Dastek Day

Just a big thanks to everyone who came down to Dastek yesterday.. it was a l8 night but a grand chance to meet everyone and catch up.. gr8 selection of cars.. highlights for me;

M635csi.. simply brilliant. So rarely do we see these cars these days.. as most are locked in Howard's garage.

The sound of Malcs E39.. best sounding car of the day... better V8 sound than the M5.. I put it down to that bad-boy single exit pipe myself.

The onslaught of power.. that is the E39 M5 until the ecu played silly beggars..Still 320 @ the wheels at only 5500rpm..

Seeing Col's superb 2002tii.. probably the best turned out car of the day. Power-to-weight is just craaaaazeeee.

Chris excellent 325ti.. beautifully finished and the best sounding six-pot of the day IMHO. and 215bhp v.respectable. GruppeM power all the way m8!!!

Seeing everyone's face when Wendy's E30 (on supermarket 95) ran the best M3 figures of the day... go figure

Jim's M5 just being on the road..

Looking fwd to more pics.. I know Neil took a load.

Best 2 all.

Jonny

Aye, dito Neil, if you have any of mine that would be great.

Gruppe M power Jon, the old dog did alright at just 5500rpm, don't arrange another to give me time for a remap!!!!

R8 MTC wrote: Aye, dito Neil, if you have any of mine that would be great. Gruppe M power Jon, the old dog did alright at just 5500rpm, don't arrange another to give me time for a remap!!!

Will do m8.. I still think it was the AFM and hence no sign of the problem on the road. Still worth checking oil level etc over weekend. I reckon with a re-map you'll be in 215-220 territory. Eisemanns sounded sweet!

Just get some decent fuel b4 the next day...

Losing to Tigger had nowt to do with exhausts m8.. but if it makes you feel better m8.. does it hurt.. how does it feel to have been wooped by a younger man.. is your 328 still smarting from the can of woopass opened on it from Chris' 325ti...

Who knows.. that re-map may just do the trick..

Hi Chris,

Interesting.. I've seen a lot of wild 3.2 claims. Ask yourself this.. the CSL only puts out 360bhp (355) and that's with revised cam, valve, internals, CF airbox, AFM bypass.. so 389..?

I'm a little sceptical of the top line figures m8.. the cars would have to be running extremely rich to achive them without mods.. and the curves will become spikier as you push up the peak power.. likely shortening the power band, enducing flat spots (likely pinking)...

An ECU map up to say 15% is v.feasible from a good mapper by making the ecu map specific to the engine and reduce the tolerances dialed in by the manufacturer. It was reassuring to see that you got your 215bhp Tim but I'd be v.surprised if the higher output figs are a) achievable and b) achievable without detrimenting the engine over the long term.

Have they indicated that the re-map is undetectable..??

BR,

The Power Doctor

P.S: I'm running 345 on std map and 350 with uni-chip. Will re-map once I get the airbox..

tigger wrote: BMW Serie 3 (E46) 2.5 i Siemens MS43 193 215 245 275 BMW Serie 3 (E46) 2.8 i Siemens MS42 194 216 280 310 BMW Z3 Roadster 3.2 M Siemens MSS50 321 342 350 380 BMW Z3 Roadster 3.2 M Siemens MSS54 325 353 354 389

Thx for clearing up Chris.. at first it looked like the figures were various stages but instead the second pair of figures are for torque.. you rightly guess that I'm already hitting these figures and aiming more for the 360+ mark now.

Interestingly enough I found out that the M is making 1lbft (yes 1!!) less than a 360M and at 2000rpm further down the rev range.. if only the M displaced the same weight... but should prove useful on track if I can get on cam nicely behind a 360M and let the torque do the talking.. Idealyl I still want to put out 300lbft, which is nearer speed-6 TVR country.

BR,

coupe king wrote: So come on guys what figures did everyone get???

Have a look at http://www.bmwcarclubforum.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=10259&a mp;KW=dastek