[Cibbersicks]

I'm considering fitting a Remus Poweriser tuning box in a few weeks.

After speaking to a very reputable dealer at the weekend he's assured me I'll be looking at approximately 35ish BHP increase and a solid bump up in torque. The reason I'm looking is because a colleague of mine has recently bought a M140i and it bothers me how quick it is against the M2

Is this return in power realistic? Can anyone comment who has experience of these tuning boxes and give me an idea of how they got on with them?

Apologies, I'm not 100% in touch with the specifics so if I'm asking a silly question I'm sorry!

[Dav3]

I'd just take him on a twisty mountain road and tell him to chase me

Piggyback won't do enough imo to humiliate a M140i

[mike@x-ph.com]

It will be less than that on an M2 , i would say 20-30

[Cibbersicks]

So to update I had the Remus Powersizer fitted on Saturday.

All I can say is wow! Quite a big improvement throughout the rev range. It's especially noticeable in 4th and 5th gear pulls from 2000rpm up to the redline. It's considerably quicker. I also went for a pipercross high flow filter too. No real performance gains but just to let the engine breathe a little better than stock.

I may find the time at some point to dyno the car to get an idea of power figures. I'm keen to know what the 0-60 time is now - hence my post on the nav/electronics board.

[Yellowflash21]

If I'm not mistaking, Remus is re-branding DTE.

Is this how your chip looks like?

https://www.chiptuning.com/en/bmw/2-...w-2979ccm.html

[Cibbersicks]

Originally Posted by Yellowflash21

If I'm not mistaking, Remus is re-branding DTE.

Is this how your chip looks like?

https://www.chiptuning.com/en/bmw/2-...w-2979ccm.html

Yes it looks like that, Mike at Motech Performance in Northampton, UK said they are made by DTE.

[Yellowflash21]

Would you be kind to either go to dyno, and do couple of runs with this box turned off, and dialed?

Or at least find some space and do couple of pulls from 100-200 km/h?

We would be very curious to see some results?

[dbperformance]

I still don't get it why people getting a simple box like this for cars like a M2. If you compare it with a good ECU remap, the difference will be huge...

[Cibbersicks]

Originally Posted by Yellowflash21

Would you be kind to either go to dyno, and do couple of runs with this box turned off, and dialed?

Or at least find some space and do couple of pulls from 100-200 km/h?

We would be very curious to see some results?

I'm trying to find a reputable one fairly local to me.

I'll try and do some basic timed runs somewhere. Stupidly I sold a Vbox Sport recently in with my motorcycle- should have kept it, would have been ideal for this...

[Cibbersicks]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

I still don't get it why people getting a simple box like this for cars like a M2. If you compare it with a good ECU remap, the difference will be huge...

Did you bother to read my update post mate?

I fitted it based on a reputable dealer offering a reputable modification and I'm not willing to modify the ECU on a premium car still under warranty. It had the desired effect. I'm failing to see the point in your post other than trolling.

[OSee]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

I still don't get it why people getting a simple box like this for cars like a M2. If you compare it with a good ECU remap, the difference will be huge...

Because not everyone can throw $60K USD to the wind on a brand new car by violating warranty?

Thanks OP. I'm debating between this and the Dinan sport tuner

[dbperformance]

It's funny that everybody thinks that when you use a box that you won't lose your warranty. Let's say for example that your turbo's are blowed up, BMW is going to send all the data to Munich, and they will see that car has used a lot more HP and NM than it should be, so you will still lose your warranty...

I'm not here for trolling, just giving my own opinion about this.

[OSee]

Originally Posted by dannyvdberg

It's funny that everybody thinks that when you use a box that you won't lose your warranty. Let's say for example that your turbo's are blowed up, BMW is going to send all the data to Munich, and they will see that car has used a lot more HP and NM than it should be, so you will still lose your warranty...

I'm not here for trolling, just giving my own opinion about this.

I realize theirs still a warranty risk . But tamer mods are a lot less likely to blow turbos.

It doesn't get much safer than the stuff that my local dealer installs. I'm not looking for MONSTER power gains.