N55 TESTER STILL NEEDED

[mjmarovi]

Exactly.

I'm so tired of this excuse...honestly I don't understand why more of these cars haven't been pushed and we haven't seen more blown motors. I mean I've seen the new ZL1 with a built motor and other things done before the guy even drove it for the first time. He literally had the dealership deliver it to a performance shop. Same thing with countless other cars....

Here we go...this challenge and that challenge...fueling...trans..yada yada yada....well pretty sure all other high performance even 600+hp aftermarket platforms all had similar challenges but guess what? Someone did it....I think the problem is the outreach or "clique" that seems to be for these cars. Virtually no talk on other forums than this, e90, and n54. Not everyone that owns a 335 is on one of these forums.

And don't worry I'm putting my money and risk where my mouth is, I'm not afraid to break anything...I will push S2B2 to w/e it can do, and once something breaks no wallet barred to come up with a solution. (already have talked to people and have my own "fix" planned out for trans and motor. So to make everyone else happy you might as well root against me breaking something.

Warranty? Blah bull$#@!

[mjmarovi]

Tester issue is solved. Jeff at BMS is just going to ship us his car. It's a win win for everyone. Terry already bought an upgrade, we will install it for him, develop the lines, verify diverter valve function etc. Then drive the car back down to terry and let them test avd tune it. Once we gets the lines and all that done we can start shipping to the pre-orders and other tuning methods, Cobb vishu etc can be utilized. Thanks to Terry and Jeff at BMS. This is by far the best solution for the test car.

Sweet

[Ak335i]

Where are you located? I will soon have the S2B2 and we can go out and play...lol

repped!

im in south florida. Palm beach county. Id travel many hours to play if you are in the same corner of the country

[mjmarovi]

repped!

im in south florida. Palm beach county. Id travel many hours to play if you are in the same corner of the country

I live in Sarasota, but I go to Fort Myers about every other weekend. Sometimes I even make it over to Miami, Lauderdale...rarely though

[Tony@VargasTurboTech]

I'm so tired of this excuse...honestly I don't understand why more of these cars haven't been pushed and we haven't seen more blown motors. I mean I've seen the new ZL1 with a built motor and other things done before the guy even drove it for the first time. He literally had the dealership deliver it to a performance shop. Same thing with countless other cars....

Here we go...this challenge and that challenge...fueling...trans..yada yada yada....well pretty sure all other high performance even 600+hp aftermarket platforms all had similar challenges but guess what? Someone did it....I think the problem is the outreach or "clique" that seems to be for these cars. Virtually no talk on other forums than this, e90, and n54. Not everyone that owns a 335 is on one of these forums.

And don't worry I'm putting my money and risk where my mouth is, I'm not afraid to break anything...I will push S2B2 to w/e it can do, and once something breaks no wallet barred to come up with a solution. (already have talked to people and have my own "fix" planned out for trans and motor. So to make everyone else happy you might as well root against me breaking something.

Warranty? Blah bull$#@!

I agree with this to a point. But I will say stock frames, stage 2'd or RB's etc, don't make enough power to break much of anything on these cars unless something is wrong. Making 725 WHP and 609 ft lbs with nothing broken has proven that.

[Ak335i]

I live in Sarasota, but I go to Fort Myers about every other weekend. Sometimes I even make it over to Miami, Lauderdale...rarely though

Perfect. Proven power in tampa did my build. let me know when you are dialed in and we will have some fun!

[mjmarovi]

I agree with this to a point. But I will say stock frames, stage 2'd or RB's etc, don't make enough power to break much of anything on these cars unless something is wrong. Making 725 WHP and 609 ft lbs with nothing broken has proven that.

We'll see, I hope you're right, I wouldn't mind the car holding up to Stage 2's, but the AT worries me. I'm sure I will be going Stage 3 within a year, I dunno though, a lot of how far I go with this car is a matter of how soon I can move out from my condo and into a house so that I can bring down my other project sitting up north.

[mjmarovi]

Perfect. Proven power in tampa did my build. let me know when you are dialed in and we will have some fun!

