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The defending champs appear to already be in stride this season. Last year marked BMW's return to DTM racing and it was a spectacular season with BMW capturing the championship in the final race with a classic come from behind victory. No excuses regarding inexperience, rust, or not having a full field of cars this year and excuses are not needed. Agusto Farfas took the victory for BMW followed by Dirk Werner for BMW Team Schnitzer. ...

Sad, sad day indeed for the BMW community. The aftermarket tuning game is not an easy one. Especially when it comes to BMW's these days with ever increasing sophistication of their electronics and BMW doing everything in their power to prevent modification. Thankfully, there are some companies that simply do not give up and do what many say can't be done. For quite a while on the E46 M3 platform, HPF was forging ahead into territory nobody else was willing to tackle. ...

The Toyota 2JZ motor. The engine out of the Toyota Supra that has reached legendary status in tuning circles and was every teenage boys dreams ever since its "iconic" scene in the Fast and Furious movie. Some BMW enthusiasts go so far as to compare their six-cylinder motors to it as if that is some kind of badge of honor. Regardless, here is someone who took their 2JZ love a bit too far and decided to swap the motor into an E30 3-Series. ...

So you know that awesome BMW S85 V10 revving over 8000 rpm giving somewhat of a direct link to the Motorsport division that seemed equally at home in an Italian exotic as it did under the hood of a BMW sport sedan? Yep, that one with the individual throttle bodies, over 100 horses per liter, that won all those awards, and that you could not get anything like it in a 550i, 545i, 535i, 530i, 528, or 525i? You know, a real unique M motor made specifically for an M car and only available in an M car? Say goodbye to ever seeing that again. ...

Very interesting race here where the top end of the S85 V10 in the E63 M6 impresses. The CL600 has a 5.5 liter V12 with two turbos plus a tune from Evotech which greatly increases the torque of the V12. The problem with the M275 V12 motor is the low redline, relatively poor heads, single over head cam design, 3 valve heads, and 5-speed transmission. Think of it as a tractor. Not to mention the 4800 pound curb weight which is almost 1000 pounds more than the E63 M6. ...

A lot of us here on BimmerBoost take our cars for granted. They may not be Aventador's or Veyron's but for the vast majority of people in the world any M car, new or used, is simply a dream. Many of us as kids developed our love for cars and BMW's by playing video games. Well, the upcoming Grid 2 video will likely continue that trend for many kids (and well many of us as adults like to indulge in video games as well) around the world. ...

Now this is what you call fast. Congratulations to Budler Motorsports for improving on their record (previously a 7.69 elapsed time) with a 7.48@184 1/4 mile run. This vehicle is a 5-speed manual E30 with an S38 swap that is turbocharged. Horsepower is somewhere in the ~1300 range. The world's fastest E30 BMW? Yep. Also the world's fastest manual BMW? Unless anybody can mention another BMW with a manual gearbox that is faster this E30 would appear to have that record. ...

Now this is what a BMW M car is supposed to sound like. A slight raspy growl down low with a tinge of that high pitched exotic whine as the revs rise and hell is unldeashed. This is a sweet sounding M3. The type of sound that adds another element to the M ownership experience. No need for fake or synthetic engine noise to be piped in to try to make the car more exciting like what BMW has to resort to doing in the new F10 M5 due to the poor engine note. ...

This is starting to get sad especially considering the M6 is the highest performance car BMW has right now. Car and Driver decided to do a comparison between the new F12 M6, Porsche 991 Carrera S, Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG, and the Jaguar XKR-S. All of which finished ahead of the BMW M6 which came in last place a position BMW is getting accustomed to being in as of late in automotive magazine comparison tests. ...

With all the discussions as of late regarding upgraded turbo options for N54 inline-6 twin turbo based vehicles the stock N54 turbos have not been getting a lot of love. Well, in comes BMS to remind us just how much power the stock turbos can make these days. The N54 has come a long way and BMS was able to squeeze out 461 rear wheel horsepower on a dynojet in STD correction. Also 510 pound-feet of rear wheel torque. ...

