[closer98]

Just looking for some opinions. I had an 08 E90 335i slighly modded with a dinan stage 2 flash. Great car, had a lot of fun with it. I then picked up an 08 E90 M3 also slightly modded with pulley, air filter and rpi scoops. Probably my favorite car I have ever owned but all good things must come to an end. That car went back on lease and I am now looking to purchase another 335i. This time around I will be owning the car and wanted to go a little further. My main concerns are performance, but at the same time I want to do my best to protect the major engine components. I have about $8,000 to play with after purchasing the car. If anyone has a 2008 to 2010 E90 or E93 with manual transmission and under 30k miles I would be interested, PM me. Anyways here are my plans:

2008-2010 E90 or E93 335i (AW)

Juicebox 4

AMS Intercooler

Active Auto Blowoff Valve

AFE cold air intake

Remus Sport Exhaust (need something on the quieter side)

H & R Sport Springs

19 inch BBS CH Matte Black or 19 Volk TE37 Matte Black

This would be about as far as I can go with my budget. I wanted something that will look good, go fast and not overheat. I spoke to my mechanic who works on a lot of these cars and he said with this setup car should put down around 400 rwhp. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[InCityPhoto]

You will want downpipes.

[XJS]

If you want to protect your major engine components you might want to look into the threads regarding basic engine tuning and timing and choose your tune accordingly, based on how you interpret the thread of course...

[Transport3r]

Originally Posted by closer98

Just looking for some opinions. I had an 08 E90 335i slighly modded with a dinan stage 2 flash. Great car, had a lot of fun with it. I then picked up an 08 E90 M3 also slightly modded with pulley, air filter and rpi scoops. Probably my favorite car I have ever owned but all good things must come to an end. That car went back on lease and I am now looking to purchase another 335i. This time around I will be owning the car and wanted to go a little further. My main concerns are performance, but at the same time I want to do my best to protect the major engine components. I have about $8,000 to play with after purchasing the car. If anyone has a 2008 to 2010 E90 or E93 with manual transmission and under 30k miles I would be interested, PM me. Anyways here are my plans:

2008-2010 E90 or E93 335i (AW)

Juicebox 4
I'd personally get a Procede, I feel it's the better engineered product.

AMS Intercooler

Active Auto Blowoff Valve

AFE cold air intake
I'd ditch the cold air and go for some catless DP's or a meth injection kit. If you really want an intake, look up the Mr.5 intake mod. It's cheap and it works.

Remus Sport Exhaust (need something on the quieter side)

H & R Sport Springs
Make sure you get some good shocks too

19 inch BBS CH Matte Black or 19 Volk TE37 Matte Black

This would be about as far as I can go with my budget. I wanted something that will look good, go fast and not overheat. I spoke to my mechanic who works on a lot of these cars and he said with this setup car should put down around 400 rwhp. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Good Luck!

[fisherbln]

Late 2010 had the change over to the N55 engine, be sure you get an N54!

[Mike@N54Tuning.com]

Originally Posted by InCityPhoto

You will want downpipes.

+1 on that.. Its the one key thing missing from your list, but other then that it looks good.

If your budget is maxed then skip the exhaust and get the DPs. I think you will be happy with the stock exhaust and catless DPs, in terms of sound and performance. The stock exhaust system is actually pretty good and the power gains from an exhaust are predominantly from swapping the downpipes!

Mike

[jippii ensio]

Originally Posted by closer98

2008-2010 E90 or E93 335i (AW)

Juicebox 4

AMS Intercooler

Active Auto Blowoff Valve

AFE cold air intake

Remus Sport Exhaust (need something on the quieter side)

H & R Sport Springs

19 inch BBS CH Matte Black or 19 Volk TE37 Matte Black

with this setup car should put down around 400 rwhp.

I'll get you 100whp more at the same budget. Forget the 5 last items and get
RB turbos, DPs and meth instead.

