brahmabull

Is there anyway to improve the acceleration/horsepower on this thing that's not terribly expensive?


I know it goes about 0-60 in 5.3 seconds. I would love to get it under 5 and closer to 4.5. Is this possible?

tknx

Basically no. No tuners, no turbos, no super chargers. Not yet anyway.

fsportjay

this came out recently, but haven't heard anybody on here using it yet:

http://www.vrtuned.com/shop/vr-tuned...6hci1dmtq8dh91

islandbeef

What's not terribly expensive? Guys on this board pay around $700 to lease their cars, so it can be subjective.

neegroy

iTrader: (19)

There was a member her who had the gif sport and had it supercharged..

Bunch of videos too on YouTube but they ended up removing everything even the thread he created here. I guess there was some discriprence against the makers of the supercharger :/

bclexus

I believe the 5.3 seconds is a bit unrealistic for a stock GS 350 with 306 HP and ~3,900 lbs. Nevertheless, to reduce 0-60 mph just 0.1 (1/10th) second you need a lot more horsepower. To reduce 0-60 as much as you want (0.3 - 0.8 seconds) would take an additional 75 - 150 horsepower if RWD, and a bit less if the car is AWD.

GSmooth350

As soon as I got through breakin I raced my buddy in his 328i with the turbo 2 liter and he pulled on me pretty hard. Even worse he added a $300 plug and play tune and now he pulls on me really hard. Took his quarter mile down to low 13s, which is solid for a 3500 pound car with a four banger. Too bad we don't have a turbo to turn up the boost on! But our v6 is silky smooth and stout in its own right!

bclexus

Yep, that BMW twin turbo kicks in at really low RPM and makes a ton of torque for its size. It really makes that car move. Got a 328i M Sport in the family... It's unbelievably quick. I used to have a modified MR2 Turbo that had a high-performance 2 liter engine in which I had the turbo's boost pressure set at 18 psi. It was an absolute rocket. More and more car makers are using turbos nowadays.

GSTONY

You can add an exhaust and race headers, that vr tuned ecu looks good but not sure untill there more reviews.

islandbeef

Some of my BMW buddies "chip" their cars. They change the engine's programming to upgrade the performance. Check around to see if there's a possibility?

Mike00

That works because it has a supercharged/turbocharger. Generally that doens't work well on a car without boost of some type.

The cheapest way to hit those numbers is to wait for a GS-F.

jasonguo

Just wait for the GSF.
(Or u can strip out all the interior pieces). :P

fsportjay

get one of these:

sick21

If you're a heavy dude, lose some weight. Then you'll go faster

Need4Speed

GREAT SHARE!!!!

Sounds awesome on the video must be even better to be there and driving it...