Remap e46 330i

Oxide™

Oxide™

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loads of questions:
Would you guys recommend a remap?
I don't know much about it but apparently it gives some extra power and also betters fuel economy?
Would the brakes need upgrading?
What are the insurance increases like and who will insure a remapped vehicle? I'm with bell and looking at £700 come end of August (standard)

I would be looking at getting Simon from E-maps to do it. He apparently does group discounts if organised somewhere we all meet at. There's a group in the north west soon but I would be looking for somewhere more south.
Thoughts?
 
Superchips seemed to quote a 14bhp increase on a standard car - the rest of their quotes seem pretty accurate so I see no reason not to believe this one?
 
According to their site the results would likely be:

Standard
231 bhp 300 torques

Post map
248 bhp 325 torques

Is that a noticeable difference?
 
Yes, these are decent gains IMO (If they are accurate). The other thing to consider with a remap is that it isn't just about peak figures but an improvement in power delivery etc. as well.
 
Not really worth the money on a NA engine, unless you did other bits like sports cat, exhaust, intake etc.
 
Fox had his VANOS unit refurbished said it made a massive difference in how smooth the power delivery was, might be worth looking at that instead/as well?
 
Oh I was under the impression a remap was like one of the things you have to do, I always read people on here mentioning it :confused:. So it's for turbos rather than n/a?

he quoted me around £230 - so it's not worth it ye?
 
I think your tuner is the person to speak to about it, ask him what gains there are to be had, how noticeable they will be etc.

Personally, for the sake of £230 I'd give it a go.
 
I had Simon at E-maps remap by 330i. Nice guy.

In terms of what it did to the car, well, the rev limiter was raised to 6800 RPM and it held power until that limit. According to the PS rollers it produced standard power still, though this could have been caused by any number of things. When I drove the car immediately after having the map applied I felt a small difference in torque lower in the rev range.

You will notice a negligible economy improvement, if anything. There will be no need to upgrade any other component of the car to cope with this remap.

Would I do it again? Hmm, tough decision. I would probably not. While there was likely a bit more "go", it was a very small amount and not worth the thoughts of "hmm, did X break because of the remap?", "is this rattly noise caused by revving to 6800 RPM too frequently?" etc.

I never told my insurance company. Whoever has the car now probably doesn't know it's remapped and is thus not telling his insurance company. The car was written off and the last thing on the insurance company's mind was verifying the car hadn't been remapped. Even if they wanted to, it'd take specialist equipment to find out.
 
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Superchips do a 7 day refund, give it a go, if you cant tell the difference get a refund.
 
Oxide™ said:
Oh I was under the impression a remap was like one of the things you have to do, I always read people on here mentioning it :confused:. So it's for turbos rather than n/a?

he quoted me around £230 - so it's not worth it ye?
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£230 is quite cheap - can be double that at least. It works best on turbo cars, which can get 30-40BHP easy from just remap.
 
Did you replace you VANOS because your car was shagged before you gave it some TLC? Or was it due to old age?
 
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Did you replace you VANOS because your car was shagged before you gave it some TLC? Or was it due to old age?
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Neither. It's because in many peoples opinions, any M54 engined BMW on the road, unless it has very low (And we are talking sub 20k) mileage, has failing or failed VANOS seals.

http://www.beisansystems.com/faq.html

I'd be very suprised for example if yours didnt need doing. Most people never realise as they will never drive an ultra low mileage one, as there are none left, so wont ever be able to feel what it 'should' be like.

M54's should not need revving to get the best out of them. Most do, however, because torque output below 3000rpm is compromised as a result of this issue.

In my opinion :)
 
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Oxide™ said:
Thanks for all the input and advice guys - I think I will hold fire on the remap until I have some cash to spare.

Fox how much was the vanos seal repair? http://www.beisansystems.com/procedures/vanos_procedure.htm seems to me to be epic stuff so this will require a specialist - it will have to wait until February when I get it MOT'd and serviced.
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Why would it need to wait until the car was being serviced, very confusing. I didnt wait for a service or an MOT :confused:

It isn't even that expensive, £50 for the kit and then 6-7 hours labour.
 
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