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1536Z4

1536Z4

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Hello,

I bought a E86 3.0 si Montego Blue with Pearl Grey interior back in July this year and have been back and forth to this forum on almost a daily basis but have now decided to take the plunge and join up .

The only changes I have made are having the wheels powder coated gloss piano black / changed the front grills to matte black and spray painted hubs black not shown in photos / De badged / and had a 4 hour rolling road dyno remap .

I also bought an Eisenmann backbox earlier this year and after the normal wait for it to be made and delivered I ended up having to send it back for a replacement :x The replacement I have been told is currently in production and I am hoping it will get to me before Christmas .

Well I think I have bored the pants off you enough for now so I will leave it at that .
 

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Welcome. The interior is a great contrast to the exterior. Not a fan of black wheels but as long as you’re happy and enjoying it, then that’s all that matters.
 
Great looking Car,

Was the mapping worth it? Did you have the car for a while before you did it?
 
Hello Mr. Wilks,

Thank you . I have read many of your informative posts . The outcome was as you would probably expect based on similar results I have seen .

Stock run - BHP - 265.5 WHP - 210.1 @ RPM - 6700 Torque - 299.5 @ RPM - 5300 Temperature 23.3

Stage 1 - BHP - 284.6 WHP - 223.2 @ RPM - 7354 Torque - 312.3 @ RPM - 3050 Temperature 20.7

The car had new spark plugs / air filter and was running on Shell V power .

It feels more powerful than the figures show . I will be going back when the Eisenmann back box turns up to see if it makes any further improvements. I will load up the graph once I have scanned it over to my laptop tomorrow .
 
mr wilks said:
Hello Mr. Wilks,

Thank you . I have read many of your informative posts . The outcome was as you would probably expect based on similar results I have seen .

Stock run - BHP - 265.5 WHP - 210.1 @ RPM - 6700 Torque - 299.5 @ RPM - 5300 Temperature 23.3

Stage 1 - BHP - 284.6 WHP - 223.2 @ RPM - 7354 Torque - 312.3 @ RPM - 3050 Temperature 20.7

The car had new spark plugs / air filter and was running on Shell V power .

It feels more powerful than the figures show . I will be going back when the Eisenmann back box turns up to see if it makes any further improvements. I will load up the graph once I have scanned it over to my laptop tomorrow .
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Wyldie85 said:
Welcome. The interior is a great contrast to the exterior. Not a fan of black wheels but as long as you’re happy and enjoying it, then that’s all that matters.
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Hi Wyldie ,
It took me ages to decide on black but decided to go with it as it picked up on the black around the windows etc and wanted a change from silver .

It`s that Marmite thing again .
 
mgrlane said:
Great looking Car,

Was the mapping worth it? Did you have the car for a while before you did it?
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I would say the mapping was worth it as the car feels better to drive due to the power being further down the rev range . It feels better than the figures reflect . I had only had the car a few months but have had remaps on cars before . Probably could have waited a bit longer but didn`t . :D
 
mr wilks said:
Hello Mr. Wilks,

I think I have finally got this as a reply to you :oops:

Thank you . I have read many of your informative posts . The outcome was as you would probably expect based on similar results I have seen .

Stock run - BHP - 265.5 WHP - 210.1 @ RPM - 6700 Torque - 299.5 @ RPM - 5300 Temperature 23.3

Stage 1 - BHP - 284.6 WHP - 223.2 @ RPM - 7354 Torque - 312.3 @ RPM - 3050 Temperature 20.7

The car had new spark plugs / air filter and was running on Shell V power .

It feels more powerful than the figures show . I will be going back when the Eisenmann back box turns up to see if it makes any further improvements. I will load up the graph once I have scanned it over to my laptop tomorrow .
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mr wilks said:
Looks great that , welcome to the forum , can i ask what was the outcome of the rolling road remap ?
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Hello Mr. Wilks,

Lets try again at least it gets my post count higher !!

Thank you . I have read many of your informative posts . The outcome was as you would probably expect based on similar results I have seen .

Stock run - BHP - 265.5 WHP - 210.1 @ RPM - 6700 Torque - 299.5 @ RPM - 5300 Temperature 23.3

Stage 1 - BHP - 284.6 WHP - 223.2 @ RPM - 7354 Torque - 312.3 @ RPM - 3050 Temperature 20.7

The car had new spark plugs / air filter and was running on Shell V power .

It feels more powerful than the figures show . I will be going back when the Eisenmann back box turns up to see if it makes any further improvements. I will load up the graph once I have scanned it over to my laptop tomorrow .
 
buzyg said:
A fine looking Z4. Welcome to the forum.
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Thanks buzyg ,

Like many people I spent a lot of time in Cornwall . My Mum used to live in Dunmere near Bodmin close to the Camel trail .
 
Welcome to the forum. :thumbsup:

I had my Montego Blue Coupe with Pearl Grey for over 3 years, until I treated myself to an M Coupe in time for last Christmas. :D

I'm not a big fan of black wheels, but seeing as you have them already your car might look better with black kidney grilles - I definitely preferred mine with them.
 
Mr Tidy said:
I had my Montego Blue Coupe with Pearl Grey for over 3 years, until I treated myself to an M Coupe in time for last Christmas.

I'm not a big fan of black wheels, but seeing as you have them already your car might look better with black kidney grilles - I definitely preferred mine with them.
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Hello and thank you Mr Tidy ,

I wasn`t sure about the Pearl grey until I saw it in the flesh and loved it straight away . Black kidney grilles are now on just didn`t have them when I took the photos . Definitely looks better with them . Would have loved an M but cant drive a manual anymore due to not being able to bend my left leg so it`s auto box and flappy paddles for me now .
 
JamieZ4C said:
Very nice. Piano black dash should be on your shopping list imo
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Thanks JamieZ4C . It has crossed my mind more than once :thumbsup:
 
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