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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jerman" data-source="post: 366322" data-attributes="member: 3089"><p>Just to share.............I extracted the following from the Singapore BMW club's forum, comments from a Member on Bernard as follows,</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: blue">Jan 2007</span></em></span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: blue">To put aside any doubts about how much are the actual gains, a before and after dyno on the M54 2.171 cc engine was done. </span></em></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: black">Factory specs:</span></strong></span></em></span></span><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">a. 170 bhp at 6100rpm </span></span></span></strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">b. 210Nm at 3500 rpm</span></span></span></strong></em></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">Dyno before ecu flash:</span></span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">a. 174 bhp at 6100 rpm (178 bhp at 6300 rpm)</span></span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">b. 218 Nm at 3750rpm</span></span></span></em></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">(The car has some light mods, namely GruppeM, supersprint muffler, broquet and Volk Racing spark plugs. These may have pushed the power and torque marginally above factory specs.)</span></span></span></em></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"><strong><span style="color: black">Dyno after ecu flash:</span></strong></span></span></em></span></span><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">a. 194 bhp at 6100rpm (198 at 6300 rpm)</span></span></span></strong></em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: black">b. 242 Nm at 3900rpm</span></span></span></strong></em></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: blue"><span style="color: blue"></span><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Both horsepower and torque register a gain of about 11%. Even the lowest torque of 222Nm (from 2250rpm onwards) is already above the pre-flash peak of 218Nm. </span></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: blue">The figures now are on a par with the factory specs for M54 2.5l engine! I constantly check my rpm to see that the same power/torque is now realised at a lower rpm than before. </span></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em><span style="color: blue"><strong><u>Bernard's background</u></strong></span></em></span></span></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">He went to Italy for a 10 day intensive serial programming course. </span></span></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: blue">Equipments that he bought back including OBDII flashing & Eprom read & write..... The only difference is Bernard will read the original map & re-write to each & individual preference/mods. Can fine tune the car till map is optimised & a near perfect AFR.</span></span></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>

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