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Originally Posted by swamp2
Short answer: There will likely be only "hack" (piggy back) tuning for some time due to a deviously encrypted ECU (same as with the M5). The car will probably have close to 450 hp stock and there should be about 50 more hp to gain from a piggy back tune, meaning ~500 hp. With somer additional (significant) hardware changes 600 hp may be possible. The sky is the then the limit on cost, level of modification, how much harware you are willing to swap and lastly of course how much reliability decrease you can stomach...
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You said it, on my 135i I did a stage 2 tune and on pump i made 389whp and 423wtqr. My old car(2012 135i dct) made 287whp and 302wtqr stock like paper plate stock(car made 300hp 300tqr on paper). Now if you think about it, BMW's are often super underrated for insurance purposes and not to start a HP war. Stage 2 consisted of full turbo back exhaust + CAI + aftermarket FMIC plus a tune. (with Cobb tuning)
This new engine should be making some good power, lets hope.
