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500ish hp goal - What mods should I do?
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Yesterday, 10:39 AM | #1 |
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500ish hp goal - What mods should I do?
As the title said my goal is to do get to or around 500hp and I want it to be as reliable it can be. What mods should I do to make this possible?
I'll need to get a loan to buy the car so I wanted to know everything I need to buy so that I how much should I add to the loan to also get the mods! Disclaimer: I'm not a mechanic or a tuner and I have only read/view videos about it, I'm asking as a newbie. The mods I was thinking about was:
If I miss anything or there are better quality item lmk!! Thank you in advance! P.S: I live in Italy |
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You are taking out a loan to buy a car and modify it pretty heavily and then want it to be reliable at the same time, not only that but doing it on a Banks dime??? #1 335i are not known for their reliability even when fully stock and well taken care of. #2 the E90 platform is OLD and with as many plastic parts installed on the car many will be failed. #3 You are assuming you will be getting a perfect specimen of a 335i, most will be far from perfect and likely to require thousands of dollars just to bring the repairs up to proper maintenance standards before starting to modify the car. #4 you think a bank is going to give you a loan for a car AND the modifications that you are planning to do to their car (because yes its their car until its paid off), which consequently devalues the car, and they will front the costs for that? I really really doubt most if any banks will ever issue you the loan. Even with the best quality parts once you start pushing the limits on the engines with upgraded Turbos, port injection, and other aftermarket parts there WILL be more issues. You have to realize that even if we give you a price for what the build is now, you will need to have THOUSANDS of dollars in reserves for failures especially if you plan on daily driving this planned car. For example as you push injectors harder (more fuel for longer periods of time) you will need to have $4000 just to do a set of injectors. Another $1500 for the High pressure fuel pump. I assume this is not cash you have readily laying around now since you have to finance an E90. Anyway, if you can't afford to buy the car, you DEFINITELY can't afford to modify it. |
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Unless you can get vrsf downpipes at a big discount, I wouldn't buy those. Consistently poor fitment, reported by many people and observed myself, though I have an n55.
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I forgot to mention that I also considered the costs to make it ready for mods. I can afford the car and most of the mods, but I prefer to dilute the costs, and also I don’t have to specify for what I need those money to the bank. Thank you again for your concerns! |
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