E60_530D

I visited Evolve yesterday in Luton for an engine remap, which I chose after reading reviews here. As someone who has sat on the wall on this one for a long time, I have to say the results are quite remarkable. My car was dyno tested before and after the remap. Incredibly considering the car is supposed to have 231bhp it had 252.5 bhp on the dyno before the remap, and about 420lb/ft of torque.

After the remap, we were showing 306.6 bhp and 510lb/ft of torque which was shocking. An improvement of 54bhp and 90lb/ft of torque.

The results on the road are a car that now feels more urgent in my mind than a 535d, albeit the delivery is less linear and the lower rev range below 1750rpm is not as noticeable, the car feels more alive and the thump in your back when accelerating brings a big grin to your face.

I returned a very happy man, Imran gave me a discount of 20% for being a member of this forum, so I feel I had a good deal too.

I thoroughly recommend it to anyone sitting wondering whether to have it done. My insurance company have loaded my premiums by ?25 per year, but this seems a small price to pay.

the other upside, is that on my mixed drive home, while trying it out, but then sitting at 80mph on the motorway for about 50miles, the OBC indicated 51mpg, on a similar trip in the past the OBC would have given about 40mpg. There was a bit of a tail wind, but I think it would have done about 47mpg without the tail wind. I will give more detail when I have done a more indicative trip.

Attached is the dyno printout, Imran asked me to point out that the power curve over 3750 is a bit wobbly due to my car trying to get off the dyno, its not something you feel when driving it.

Thanks to Imran for his time,

paulmc

Could not agree more i had my 535d done there a while ago, awesome

terente0081

Paul, what new intercooler do you have? Any pics?

irshad

That's incredible. Time for me to do this

xBMWx

Those are great results. In fact, the results before the remap are maybe even more surprising than the remap itself!
This is normally all about the extra mid-range umphf, but as you pointed out its still nice to get that improved fuel economy.
Enjoy!

timo

Sounds good. I have a 520d and I am currently on the fence. Was there any reason you chose these people rather than DMS ?
Tim

Howitzer

What kind of results can I expect off a 2004 530i that is rated at 225hp? Also, would doing a remap like this decrease the life of the engine or put strain on components? If you're reprogramming an engine to obviously work way harder than it was designed to work, I'm guessing the answer is yes.

e60hodzic530

DIESEL.

E60_530D

I went to Evolve after reading reports on this website. To be honest I just had a better feeling about Evolve, they list the results for my car on the website, whereas DMS only seem to list results for the 535, so Iwent with someone who appeared to have done my car.

It took them just under 2 hours including the roadtest. Imran seems to know what he is doing, and the equipment is all up to date. I am pleased anyway. I think Imran is going to create a factsheet or something to help reassure insurance companies that you have done it for economy reasons, rather than looking like a boy racer.

paulmc

I have a Ford Rs500 Intercooler.