Group re-map/chip tuning

I know some here are interested by going this way to get a bit more out of our cars!

I was myself interested in doing it. After looking at it I found a couple of possibilities around dublin, working out @+/- 500€.

Then browsing on the forum it looks like one of our fellow member (chippeduk) as very good review for his products. I am now in contact with him. For me, he'll need to do a rolling mapping (something like this!, he need my car anyway), so I have two options:

1) I am the only one interested in ireland so I have to drive to birmingham to get it done,

2) We are few interested, we split the cost of flying him over+guinness+macdonald.

Typical cost are 50/75£ for chip and around 125£ for mapping (maybe a bit more for //Ms).

For those like me with a 2.8L M52 engine, if we add the M50 manifold/throttle body we are good for 25hp extra and 500£ less in the bank! (32€/hp )

 

Edited by ludo

i can get 17hp in many cases on the 2.8.

i am unsure of exact figure when added to the inlet by alpina527 but it will be noticable and impressive.

 

 

i guess the word has got around that i am partial to a burger :D

I got my 170bhp 2.5 523i remapped and gained 15 or 16bhp as per rolling road. I guess that the supersprint exhaust backbox and resinator pipe should have added another 5bhp so i'm now looking at 190bhp. I'm sure it would have to be a very special mapping job to gain more than 10% from a normally aspirated petrol engine, but then again maybe i'm wrong. I got mine done through LogicAutomotive, and was €400.

I contacted alpina527 and he is very short on m50 manifolds, so maybe a group search might be in order for donor manifolds, and perhaps we could get someone to do the job here. I've been told that with larger throttle body/m50 manifold 15/20bhp extra wouldn't be unrealistic, so perhaps that would mean 205/210bhp for my 523i. A combination of chip and manifold/throttle body should add approx 30/35bhp.

Before you try France try...

kbannon wrote: Before you try France try... Traynors Ltd Scrap Dealers Scrap Merchants 86 Armagh Road, Moy, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, BT71 7JA Tel: 048-38891242 Fax: 048-38891611

I'll give hime a call tomorrow,

Thanks

 

Im interested as I was going to get this done in England when I was home some time.  Although Im not exactly enamoured with driving to Athlone to get it done?! Surely there will be more people around Dublin? Im interested in the throttle body and manifold idea aswell

If you find a manifold, it must be part number 1 735 730 2.5 or alternatively, 1 735 728 2.5. No other number will do. They are fitted to E36 325 and E34 525 models from 92-96. They need extensive modification, which will take about a week. The bodies are always in stock.

The part number is located under the throttle body hole.

If you have any doubt about which manifold you have, please email me on alpina527@aol.com or phone/text +447968391056

Make sure they aren't from the 2 litre!!

Ludo,

I'm strongly considering doing the same and would be on for splitting the cost of flying over chippeduk if he can sort me out too.

John

chippeduk wrote: I may drive over and bring the wife and son for a weekend away.

Do we have to pay for their McDonalds also?