supergripen;356144 said:wow!!! this is good stuff!! its a pity i don't have the N52..if not,i'll be first to sign up..
its about time the e90s take the fight back to those pesky Golf GTis..i'm sick and tired of hearing Golf GTi owners boasting of how they'd leave an e90 325i eating their TFSi dust!!!! arghhh!!
so i guess this is the first salvo in tuning the N52.. looks promising indeedy:top:
supergripen;358924 said:yup,if u're looking at performance,the Golf GTi still holds the advantage owing to it's award winning turbo engine and DSG box.but with a stroker kit,a 325i should be able to close the gap and not be left too far behind.
mind,with a turbo upgrade(340hp),the GTi would give even a 335i a good run.and it doesn't even cost much to upgrade the turbo on the GTi(of course,relatively speaking la..)
btw,i wonder how much a 3.0 stroker kit costs for an M54B25 (e60)?
Bro I believe remapping is all what you need :top:ravenous;361328 said:I'm new to these forums and I need help.
I have a 2007 prefacelift E60 523i purchased from Sapura. I believe the engine is a N52B25 putting out a detuned 174 hp and 230 Nm. The same engine block in the 525i puts out 215 hp and 250 Nm. I do find the 523's somewhat underpowered in normal driving. Is there anyway to increase my 523's output to something close to the 525's?
I have a mods budget of RM5K for the remainder of this year. May be another RM5K for next year.
Grateful for advice,
Ravenous.
leforte;357282 said:Sad to say , the GTI is still having some advantage with its weight and power ratio, have seen some local GTIs are putting out 290hp with just a simple reflash tuning, not even a bolt-on turbo upgrade yet!! and its also sad to say that the n52/n52 is a black sheep in the bmw engine stable, as every tuner is mostly looking at the n54 turbo charged tuning now. sigh....
but never the less, the stroker is at least good start for more future performance upgrades on the n52, esspecially the 2.5l. what's the next item being looked at by tuners around after this some may ask? well there is a performance cam and reflash tuning being developed for the valtronic application, curently still under testing.
just an Update on the 2 stroker kits i have :-
one kit SOLD, and installed, the happy owner will be chiming in with his review on the kit and performance very soon when he has the time to part with his very busy schedule.
To those interested on the other kit, please contact me directly for more details.
Spaceman;370425 said:very keen, but reliability comes in question? how can we assured in this aspect?
Spaceman;417518 said:wow, very very tempting on the figues.
can we hear some feedbacks from the 2 previous stoker owners to share some views on this mod...such as problems, fuel consumption, new car behaviour, etc...etc?
really itchy to explore how a 300 hp car is like...! :top:
you have PM bro! :wink: