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Old 11-14-2011, 08:25 PM   #23 (permalink)
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The Mistress - '88 Bmw 320i Touring SE
Team m8
Last 3: 27.17 mpg (US)

Germany Beadle - '91 Mercedes 300td (estate, N/A)
90 day: 24.63 mpg (US)

The Bloodylingo - '05 Citroen Berlingo Multispace Desire
90 day: 39.77 mpg (US)

Shanner Scaab - '03 Saab 9-5 estate Vector
90 day: 26.19 mpg (US)

Clio 182 - '05 Renault Clio RS 182 182
90 day: 31.73 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by lowglider View Post
By the way, people have reported mpg gains with those 30 EUR performance DME chips from ebay. The M30 3.5i is also quite restricted from factory so I guess there is room for improvement with "chip tuning".
If you`re into weight savings, the center exhaust silencer weighs about 30lbs and there is absolutely no need for it in a track car plus the engine breathes better at high revvs.
A chip may be on the cards, but the m30 is done and dusted by 5000rpm, taking the limiter to 7200, and altering fuelling will at best only mean avoiding having to shift to 4th to get to 110mph..

As for the exhaust, luckily the car is too old for any CAT based nonsense, so if and when the exhaust packs up (not long, based on it having 264k on it!) it'll get "warpipes"
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