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I suspect that's wishful thinking, my friend. 
07-30-2006, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BMWDK' post='317032' date='Jul 30 2006, 03:42 PM
It is possible my friend... with the correct tuning...
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='317084' date='Jul 31 2006, 10:16 AM
I've never seen any remapped 535 run quite the best times that some of the 545 owners here report. Perhaps you can show us something different?
07-31-2006, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='317084' date='Jul 31 2006, 05:16 AM
I've never seen any remapped 535 run quite the best times that some of the 545 owners here report. Perhaps you can show us something different?
Also some mebers here get i dunno some quite optimistic data with alot of calculations and adjustments and so on that surpass my knowledge and my interest also. It my very well be true, i don't have the experience of running timed 1/4 or whatever. But i posted earlier on the race i had with the 645iA and the results, and the comfirmation of the guy about how things stack up. Bare in mind that my 535d is stock and no remaps...yet.
Also i was suprised as i said of how well the diesel stacked up knowing that it was a 6 series and as i know those are a bit faster then their 5 series brothers (645i a lil faster then the 545i)
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='317084' date='Jul 30 2006, 09:16 PM
I've never seen any remapped 535 run quite the best times that some of the 545 owners here report. Perhaps you can show us something different?
07-31-2006, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BMWDK' post='317441' date='Jul 31 2006, 03:11 PM
I'm just saying that it would be possible... with a brutal remapp of the engine... no doubt that it would not be good to the engine... but looking at the torque and standard performances of the 535d you don't have to be a professor to understand that this car can get very very fast with a remapp... I really hope you guys in california get to experience one of these monsters sometime in the future...
. There's certainly going to be a lot of demand when they do finally show up in the US 
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Originally Posted by 07530d' post='316626' date='Jul 29 2006, 04:40 PM
The 120d would not have done that to my 530d (231) - had a re-map last week to 271hp - 590Nm
I feel very fast 70 - 130 or more. Gotta slow down - doing 120 all the time
I feel very fast 70 - 130 or more. Gotta slow down - doing 120 all the time
Weight my friends wiehgt!!
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Originally Posted by gtfire' post='321192' date='Aug 10 2006, 07:41 PM
120 d
50-70 3.38 secs
100 in 16.5
All for ?400 English Pounds + 1 one20d
50-70 3.38 secs
100 in 16.5
All for ?400 English Pounds + 1 one20d
Agreed, a remapped 120d will walk all over a 530i from 50-75mph in 4th simple as that!
But why would you want to do it in 4th??
What about in 3rd?? I bet the gap would close then a little with the 3.0L petrol sitting nicely at what?? 4500rpm?
Don't get me wrong I am not slating the 120d, far from it, after borrowing one the other day I was hooked, in fact we borrowed the 120d on Sunday and I am hoping to swap my wifes Mini for a 120d on Monday if all goes well!!
Fantastic car, and makes more sense to swap her Mini for one than swap my car for a 335d or 335i, I then have a small nible car that will remap to 210bhp and still get 40+ mpg and I have the 535d for when we need a bigger car.
The 120d should not be written off though, I would expect a remapped one to beat the 530i nearly everytime when rolling.
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