Question to 530d drivers. Acceleration.
01-24-2008 | 02:23 AM
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Originally Posted by User_irl' post='522010' date='Jan 23 2008, 07:15 PM
I was thinking the same and today i did a remapping. The car now like a bullet!!! A lot better than before, but i still can feel a lag before 2k revs. Before remapping the lag was about 1 second, now 0.5 second.
But after 2k revs - ...
Now I definitely can live with this.
But after 2k revs - ...
Now I definitely can live with this.
01-24-2008 | 04:34 AM
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Stick a sprint booster on, and that'll improve things a little more as well. The remap is certainly the most impressive difference, but the SB will add a little bit more. Even on my 535d with remap and SB there is still turbo lag, that's just the nature of the fuel/engine.
01-24-2008 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Russ1974' post='522238' date='Jan 24 2008, 01:34 PM
Stick a sprint booster on, and that'll improve things a little more as well.
P.S. Do you know any web sites where i can buy it?
01-25-2008 | 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by User_irl' post='521422' date='Jan 22 2008, 11:47 PM
Hi Guys. i have a question to E60 530diesel drivers. I bought BMW 530d E60 '04. i am worried about acceleration of my car. Acceleration of my car looks like a spring. As if when i press the accelerator pedal the spring is squeezing (speed is growing up very smoothly), and then suddenly explodes (circa after 2000 revs) and abrupt acceleration. is this normal, what do you think? does everybody have the same?
Thanks!
Thanks!
Other small manual transmission diesels I have driven have been all or nothing though and with a very narrow power band - this isn't something that I would have expected from a 530d though.
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01-25-2008 | 04:48 AM
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Originally Posted by User_irl' post='522480' date='Jan 24 2008, 07:24 PM
Good advice! Thanks! I'll try to find it in the web.
P.S. Do you know any web sites where i can buy it?
P.S. Do you know any web sites where i can buy it?
That is the correct one for your car, assuming you have an auto and not manual.
01-25-2008 | 04:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike O' post='521656' date='Jan 23 2008, 08:06 AM
What you are describing sounds exactly like my car, also a 530d auto. I think that part of the problem is that in ordinary mode the gearbox sets off from a standing start in 2nd gear and nothing seems to happen until the turbo kicks in. Nowadays I put the gearbox in sport mode to pull out of junctions so I can avoid the problem of pulling slowly out in front of other traffic and then suddenly taking off like a scalded cat!
The behaviour described is normal-ish in a diesel (I get less of the "rush" described by the OP out of my 530d). Mike O makes a good point about it normally starting in 2nd and remember also that there is that torque convertor in the auto trying hard to keep your gearbox from exploding from all that torque. It makes my 530d feel slow intially but it sure gets you moving. I've also found that this behaviour in my car means you quickly end up running at silly speeds without realising it.
01-25-2008 | 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by MacSid' post='522681' date='Jan 25 2008, 07:49 AM
...this behaviour in my car means you quickly end up running at silly speeds without realising it...
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