Update on cams, advice on ECU PLS - Page 3 - United Bimmer Community

**RealBmw 02** · 08-30-2005, 12:33 PM

I feel like a little boy coming into the middle of a conversation.... all lost and confused

It sounds like you are going to have some awesome new parts on your bimmer. You should try to find a dyno day in the area so you can have some real proof as to what all the mods did for you. Any thoughts about what you will be running now after everything is installed?

**Rooz** · 08-30-2005, 05:04 PM

am expecting at least 40-50 hp gain from the cams and manifold + software

Storamin · 08-30-2005, 05:49 PM

When you doing a 5 speed swap?

**Rooz** · 08-30-2005, 05:50 PM

Whenever I feel that spending ~3k all at once would be ok....

Storamin · 08-30-2005, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rooz

Whenever I feel that spending ~3k all at once would be ok....

Probaly kill the auto tranny w/ the extra power anyways...

**Rooz** · 08-30-2005, 10:05 PM

Highly doubtfull, am not adding a turbo, don't forget that the 328 and M3 have the same tranny

nick_318is · 08-30-2005, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rooz

Highly doubtfull, am not adding a turbo, don't forget that the 328 and M3 have the same tranny

All M3s should be sticks (SMG is acceptable and I would love to drive one)

Storamin · 08-31-2005, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by nick_318is

All M3s should be sticks (SMG is acceptable and I would love to drive one)

Except SMG1. Nobody deserves that mess of a system.

**Rooz** · 08-31-2005, 11:27 AM

Smg, now there's an idea....

Storamin · 08-31-2005, 03:16 PM

Not a big fan of the SMG. It's all the hassles of the manual transmission w/out the clutch. You still roll forward & backwards, but there is no clutch to help modulate the problem.

nick_318is · 08-31-2005, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Storamin

Not a big fan of the SMG. It's all the hassles of the manual transmission w/out the clutch. You still roll forward & backwards, but there is no clutch to help modulate the problem.

I dont call those hassles, they are everyday and I'm used to them and I actually really like some of those things. The only time a manual is bad is in heavy slow moving (stop and go) traffic. Your not supposed to use your clutch to hold the car in place thats how you burn them, use the brake peddle or park brake. And I believe there is an actuall clutch with SMG its just your not pushing it, a computer is doing all the work, I also believe that SMG has some things to keep you from rolling backwards on a hill (I'm not sure though, so don't quote me).

**xsperf** · 08-31-2005, 04:25 PM

wait so does the SMG have a torque converter or a clutch? its probably a torque converter, right?

DEATH2000 · 08-31-2005, 04:32 PM

^^ think so. The ferrari Enzo tranny is capable of shifting in under 150 milisconds so i doubt a clutch is capable of that.

**94bmw325i** · 08-31-2005, 05:19 PM

That's a good question, I don't know if a clutch could engage that fast?

**Rooz** · 08-31-2005, 06:14 PM

Just being curious, but how much would an SMG tranny swapp cost?