Originally Posted by
flobeck263
The older Twin-Turbos are engineered to stand ~360PS, but for some reasons i donīt know BMW put them on sale with much less power.
BMW offers a Power-Package which adds 20PS.
It includes an ECU remap, improved cooling and so on, for 2000€.
And with warranty, of course.
Nearly all factory turbo sportscars are seriously detuned for drivability and maintenance reasons, they do have to warranty this stuff for a while after all. Then again for a price they will let a select few turn it up a little and stay within the warranty zone since there is still some good safety margin there.
My R was so detuned by volvo that just by getting an ungoverned yet conservative new tune for it (torque used to be ECU limited to 300ft-lbs), I got 40 more HP and lbs of torque without any other mods.
Certainly sounds like the 135 has a lot of potential and I also like its simplicty and good looks.
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2004 S60R - 350+ HP, AWD, Custom FMIC & Exhaust, Active Suspension & A Big Set Of Brembos
Crazy Camber, Stretch & Poke; its the new triple-stack-bleacher-wing ricer fad that's all the rage nowadays, lol