Thanks for sharing those dyno results Singsider.
From what you say you have had two different 118I on the dyno.
One had about 211HP the flywheel.
The other had about 180-185 at the wheels. Which is roughly the same..
If that is the case, then we basically have two cars two verify that the 118I have about 180hp at the wheels, stock!
That is not just impressive, it is pretty insane!!
Singsider, just wondering. How would you say other cars (and brands) do in stock form on that dyno in comparison with the 118I? Just wondering since that 118I have have about 25% more power than paper BMW says on the paper.
BMW 116I on paper: 136HP. Flywheel-HP about 164. 20,5% More HP than it should have
BMW 118I on paper: 170HP. Flywheel-HP about 211. 24,1% More HP than it should have.
Cooper S on paper: 184HP. Flywheel-HP about 195HP. 6% More HP than it should have.
All cars have a huge amount of extra torque compared to what they are rated for!
I need to get a testdrive in F20 118I when I can find one.. Compare it to my Cooper S. If 118I performs as good as these numbers say it should have about the same acceleration as my Cooper S.
Q1- How can BMW underrate their cars that much?? (Im not complaining!
In Norway we have HP taxes among others)
Q2- How can a 116I become a 118I?
Q3- What about getting 118I performance from a 114I?
Q4- When looking at ECU tuning there is typically about 10-20% more power to be gained from stock depending on where you are looking at the power curves. (some places uses higher numbers for turbo engines) That percentage is usually the same when starting on a 114I, 116I or a 118I.. Why?
Read a Norwegian review of the 114I. They said the engine was surprisingly strong for its numbers.... I wonder why.. ;p