E30 mods?

Got the chip today, will be fitting over the weekend. Will keep you posted of results.

Thought I might squeeze this in the Mods topic...

Need new pads, the light's been flashing on the dash for a day or two now. - What do we recommend for good hot and cold stopping power? Just for road use (occasionally quite quick road use) but something that will last a track day as well?

Also tyre recommendations, as I can't afford the rims I want at the minute I'll have to replace the 14"ers...

Car as below. :) Cheers!

This makes perfect sense i cant understand why people are questioning this? In sportscar racing the cars are some times fitted with restrictors to limit the power available, all these do is limit the amountof  air the engine can get, so by opening up the throttle housing i would imagine you would get better air flow.

Cheers, thought it made sense!

listen, if you have any knowledge of performance on the M20 engine and yet dont accept a throttle body mod will tield more power then i doubt anyone will ever take anything you have to say seriously my friend.

 

without the wanting to upset you in any way i have to make it clear that this mod works, AND IT WORKS WELL !!!!!!!

by opening the throttle body and fitting the larger butterfly you yield more flow of air creating a better burn of air and fuel which makes for more power.

if your still having trouble getting your head round this you can pop over to my place and i`ll fit one to your car free of charge for a trial and if you feel no difference we can do a before and after power run at my local rolling road.

if there is no gain by the throttle body i will pay you your fuel, the rolling road costs and �100 for yourself as a daily wage.

if the throttle body yield an increase you just cover your own expenses and the rolling road (around �40 for both runs)

 

is this fair ?

I agree with b318isp (although I do not feel e30gumball is spamming). I think our problem here is one of context and of demonstrated results.

This mod is reputed to be particularly effective on the 328i (hence my interest on the other thread). The reason for this is the throttle body / manifold on that particularly engine was used to artificially introduce power restriction in order that the 328i fell into a particular German tax bracket. Therefore the mod you propose has the potential to realise particularly noticeable gains on a 328i.

If I am interpreting what I have read correctly, then the theory should hold on other models, but the result is unlikely to be as pronounced as on the 328i hence b318isp's healthy (IMHO) scepticism and inference that further 'breathing' mods will be required in order to fully develop any gains.

As I've said before Dyno plots would help, as would owners with this mod fitted. I looked on the forum you suggested and could see plenty of interest, but no success stories - perhaps I used the wrong search term(s)?