A warm welcome from BimmerBoost.com to its newest vendor, Gaphix Design Haus. The company is new and located in Los Angeles, California. BimmerBoost signed and NDA (non-disclosure agreement) so unfortunately details on the two new product coming can not be posted at this time but we most certainly can introduce Gaphix Design Haus and also tell you that there will be two completely new products one the E46 M3 and well as E9X M3. ...

Foreword by admin: Gentlemen, many M3 enthusiasts and car modification enthusiasts in general tend to get this wrong. Active Autowerke put up a quick article explaining that one can not compare superchargers especially for the M3 platform simply by looking at the PSI figures. 7 psi on a Vortech T-Trim and 7 psi on a Rotrex blower do not tell the whole story as far as how much air (measured in CFM, or cubic feet per minute) is getting into the motor and at what rpm. PSI does not explain the torque curve, max CFM the blower is capable of, or the compressor map. A good read by Active Autowerke explaining this below even for those familiar with boost being a measure of backpressure. ...

Two great videos here showing the new F12 M6 coupe going head to head on the highway versus a Porsche 997.1 Turbo and also the new F10 M5. As we have previously seen when the F12 M6 and F10 M5 raced on the highway, the M6 shows itself to be faster than the M5. The difference is larger than one would expect and enough to make the decision easy for a person deciding between the M5 and M6 who wants maximum performance. The weight penalty of the M5 simply can not be hidden. ...

Well, it seems the back and forth of N54 tuning horsepower records is over... for now. Earlier this month Vargas Turbo Tech and Pro Tuning Freaks (with a Cobb flash) set the N54 hosrepower record at 693 wheel horsepower. That basically obliterated what anyone else had hit on this platform. A competing tuner with a single turbo (the Vargas VTX63 upgrade consists of twin turbos) N54 upgrade kit out of nowhere pulled out suspect numbers that eeked out a few more wheel horsepower. ...

Congratulations to BMW Motorsport on a 1-2 victory at the 2013 ALMS Long Beach Grand Prix with the new Z4 GTE's. This was the first year for BimmerBoost in attendance and suffice it to say covering the event will be a yearly occurrence. There was a little bit of everything to see from the ALMS GT and LMP cars, to Indy cars, to Formula Drift, to high end customer racing cars such as the R8 LMS vehicles. An added bonus was that the weather was just about as good as it gets with clear blue sunny 80 degree skies. ...

BMW is expanding heavily and this of course includes the Chinese market. BMW will launch a new brand specifically for the Chinese market which will be called Zinoro. The vehicles will have an emphasis on fuel efficiency and will likely include mostly electric vehicles. Basically, seems BMW will be building affordable (cheap) electric and hybrid city cars. BMW's partner in this will be the Chinese brand Brilliance who ironically has made their name blatantly ripping off BMW designs. ...

Well seems BMW will respond to recent challenges from its competition and not just leave the M5 stagnant. The F10 M5 being a forced induction vehicle makes it relatively easy for BMW to just revise the software but it seems the F10 M5 facelift "Competition Package" will offer more than just a software change. The 15 horsepower bump will obviously be attractive and will push the M5 to a total of 580 horsepower as BMW's answer the CLS63/E63 AMG facelift with 585 optional horses. ...

With all the dual clutch transmission talk and even companies like Porsche doing what was thought unthinkable and giving their purest drivers car a dual clutch transmission over a manual it's nice to see BMW not completely abandoning the transmission. The car you see here is the upcoming F22 2-Series which will take the place of the 1-Series in the USA. It will also be the competitor for the Mercedes-Benz CLA and the Audi A3 Sedan. ...

This was a race many of you were waiting to see, a "built" motor supercharged DCT M3 versus a Stage III supercharged C63 AMG. The C63 AMG is the new W204 Black Series whose M156 V8 features stronger forged internals than the standard M156 in regular C63 AMG's that do not have the optional P31 performance package. At about 11 psi of boost on a 91 octane tune for the AMG power is in the upper 600 wheel horsepower range and would be higher with a race gas tune. ...