Whenever I see videos of the engine online its someone doing something stupid like making it output 800hp while doing donuts and burnouts. I love the engine everytime I hop in my mums 335i, like I can just enjoy it, even on the highway it pulls flawlessly and sounds amazing and on back roads even with the constant speeding up and slowing down you can still engage the turbos because it has next to no lag.
I mean people will always tune/mod cars but why to the extent of destroying the engine in 10k miles? I want an e92 335i, its my dream car and always has been since I first drove one but I don’t think there is going to be any left soon.
I can enjoy mine completely stock, there will be a few left
For you it is not your car and you do not get time to get used to that level of power. The power is addictive and over time you end up needing more and more.
I’m only interested in light tuning on my 55, fbo is as far as it goes. In oem trim it’s great, with bolt ons im just making the most of it. Going as far as a bigger turbo then sacrificing its character for power isn’t for me. I’ll just move up to the next tier for that kind of power. I’d be the same if I had a 54.
Same with the N13B16 out of the 114i, don’t think there are many left with the stock horsepower.
No manual is safe these days. You can still find many untouched autos tho. Although most of the 800hp ones are the autos since those ZF 6 speeds can take a beating with little to no modification. The clutch will take a beating in the manuals from that much power.
Seriously. 300HP is enough for most of these people.
Because the potential with these engines is fantastic. I know of literally countless tuned N54’s that have done hundreds of thousands of miles & not blown up.
Maintenance is key with them & as long as they’re well taken care of you can easily add more power with a couple of bolt on modifications.
I chip tuned my N54 with the JB4 and did intake, downpipes. Had 204k miles on it when I sold it and got my M4. Only ever had one major issue when the water pump died. Sometimes I would get a few misfires and that would be my cue to change the spark plugs, which would fix the issue immediately.
OP why would people watch the same boring thing several times in a row? Videos of modded cars are popular because they all inspire us. Nobody’s saying your N54 isn’t a good engine stock
- if they’re posting it, it’s to get some attention. Bone stock cars don’t get the attention modified cars do
- they’re a blast to drive stock, modded, even better. I had an E60 535, an F10 535, and a G30 540, didn’t post them to social media other than privately for my friends with similar cars. But then, I don’t care about doing burnouts (Michelin aren’t cheap), don’t care for attention, my mods were for me to enjoy
- the BMW community, as a whole, is very mod friendly. Which is why it’s usually fairly inexpensive to mod a BMW compared to say a Merc
Seriously! Like only 95% of BMW owners with a N54 never tune it.
Why are those 5% who do not listening to me and yet also 100% whining?!?!?!
I had a stock e92 335i and it’s power delivery was pretty boat like and disappointing. Just a plugin tune made it so much nicer to drive. My wife had a 3l z4 with less power at the time and she didn’t enjoy driving the e92 at all. The B48 in the X2 is worlds different in terms of fun factor and power delivery. Probably not a popular opinion though.
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Would be more fitting with the B58 boys now in the bottom frame.
Lmao, haven’t seen this meme in a while.
To each their own
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People do. There are a few locally tracked/raced cars that are 100% stock and are exceptionally reliable. Also lots of people just driving 335/535 as commuters, you just don’t hear from them.
I don’t know if n54 and track complement reliability. There are a lot of issues when tracking n54…
