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I think Steve has the same downpipes as me, AR ones? I got the ceramic coating on mine : http://www.ardesign.info/store/ar-design-bmw-135i-335i-3-hi-flo-catless-downpipes.html

If I was only doing Highway / city driving in the car - wouldn't get the IC + other mods - But I take my car quite regularly to track days, so heat management is a issue -

Needs the supporting mods imo - especially on the cooling side - Platform imo is pretty impressive where without touching the engine or turbo's you can gain on 98 - 100HP gain E40+ - 140+HP gain Guys in the US with their single turbo upgrades are running over 700+ RWHP and still haven't found the limits on the oem parts in the engine yet..... Interesting to hear about the stage1 maps, as with the last dyno day the other two 335i's were running the cobb, quite a big difference between the 2 Driftracewake was running a stage1 cobb map and Josh was running a PTF Cobb map - Found the DP's were about 30-35hp dyno gain... so substantial , less back pressure etc Wait till you run a ethanol map on the car, that's when it really wakes up Am running a stacked setup, where I have a flash map loaded like the Cobb doing fueling, vanos etc + I have the JB4 controlling boost and few other functions btw krish - are you running the Alpina TCU flash on your AT? - if not should look at getting it

Ya... I know looks like the valve stem seals need to be replaced - am sorting it out in the next couple of weeks

Very interesting - was really keen on getting these seats but the single seatbelt was putting me off - it maybe a option now with this kit http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E92-335i-N54_3.0L/Interior/Seats/ES2500621/

about 35hp on the dyno for my car - but your turbo's will be much happier as they can "breathe" properly without any restrictions also need to get rid of the secondary cats in the exhaust for the full flow BMWorkshop Botany have done all the work on my car - highly recommended

I would change the spark plugs - gone through 2 sets of OEM plugs and on my 3rd set in a year of owning the car. Tho my car is tuned etc , done about 25k and tracked regularly in that year. edit** would also get a walnut blast done to clean your intakes if never done - n54 is notorious for having gunked up intakes

Hey Tristan Since Gintani released the twin turbo kit for the M3, not sure on the SC option anymore! http://www.bimmerboost.com/content.php?4866-Centrifugal-supercharger-vs-Turbo-Gintani-E9X-M3-S65-V8-twin-turbo-kit-dyno-results-and-comparison-to-the-Gintani-supercharger-kit-at-the-same-7-5-psi-of-boost

Long Story Short: spent way less and way faster then the m3 version. here's a e92 M3 versus my 335i: https://www.youtube....h?v=nGi-ymoPMrQ

Some footage captured on a "PRIVATE ROAD" - don't bother asking me where or who's road M5 & FBO 335i having some fun on a private road. Unfortunately it started raining 10 mins after we got there, here's some footage from the session http://youtu.be/C5ttyzUaloQ

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1003735

Cheers

With the I-drive on imports - the UK version from my understanding just needs to be re-programmed or have the NZ map CD (CCC or CIC) Jap imports I heard - you have to change the hardware to get the NZ maps working -

Hey , ya after hearing about the drama you went through with yours , was kinda expecting it tbh. Yes not ideal but at least it was about 1/2 the total cost. Car seems to be running fine, will be doing some log runs over the weekend, am hoping with the new turbo's I'll be hitting boost targets at certain RPM , old turbo's were always about 1-3 psi down from where the map was aiming.

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After the Taupo meet, on the way back to Auckland on Monday - noticed a lot of smoke coming out of the exhaust Typical sign of a failed turbo seal on the N54 - confirmed at BMworkshop that it was the front turbo seal that had gone. I have a mechanical warranty with AA that is underwritten by Vero which is the Autosure crowd. Logged a claim and waited..... Guess what - they said they wouldn't cover me as i had modified the car etc. I informed them of the email that was sent to them back last year once all the mods had been installed. Claimed they never got it, but of course I provided them proof on the email and the reply back from one of their reps with the invoices they requested etc Finally they got back to me and said we shouldn't have covered the car with the degree of mods that I had done and that they don't cover you if the cats are removed and the factory CAI system is removed. They offered me a full refund on the policy that I had bought so I took that as I really couldn't be bothered going through the whole thing with them But typical insurance, you follow their terms and they try anything to get out of it. So I replaced both turbo's as they had done 65k on them. Was interesting to see how much shaft play was on the old turbo's!! Waiting on the test results from the after-market HPFP solution before I'll look at doing the upgraded turbo route

Very nice, am running the Apex EC-7 18inch wheels for track days <3 them with semi slicks

No issues with my netflix or hulu plus streaming with maxnet (vocus) for my internet and using unblock-us

Installed my Duke Dynamics CF Diffuser and new CF sideskirts , now on the hunt for a new lip

Quick update: Last session @ hampton downs back in early april was a expensive day for me Looks like the glue on my front lip gave out and the screws I had installed didn't save it from the damage after 1 lap Pretty much one of the last sessions in the afternoon - I noticed from my rear view mirror that there was smoke coming out of my exhaust , quickly pulled off into the pit lane where once stopping the car, engine oil suddenly dumped all over my right hand front wheel - one of my oil cooler lines had "frayed" on the air con housing fan Installed the following bits on the car: M3 Front Upper Control Arms M3 Front Lower Control Arms M3 Rear Rod Guides M3 Rear Upper Link Arms M3 Front Sway Bar Megan Racing Toe Arms Only thing that didn't get installed was the M3 subframe bushing - as no one had the tool Definitely noticed the difference in handling Had the Apex EC-7 18's with Toyo R888 installed , unfortunately I had to raise the suspension level by 15mm to avoid issues with the front wheels

Just a example of gains you can get on the stock motor & turbo's (baseline with oem map was 238HP)

DIdn't see this till now Nah no need to change injectors - the OEM ones are rated something silly like 2000 or 2200CC To run E85 on the 335i (with oem turbo's) - your stock LPFP can handle 20-30% mix of e85 - anything more you need to either replace your LPFP to a aftermarket one or run a inline LPFP The issue with the guys running upgraded turbo's with e85 is the HPFP can't handle it - but looks like a aftermarket HPFP is going to be released soon to hopefully solve the issues http://www.bimmerboost.com/showthread.php?54471-HPFP-Tease EDIT*** Looks like pricing and info are out on the HPFP upgrade: http://www.bimmerboost.com/showthread.php?55345-VTT-quot-Shotgun-quot-HPFP-upgrade-announcement-558WHP-612WTQ-Stage-2

Depends on the route you want to go (flash or piggyback or both) - the below have OTS (Off the shelf maps) for various stages of modification - Open Flash Tablet ($499 US) http://www.procedetuning.com/BMW/n54/Openflash/index.html JB4 ($509 US) http://www.burgertuning.com/jb4_pnp_BMW_performance_tuner.html Cobb ($995 US)http://www.protuningfreaks.com/tuning/cobb-ap-tune.html ( comes with a custom tune) Bimmerboost Software (Free) - you just need to buy the cable ($179 US) http://www.burgertuning.com/scanner.html Important thing is to log when doing map changes to see how its affecting the car

they came out way under-tuned from factory so not to wreck their M3 sales with just a software tune on the 335i - you can gain a easy 60-80HP

Owned the 335i for a year now - and loving it