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922's New Ride (Sept 2016 Update)
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Wow it's been a while since I've visited this thread.
Some updates:
Shortly after getting the car, cosmetically I added some carbon splitters to the front bumper, love the look and don't think it will be changing any time soon.
In 2014 after having done the OEM mod on the back boxes, I decided to hit autotrix in Durban for a dyno and this was the result:
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248kw/333hp and 341nm at the wheels on 100% pump fuel. I was happy with this as it was more or less on par with other stock cars.
Later on in the year I added a set of performance back boxes for a little extra sound, pleased with the results I hit Rallys dyno on Umgeni road hoping for a decent jump in power, I used this dyno as they were having a dyno night at the time and the dyno reads about on par with autotrix.
End result: Just by changing the back boxes I netted a massive increase of 1kw that's right ONE kilowatt:roflol:
From then on I was happy with the car, she still exceeded all my expectations and still put a grin on my face every time I drove her but, the need for more power is not one easily brushed aside.
Fast forward to 2015: With the car still under plan, I purchased another OEM stock exhaust and started fiddling with the X-Pipe. The idea was to decat the car in such a way that the exhaust wouldn't have to be swapped out every time the car needed to go in, enter "Mr Angle grinder", I cut off the tops of the cats and emptied out the honeycomb material then welded them back up. Firstly the sound, the exhaust note was DRAMATICALLY increased and I LOVED it, the car felt a lot more livelier and eager, revved up much cleaner also.
I then decided to take the car to Stealth Tuned in Springfield Park, having sampled the other dynos in KZN I decided to give Stealth a shot, props to Ashen of Stealth, very friendly and accommodating guy.
This was the result:
274wkw and 389wnm, I was over the moon with this result. Again this run was done on 100% pump fuel. Prior to the dyno, I was a bit concerned over the torque dip at low RPM from decatting the stock X-Pipe(from reading up online), glad to see it was not the case on my car.
Fast forward to 2016 and I had been pining over a CSL style bootlid when one became available(thanks Rosh), I immediately snapped it up. Then came the dilemma of whether or not leave it Carbon or have it painted. After much internal deliberation, I decided to paint.
Props to Craig at Ross Champion Pinetown(highly recommended), the lid came out perfect and fitment was 100%(thanks again Rosh)
Thanks to Aqeel from HotWired Photography for the pic.
Recently I had become bored of the OEM 19s so I sourced a set of OEM 18s, love the "bulky" look of the 18s with a big sidewall tyre.
Now on to the whole reason for this post:
I have been reading up on many sites, the effects of Ethanol on a V8 M3, lots of info on the Supercharged cars in the states with upgraded fueling(they have recorded a max of 30% ethanol that the DME is happy with) but not much, if any, on N/A cars. Couldn't find anything on any cars done locally, so I decided to give it a shot. We started out with different blends and the infamous bum dyno and in most cases the car felt happy. Yesterday we decided to try the highest ratio to date on my car(thanks to Kish2604), 25% ethanol:bin:, fuel mixed and filled, fingers crossed and started the car, idled fine and you could get the tinge of ethanol from the exhaust. Took the car out on the road to do a little adaptation hits and the car felt GOOD. So off to Stealth Tuned again.
The final result:
The DME adapted on each run and the figures climbed 274, 279, 281, 285 and finally 287wkw, I decided to call it quits on the last run as I was happy with the figures.
The car is performing flawlessly and surprises me each and every time.
Will hopefully be doing pulleys and intake in the coming months and will update.
Until then, thanks for reading:thumbs:
Some updates:
Shortly after getting the car, cosmetically I added some carbon splitters to the front bumper, love the look and don't think it will be changing any time soon.
In 2014 after having done the OEM mod on the back boxes, I decided to hit autotrix in Durban for a dyno and this was the result:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nuuli3P1G-8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
248kw/333hp and 341nm at the wheels on 100% pump fuel. I was happy with this as it was more or less on par with other stock cars.
Later on in the year I added a set of performance back boxes for a little extra sound, pleased with the results I hit Rallys dyno on Umgeni road hoping for a decent jump in power, I used this dyno as they were having a dyno night at the time and the dyno reads about on par with autotrix.
End result: Just by changing the back boxes I netted a massive increase of 1kw that's right ONE kilowatt:roflol:
From then on I was happy with the car, she still exceeded all my expectations and still put a grin on my face every time I drove her but, the need for more power is not one easily brushed aside.
Fast forward to 2015: With the car still under plan, I purchased another OEM stock exhaust and started fiddling with the X-Pipe. The idea was to decat the car in such a way that the exhaust wouldn't have to be swapped out every time the car needed to go in, enter "Mr Angle grinder", I cut off the tops of the cats and emptied out the honeycomb material then welded them back up. Firstly the sound, the exhaust note was DRAMATICALLY increased and I LOVED it, the car felt a lot more livelier and eager, revved up much cleaner also.
I then decided to take the car to Stealth Tuned in Springfield Park, having sampled the other dynos in KZN I decided to give Stealth a shot, props to Ashen of Stealth, very friendly and accommodating guy.
This was the result:
274wkw and 389wnm, I was over the moon with this result. Again this run was done on 100% pump fuel. Prior to the dyno, I was a bit concerned over the torque dip at low RPM from decatting the stock X-Pipe(from reading up online), glad to see it was not the case on my car.
Fast forward to 2016 and I had been pining over a CSL style bootlid when one became available(thanks Rosh), I immediately snapped it up. Then came the dilemma of whether or not leave it Carbon or have it painted. After much internal deliberation, I decided to paint.
Props to Craig at Ross Champion Pinetown(highly recommended), the lid came out perfect and fitment was 100%(thanks again Rosh)
Thanks to Aqeel from HotWired Photography for the pic.
Recently I had become bored of the OEM 19s so I sourced a set of OEM 18s, love the "bulky" look of the 18s with a big sidewall tyre.
Now on to the whole reason for this post:
I have been reading up on many sites, the effects of Ethanol on a V8 M3, lots of info on the Supercharged cars in the states with upgraded fueling(they have recorded a max of 30% ethanol that the DME is happy with) but not much, if any, on N/A cars. Couldn't find anything on any cars done locally, so I decided to give it a shot. We started out with different blends and the infamous bum dyno and in most cases the car felt happy. Yesterday we decided to try the highest ratio to date on my car(thanks to Kish2604), 25% ethanol:bin:, fuel mixed and filled, fingers crossed and started the car, idled fine and you could get the tinge of ethanol from the exhaust. Took the car out on the road to do a little adaptation hits and the car felt GOOD. So off to Stealth Tuned again.
The final result:
The DME adapted on each run and the figures climbed 274, 279, 281, 285 and finally 287wkw, I decided to call it quits on the last run as I was happy with the figures.
The car is performing flawlessly and surprises me each and every time.
Will hopefully be doing pulleys and intake in the coming months and will update.
Until then, thanks for reading:thumbs:
It took you 3 years to update this thread! You need to be shot....
I am loving the transformation and to be honest this particular car is earning great respect for me with regards to the v8, maybe you pedal it better than most...but it certainly is a force to be not taken lightly!
300kw at the wheels is coming soon... You got an awesome base to work on and it's just a matter of time now.
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I am loving the transformation and to be honest this particular car is earning great respect for me with regards to the v8, maybe you pedal it better than most...but it certainly is a force to be not taken lightly!
300kw at the wheels is coming soon... You got an awesome base to work on and it's just a matter of time now.
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Wow....nice updates, Kish was telling us earlier about how well she's running. Well done bud [CLAPPING HANDS SIGN][CLAPPING HANDS SIGN]
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