 330d especially at low RPM. I'm also getting much better economy now but still need to do the main thermostat which will lower the consumption further.

In terms of the service items, spot on with what you're doing - the DP will also make a nice difference.

 

[DieselFan]

Where did you get the diffuser from?

Can we see the dyno graph?

 

[Etienne_Pienaar]

hello pienaar,

thanks for all the nice pics and your wicket ride,i have a e90 sports pack 2007 and i can tell you she is really good with diesel but i will follow you
by doing the same thing with the carbon clean that's really something good for the engine.

enjoy the ride....

Thanks bud, I really enjoy this car!!

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You're going to love the C-Teq tune - power aside, the driveability went up 10 fold on my 330d especially at low RPM. I'm also getting much better economy now but still need to do the main thermostat which will lower the consumption further.

In terms of the service items, spot on with what you're doing - the DP will also make a nice difference.

Do you have that blue 330d they did last week? That car is very strong yoh!!! Thanks for the compliments. Cant wait to have her done!!

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Where did you get the diffuser from?

Can we see the dyno graph?

ACS kit - It was originally ordered like this from BMW. Software not loaded yet...

 

[Bayn46]

Do you have that blue 330d they did last week? That car is very strong yoh!!! Thanks for the compliments. Cant wait to have her done!!

That's the one, and thanks Extremely happy with their work!! Looking forward to your new and improved curve!

 

[Etienne_Pienaar]

Do you have that blue 330d they did last week? That car is very strong yoh!!! Thanks for the compliments. Cant wait to have her done!!

That's the one, and thanks Extremely happy with their work!! Looking forward to your new and improved curve!

Your figures made me decide to go with them :rollsmile: Thanks haha!!! Yip they said they will write me a file that is economical and also not too much of a increase in power. I just want that little bit extra to make it a better driving experience. Not going to race it!!

 

[Bayn46]

Your figures made me decide to go with them :rollsmile: Thanks haha!!! Yip they said they will write me a file that is economical and also not too much of a increase in power. I just want that little bit extra to make it a better driving experience. Not going to race it!!

Haha, have to make sure the other brands know where they stand :rollsmile:

Looked at a few other Cape Town tuning companies beforehand but after chatting with Mario, it was no competition.

 

[Etienne_Pienaar]

Lol seems likenyou achieved that. Mario also said on FB its quite a monster. Congrats on the figures. Its really impressive!!

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Oh.. May I ask.. How many days did the downpipe and software take them to do? Their downpipes looks amazing

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[Bayn46]

Lol seems likenyou achieved that. Mario also said on FB its quite a monster. Congrats on the figures. Its really impressive!!

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Oh.. May I ask.. How many days did the downpipe and software take them to do? Their downpipes looks amazing

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The best part is how tame the car is as a normal drive, and then how smoothly it delivers that new power - BMW could learn a thing or two :rollsmile:

Assuming the 320d is as easy to fit a DP to as the 330d, I'd budget 1 day for DP fitment and stock figure pulls, then 1 more day for the new map to be loaded and tested on the dyno. That being said, the day my car was mapped, the gains were pretty underwhelming, but the following morning, after the car had adapted, it switched over to the figures you saw on the graph. So if they're not super busy and can get the DP and first map fitted on day 1, let the car sit overnight then do fine tuning the next day, that would be your best case I think.

 

[Etienne_Pienaar]

I haven't done anything major to the car yet, just had the grill done with Foliatic gloss black and applied some M stripes.. Really like the outcome :=):





Had the car serviced this past weekend at my girlfriends dad's workshop, car is almost on 99000km. First we flushed the engine with Liqui Moly engine flush, replaced the oil with Liqui Moly 5W-40, and I replaced the oil filter, airfilter and fuel filter. Car is idling much softer after the flush.





Now with that out the way, I have a slow puncture right front. Found 2 nails in the tire, plugged it and it's still deflating. Seems like 2 new front tires are up next sad part is the front tires still have a lot of meat in them, probably about 65% life left. Such a waste in my eyes. I also don't want to replace only one tire. Lets see what happens as I don't want a tire plugged everywhere!!

 

[Etienne_Pienaar]

2 new Bridgestone tires went on yesterday in front, cant believe how much the drive improved, it's actually unbelievable. The previous tires where definitely problematic or something. Just sad because left front rim is buckled, now I need to fix this as well

 

[Etienne_Pienaar]

Fixed the buckled rim last week, and replaced the rear brake pads with ATE pads today as they where finished. Hopefully the maintenance will calm down a bit for now, want to start with some more cosmetic mods :cartel:

 

[Teezy_F30]

its always one thing after the next with some of us man ... glad shes sorted and running smooth ...
black grills are a must on the e90 .. changes the whole appearance of the front :clapper:

 

[Etienne_Pienaar]

Not much happened, just my gearbox started tripping out so took it to ZF and they diagnosed it with a software issue, so they reloaded the software and all sorted now!

Also bought myself LED angel eyes from Mo, so no more yellow lights. Looks boss :crazylaugh:

After a mini detail by my brother few weeks ago



The difference, white left, yellow right side





Not sure on what I will do next as I really want a E90 330d manual so dont want to spend too much on this car and everything must be transferable. Maybe some carbon mirrors or spacers, will see :rollsmile: