325 E90 with Arma Supercharger - installed with intial review

OlivaresAnthony · 07-05-2011, 10:09 AM

the car sounds sick!

milly · 07-05-2011, 10:42 AM

I agree! That car sounds really good man

Mr.E92 · 07-05-2011, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by milly

I agree! That car sounds really good man

+1 Holy shit.

DimSum · 07-05-2011, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ******

thanks dimsum... arma is working on the errors and you are right about the piggyback tune. i will need to be patient. they also claim my eisenmann race is not highflow and will ship their own custom made exhaust. my desutschland bmw will soon become made in taiwan. hopefully arma doesn't let me down

Hopefully ARMA is not making false claims about the free flowing exhaust, because their exhaust is very expensive!

Nice video, the car sounds very aggressive!

issabmw · 07-05-2011, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DimSum

Hopefully ARMA is not making false claims about the free flowing exhaust, because their exhaust is very expensive!

Nice video, the car sounds very aggressive!

Apparently a 30% power increase or a full refund.

We'll find out soon enough

DimSum · 07-05-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by issabmw

Apparently a 30% power increase or a full refund.

We'll find out soon enough

If anything, I would just do straight pipes all the way. Muffler Delete, I'm sure that's free flowing enough.

ZShift · 07-05-2011, 08:30 PM

the exhaust is eisenmann race midpipe and muffler.. i had the car painted pearl white since my alpine white was fading after a few years of driving it.
that is probably why it looks more white than aw

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Originally Posted by AlpineSwift

GAWD DAMN!!!! THAT CAR SOUNDS FAWKING AMAZING! What exhaust is that!? The supercharger makes it even better.

ZShift · 07-05-2011, 08:33 PM

arma told me it is a speed sensor.. not exactly sure what it does...

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Originally Posted by CobraMarty

What is the piece near the differential? Is that a secondary fuel pump?

ZShift · 07-05-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by uweric5985

Hi ******,

Have you consider supercharger from a company called YJK?

They are Rotrex base charger and also claim a similar gain in performance.

link for reference:
http://www.yjkcar.com/chinese/ZZ.asp

i already went with arma so don't think i will change it up... but did not hear of them during my research

ZShift · 07-05-2011, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DimSum

If anything, I would just do straight pipes all the way. Muffler Delete, I'm sure that's free flowing enough.

i actually took off my muffler and kept my midpipe and did some runs... it was better but lost a lot of low end. i had a pro look at the car for me. he told me that the muffler was essential for some back pressure for the low end even for blown cars.. we will see how arma's exhaust deals with their sc.

LLinxuS · 07-05-2011, 09:22 PM

holy shit you are my new hero haha.

props to you man for having the balls to go ahead and buy it. really hoping you see the results they are claiming!!

thanks for the review man

ZShift · 07-05-2011, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by LinxuS

holy shit you are my new hero haha.

props to you man for having the balls to go ahead and buy it. really hoping you see the results they are claiming!!

thanks for the review man

no hero man.. to me it was a no brainer.. i had an e92 m3 but gave that to my ex when we broke up.. =( don't ask.. so my daily driver 325 became my project car.. i figure it will cost me another 500k ($80k) rmb to buy a new 335why dont i just try out arma and see if it does any good... i don't expect 335 performance but above 330 performance i would be happy..

DimSum · 07-06-2011, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ******

i actually took off my muffler and kept my midpipe and did some runs... it was better but lost a lot of low end. i had a pro look at the car for me. he told me that the muffler was essential for some back pressure for the low end even for blown cars.. we will see how arma's exhaust deals with their sc.

This is true, back-pressure is very important to create the low-end torque for our N52B25.

Our car's are not slow, 335i with a chip is just overkill in Asia. Glad to see that the supercharger is mounted on your car no problem minus the ecu issues. I have a N52B25 also!

Just saw photos of your car, I have the same rims as you, except I'm nearly slammed.. haha

e90like · 07-06-2011, 02:15 AM

best reference!!!

ZShift · 07-06-2011, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DimSum

This is true, back-pressure is very important to create the low-end torque for our N52B25.

Our car's are not slow, 335i with a chip is just overkill in Asia. Glad to see that the supercharger is mounted on your car no problem minus the ecu issues. I have a N52B25 also!

Just saw photos of your car, I have the same rims as you, except I'm nearly slammed.. haha

this is my third bumper already... and beijing roads are far better than nyc or boston.. so i can't do slammed anymore

FrankiE90 · 07-07-2011, 03:04 PM

rollinstone157 · 07-07-2011, 03:57 PM

Oh my that does sound rather naughty. I'm a fan.

applebook · 07-09-2011, 12:30 AM

So there is hope for our lowly N52/N53s? With exhaust upgrades, can 328s expect around 300WHP?

Where are the torque estimates?

I think that you should go for a nice 500km drive right now

tamster00 · 07-09-2011, 05:40 AM

what about the lowly n51 sulev

ZShift · 07-09-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by applebook

So there is hope for our lowly N52/N53s? With exhaust upgrades, can 328s expect around 300WHP?

Where are the torque estimates?

I think that you should go for a nice 500km drive right now

im past the 500km mark right now.. the break in does make a difference, the revs are much smoother and quicker, car drives well on the highway with the ac on... i'm losing a lot of power with my eisenman exhaust as i can feel flow restrictions as i go over 3k rpm... hopefully the new exhaust should arrive this week... i'll do a full photoshoot. hehe

johnsonz1122 · 07-09-2011, 11:57 PM

When u plan to go on dyno? Let's see how much u actually make it to the wheel.

DimSum · 07-10-2011, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ******

im past the 500km mark right now.. the break in does make a difference, the revs are much smoother and quicker, car drives well on the highway with the ac on... i'm losing a lot of power with my eisenman exhaust as i can feel flow restrictions as i go over 3k rpm... hopefully the new exhaust should arrive this week... i'll do a full photoshoot. hehe

Nice, good to hear. It's probably because of the ECU adaptations.
Hopefully the ARMA exhaust will be as good as they say it is, I'm thinking of buying their headers so when you get the system can you take some good quality photos for me to see?

Thanks!

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