[Hunter399]

Just got my car dynoed and now I have proof of how awful this thing really is


I will scan it wen I get home


It made 170 hp.....WOHO Sweet intake@

[Hunter399]

Here is the proof.....

[ek9hatch00]

so many people on this forum are saying how bmw's are not about power...yet you people waste so much money on stuff that dont even make a difference and saying how good they are when you dont even know anything about the stuff...if you want something fast...get another car...

[NaTuReB0Y]

please do a dyno with your stock car and post the results so we can compare.....

what are we comparing this to???

[Ryan@Motorwerks]

Originally Posted by ek9hatch00

so many people on this forum are saying how bmw's are not about power...yet you people waste so much money on stuff that dont even make a difference and saying how good they are when you dont even know anything about the stuff...if you want something fast...get another car...

He never said "how good they are" if you didn't catch on. What's wrong with trying to make a car faster?

[Hunter399]

Ya i know there isant much to compair this too

I am getting a stock one done wednesday

[NaTuReB0Y]

Originally Posted by hunter399

Ya i know there isant much to compair this too

I am getting a stock one done wednesday

i wanna see the comparison.....badly!!!

[ek9hatch00]

Originally Posted by 335e90

He never said "how good they are" if you didn't catch on. What's wrong with trying to make a car faster?

when you pay 300 something for something that barely makes your car faster..thats stupid..thats whats wrong...and dont try to act smart

[Hunter399]

me too

Well on wednesday I will get a dyno of the before with stock intake and eisenmann and an after with only full Eisenmann system (Catback)

[06E90Rostik]

170 additional or 170 total power in your car?

bmwusa.con says that 325 has 215 and 330 has 255 :

[canucklion]

you gotta be kidding me, 170 additional horsepower?

it's total power, dyno results can vary between different brands of dynonameter, as well as the conditions the car is ran under. Just look a t hunter's dyno result and compare it to diesel's dyno, hunter got about 150tq whereas diesel got about 250tq!

Originally Posted by 06E90Rostik

170 additional or 170 total power in your car?

bmwusa.con says that 325 has 215 and 330 has 255 :

[canucklion]

can't wait for the results, I'm curious to see if the fujita intake would actually decrease the hp/tq slightly aftering reading your description on what you felt/heard after the intake install, keep us posted

Originally Posted by hunter399

me too

Well on wednesday I will get a dyno of the before with stock intake and eisenmann and an after with only full Eisenmann system (Catback)

[Hunter399]

Originally Posted by 06E90Rostik

170 additional or 170 total power in your car?

bmwusa.con says that 325 has 215 and 330 has 255 :

hah ya my car has 385 hp...

no 170 total at the wheels

[Hunter399]

ya Diesels dyno was total crap...

250 ft/lb of torque? YEAH RIGHT!

[06E90Rostik]

Originally Posted by hunter399

hah ya my car has 385 hp...

no 170 total at the wheels

What? You installed intake and power went down? Wow...

[akhbhaat]

170 from an engine rated at 215 is within normal range for auto (automatics usually have a 20-22% loss in a RWD drivetrain).

The stock airbox is well engineered. With the M54 engines in the E46, it's not uncommon to LOSE a bit of power when going from the stock box to an aftermarket cone filter. I get the impression you're new to the BMW community if you're expecting any sort of gain from typical bolt-on modifications...

What I'm curious about is the remarkably weak torque output. My 2.5L E46 (albeit a 5 speed) puts down more than that.

[Hunter399]

I really need to get the stock airbox dynoed so I can have some real proof

[Driv3r]

i realize that hunter has a steptronic, but here is a ballpark figure of where his hp should be at, since its auto, take away what? like 5-10 at MOST....ok socompare what hunter got to this..............

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...light=6mt+dyno

[akhbhaat]

Originally Posted by Driv3r

i realize that hunter has a steptronic, but here is a ballpark figure of where his hp should be at, since its auto, take away what? like 5-10 at MOST....ok socompare what hunter got to this..............

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...light=6mt+dyno

16-17% loss versus 20-22% loss. It's roughly a 5% difference that scales with total output.

Do remember that some dynos (mainly Dynojets) are optimistic. The 201 hp figures in the link you quoted are almost certainly a bit inflated.

[06E90Rostik]

Originally Posted by akhbhaat

170 from an engine rated at 215 is within normal range for auto (automatics usually have a 20-22% loss in a RWD drivetrain).

The stock airbox is well engineered. With the M54 engines in the E46, it's not uncommon to LOSE a bit of power when going from the stock box to an aftermarket cone filter. I get the impression you're new to the BMW community if you're expecting any sort of gain from typical bolt-on modifications...

What I'm curious about is the remarkably weak torque output. My 2.5L E46 (albeit a 5 speed) puts down more than that.

You're right I am new. Just don't understand why would people spend big money on mods that actually take away power? Again I'm new to all this mods thing

[Driv3r]

we obviously expected the mod to give power not take.

[06E90Rostik]

I mean I did my Xenons but thats not mod its upgrading, don't understand why would you mess with engine, its not 96 Civic that would take anything, its fragile E90