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Old 30-01-2006, 05:17 PM
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Alright peeps,

Anyone had or know anything about tuning and in particular the MSD evo chip for the 2.8 M52 engine ?

Just looking on MSD's website and it says that a 25% decrease in fuel consumption can be acheived

Not really fussed about the power or torque increases but if the 25% CAN be achieved then it would be money well spent. Anyone had one of Stu's chips for this motor ?

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Alright peeps,

Anyone had or know anything about tuning and in particular the MSD evo chip for the 2.8 M52 engine ?

Just looking on MSD's website and it says that a 25% decrease in fuel consumption can be acheived

Not really fussed about the power or torque increases but if the 25% CAN be achieved then it would be money well spent. Anyone had one of Stu's chips for this motor ?

CheeRS
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That sounds good - mine is currently showing 33.8mpg on the trip computer ( dual carriageway cruise to work ) so 40mpg indicated would be great. Not sure how accurate the computer is as I'm brimming the tank later in the week.
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Mike,

If you're getting nearly 34 mpg then I'd say your all sorted

My trip to work is 59 miles M25 then stop start on the A12 into glorious Fairlop and I get on average 28mpg and I'm not really driving for economy.

Would be nice to iron out flat spots and increase the mpg at the same time just want to see if anyones had one of Stu's chips for this motor ?
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I'd be interested to know as well as just in the process of getting an E39 (will be sad to see the E34 go ) ..as above not so much the performance but a bonus on the mpg
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Originally Posted by Cossiep
Mike,

If you're getting nearly 34 mpg then I'd say your all sorted

My trip to work is 59 miles M25 then stop start on the A12 into glorious Fairlop and I get on average 28mpg and I'm not really driving for economy.
Is yours a 5-series though? Plus there is no stop start traffic for me at 7 in the morning
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Mike,

If you're getting nearly 34 mpg then I'd say your all sorted

My trip to work is 59 miles M25 then stop start on the A12 into glorious Fairlop and I get on average 28mpg and I'm not really driving for economy.
Is yours a 5-series though? Plus there is no stop start traffic for me at 7 in the morning
Yeah E39 528i SE

Not much traffic for me either except the A12 at about 7:30
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Mine's a 328i so perhaps it's a bit better on fuel anyway being lighter? One of the reasons I got it was the good mpg figures for the performance.
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