[Forcefed3]

Originally Posted by closer98

Just looking for some opinions. I had an 08 E90 335i slighly modded with a dinan stage 2 flash. Great car, had a lot of fun with it. I then picked up an 08 E90 M3 also slightly modded with pulley, air filter and rpi scoops. Probably my favorite car I have ever owned but all good things must come to an end. That car went back on lease and I am now looking to purchase another 335i. This time around I will be owning the car and wanted to go a little further. My main concerns are performance, but at the same time I want to do my best to protect the major engine components. I have about $8,000 to play with after purchasing the car. If anyone has a 2008 to 2010 E90 or E93 with manual transmission and under 30k miles I would be interested, PM me. Anyways here are my plans:

2008-2010 E90 or E93 335i (AW)

Juicebox 4

AMS Intercooler

Active Auto Blowoff Valve

AFE cold air intake

Remus Sport Exhaust (need something on the quieter side)

H & R Sport Springs

19 inch BBS CH Matte Black or 19 Volk TE37 Matte Black

This would be about as far as I can go with my budget. I wanted something that will look good, go fast and not overheat. I spoke to my mechanic who works on a lot of these cars and he said with this setup car should put down around 400 rwhp. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I would go with COBB, a cold air intake, catless downpipes, and a full exhaust instead of mufflers.

[e92bmw]

If you want your engine to last a long time I would suggest researching all the tunes. Im not going to throw any names out there because Ive had enough of these stupid battles but a tune that controls timing is essential for your engine health.
PS: Jb4 doesnt have control on timing...DO YOUR RESEARCH
*cough* get the v5 *cough*

[Forcefed3]

Originally Posted by beemw

If you want your engine to last a long time I would suggest researching all the tunes. Im not going to throw any names out there because Ive had enough of these stupid battles but a tune that controls timing is essential for your engine health.
PS: Jb4 doesnt have control on timing...DO YOUR RESEARCH
*cough* get the v5 *cough*

Dont get a piggyback

[Mr. 5]

I have 93k miles right now and have tried just about every tune.
GIAC has been the smoothest and have had no issues.

Im surprised why you want to go back though.
I'm looking to go M3 when I'm done with my car.

[e92bmw]

Originally Posted by gbreeE90

Dont get a piggyback

Nah the procede v5 is just as good if not better than any flash tune out there

[Forcefed3]

Originally Posted by beemw

Nah the procede v5 is just as good if not better than any flash tune out there

Im not going to get in to an arguement as this thread is not for a tune war. But IMO COBB is better than PROcede, and will be much better when stage 2 comes out. OP, you can make your own decision on that one.

[e92bmw]

Originally Posted by gbreeE90

Im not going to get in to an arguement as this thread is not for a tune war. But IMO COBB is better than PROcede, and will be much better when stage 2 comes out. OP, you can make your own decision on that one.

Coming from the guy with a jb3 picture....

[Forcefed3]

Originally Posted by beemw

Coming from the guy with a jb3 picture....

Coming from the guy with 142 posts...

[closer98]

Originally Posted by Mike@N54Tuning.com

+1 on that.. Its the one key thing missing from your list, but other then that it looks good.

If your budget is maxed then skip the exhaust and get the DPs. I think you will be happy with the stock exhaust and catless DPs, in terms of sound and performance. The stock exhaust system is actually pretty good and the power gains from an exhaust are predominantly from swapping the downpipes!

Mike

THX. I think I will do that. What type of gains can I expect from downpipe?

[closer98]

Originally Posted by Mr. 5

I have 93k miles right now and have tried just about every tune.
GIAC has been the smoothest and have had no issues.

Im surprised why you want to go back though.
I'm looking to go M3 when I'm done with my car.

M3 is an awesome car. Don't want another $1000+/mo payment. will look into the GIAC. They had a nice write up about it in grassroots motorsports (335i project car)

[closer98]

Thanks for the tips guys. Much appreciated.

[Proper Motion LLC]

Upgrade oil cooling

[ianthegreat]

Originally Posted by closer98

THX. I think I will do that. What type of gains can I expect from downpipe?

Agreed. A JB4, downpipes, CAI, and exhaust would be great additions. Mix and match what you want to get your wheels and suspension.

Downpipes would net you between 10-20 additional hp.

[Mike@N54Tuning.com]

Originally Posted by closer98

THX. I think I will do that. What type of gains can I expect from downpipe?

Probably around 20-30 when tuned as you will be able to map up. Catless DPs are really one of the best bolt on performance mods out there.

Mike

[Forcefed3]

Originally Posted by Mike@N54Tuning.com

Probably around 20-30 when tuned as you will be able to map up. Catless DPs are really one of the best bolt on performance mods out there.

Mike

Yes, downpipes are VERY important. Get AR design from Mike