RR and chipping
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this is how its done in todays world...
http://www.esstuning.com/products/ESS-E%252dFlash-E85-Z4M-ECU-Tuning-Software-.html
you get software for your laptop, plus a usb to obd cable, you save your stock tune to the programme and you load the ESS tune to the car.... Job done. They can add all sorts of stuff during this point, sport button memory, shift lights, raised rev limiter... hell you can even ask them for a valet map so the car wont rev past 2k revs if you ever leave it places where someone where your worried about joy riders.
http://www.esstuning.com/products/ESS-E%252dFlash-E85-Z4M-ECU-Tuning-Software-.html
you get software for your laptop, plus a usb to obd cable, you save your stock tune to the programme and you load the ESS tune to the car.... Job done. They can add all sorts of stuff during this point, sport button memory, shift lights, raised rev limiter... hell you can even ask them for a valet map so the car wont rev past 2k revs if you ever leave it places where someone where your worried about joy riders.
Beedub said:
its a great village not far from me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipping,_Lancashireto OP . my remap chap reckons only throttle response would be noticeable from a chip or remap ? the extra power is unlikely to be felt under foot :?
the noise of a freeflow exhaust & performance air filter will probably make it feel faster
Was told by the R R specialist that its a waste of time and cash putting an aftermarket air filter on too , 5bhp is not worth the cost and its a hasle re oil the filter. So we can't do much to the z4m at all as bmw have already done it ! Another thing they said was that the bhp figure on beemers are usually higher than the quoted figures ! Great !
Evolve (based around Luton I think) are highly recommended for the S54 E46 M3s, if I was going to remap it that's who would get my money. According to them a healthy standard S54 makes around 320bhp by the way, definitely not the quoted 338. I think they suggest an increase of around 15bhp but the main difference seems to be the car feels smoother with more torque lower down (my Z4MC has much better lower down torque than my E46 SMG M3 which I put down to the different gearbox Z4Ms use over the E46?). I know one guy that had his E46 M3 remapped reckoned it was able to match or even occasionally beat his friend's standard E92 M3 after the remap, so there seems to be a real power gain to be had...
Markos, I'm not wanting to doubt your friends claims, but I would be astonished if an E46 M3 could equal/outrun an E92 M3 solely on the completion of a remap. Even if it made an additional 15bhp that would be nowhere near enough. The CSL i think makes only about another 17bhp IIRC, and to make that it needed new cams, airbox, Alpha N tune and a reasonable weight reduction, yet performance-wise it is still someway off an E92 M3.
original guvnor said:
Yeah, fair point original guvnor, even to me it all sounds questionable, yet both owners were on m3cutters talking about it ages back... Might well have been due to driver input, one car being in the right gear/power band perhaps, but both agreed there was a genuine difference after the remap. I'll have a quick look to see if I can dig out that post...
I found that thread quick time! Was from 2010 and I think I might have confused my E46/E92s though 
The OP consistently beats his friend's (standard I presume) E46 M3, though on post #21 his friend states the OPs car is "neck and neck" with a E92 DCT M3...
Long thread but interesting if you're considering a remap:
http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=12148&highlight=remap
The OP consistently beats his friend's (standard I presume) E46 M3, though on post #21 his friend states the OPs car is "neck and neck" with a E92 DCT M3...
Long thread but interesting if you're considering a remap:
http://forums.m3cutters.co.uk/showthread.php?t=12148&highlight=remap