BMW X5M and X6M Make 600HP
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Get only 600 bhp out of a TT engine with 550 bhp to begin with does not seem like a great tuning job. Me thinks that the tuners can squeeze at least 650 bhp out of that engine.
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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='1073206' date='Dec 14 2009, 07:32 AM
Get only 600 bhp out of a TT engine with 550 bhp to begin with does not seem like a great tuning job. Me thinks that the tuners can squeeze at least 650 bhp out of that engine.
For the X6 50i, with only an ECU remap they can squeeze another 100bhp. That's 25% increase in power. With full exhaust, one can add almost 40bhp. That's 140 bhp only by some light mods!
The X6/5 M should be making close to 700bhp with similar mods. Heavy mods should take it close to 850bhp.
But +1 with the epic fail for the aero kit.
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='1073400' date='Dec 14 2009, 08:16 AM
Exactly!
For the X6 50i, with only an ECU remap they can squeeze another 100bhp. That's 25% increase in power. With full exhaust, one can add almost 40bhp. That's 140 bhp only by some light mods!
The X6/5 M should be making close to 700bhp with similar mods. Heavy mods should take it close to 850bhp.
But +1 with the epic fail for the aero kit.
For the X6 50i, with only an ECU remap they can squeeze another 100bhp. That's 25% increase in power. With full exhaust, one can add almost 40bhp. That's 140 bhp only by some light mods!
The X6/5 M should be making close to 700bhp with similar mods. Heavy mods should take it close to 850bhp.
But +1 with the epic fail for the aero kit.
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='1073524' date='Dec 14 2009, 11:57 AM
Right, tuners are taking the Cayenne engine to well over 800 bhp so should be possible with the X5/X6M engine too. Then again, this one may be tuned more as an enhancement of the current engine (throttle response, torque etc, all while maintaining some degree of reliability) rather than just outright power.
