Just Bought a P1
07 February 2005, 02:33 PM
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IMHO - I'd invest first in the main weakness of the P1 - its brakes. Unless its got the Alcon option. It was the one thing I wish I'd had done on mine.
Enjoy it - its a great car.
Gastro
Enjoy it - its a great car.
Gastro
07 February 2005, 03:03 PM
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Brakes, 2.5" or preferably 3" decat/knocklink/upgraded fuel pump, panel filter/Tek 3 remap, powerstation bumpsteer and geometry/ solid rear links/whiteline upgraded rear anti roll bar. In that order IMHO. Good for 330 bhp and 300ft lb torque, if not more, which is enough for the box really.
Don't run decatted without octane booster or at least a knocklink to see when you should back off (and the answer is a lot of the time until it's remapped).
Otherwise enjoy.
FB
Don't run decatted without octane booster or at least a knocklink to see when you should back off (and the answer is a lot of the time until it's remapped).
Otherwise enjoy.
FB
07 February 2005, 07:42 PM
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Suggest handling mods first, go to Powerstation and get Geometry checked and take there advice on tweaks to the suspension,good value for £500 -£600
and transforms the handling of the car.
Brakes next??
and transforms the handling of the car.
Brakes next??
07 February 2005, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by aggs
Suggest handling mods first, go to Powerstation and get Geometry checked and take there advice on tweaks to the suspension,good value for £500 -£600
and transforms the handling of the car.
Brakes next??
and transforms the handling of the car.
Brakes next??
Gastro
07 February 2005, 10:37 PM
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Stiffer rear ARB and castor change from "anti-lift" kit, as well as careful geometry setup can nicely reduce understeer though, £200-250 I would expect though. Depends how much you like understeer I suppose, but even a mortal like me can tell the difference with these changes in terms of more neutrality, not tail happiness. Perhaps the reason it isn't like this from the factory is that it is designed to let people unwisely shut the throttle off mid corner without killing them, or for NVH reasons. However, people that modify often like to tweak things like this, as they do brakes and a bit of extra power.
Otherwise I agree, the P1 suspension setup is quite good, certainly seems surprisingly happy with an extra 150-200 BHP over stock - having retrofitted it to my UK car I haven't seen the need to use coilovers.
Otherwise I agree, the P1 suspension setup is quite good, certainly seems surprisingly happy with an extra 150-200 BHP over stock - having retrofitted it to my UK car I haven't seen the need to use coilovers.
09 February 2005, 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by mike petts
glad to see you bought a p1 mate any pics, ill show you mine if you show me yours 
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...s/DSC05497.jpg
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07 February 2007, 01:05 PM
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BG44K is now available on eBay under power.enhancer!
seats
I dunno about seats, but if an M3 evo is faster than a seat, I dont see how a seat can be faster than a P1 really?? (Cupra R 0-62 6.9 secs, shall we read 7 secs) (P1 0-62 4.5 secs ??)
Thrashed an M3 Evo for dead on the M3 and he was really trying, I touched 160 MPH got off at basingstoke, my old P1 had a green cotton air filter in a standard air box, and a Blitz Nur Spec R Exhaust which is outstanding for power jus loud,very loud.
Take my advice and dont ever put an induction kit on it as they are known for blowing the MAF meter as it is so fragile, one thing I found was when i first go my P1 it was slow for some reason, and as ive had 8 M3s to date, i decided to go down the route of cleaning the fuel system, I did this with a substance called BG44k I got hold of this from my former BMW Service agent in Wolverhampton called BM Euro Service,leave it in the tank for 10 days and run the car for 300 miles only on the same tank of gas, if u can, or buy 2 cans and run it for 600 miles over 10 days if u use the car for work etc, once this has been done you will notice a very big difference in power, Ive tried all the rest of the cleaners like redline, stp and the like, so try it and u should see a good power gain, and it lasts for 25000 miles, I use also ZX1 Extra lube and have been using this now for 10 years in all my cars, extra lube is used in F3000 for lube in the engine, and at one time u could only get it from specialists, but stupidly enough u can get it from halfords, DONT USE SLICK 50 it Clogs the oil galleries.
Enjoy the P1! once the power has come back to it it will be fantastic just loved the power and urgency of it all really.
Oh one more thing get the geometry sorted by a good company like Power Station in Tewkesbury or TSL Motorsort, so that you can get the turn in sorted as they under steer badly, once this has all been done you wont want to get out the car, and youll realise, that seats are for *****,.......LOL LOL my little joke sos
I dunno about seats, but if an M3 evo is faster than a seat, I dont see how a seat can be faster than a P1 really?? (Cupra R 0-62 6.9 secs, shall we read 7 secs) (P1 0-62 4.5 secs ??)
Thrashed an M3 Evo for dead on the M3 and he was really trying, I touched 160 MPH got off at basingstoke, my old P1 had a green cotton air filter in a standard air box, and a Blitz Nur Spec R Exhaust which is outstanding for power jus loud,very loud.
Take my advice and dont ever put an induction kit on it as they are known for blowing the MAF meter as it is so fragile, one thing I found was when i first go my P1 it was slow for some reason, and as ive had 8 M3s to date, i decided to go down the route of cleaning the fuel system, I did this with a substance called BG44k I got hold of this from my former BMW Service agent in Wolverhampton called BM Euro Service,leave it in the tank for 10 days and run the car for 300 miles only on the same tank of gas, if u can, or buy 2 cans and run it for 600 miles over 10 days if u use the car for work etc, once this has been done you will notice a very big difference in power, Ive tried all the rest of the cleaners like redline, stp and the like, so try it and u should see a good power gain, and it lasts for 25000 miles, I use also ZX1 Extra lube and have been using this now for 10 years in all my cars, extra lube is used in F3000 for lube in the engine, and at one time u could only get it from specialists, but stupidly enough u can get it from halfords, DONT USE SLICK 50 it Clogs the oil galleries.
Enjoy the P1! once the power has come back to it it will be fantastic just loved the power and urgency of it all really.
Oh one more thing get the geometry sorted by a good company like Power Station in Tewkesbury or TSL Motorsort, so that you can get the turn in sorted as they under steer badly, once this has all been done you wont want to get out the car, and youll realise, that seats are for *****,.......LOL LOL my little joke sos
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