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04-28-2013, 11:07 AM | #1 |
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E90 335d
Hi everyone..this is my first post so please go easy...looking forward to lots of endless forum banter from you lot..
I'm seriously thinking about getting a 08-09 e90 m3 dct but as I've moved further away from work I be doing around 50miles a day & the m3 won't be a sensible choice due to the cost in filling her up.. My 2nd alternative is a e90 335d lci msport & remapping it..would mapped 335d be similar performance to a e46 m3?? Would like to here from standard & modded 335d owners Cheers |
04-28-2013, 12:37 PM | #3 |
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Hi Dan
Welcome along mate! Nice choices of car there, i have a mapped 330d which should be as quick if not marginally quicker than a stock 335d and its great fun when i need it to be, and still does me 50+mpg so its the best of both worlds, id love to try a 335d though, mapped up they can be 350bhp, so i should say e46 m3s wouldnt be a problem! |
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04-28-2013, 01:01 PM | #4 | |
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In a straight line an E92 335d once remapped will whip an E46 M3. But around a track, without serious transmission/suspension mods - the M will win the battle. Un mapped, the M is the quicker car in all scenario's. A heavily tuned 330d will get high 40s on a motorway run at about 305-310bhp (higher than a stock 335d). The "perfect compromise" is the 330d, the 335d being brilliant but a bit more thirsty. For example I did a run from home to Birmingham the other day at around 80-85mph average (on the private road I own running parallel to the motorways you understand) and got 35 mpg average. It'll get over 40 if you keep it at 70 though. HTH / Welcome to the forum. I'd strongly recommend the 335d though!
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04-28-2013, 01:13 PM | #5 |
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You don't need to tune a 330d heavily to achive 300-310Hp. I have a bigger FMIC and removed the DPF on mine and a remap. It gives me 307hp/687nm..... That's not heavily modified in my book ;-) @Dan As the other Guys says....You can rach the same amount of power in the d's but it will never be an M car.......Of course, that doesn't meen it isn't fun to drive :-)
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With yours I'm surprised you couldn't push 320 or more!
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04-28-2013, 01:19 PM | #7 |
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I have not seen more than 300-310 with those modifications. As far as I know you need another turbo and/or other inejctors to get higher. (Turbo is ordered and on the way... ;-))
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04-28-2013, 02:22 PM | #8 |
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Cheers for the reply folks...if i get a 335d,thinking of getting a Wagner ic & ecotune sportscat but still thinking about who to go for remapping as there are loads out there..decisions,decisions..anybody heard or been to performance torque..
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04-28-2013, 02:25 PM | #9 |
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Forget to mention that for handling,will either get some lowering springs(h&r or eibach springs) or go the full monty & get a bilsteinb14 kit..will ditch the runflats as I keep on seeing they are sh@t in magazines & Internet forums
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04-28-2013, 03:18 PM | #10 |
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I have owned both an e46 m3 and a 330d (standard and remapped).
http://tinypic.com/r/345ex46/5 not a great pic but all i could find! Loved the m3, what a fantastic car, so well balanced. It was a joy to drive other than the awful smg gearbox. A standard 330d is dead in the water but remapped even though it pains me to say it, the 330d isnt far off. I had an 06 330d m sport remapped. It was a superb car. In the real world it was nearly as quick to drive, even the handling wasnt far off with 19" Ive driven a remapped 335d and i agree with above its easily a match for the m3 whilst returning at least 10mpg more. The only downsides are your never going to get the same feeling from the diesel as you will from the m3. Have you considered a 335i? Cracking value at the minute. If i was you i would probably go remapped LCI M sport 330d manual but thats my personal choice. cracking cars. |
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Also what suspension mods you recommend mate |
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04-29-2013, 04:46 AM | #15 |
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335d is more low down power with the torque and will die down towards the higher rev range. If your looking for power high end i would go for the 335i plus you cant beat the sound
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Mega is actually wrong.. I've owned both (remapped 335d and E46 M3)
A remapped 335d wouldn't "whip" my M3 in a straight line that's for sure.. Ive trapped higher in my M3 than I have in my 335d... Doesn't feel as fast but certainly is. Obviously talking straight line! Also the diesel won't give 10mpg more than the M3, in my case both driven hard there is only a 3-4mpg difference. It's harder to extract performance from the M3, but it is just as quick as a tunes 335d in a straight line and would murder one on any given country road. They just need winding up properly.... And 99% of M3 owners really don't do that... |
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No idea about the suspension! As I've not changed mine. Sure loads on here can comment.
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I'd love to mate. Ill check the diary.
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