[B.P222]

Planning to get stage 1 , please recommend the best company and why .

[MBBM5]

Originally Posted by B.P222

Planning to get stage 1 , please recommend the best company and why .

I went with Carbahn and got the warranty. Very happy with the added power and piece of mind.

[19M5]

Not exactly sure what you mean by stage one, but you should consider Racechip.

[TrevorM3]

oh god

[Aronis]

Originally Posted by TrevorM3

oh god

LOL, dying laughing. What do you mean by that Trevor. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Mike

[dougpaper]

Originally Posted by Aronis

LOL, dying laughing. What do you mean by that Trevor. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Mike

I can answer for trevor, millionith chip thread. I have contributed to some so its part of the process.

[TrevorM3]

Originally Posted by Aronis

LOL, dying laughing. What do you mean by that Trevor. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Mike

[Aronis]

I have a friend who picked up a 2009 335i convertible, it's in great condition. I helped him do the maintenance things that car needs, new gasket for the oil filter housing, but ended up doing new intake, including changing to metal pipes, new intercooler, plugs, coils, front bearings, etc .. the car is in fantastic shape. This Saturday he is doing a tune. 400 hp at the wheels? Is that possible. LOL. He's itching to do the cat back exhaust (down pipe will result in stinky car). It's an illness. Do I have to tune my Boxster now? LOL. NOT

Mike

[TrevorM3]

Originally Posted by Aronis

I have a friend who picked up a 2009 335i convertible, it's in great condition. I helped him do the maintenance things that car needs, new gasket for the oil filter housing, but ended up doing new intake, including changing to metal pipes, new intercooler, plugs, coils, front bearings, etc .. the car is in fantastic shape. This Saturday he is doing a tune. 400 hp at the wheels? Is that possible. LOL. He's itching to do the cat back exhaust (down pipe will result in stinky car). It's an illness. Do I have to tune my Boxster now? LOL. NOT

Mike

the 335i is probably the worst car ever known to man. My mom had one (09) also, and the problems just never stopped.

With that being said, it is a great platform to make power on. My buddy has one, makes over 700whp on big turbo, it's a hoot. And of course, it's down every month for one reason or another..

[Aronis]

Originally Posted by TrevorM3

the 335i is probably the worst car ever known to man. My mom had one (09) also, and the problems just never stopped.

With that being said, it is a great platform to make power on. My buddy has one, makes over 700whp on big turbo, it's a hoot. And of course, it's down every month for one reason or another..

We think we are ahead of the known issues. Funny how the oil leak leads to break down of the serpentine belt leading to some catastrophic failure. LOL. What other issues are you aware of?

Mike

(bigger turbo's will likely be done this winter, he has the Tune BUG)

[Dethsupp0rt]

Originally Posted by Aronis

What other issues are you aware of?

The water pump will fail. If it's tuned, you'll need new coils and/or plugs every year. If it's not leaking, then you'll burn at least a quart of oil every other month.

Other than that, I liked mine.

[Aronis]

Originally Posted by Dethsupp0rt

The water pump will fail. If it's tuned, you'll need new coils and/or plugs every year. If it's not leaking, then you'll burn at least a quart of oil every other month.

Other than that, I liked mine.

We are planning on doing the water pump next month or so. New coils and plugs last month. Oil leak issue taken care of. Entire engine looked over and CLEANED (he's quite good about that) and no other oil leaks found. I am trying to talk him out of tune more than stage 1. LOL. Enjoy the car don't KILL IT.

Mike

[mike@x-ph.com]

Originally Posted by B.P222

Planning to get stage 1 , please recommend the best company and why .

I assume you mean piggyback when you say Chip tuning, get the BMS stage 1. best value for a stock M5

[pbonsalb]

Originally Posted by Aronis

We are planning on doing the water pump next month or so. New coils and plugs last month. Oil leak issue taken care of. Entire engine looked over and CLEANED (he's quite good about that) and no other oil leaks found. I am trying to talk him out of tune more than stage 1. LOL. Enjoy the car don't KILL IT.

Mike

Put a JB4 on it and leave it at that. Catless downpipes and meth would be the next level if you can’t leave well enough alone. I put just a JB4 on my E61 535xi and liked it. Selling that car now and removed the JB4 if you are interested for $250 shipped. Fits any N54 car as far as I know.

[Aronis]

He did the tune this morning. We went for a ride. FAST, really fast. LOL. Then it happened, check engine light, limp mode. Investigated and found a bad COIL. So more parts.........

That is why I leave my cars STOCK. I told him.....leave it as is......enjoy it as is....

Mike

[pbonsalb]

Coils are common with more boost. I started getting misfires at the higher boost with the JB4. Changed to S55 coils and no more issues.

[TrevorM3]

Originally Posted by Aronis

We think we are ahead of the known issues. Funny how the oil leak leads to break down of the serpentine belt leading to some catastrophic failure. LOL. What other issues are you aware of?

Mike

(bigger turbo's will likely be done this winter, he has the Tune BUG)

turbos twice, hpfp's twice, coils.. and after 1.5 years it was time to go.

[pbonsalb]

Have had my 08 E61 535xi for 10 years and just replaced the turbos at 152k as preventative maintenance. Also did the water pump as preventative maintenance (last replaced around 75k miles). HPFP replaced under warranty before I bought the car and no issues since. I changed the ignition coils once. Has been very reliable but I have maintained it. I am giving it to a family friend now and think it will go another 5 years.

[Aronis]

Originally Posted by pbonsalb

Have had my 08 E61 535xi for 10 years and just replaced the turbos at 152k as preventative maintenance. Also did the water pump as preventative maintenance (last replaced around 75k miles). HPFP replaced under warranty before I bought the car and no issues since. I changed the ignition coils once. Has been very reliable but I have maintained it. I am giving it to a family friend now and think it will go another 5 years.

Exactly. If you tune it, you will kill it. BMW stock spec for reliability and longevity. Tune stresses it too much.

Mike

[Jocko78]

To each their own, tuning comes with risk. I am totally ok with the risk, totally fine with accelerated wear, I've used RC on multiple cars, roughly 70k miles between the cars and all is well. JB4 and RC are pretty tame.

[pbonsalb]

Originally Posted by Aronis

Exactly. If you tune it, you will kill it. BMW stock spec for reliability and longevity. Tune stresses it too much.

Mike

I tune everything, but some more mildly than others. The E61 535xi got a JB4, the E90 M3 got a tune, x-pipe, pulley, intake and water/meth injection, the F90 M5 has a JB4 and is getting water/meth injection, and the E36 M3 has a turbocharged built motor with tune and exhaust and water/meth injection.

[Aronis]

Originally Posted by pbonsalb

I tune everything, but some more mildly than others. The E61 535xi got a JB4, the E90 M3 got a tune, x-pipe, pulley, intake and water/meth injection, the F90 M5 has a JB4 and is getting water/meth injection, and the E36 M3 has a turbocharged built motor with tune and exhaust and water/meth injection.

Oh, my, LOL. Let me know when each gets to 150,000 miles as my untuned RS6 did LOL..

I know it's fun.....and you can get huge power, but I can't take that kind of risk for a little more fun. These cars are great as they are.

Mike