BMW Car review of my Stage 3 Evolve 1M

[clived]

Just got my copy of this month's "BMW Car" magazine, which features my 1M, as tuned by Evolve.



I'm not going to scan the article as I imagine the guys would quite like you to go and buy a copy, but I can't resist a trio of quotes:

"We've driven up to Luton in the M Performance M3 so I'm used to being in a quick car, but the ferocity of the 1M's acceleration still takes me by surprise. It really is of the hang-on for dear life nature when you hit the wall of torque that really kicks-in from around 1750rpm and from there it just keeps surging forward with no let up in its acceleration bar the briefest of pauses while you snatch another gear..."

"...subjectively it feels like one of the fastest accelerating machines I've ever driven..."

"It's not often I slip behind the wheel of an E92 M3 and think 'hmm, this isn't fast enough' but that was exactly how I felt when I returned home from Evolve's Luton HQ. After driving Clive's 1M I think I've just found my new favourite M car".

[Vrumpkin]

That is really awesome, some very high compliments congrats!

[Stratus650]

Wow fantastic ! Can you recap on the stage 3 package + bolt ons ?

[clived]

Originally Posted by Stratus650

Wow fantastic ! Can you recap on the stage 3 package + bolt ons ?

Sure - Evolve FMIC, decatted downpipes and cat-back exhaust, plus Evolve remap.

[h-manuk]

Originally Posted by clived

Sure - Evolve FMIC, decatted downpipes and cat-back exhaust, plus Evolve remap.

Hi Clive, just read the article.....great results and write up

I'm running stage 1 from Evolve and been very happy with it. I've just added a Forge FMIC a few days ago and that's also made the car more consistent in power delivery after driving 100 miles or so. I'm thinking of going with Evolve's back box like you but read in the article that you've kept the stock midpipes.

I assume they do not make much difference in your case against the N55 midpipes that everybody seems to be going for?

[clived]

...and the downpipes combined with the midpipes is VERY loud. For me, the small gain didn't justify the massive pain!

The N55 is the easy option - very easy to swap out, pretty good gains. The downpipes are a much bigger job - better results, both in terms of power and throttle response in my opinion, but the downside is that many more man hours required to reverse the job. If you go for downpipes, you can easily then try the midpipes and see if it's too much for you or not.

[VO 1M]

an other option is to replace the cats in the downpipe by 200cel metal cats in combination with a catback exhaust (e.g. Eisenmann which doesn't have the secondary cats or the N55 midpipe)

[h-manuk]

Originally Posted by clived

...and the downpipes combined with the midpipes is VERY loud. For me, the small gain didn't justify the massive pain!

The N55 is the easy option - very easy to swap out, pretty good gains. The downpipes are a much bigger job - better results, both in terms of power and throttle response in my opinion, but the downside is that many more man hours required to reverse the job. If you go for downpipes, you can easily then try the midpipes and see if it's too much for you or not.

Thanks for the feedback, I think I will to do the midpipes and then Evolve rear exhaust. Is it worth getting Evolve to remap again as I am tempted to leave it at Stage 1 and just allow ECU adaption?

[clived]

Adaption only takes you so far I'd settle on your final hardware set up and then get it mapped to get the most out of it.

[MrRoboto]

Guys...is this issue available for download yet? If you have a link, please let me know.

[Em/1]

Fantastic review--congrats! I was thinking more to do DP's and Mid-pipe since thought cat back didn't affect performance as much and that would keep noise under better control--anyone else try that approach?

[jan9]

Great stuff!Will go and get a copy of the mag tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing your car in person- will probably have to queue now, seeing as you are famous!

[ChrisBuer]

Clive,

That's fantastic! I'll hav to buy a copy and read it

Out of interest, what power and torque does your car have now with the stage 3?

[clived]

For the article it appears Evolve have been a tiny bit conservative (better to do better than expected on customers cars I guess) and are claiming 430bhp and 475lb ft. We've seen better than that on the dyno, but i'll go with those figures ;-)

[hybris4u]

BTW. There is an iPad app for BMWcar where you can buy/read if you don't have a store with the magazine close by.

[mm1]

Originally Posted by h-manuk

Thanks for the feedback, I think I will to do the midpipes and then Evolve rear exhaust. Is it worth getting Evolve to remap again as I am tempted to leave it at Stage 1 and just allow ECU adaption?

That`s what I have - stage 1, N55 + Evolve back box, but no FMIC just yet. Evolve said that changing midpipes to N55 doesn`t require remap, but if you have FMIC, you can go for the stage 2 remap.
Care to mention that the car feels fantastic! Great job by Evolve.

[ChrisBuer]

Originally Posted by hybris4u

BTW. There is an iPad app for BMWcar where you can buy/read if you don't have a store with the magazine close by.

Is there? I can't find it. It is simply called BMW Car or is it BMW Car Magazine?

[as7920]

Originally Posted by ChrisBuer

Is there? I can't find it. It is simply called BMW Car or is it BMW Car Magazine?

I have previously seen it but cannot find it now either. Have they withdrawn it?

[clived]

Here maybe? http://www.unity-media.com/bmwcarapp/

[Aussie_in_London]

Picked up a copy yesterday while grabbing a frap on my way back from dropping my steering wheel off, looking forward to reading the article, pics look good......

[bdaddylo]

I hope to find it while I'm in Europe. So far no luck at the Amsterdam airport.

[JohnCena]

How do we reach evolve?