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      09-19-2019, 03:44 PM   #6
Anthony1s
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Drives: 2018 Mineral Grey M2
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Originally Posted by VisualEcho View Post
Many cars come from the factory with overly safe tunes for all kinds of reasons, so **usually** a 93 octane tune that also adjusts timing and boost accordingly on any turbo car will smooth the power out, as well as release what was already there. And unless the intercooler or turbo or fuel pump is strangling the car, then there is no need for me to upgrade from that.
M2 is pretty much maxed out from the factory power-wise and needs hardware changes for more. Basically because the N55 engine and associated parts were used in much lower end BMWs. So the tuning increases you are talking about only apply to those.

BMW (and other brands) will use the same parts between models to save production costs, then limit the power via the tunes to keep the models in the market they are selling to, and create more powerful cars for those markets.

What do you mean by you not wanting to "add power" then? Nitrous?

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