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August 16, 2013

By PTF

523WHP 520WTQ – BETA VTT Turbos – Pump gas and Methanol Injection

August 16, 2013By PTF

Had some fun with a set of BETA VTT Stage 2 turbos on Wednesday night and here are the numbers. The tune is running 21psi peak down low, 20psi at 6k rpm, 19psi at 6200rpm, 18psi at 6500rpm, 16.6psi at redline. Timing is in the range of 10.5 to 11.5deg peak without any hint of…Read more

August 11, 2013

By PTF

Custom single turbo – 18-18.5psi – external wastegate control, OEM solenoids, COBB flash only – shakedown runs

August 11, 2013By PTF

Wanted to share what I think is another key milestone in N54 tuning. Yesterday we managed to use Cobb to control an external Tial wastegate entirely, without piggyback involvement and make some good numbers. Boost control had to be redone from the typical way its done for internally wastegated vacuum operated turbos such as OEMs…Read more

June 06, 2013

By PTF

PTF Sponsored Track Car – Custom BMW 135i N54

June 06, 2013By PTF

We recently received a call from an east coast shop owner who does some of the cleanest work I have ever seen. He runs a full race shop and has a 2008 135i with only 5000 miles on it. All 5000 miles are track miles as the car has never been registered as a car…Read more

May 06, 2013

By PTF

World Record: N54 DCT with Upgraded Clutch Packs from SSP Performance – 2012 BMW 335IS – 450WHP 490WTQ

May 06, 2013By PTF

Super excited about our recent tuning outcome with one of our local tuning customers. Joe’s 2012 BMW 335is with the DCT (Double Clutch) transmission is simply put, a stock turbo beast. The transmission is built with upgraded clutch packs from SSP Performance. We did our best to fully customize the Pro Tune on this N54…Read more

April 21, 2013

By PTF

NEW N54 HP WORLD RECORD: 725WHP 609WTQ – VTT VTX-R63 Twin Turbo Kit – BMW 335i

April 21, 2013By PTF

Sharing the final set of our tuning results from our custom tuning work with the Vargas Turbocharger Technologies in California. Here’s Tony Vargas’ (owner of VTT) online posting/review of our final results with the second to largest of the turbo options in the VTT kit, twin GTX2863R. To put these numbers into perspective, with approximately…Read more

April 17, 2013

By PTF

CUSTOM TUNING UPDATE: 693WHP 572WTQ – 98 Octane, with meth – 673 WHP 564 WTQ 98 Octane NO Meth – VTT VTX-R63 N54 Twin Turbo Kit – BMW 335i

April 17, 2013By PTF

Sharing the next set of our tuning results from our trip down to Vargas Turbocharger Technologies in California. Here’s Tony Vargas’ (owner of VTT) online posting/review of the tuning session and results. We’re happy with the outcome to say the least :) Plenty of fuel left to keep pushing on the power front. Next up…Read more

March 17, 2013

By PTF

VTT/PTF Stage 3 Tuning Update: 572WHP 537WTQ – ACN 91 Octane, no meth, no E85 – Early Dynos – BMW 335i

March 17, 2013By PTF

Sharing our early numbers on the Vargas Twin Turbo upgrade for the N54. This is a twin GTX2863R fully custom turbo kit at the moment getting tuned for the absolute lowest level of octane, California 91 (aka ACN or Arizona, California, Nevada 91 octane). Tony, the owner of Vargas Turbocharger Solutions, posted a review on…Read more

March 02, 2013

By PTF

Customer Review: BMW 335XI (N54) – Incredible gains with E50 – Intake and our custom tuning – Gains of 133awhp/168awtq from stock

March 02, 2013By PTF

Sharing another customer review. This time from an almost stock BMW 335XI running an E50 octane blend (50% ethanol 50% 93 octane gas). The only modification to the car is an AFE Dual Cone Intake and our custom tuning. Thank you @vwgrk for giving us the opportunity. =========== I recently went to a dyno to…Read more

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