Thread: No 128i Love :(
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      09-21-2012, 12:19 AM   #319
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Drives: 130i coupé ;)
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2008 BMW 128i  [10.00]
Just installed my DISA manifold.
6 hours in total. The items connected to the bottom are the trickiest and took 2 hours to solve. More on that sometime later. Everything went back in quick.

Results?
I love the boost from 4-6k. Will see how the DME adapts, dont think i need a tune so soon. I always felt the car was Jakyl and Hyde after 4k.
Now it truly is. I guess for track a tune is needed vs just a manifold.

I wonder if stock 128i tune is different from 328i, maybe it will adapt different.

EDIT: DISA update: 1 tank of gas later, and the best part is the low end torque for traffic/ street driving. Fuel econ is improved by about 0.5 l/100. The "Flat spot" is a non issue with 6mt & I don't notice it unless I am looking for it.

FYI
I posted about Magnaflow direct replacement catted headers/exhaust manifold in the e90post n52
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128i Sport 6MT converted to Euro 130i spec, 3.73 diff, tuned by evolve ~220 whp 207 wtq(ft-lb) SAE
In-progress: //M front arm, M3 rack, e36M lip Wishlist: Coils, n55 mnts, headers, LSD, e60 finn diff


"The 1-series is the last car that BMW engineered before the Germans, as a car-making culture, fell out of love with driving." - R&T 2013 135is

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