Radiant heat in the engine bay with larger turbo kits
Hey guys, When I was picking up the 135i from LT BMW last week I noticed a single turbo car in for repair. Apparently some parts under the hood had melted due to radiant heat from the turbo kit itself....
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Vargas Stage 1 BETA - Early Dynos
Hey guys, here are some dynos from Vargas Stage 1 turbos as installed on my car. Details on these turbos can be provided by Tony. The reason it took this long to get these to you guys is primarily to...
View ArticleVTT New Website is Live
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know we have done a redesign of our performance section of our website and would love for you to check it out and give us your feedback. There are still a few small...
View ArticleSudden Drivetrain Hum at the Track - Broken Component?
Setup - FBO E92, 6MT, NT05R DRs, and wavetrac LSD Did a good 10 runs or so at the 1/4 track, one of which had a hard pop during launch. I got ittermittant wheel hop on a run, but nothing bad. On the...
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First N54 plug change
Car just hit 23,000 miles. Been tuned since 17k on JB4, 1k with COBB. Car wasn't misfiring but I just did it for preventative maintenance. How do they look? 6 was a little black to me. Car's a 2008,...
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Intake Port cleaning a new method and some interesting findings.
So I decided to try a different idea when it came to intake cleaning. I wanted to skip the vacuum adapter and go with an adapter that bolts on and recycles the media. Along with this a recycling i...
View Articlelow fuel pressure at idle
I have a 335 with jb4 and cobb backend flash with the walbro 455lph. I installed this using Terrys diy with 225psi e85 rated lines and my lpfp only holds 50psi at idle. When i get in the gas it just...
View ArticleNext Potential Project: AT to MT Trans swap
I am in the very early stages of looking into this as a possibility. I have sourced a few 6MT's from salvage for around 2k +/- a few hundred depending on mileage ect. I saw on e90 that someone had done...
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Take a look at my data logs? Car falling on its face
Car has been acting weird ever since it came back from the dealer for new turbos, injectors, HPFP, etc. See THIS THREAD for one issue that has popped up. The car is currently stock except for Cobb...
View ArticleVargas Turbo Tech STG 3 on 335XI ?
I convinced my brother to buy some turbo's for the car. (we've always been in competition) What are some things you gents think I need to consider adding to the list- besides tuning of course. its a...
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N54 DCT WR DYNO with SSP CLUTCH PACK
Hey guys, Just wanted to share my story about my DCT build and my WR Dyno. This is not intended to start a tuning war or to make anyone look stupid *cough*cough* 135 pages of garbage. For starters I...
View ArticleGetting totally fcuked off with the 335i
Ok changed about everything boost side [other than the turbos] changed all the vac side [ yup Terry i checked the vac system as you recommended] and still getting 30FF. Car is no fun anymore, was more...
View ArticleRadiant heat in the engine bay with larger turbo kits
Hey guys, When I was picking up the 135i from LT BMW last week I noticed a single turbo car in for repair. Apparently some parts under the hood had melted due to radiant heat from the turbo kit itself....
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Vargas Stage 1 BETA - Early Dynos
Hey guys, here are some dynos from Vargas Stage 1 turbos as installed on my car. Details on these turbos can be provided by Tony. The reason it took this long to get these to you guys is primarily to...
View ArticleSudden Drivetrain Hum at the Track - Broken Component?
Setup - FBO E92, 6MT, NT05R DRs, and wavetrac LSD Did a good 10 runs or so at the 1/4 track, one of which had a hard pop during launch. I got ittermittant wheel hop on a run, but nothing bad. On the...
View ArticleHelmholtz Resonator (1/4 length resonator)
Looked into this on my break today, seems that it could help those with drone. I made a quick matlab function to solve this for you. For instance if you are experiencing drone at 2500 rpm's, and the...
View ArticleMotul 75w140 for quaife ?
During my Quaife install, my installer used motul 75w140. The diff is dead silent, no whine, no clunk, perfect backlash. Here's my current concern: 1. motul 75w140 is not exactly OEM viscosity, i think...
View ArticleUpdated Numbers Coming
Good Evening, Tomorrow Garth @undercover @undercoverangie will be dyno testing my car. Some of you are aware that my car put down 469/491 (e85/no meth) last time it was on the dyno but with terrible...
View ArticleDME Code 2C9E after clutch install
Hi. I had my clutch and flywheel replaced (Spec Stage 2+ with OEM Dual Mass Flywheel), and I notice that now I get a regular 2C9E DME code. A bolt was corroded on one of the downpipes and had to be...
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Take a look at my data logs? Car falling on its face
Car has been acting weird ever since it came back from the dealer for new turbos, injectors, HPFP, etc. See THIS THREAD for one issue that has popped up. The car is currently stock except for Cobb...
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