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      11-09-2016, 11:37 AM   #1
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N52 F10 mods

anyone know what sort of parts would fit my car? stage 3 manifold doesnt fit my chassis. I dont know of any ECU tunes that would fit. would i be able to install aftermarket headers? if so, which ones would be best/even fit on my model car? anything else i can install?

thanks in advance
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Honestly? You would be better off selling the car and buying a different F10 if you're interested in performance. The N52 just isn't a performance engine.

You could toss a bunch of money at it for minimal gains, meanwhile the 535/550 guys are making big numbers for minimal investments.
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^^^ Can't agree more and with the recent Bootmod3 for BMW F-series the future look pretty good...
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Honestly? You would be better off selling the car and buying a different F10 if you're interested in performance. The N52 just isn't a performance engine.

You could toss a bunch of money at it for minimal gains, meanwhile the 535/550 guys are making big numbers for minimal investments.
honestly, you're right. and i know someone was going to mention this but its just out of the question for me at the moment. the market value of the f10 is falling so steeply right now its the most shocking thing i have ever seen in my life. i bought the car lightly used off lease for $43000 cad. fast forward 2-3 years later, I can barely find offers for $15,000 its horrible. this offer doesnt even take into consideration that the car was stolen when my dad was using it... Selling and changing to a 535i is simply out of the question. either way, we specifically bought this car because it does not have turbos. it will stay in our family with happiness until it dies.. no one else is going to get their hands on it unless they can offer more then $20,000. even at that price, the car still has more value to us to be kept and driven.. as far as mods go, so far I have deleted my secondary cats. very pleased with the gains. i think the power increase was the same as my friend who deleted the muffler on his n52 e60 but without any of the annoying ricer rumble..
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anyone know what sort of parts would fit my car? stage 3 manifold doesnt fit my chassis. I dont know of any ECU tunes that would fit. would i be able to install aftermarket headers? if so, which ones would be best/even fit on my model car? anything else i can install?

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I would just get a throttle responder to make thg car more fun to drive
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I would just get a throttle responder to make thg car more fun to drive
bms powerbox doesnt fit my car.. apparently its an on/off switch anyway.. any other choices out there?
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bms powerbox doesnt fit my car.. apparently its an on/off switch anyway.. any other choices out there?
REMUS responder should work, it has 9 different maps
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REMUS responder should work, it has 9 different maps
for F*ck sake, doesnt fit my car either LOL! i guess modding this thing is out of the question. Im looking to upgrade the muffler this week.
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