Danch 33 Report post Posted Tuesday at 12:02 AM 3 minutes ago, Harper said: Funnily enough I've thought about buying one of these and N52B30+manual swapping to have an NA 1 series coupe. If I ever crash my 130i, my dream is to buy 1 series coupe with seized engine and do an engine+manual swap. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2113 Report post Posted Tuesday at 05:03 AM They are already N52B30, and the only difference unlike the other detuned N52B30s is the DME flash, have 3 stage DISA etc etc. Flash 130i DME and its full beans N52. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harper 496 Report post Posted Tuesday at 05:29 AM 23 minutes ago, Jacko said: They are already N52B30, and the only difference unlike the other detuned N52B30s is the DME flash, have 3 stage DISA etc etc. Flash 130i DME and its full beans N52. Wow I didn't know that, hadn't looked that closely tbf. That makes these an even more appealing car. Wonder why they didn't just come like that from factory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacko 2113 Report post Posted Tuesday at 05:33 AM 1 minute ago, Harper said: Wow I didn't know that, hadn't looked that closely tbf. That makes these an even more appealing car. Wonder why they didn't just come like that from factory. BMW did heaps of fishy stuff like that to ensure market separation between the models. If you look at the raw performance numbers of stock vehicles, an E82 130i would not be much slower than a 135i which was much more expensive on the dealers lot for example, so they detuned it. 130i got the full beans tune so it had more power than its competition, R32 golf, no need for a 125 E87 as there wasnt competition for it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2008 Report post Posted Thursday at 11:50 AM I see the kiwi car life guy has got another manual 130i. Can't stay away from them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mmario 33 Report post Posted Thursday at 07:23 PM Yeah i assume it's a flipper as he has a dealers lic now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2008 Report post Posted Thursday at 10:53 PM Could well be. Mentions he got it for $6K. Not bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danch 33 Report post Posted Thursday at 10:55 PM He said in the comments that it's going to his mate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
