12-04-2003, 12:18 AM | #1 |
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Initial Shark Impressions (E46 330Ci)
Okay, I'm very pleased.
As soon as I pulled onto the street, I could feel a noticable power increase, which actually surprised me. I guess it could be my imagination, but I really wasn't expecting it to be so noticable. Mind you, it's not an enormous change (and I do have a CAI). But I felt something right away. Nice. Throttle response is much improved. Very linear now. Better response time. This was what I wanted most, and I'm satisfied. Of course, the 7k redline is great. With the 330's silly ratio of 2.93, I can now hit 70mph in second gear. Boy does the engine sound sweet between 6000-7000 rpms! I just took a short test drive on back roads, so I couldn't test the removal of the governer's cap. These are just my initial responses. We'll see if my enthusiasm dies down over the next few days/weeks, or if it increases.
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12-04-2003, 09:41 AM | #2 |
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didja order yours through Turner or Josh at EuroSport?
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12-04-2003, 10:00 AM | #3 |
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I got it from Turner.
After driving in to work today, I can definitely say acceleration is improved. Hopefully a few other people can drive my car soon so we can hear their impressions as well.
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12-04-2003, 10:02 AM | #4 |
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cool.
thanks, 'monk. sidebar: if you ever listen to 850AM in the morning, i do to keep my sanity in traffic for laughs, you know that they call teh sweatshirt that Coach Belichik wears the monk-shirt. cracks me up. they're always betting if he's going to wear the monk-shirt. in miami or in this weekend's snow.
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12-04-2003, 10:05 AM | #5 |
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okay.
am gettin' one now. kwanzaa present to myself. (that was joke, in case the PC police read that).
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12-04-2003, 10:36 AM | #7 |
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...and therefore, your name shall therefore be 'monk-shirt'.
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12-04-2003, 10:52 AM | #9 |
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um, does the Conforti programming minimize that wretched DBW throttle delay?
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