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German Car Blog, Performance, Tuning, Motorsport, and Modification News
Published on 02-08-2011 04:35 AM
AWE Tuning has released their Audi Q5 3.2 exhaust. It is available in two different versions, resonated and non-resonated. The non-resonated starts at about $1700 and the resonated version goes up to about $2300 depending on options such as polished tips. Power gains are about 6 horsepower at all 4 wheels which is about what one should expect from a rear section only. Click read more for pics and videos. ...Published on 02-08-2011 03:41 AM
The vast majority of BMW blogs and sites on the net posted pictures of the N20 sitting in an engine bay with a plastic cover. That did not do much for us to be able to see the actual motor. Well, a shot of the motor has surfaced that also reveals the size of the intercooler. This is all we have so far but we are hoping more photos and details of the motor will surface soon. ...Published on 02-08-2011 02:18 AM
Ok, so this is BMW modding in a slightly different direction. Even wonder what to do with your old BMW? Have some spare parts laying around? Maybe your car met its end in some unfortunate circumstances? Well, classic auto furniture can help you do something with those spare parts. Their 1994 BMW 740il ultimate power desk would be a great place to browse BimmerBoost.com from, but it does not come cheap at $3825. Check out their various models available and they can build you a custom setup as well. ...Published on 02-07-2011 07:21 PM
So the day has arrived. We've finished inventorying the kit, the countless billet machined pieces, custom cast pieces and the water cut stainless steel pieces. Everything's here so it's go time. We like to keep the shop as clean as humanly possible, but with understanding that our work can get dirty from time to time.
During G-Power installations, it requires our utmost in focus and cleanliness, so we're extra-OCD on keeping the install area for this clean. If you've watched our last install's time lapse video, you know we aren't kidding. ...Published on 02-05-2011 03:40 PM
These tests were all performed on a MK I Audi TT with the 1.8t tsi motor. The black lines are when the car was stock. Blue line is with a GIAC tune plus an AWE turbo outlet pipe. The red line is with the GIAC tune, AWE turbo outlet pope, and the addition of the C|C|B intake. The intake provides additional gains of 21 horsepower at the wheels, very respectable and a nice addition. ...Published on 02-04-2011 08:48 PM
UK manufacturer Samcosport has released their silicon hose kit for the E46 M3. They have two setups available, one with 5 pieces and one with 3. The 5 piece kit costs £66.83 and the 3 piece coolant line kit is £54.12. Both are available in various colors (15 to be exact) to spice up an engine bay. ...Published on 02-04-2011 03:40 PM
It never made much sense to us that the C-coupe would be neutered. Thankfully, that is not the case. The C63 AMG coupe will in fact share the C63 AMG sedans 450+ horsepower 6.2 liter M156 V8. This is exactly how it should be and we thank Mercedes for having the balls to go through with it. This also bodes well for the black series version of the C-class coupe to get the twin turbo V8. Well done Mercedes! ...Published on 02-04-2011 03:26 PM
Well, Mercedes has put out some teasers that they intend to reveal something big during the fourth quarter of the superbowl. What is it? We don't know, but it better not be a front wheel drive hybrid or there will be rioting. Check out the three teaser vids. ...Published on 02-04-2011 10:52 AM
The ultimate sellout machine continues to roll. BMW announced this week they will be partnering with Peugot-Citroen on a hybrid front wheel drive drivetrain for a BMW vehicle positioned beneath the 1 series. The 0 series? Who knows, but we thought this is what the Mini brand was for? It would seem that the next generation Mini will be sharing this platform so BMW is simply re-badging that for increased sales. Someone make this nonsense stop. ...Published on 02-04-2011 02:21 AM
Gintani is wrapping up development of their C63 AMG exhaust. After the final round of testing the car was flashed back to stock and here we have a dyno of the car from the baseline stock to with the exhaust and tune. Stock the car put down 360 whp and with the exhaust alone on 91 octane the car put out 402.0 whp. A very, very nice gain with exhaust alone. Expect pricing information to come shortly. ...Published on 02-04-2011 12:32 AM
