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Old 04-17-2019, 11:43 AM   #21
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The turbo manifold? That's a cool idea.

Very cool - hadn’t heard of that before.
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Old 04-17-2019, 05:43 PM   #22
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The turbo manifold? That's a cool idea.
Yeah, the turbo manifold. Someone was annoyed at the cost of 330i manifolds and tried it. The 330 manifold makes more torque, but the N54 makes more power. And the N54 doesn’t lose torque vs. the standard 328 crappy manifold.
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Old 04-18-2019, 01:34 PM   #23
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Yeah, the turbo manifold. Someone was annoyed at the cost of 330i manifolds and tried it. The 330 manifold makes more torque, but the N54 makes more power. And the N54 doesn’t lose torque vs. the standard 328 crappy manifold.
I assume using the n54 manifold also means there's no need to get an ECU flash since there's no 3 stage system to operate? Great idea.
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Old 04-23-2019, 05:03 PM   #24
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Old 04-23-2019, 07:42 PM   #25
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I assume using the n54 manifold also means there's no need to get an ECU flash since there's no 3 stage system to operate? Great idea.
A flash is critical to getting the gains.
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Old 04-23-2019, 09:06 PM   #26
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People are fucking weird. I don't get the appeal at all.

For 6 Grand, sure. For 30 Grand? What are these people smoking?
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Old 04-23-2019, 09:22 PM   #27
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People are fucking weird. I don't get the appeal at all.

For 6 Grand, sure. For 30 Grand? What are these people smoking?
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Old 04-23-2019, 10:46 PM   #28
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People are fucking weird. I don't get the appeal at all.

For 6 Grand, sure. For 30 Grand? What are these people smoking?
+100 to both.
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Old 04-24-2019, 06:21 AM   #29
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Now... take a vanilla RWD E90 wagon, stuff an S62 in it, and that would be an interesting car.
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Old 04-24-2019, 08:04 AM   #30
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People are fucking weird. I don't get the appeal at all.

For 6 Grand, sure. For 30 Grand? What are these people smoking?
I agree. And I had an even better version than that. It was nice, but it was 90% of a ZHP 8 years later. And we've covered the interior.

Rare and nice commands a premium, sure. But that is insane.
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