A Bit More Power?

[Goreden]

Hi again all, looking to release a couple of extra horses from me S reg 728i and was wondering what you guys and gals would recommend to do so?

Any help greatly appreciated

Cheers in advance

[Guest DazH]

Shuv a performance air filter in maybe. Theres much more you can do but whats your budget?

[Goreden]

Well im not looking at spending too much might have a few hundred quid to spend depending on the gains im likely to see

[Guest DazH]

Air filter and remap. You'll get that for a few hundred quid mate

You cooooould, put that moneys towards a new exhaust :) Dave Snypa has done it and has the same engine as You(Diff displacement)

[Goreden]

What sort of gains would that give then mate?

[G4VHD]

New zhorst, re-map and cold air intake should take you to just over 200bhp dude

[Guest DazH]

New zhorst, re-map and cold air intake should take you to just over 200bhp dude

+1 (Apart from you'll get quite a bit more than jsut over 200brake :rolleyes: )

Niccccce thick exhaust pipes from the front alllllllllll the way to the back with two nice twin back boxes sticking out it's a*se B) You'll get a very satisfying deep note as well

[Superman001]

A remap is good for 12-15bhp but combine that with a decent exhaust and your looking at about 210bhp.

[d_a_n1979]

Personally I wouldnt bother!

You'll be looking close, if not over £1k for an exhaust, remap and other bits etc... A decent 2.5" stainless system on the 728i (well made not a cheap quickly made jobby) will cost easily over £600 to begin with!

I'd just stick a K&N air filter in place of the OEM paper one; rid the car of any extra weight it doesnt need (i.e. stuff in boot and the spare wheel - I have a BMW Tyre Weld kit in mine instead) and enjoy the 728i for the cruising comfort and great drive as its meant to be

[G4VHD]

Personally I wouldnt bother!

You'll be looking close, if not over £1k for an exhaust, remap and other bits etc... A decent 2.5" stainless system on the 728i (well made not a cheap quickly made jobby) will cost easily over £600 to begin with!

I'd just stick a K&N air filter in place of the OEM paper one; rid the car of any extra weight it doesnt need (i.e. stuff in boot and the spare wheel - I have a BMW Tyre Weld kit in mine instead) and enjoy the 728i for the cruising comfort and reat drive as its meant to be

Amen

[Guest Mister Dabsy]

Change the filter - either K&N panel filter or forced induction...

M50 inlet manifold...

Remap...

Decat exhaust

Expect 240bhp with these ;)

...and don't argue coz I did it :P :o :D

...Just to add, remember that it will be moving 2 tonne of leisure but you will still notice the difference.

[d_a_n1979]

Who's arguing?

No one on this topc...!

Just merely stating that really its pointless. The car is quick enough for 95% of the owners; including me who still owns a 285BHP N/A Integra DC5 with close to £15k's worth of work done to it!!!

The 728i is a cruiser; not a track car and really wouldnt benefit much from expensive mods BAR a turbo if the owner REALLY wanted to go down that route but by his initial post he's only got a few hundred £££ so what your suggesting is so far out of budget its not even worth thinking about!

[Guest DazH]

Who's arguing?

No one on this topc...!

Just merely stating that really its pointless. The car is quick enough for 95% of the owners; including me who still owns a 285BHP N/A Integra DC5 with close to £15k's worth of work done to it!!!

The 728i is a cruiser; not a track car and really wouldnt benefit much from expensive mods BAR a turbo if the owner REALLY wanted to go down that route but by his initial post he's only got a few hundred £££ so what your suggesting is so far out of budget its not even worth thinking about!

Enthusiasm buddy. We are enthusiasts.

We have all been known to give up food for weeks to get tires at least one point in our lives so spending far "Too much" money on a 728i is what we do therefore, our advice. If you do the 'common' mods Dabsy suggested, you WILL get more power and believe it or not, better fuel economy from your right foot. Worth every penny if you do not wish to own the V8/V12 variant like me (Can't get insured)

Hope this clears some things up

Daz

[d_a_n1979]

Enthusiasm buddy. We are enthusiasts.

We have all been known to give up food for weeks to get tires at least one point in our lives so spending far "Too much" money on a 728i is what we do therefore, our advice. If you do the 'common' mods Dabsy suggested, you WILL get more power and believe it or not, better fuel economy from your right foot. Worth every penny if you do not wish to own the V8/V12 variant like me (Can't get insured)

Hope this clears some things up

Daz

I know youre enthusiasts... So am I!

You think after spending £15k on getting a 200BHP N/A VTEC engine running close to 290BHP N/A isnt work of an enthusiast?! :rolleyes:

All I'm saying is to get the 728i running more power; for what it is IMO it's not really worth it.

For the increase in power youd get from the mods mentioned above; the money outlay is too much unless everything can be bought cheap; fitted for free (ie. by yourself) but in reality, that isnt going to happen!

From what I've read and spoken to people about; the M52 engine is already a great runner and probably doing the best it can. Adding a stainless exhaust to it would make some difference but for a fairly steep expense!

[Guest Mister Dabsy]

Well said :rolleyes:

[Guest DazH]

I know youre enthusiasts... So am I!

You think after spending £15k on getting a 200BHP N/A VTEC engine running close to 290BHP N/A isnt work of an enthusiast?! :rolleyes:

All I'm saying is to get the 728i running more power; for what it is IMO it's not really worth it.

For the increase in power youd get from the mods mentioned above; the money outlay is too much unless everything can be bought cheap; fitted for free (ie. by yourself) but in reality, that isnt going to happen!

From what I've read and spoken to people about; the M52 engine is already a great runner and probably doing the best it can. Adding a stainless exhaust to it would make some difference but for a fairly steep expense!

Fair point