It would seem that BMW and Mercedes continue to match one another move for move. Mercedes did the CLS so BMW will likely be coming with the 6 gran turismo. BMW does the X3 so Mercedes does the GLK. Now we have the GLC which will be matching up to the X1. The GLC is expected to share the motors offered in the A and B class as well as their platform. All wheel drive will be standard, no word on if it will be offered in the USA. ...Published on 02-03-2011 08:12 PM
Audi of America recently posted a compilation video showing an overview of their quattro heritage. The video includes vintage rally racing footage and is a nice homage to Audi Quattro, worth watching. ...Published on 02-03-2011 07:52 PM
Kelleners Sport has released their upgrade package for F10 M-Sport equipped BMW 5 series cars. It consists of the usual which is body add on pieces and wheels. They change the mesh in the front bumper and add a lip to it. The sideskirts are also changed for Kelleners pieces. Kelleners exhaust tips and a trunk spoiler round out of the body additions. The car is also situated on Kelleners new BMW wheels. ...Published on 02-03-2011 12:43 AM
PAW Motorsport is offering a cylinder head upgrade for N54 based BMW vehicles. There is a substantial gain in port flow velocity without a sacrifice in low lift situations. Flowbench charts show an increase of about 35% with gains from 161 cfm to 227 cfm. Both intake and exhaust ports have been ported and polished along with modified intake and exhaust valves. The claimed power gains with the head alone are in the 40 hp range. Charts and pictures are below. ...Published on 02-02-2011 09:13 PM
Brabus is a tuner with a great pedigree. They are able to deliver cars that are almost Mercedes OEM in nature. They demonstrated their ability yet again by being the first to have a tuned car pass the stringent Euro VI emission regulations. This standard does not even go into effect until 2014. The plug and play Brabus tune raises the horsepower of the S350 diesel by 54 hp to 308 with torque going from 457 pound-feet to 509. This is available for all 350 Bluetec models. ...Published on 02-02-2011 07:01 PM
G-power has made some bold top speed claims in the past year. They have claimed to hit 231.2 mph but we saw no verification of this claim and when we e-mailed for further details we were assured we would get them but have not. This video however clearly shows a GPS verified 224 mph which is quite impressive. ...Published on 02-01-2011 03:42 PM
MotorAuthority has put up some new spy photos of the upcoming C class AMG coupe. This model is supposed to be packing a 5.5 liter 422 horsepower naturally aspirate V8 which will be shared with the new SLK AMG. We find that a big disappointing since Mercedes has a perfectly good M156 6.2 V8 they already put in the C63 AMG. Why neuter the C AMG Coupe? On the bright side, the Black Series C-coupe is still reportedly coming with the M157 twin turbo V8. ...Published on 02-01-2011 03:22 PM
A teaser rendering was put up a couple days earlier but now we have the real thing. You will notice the higher nose setup on the car which is a major change. Mercedes finished 4th last season which was a return for the Mercedes GP team and with the great Michael Schumacher driving for them in 2011 we expect big things. BenzBoost.com will keep you updated on the Mercedes 2011 Formula 1 season. ...Published on 02-01-2011 01:01 PM
Michigan based Borg Warner has acquired Haldex Traction Systems who is a leader in all wheel drive applications. Haldex Traction Systems is one division of Haldex but the most well known for producing the all wheel drive systems for the A3, S3, and Audi TT. It is interesting to note that the Audi Q7 uses a Borg Warner 4WD system so it appears Borg Warner wishes to expand their AWD offerings especially to the Audi group. The deal was completed for $205 million dollars. ...Published on 02-01-2011 12:04 PM
We would like to welcome Precision Sport Industries as the newest supporting vendor on BimmerBoost. Precision Sport (or PSI for short) deals in a variety of forced induction systems for BMW's. Some of you likely have heard of them as they post top quality build threads. They are based out of Winter Park, Florida and deal a variety of manufacturers including Active Autowerke, Horsepower Freaks (HPF), and G-power. Look forward to following a variety of their great forced induction build threads here on BimmerBoost, welcome PSI! ...
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