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    REKIII
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    When you make the trade what will you do with your user name?

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    • I love my E39I
      I love my E39I
      I love my E39
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      #180

      Good point!!! Now im stuck with an e39 thanks rekIII

      Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk

      -Because Racecar-

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      • alexwA
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        alexw
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        Awesome.

        Earl, you're slacking on THE man comments.

        alexw

        332ti - Work in Progress

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          andyhundley
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          alexw said:

          Awesome.

          Earl, you're slacking on THE man comments.

          Earl has been slacking on everything lately!

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            REKIII
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            Some progress:

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              Rowleym
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              gnarly gnarly gnarly!

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              sk8 or die

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              • EarlE
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                Earl
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                Robert, you are THE man=)

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                • DrLeadFootD
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                  DrLeadFoot
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                  This gets me going!

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                       @DrLeadFoot

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                    glad to see another update. Building a manifold would be a heck of a puzzle, but very rewarding if my small task of designing a downpipe and exhaust system is any indication.

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                      REKIII
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                      Sad realization Friday.  The car will not be ready for my June 7th drive to Timmayfest.  Unless I find something else the wife and I will be tending the BMW/Merc meet in an SRT8 Jeep.  The humility.

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                        REKIII
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                        Forgot to update. I visited the car last weekend.  Didn't do anything but take some measurements for the air tank mounting and the battery placement, but it still makes me grin every time I see it.

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                        • AndrewA
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                          Andrew
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                          This car is ridiculous.  Not sure how I missed this thread, but I just read the whole thing.  Can't wait to see it finished!

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                            REKIII
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                            Not too much to update lately, but I'm a few steps closer to inadvertantly developing a plug and play ECU for the E39/E46 chassis.  Been working with electronic suppliers ans board builders to come up with something that is pretty cool.  I'll have pics when I have something together.

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                              For an S62 swap im assuming? 

                              Very cool!

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                                REKIII
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                                No reason to swap an S62 into my car.  I already have one.  The e46 uses the same basic ECU as the e39, that is why the plug and play could be an option there.

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                                  I see why you thought i meant s62 swapping your car. Hahah i know what you mean now. That would be a big hit

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                                    Rowleym
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                                    REKIII said:

                                    No reason to swap an S62 into my car.  I already have one.  The e46 uses the same basic ECU as the e39, that is why the plug and play could be an option there.

                                    It would be rather handy if you came up with a solution within the next month :) I have an entire turbo kit ready to be installed on my brothers e46. We were going to take a shot at stock DME tuning.

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                                      REKIII
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                                      Stock DME Tuning wont work.....well it can, but not without a piggy back of some sort.  The DME has no input for boost pressure.  With a Supercharger you can use AlphaN tuning because everything is linear and mathematically sound.  Turbos are not.

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                                        Rowleym
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                                        REKIII said:

                                        Stock DME Tuning wont work.....well it can, but not without a piggy back of some sort.  The DME has no input for boost pressure.  With a Supercharger you can use AlphaN tuning because everything is linear and mathematically sound.  Turbos are not. 

                                        It simplys measures flow? MAF no? Many people tune this stock ecu so I know I'm not too wrong.

                                        We will be using a datalogger of some sort, and log the stock maf voltage, and also the ford MAF we will be using, and then I will swap out the stock one, and be able to monitor the increased amount of airflow.

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                                          REKIII
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                                          Yes, it measures mass airflow.  This is great as long as the pressure doesn't change.  Due to the constant weight of the earths atmosphere, the computer knows the pressure will never vary from 14.5 PSI.   So it measures Airflow, based on that pressure.  If the pressure increases, due to a turbo or supercharger, the Airflow can remain the same but the DME doesn't know that an increased air amount has entered the engine.

                                          ALL DME tuned supercharger kits on BMW's that used to be NA convert to alphaN.  This eliminates the MAF's and uses math to figure out airflow based on RPM.  Because a supercharger produces the same PSI at a particular RPM all the time, the equations can be figured out and this programmed in.

                                          Turbo's are a different beast.  They produce boost based on load.  If you are cruising at 4K RPM the turbos will produce 0 PSI but if you are accelerating, when the car hits 4K, the turbos could be producing any amount of PSI, based on many factors.  This is why Mas Air Pressure (MAP) must be measured in a turbo car.  Since these cars have no factory MAP sensor, one must be added and controlled, and have bearing on the fuel tables.

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