Want to know your Power output?

thepits wrote: SHEPSM3 wrote: some of the M' Powered cars need to be put into dyno mode, which can be tricky occassionally, but generally it's pretty easy to do. especially on an E30 M3 - isn't that in "dyno-mode" all the time?

Certainly is

Andrew Rolland wrote: Interesting. How do you put an M Powered car in dyno mode?  I was supecting that the car would need to be 'told' that it was on a set of rollers. Does anyone know if an automatic E60 has a dyno mode? Andrew

I have it written down somewhere, will need to look it out. You can certainly put it into dyno mode with Autologic.

I can't answer the E60 question as I havn't tried it myself, but I am sure there are means and ways around it.

Andrew Rolland wrote: Guys The Scottish arm of BMWCC organised a dyno run with a mixed bag of results. The E39 M5s and some of the M3s didn't like the road and my automatic E60 changed gear and upset my power graph.  The RR owner had said that M cars and autos shouldn't be a problem.... Report on the day here Organisation thread here Hopefully you have better luck on your day.  The E28 M5 should be better, with less electrical gizzmos in them to get upset and cut the engine power. I'll look out for the results. All the best with it Andrew

Atleast I am not associated with these guys..... I've heard that they say thier dyno is the "heartbreaker" for real power outputs

I also know a club cancalled the day half way through the day as there were 6 or 7 cars which made nowhere near standard figures and they asked for and got a refund. All went to another close by dyno and all were extremely happy with as expected figures..

I suspect these guys don't quite know how to use the dyno properly yet. By the feedback on the other link, they seem a nice bunch of guys, but if there is a pattern of this appearing, which there seems to be, getting back lost custom like that is hard. Certainly some of the M' Powered cars need to be put into dyno mode, which can be tricky occassionally, but generally it's pretty easy to do.

Hi people,

I have posted up in the SW section, but I guess as the day will be more MPower orientated, I would post it here too.

Venue: Circuit Motors Ltd.

Address: B4039, Castle Combe, Nr Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 7HB

Date & Time: Saturday 04th April 2009 at 9-9.30am

Cost: £40 for 2 runs and a third if those 2 are not consistent (rare).

What you get: To meet and see other like minded people and thier cars being ran up on the dyno. You get a graph of power and torque with a wealth of information from a seperate compound report which includes AFR's and Boost if you have a turbo car. The graphs and reports will include all runs carried out.

There are 3 E28 M5's already commited to the day, and some mutterings from some others who have shown interest. There is no upper or lower limit to numbers and you will pay on the day, no deposits required.

The rolling road is the latest Dastek 4WD dyno which is regarded by top tuners (including me) as being the most sensitive, accurate and repeatable rolling road out there today.

Any questions, please pm me or reply to this thread

Paul.