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Congrats! Looking forward to seeing more pics!

Dyno run clip from yesterday.

Right-O dyno results... Seems to be misfiring up top a bit which is affecting peak power. Will need to get some diagnostics done to check over the ignition system. As you can see here the dyno graph plotting is very 'spikey' up top : The inlet air temps were quite high, 20 deg C above ambient for the first run which made 226 rwkw in 5th gear with something a miss up top. Had INPA doing real time logging of sucked air temp : We then hooked up a large fan which helped greatly with bringing down IAT's still about 10 deg C above ambient, that was with the fan running for over 25mins to cool things down. Sucked air temps after around 25mins of cooling down : Final power figure was 229 rwkw in 4th gear. AFR's looks much better than last year, so the tune has done a fair of tidying up with fueling. Torque reading is good, and feels much better than before, especially in the mid range. So overall a 9 rwkw improvement with the tune. Both this and last years run were still not as good as they could be due to some issues at high rpm's. No doubt I'll get to the bottom of it though :-)

Off to get a power run on a dyno shortly. Will post back results, I'll also see if they're suitable to host our next club dyno day.

Nice! I suspect this one will go quick.

Did they lay down a sealant clear coat over the colour coat?

Back on topic :-P The Evolve tune was emailed through early this morning. Loaded the tune in this morning before the commute to work. Some pics of the procedure. - Batt voltage needs to remain @ 13v for writing to the DME. No battery tender available, so the Dog car gets used : - Being a Sep 99' M5 I have obd1 and obd2 ports. To read the dme calibration files and send them to Evolve I only had success via the obd1 port. To write the Evolve DME files, I had to use the obd2 port. Got an error half way through the write process via obd1, tried starting car and nothing happened... probably something to do with the 'ENGINE FAILSAFE PROGRAM' cluster msg,. Thought I had bricked the DME for a moment there. - The writing process via obd2 nearly done Initial Impression Started her up, all seems normal, high idle rpm for around 90secs to warm up the cats. I can tell the throttle pedal maps have been smoothed in non sport mode. 1st to 2nd gear changing is definitely smoother now. Part throttle cruising seems the same, pushing the loud pedal in non-sport mode is definitley more responsive. Given the nature of Auckland traffic in the morning I couldn't really push the car. I have noticed that torque from 2k rpm onwards is more apparent. 3rd gear with a slight prod of the pedal from 2k rpm now feels like 2nd gear. The exhaust note now seems a bit tighter. Will need to get some more kms on the car before the adaptions adjust and the full performance of the tune is unleashed. Overall very happy with the tune so far. Will report back when I've had the chance to drive it under WOT.

How many m of piping must exh. And charged air need to go through in that rear mount setup. Whole lotta lag!

Blasphemy!

Kakamatua Inlet out in Huia. Population : 50 billion dogs.

will look amaze balls once you've added your touches. Dibs on unused parts if you end up bringing in a munted M5 with good engine :-P

My theory is the 'doof doof' setup in the boot probably broke it...

Can we test the e31's towing capabilities?

Received the Evolve-r cable and software today. Should have the new tune on this week.

Spotted my donor vehicle for an e39 m5 Touring. Already stanced too!

The pseudo club?

Give them the last 7 digits of your vin - Surely BMW staff can identify the correct part...

A soarer with a BMW engine this time?

Great cars! The presenter lacked in execution though. Sideways action!?

Get a room you two :-P Manuals are FAR superior because EVERY ROAD is a race track... The Alpina is a beauty - Hope it goes to a good home.

Anyone ever come across a shop that actually follows bmw recommendations for wheel alignment? I.e full tank of gas weights in both front and rear seats? Pretty sure this recommendation is not ltd. To just bmw.

Does this affect the 4 cyl models too? I've only seen this issue on the 6cyl models.

http://www.pandsauto.co.nz/ They did my wheel alignment to spec, and also participate in the E30 race series. Excellent job!

Nice colour - Hope you get a good run out of it!

M5 touring my dream project. Looking forward to this...