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Mar 6, 2007 | 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by EuroCarFan' post='399145' date='Mar 6 2007, 05:30 PM

In short, don't waste your time dynoing your car. It takes a lot of work to acheive acurate numbers. For a very long explanation, go to the white papers section of our website and read the paper Steve wrote on dyno procedures.

Obvious : with 3 HP gained, what dyno test do you want to do ?

Mar 6, 2007 | 02:05 PM

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I found some chip tuners in Europe can tune 550i to 390hp which is very common

Anyone knows any chip tuner here in US can do that?
30hp is worthwhile to do it, right?

Mar 6, 2007 | 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by my530i' post='399280' date='Mar 6 2007, 01:55 PM

Mr. J.
You should get your car dyno'd at the same place before and after the mod.

My intent is to use the same dyno shop if I do engine mods. I want a before and after dyno sheet.

Mar 6, 2007 | 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by vegastrashed' post='399335' date='Mar 6 2007, 03:24 PM

My intent is to use the same dyno shop if I do engine mods. I want a before and after dyno sheet.

Joe, what type of mods are thinking about.

As for as which dyno to go to, I wouldn't concern myself with absolute numbers so long as the numbers are consistent and repeatable. Dynos are best used for comparison's sake whether it be for mod tuning or against different cars, but preferably on the same day or at least same conditions.

I for one would really like to see the dyno results of a stock e60 versus something like ECFs car. Personally, I don't think the numbers will be that far off.

Oh and don't worry about running codes on the dash and whatnot. For modern cars this is pretty much normal as the computer gets confused for a bit. If you drive the car around for a few minutes, everything should and will return to normal.

Mar 6, 2007 | 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by my530i' post='399322' date='Mar 6 2007, 03:05 PM

I found some chip tuners in Europe can tune 550i to 390hp which is very common

Anyone knows any chip tuner here in US can do that?
30hp is worthwhile to do it, right?

No. Because our cars do not have "chips" anymore. They are flash programs
Besides BMW did not leave 30 horsepower laying on the table unused by software.

Mar 6, 2007 | 08:25 PM

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Hey, anyone know if wheel size matters for dyno runs? Probably a stupid question. I should ask Freed0m to join us as well.

Heezy, I also heard the same about the fault codes disappearing after a little while but I wasn't sure if that was true.

Mar 6, 2007 | 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by JetBlack' post='399385' date='Mar 6 2007, 05:52 PM

No. Because our cars do not have "chips" anymore. They are flash programs
Besides BMW did not leave 30 horsepower laying on the table unused by software.

I found some interesting site here:
http://www.ziptuning.nl/chiptuning/Bmw-550...-pk.html#header

http://www.chipmeister.nl/specificaties/bm...W_550i_E60.html

http://www.pegasus-tuning.com/chip_tuning/...elVariantID/533

http://www.ziptuning.nl/chiptuning/B...60-367-pk.html

http://www.powertec.at/datenbank/bmw.html

They're giving for closed to 390hp

But I found non in the US.

Mar 6, 2007 | 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by heezy545i' post='399377' date='Mar 6 2007, 05:30 PM

All I really want is a baseline number. I want to know what I'm putting down to the rear wheels. I'm hoping for 280 whp or more. It's not for sure that I will be doing any engine mods while I'm in San Jose but CarLab is 3 miles from my office. I'm going to give EuroCarFan some competition for Darwin's time.

Mar 7, 2007 | 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by my530i' post='399465' date='Mar 7 2007, 08:04 AM

But I found non in the US.

Don't believe to +30 HP maps ... Maybe 10-15, but 30 is impossibile .
If I you read +30 HP on the site of a tuner you have immediately to halve to 15, at least .

Mar 7, 2007 | 03:20 AM

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THis was the results of my research about 18 months ago.

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