Well if the turbos ship this week...from CA...arrive early next week...install next week...lets call it 2 weeks lol

[Ak335i]

Well if the turbos ship this week...from CA...arrive early next week...install next week...lets call it 2 weeks lol

yeah man, get her dialed in. im in alaska until oct 25 anyway

[Sticky]

The "I'm waiting for my warranty to run out" makes as much sense to me as a cock flavored lolly pop.

LOL

[Sticky]

I'm "talking like I have it all?" Please, I'm simply explaining to you why your test market is so limited. Literally the only people who can do this are people from a single model year (2011), in a single geographic area (CA), that have their N55 as a secondary car, that can be without it for three weeks (let's be real, it will be longer than that), and that have enough money to not care if something goes wrong from a non-existent tuning solution. Not sure why it's a newsflash, but there aren't too many people out there like that.

Yeah, that's great. Cobb has been telling us support for the N55 has been "almost done" for a year. How about you tell them you're ready right now and see if they send it? Let me know how that goes for you

You either have a business case for developing a N55 turbo or you don't. If you don't, it wasn't very smart of you to begin development. If you do, it isn't very smart of you to insult your customers. I run a business and wouldn't dream of saying something like that, even if it was true (which it very well may be in this case). That's just customer relations 101. Either way.......

Boy catering to the BMW market is oh so fun.

[Sticky]

Tester issue is solved. Jeff at BMS is just going to ship us his car. It's a win win for everyone. Terry already bought an upgrade, we will install it for him, develop the lines, verify diverter valve function etc. Then drive the car back down to terry and let them test avd tune it. Once we gets the lines and all that done we can start shipping to the pre-orders and other tuning methods, Cobb vishu etc can be utilized. Thanks to Terry and Jeff at BMS. This is by far the best solution for the test car.

Best solution right here. Awesome.

[Sticky]

I mean I've seen the new ZL1 with a built motor and other things done before the guy even drove it for the first time. He literally had the dealership deliver it to a performance shop. Same thing with countless other cars....

It's a different market. BMW owners are for the most part leasing posers trying to impress people with their cars badge and not its performance. The Ultimate Douchebag Machine.

[mjmarovi]

It's a different market. BMW owners are for the most part leasing posers trying to impress people with their cars badge and not its performance. The Ultimate Douchebag Machine.

Hey now, I love my ultimate douchebag machine.

[Sticky]

Hey now, I love my ultimate douchebag machine.

I love mine too. But it doesn't change the fact people rent them to impress other shallow people.

[mjmarovi]

I love mine too. But it doesn't change the fact people rent them to impress other shallow people.

Not that's needed, but that fact simply adds motivation to mod them out. My car clearly does not look or sound anywhere near stock at this point though. This makes me happy and haters hate...which makes me even happier.

[Nugs]

Where are you located? I will soon have the S2B2 and we can go out and play...lol

What is an S2B2?

[mjmarovi]

What is an S2B2?

Stage 2 Batch 2, referring to the new Vargas Turbo Tech turbo kit.

[paradoxical3]

Boy catering to the BMW market is oh so fun.

Is there anything I said that isn't true?

[Sticky]

Is there anything I said that isn't true?

It's how you said it.

[Nugs]

Tester issue is solved. Jeff at BMS is just going to ship us his car. It's a win win for everyone. Terry already bought an upgrade, we will install it for him, develop the lines, verify diverter valve function etc. Then drive the car back down to terry and let them test avd tune it. Once we gets the lines and all that done we can start shipping to the pre-orders and other tuning methods, Cobb vishu etc can be utilized. Thanks to Terry and Jeff at BMS. This is by far the best solution for the test car.

Good to hear, can't wait to see the results.
Is this a 135i or 335i and what transmission does it have?

[MisterEm]

I love mine too. But it doesn't change the fact people rent them to impress other shallow people.

Some of your best logic to date!

EDIT: Tried to rep but got the proverbial "you must spread reputation around..."

[Tony@VargasTurboTech]

Good to hear, can't wait to see the results.
Is this a 135i or 335i and what transmission does it have?

I honestly do not know which tranny this car has. I will find out very soon.

[Tony@VargasTurboTech]

Picking up the car on Sunday. Will start pulling it apart Monday or Tuesday. We will have it installed most likely by the end of next week. Just an FYI

[bigdnno98]

Since it's a 2011, hopefully you don't have a bunch of mechanical things to fix and you can get to tuning quickly LOL.