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[pdawg]

um where are your HRE rims?

EDIT: nevermind I read above.... LAME!

[r33_RGSport]

Originally Posted by pdawg

um where are your HRE rims?

EDIT: nevermind I read above.... LAME!

Lol, I took them off for the roadtrip to Vegas last week.
I don't want to deal with the headache if the valet guys damage the wheels.

[Taran.J]

Originally Posted by r33

Just got a chance to park side by side to another F15 X5 in stock condition.
This is the picture comparison between stock height and my lowered X5 with RG Sport spring kit.

Spring kit price? And JB intake any promo code? Is there any excess noise from the engine bay? I know it happened on my e90 makes it sound a little richer.

[r33_RGSport]

Originally Posted by Taran.J

Need some further pics

Uh, didn't took it. I don't want to get arrested for leaving minor unattended in the car. J/k
I don't want to show the other X5's plate, cuz I don't know the owner, lol.

[r33_RGSport]

Originally Posted by Taran.J

Spring kit price? And JB intake any promo code? Is there any excess noise from the engine bay? I know it happened on my e90 makes it sound a little richer.

The intake will gives you a nice turbo sound. But not that loud where you can hear from the inside. I usually roll down my window and enjoy the sound during the drive home from work.

Spring kit price, do you have all around spring or rear air suspension?
I'll give you a forum price for sure.

[Taran.J]

Originally Posted by r33

The intake will gives you a nice turbo sound. But not that loud where you can hear from the inside. I usually roll down my window and enjoy the sound during the drive home from work.

Spring kit price, do you have all around spring or rear air suspension?
I'll give you a forum price for sure.

Pm me for the intake please

[r33_RGSport]

@Taran.J, PM'ed.

[cenix]

r33, how were your camber specs before and after the springs? Care to share? Thanks!

[r33_RGSport]

Originally Posted by cenix

r33, how were your camber specs before and after the springs? Care to share? Thanks!

I'll look for the alignment paper later.
But it shouldn't change much since the car is using double wishbone/multi link suspension system.

[r33_RGSport]

Here is my alignment spec after the drop.
As mentioned, the camber can't be adjusted due to the suspension design.

Front:
Left camber - -0.9° Right camber - -1.2°
Left toe - 0.05° Right toe - 0.05°

Rear:
Left camber - -1.5° Right camber - -1.5°
Left toe - 0.10° Right toe - 0.10°

[Taran.J]

Originally Posted by r33

The intake will gives you a nice turbo sound. But not that loud where you can hear from the inside. I usually roll down my window and enjoy the sound during the drive home from work.

Spring kit price, do you have all around spring or rear air suspension?
I'll give you a forum price for sure.

Springs all around. Stock M sport suspension

[r33_RGSport]

@Taran.J, PM'ed on the deal.

[cenix]

Originally Posted by r33

Here is my alignment spec after the drop.
As mentioned, the camber can't be adjusted due to the suspension design.

Front:
Left camber - -0.9° Right camber - -1.2°
Left toe - 0.05° Right toe - 0.05°

Rear:
Left camber - -1.5° Right camber - -1.5°
Left toe - 0.10° Right toe - 0.10°

The suspension design, be it MacPherson strut, multi-link, double-wishbone, etc., shouldn't matter about adjustability. Adjustability would be up to the manufacturer's design.

From looking at the rear, there seems to be some camber adjustability by way of the eccentric bolts in the lower rear control arm pieces. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. For the fronts, it appears the only way to adjust camber is to get new upper a-arms which BMW has a part number for, and appears to give some set adjustability by around +/- 0.5 degree.

[r33_RGSport]

cenix , MacPherson suspension usually have an oval slot on the bottom mount and/or top mount for you to adjust the camber.
While double wishbone or multi-link, by default, you are not supposed to be able to change the camber. Those parts that BMW sells are in order to compensate if you have chassis damage where you can't re-align the camber to the spec. But, of course there are some aftermarket products that makes you able to adjust the camber by changing the upper A-arm.
As for the rear, those eccentric bolts are for toe adjustment, but if you look at the way it positioned, it will also affect the camber while adjusting the toe.

[cenix]

thanks for clarifying r33, very informative!

[r33_RGSport]

I just did a quick 0-60 today using P3Cars gauge, and I got 5.56 secs.
I was on sport mode and manual shifting, and was about 3/4 throttle. Maybe soon I can spare some time at the local drag strip to do a few run and average it from there.

[r33_RGSport]

Just got dyno. Here is the baseline compare to the JB4 Stage 2 (Map 2), BMS Intake, ER Chargepipe, and RG Sport Prototype muffler.
Next Mod: Catless Downpipe and FMIC.
Video will be uploaded soon.

[r33_RGSport]

Video uploaded. Link on the OP.
Enjoy.

[SpdAddictRY]

Impressive!

[r33_RGSport]

2nd Dyno has been done yesterday.
Mods:
- BMS JB4
- BMS Air Intake
- ER Chargepipe
- ER Catless downpipe
- RG Sport Muffler

Video on OP.

[Kzang]

hey R33, I am not familiar on how to read the dyno charts but from what I can tell with all your performance mods your HP is max 349.05 and Torque at 391.08? Do you know what the Hp/Tq would be at with just the BMW JB4 tune?

[r33_RGSport]

Originally Posted by Kzang

hey R33, I am not familiar on how to read the dyno charts but from what I can tell with all your performance mods your HP is max 349.05 and Torque at 391.08? Do you know what the Hp/Tq would be at with just the BMW JB4 tune?

On the first dyno session, 1st run, I did baseline at 279.49whp and 296.27wtq.
The conditions are:
- 91 octane
- JB4 turned off
- Air filter (which very minimal hp gain)
- Charge pipe (very minimal hp gain, but eliminate turbo lag)
- Muffler (minimal hp gain, averaged 10-15hp in my experience)

On the 2nd run, I did 313.27whp and 362.65wtq.
The condition are the same as above but with JB4 at map 2.

So with that, it concludes, with JB4 only, it gives out 33.78whp and 66.38wtq gain.

If you have 93 octane, you will see more gain.

Also, I just recently did 2% mix of E85 while on map 2.
I may try 30% E85 mix soon, but it is more complicated on the setup. But, I've read that it is very rewarding.