I’ve had one on my Audi s3 for around 4 years now and kind of know what it’s capable of doing. It easily gaps any stock s3 and golf r, keeps up with an m140, stay quite close to an rs3 at first but then rs3 starts slowly gapping more as it carries on. Even whilst driving, can notice the difference. I wouldn’t say it’s good enough as a proper stage 1 tune, but it does increase performance. Also when it comes time to sell the car, the car will sell as completely stock 😅
doesn't seem to do much. 1 seconds faster from 100 to 200 is barely noticable, its just 10% less time. and you probably lose your warranty too, doesn't seem worth it to me
From what I was told by my tech, a piggyback tune won't void the warranty so long as you remove it before you take it in to BMW. The datalog will show increased boost, but they can't prove where it came from. Personally, I noticed a big difference in power with the Racechip. Now running BM3, which will absolutely void the warranty (if you still have one (I don't)).
It probably won't void warranty but it's definitely not worth the money Race Chip is charging u for. Especially for something that tricks the ECU... I would rather pay double the money for a custom tune and a gearbox remap knowing the engine is properly tuned for my vehicle where all the parameters are read out. The positive side of a piggyback is that it's simple and easy to get. Instead of having to travel half the country where u live.
@@hunterrrdrives Sure in the EU as well, but not in the basic engine options like the 16,18,20,30. That whole line-up has 4 cylinders in them and only the 40i and some flagship models have 6 cylinders or more
Just wondering does it make any better for the gearbox shifting smoother most of random people buy this chip for a better fuel consumption n smoother shifting to let their daily driving more convenient
Is there a Racechip vs BM3 video somewhere? Just swapped my GTS Black for BM3 stage 1 and can't tell which is quicker. I do know BM3 is much smoother...
Heavy car mate. I run 455bhp/634nm from a V1 B58 (M140i), this is a B58tu engine so like a V2. My car is noticeably faster than this, but it's a lot lighter.
@@ErikM340 no clue then i just saw few comparisons between lci and pre lci and the newer were 0.5 sec slower to 200km/h. But it would depend on tires, temperature, weight of driver, amount of fuel... I have LCI but i never tried to measure the acceleration
@@Andy090216 There is YT channel "Petrolhead number one", he timed with Racelogic the mild hybrid OPF M340i sedan: 0-100 km/h in 4.30s (+0.1% uphill) and 10.85s 100-200km/h (+0.1% uphill), on winter tires 18". So the mild hybrid is definitely not slower than 2019-2020 versions.
@@DMCarReviews it depends what M340i. Mild hybrid with adaptive M suspension is unstable. I have one and it is pretty hard to drive it over 190. It requires immense concentration
@@milanwester912 I have the adaptive M suspension, and it cruises really nice at very high speeds. You need to get your alignment and tires checked lol
i can not believe how much slower even a tuned BMW M40i is compared compared to my complely stock Tesla Model 3 Performance which does 1/4 miles in 11.5s in the past people with 335d used to bully me for having a very slow bmw and told me all stories about how their stock bmw cars can even rip my face off etc as they are so much faster than my base model 4 cylinder bmw and now i realised how slow their cars really are after owning a Tesla.
Oh please because every car is about straight line acceleration only? Dont get me wrong i dont hate teslas but i would never trade my e92 m3 for an electric car even if its much slower in straight line. Im smiling all the way no matter what speed it is while im cruising with m3, i test drove tesla model S and i was smiling only when hitting the pedal to the floor. After that its so boring and it has so much more tire noise inside the cabin than my 11 year old f10 530d lol.
You're seriously comparing a tuned M140i which cost about £20k (and isn't even an M car, just a cheap ass hot hatch, with RWD), to a Tesla model 3 performance which is the fastest version of the model 3, and costs £60k+ and is AWD ??? PMSL ... My M140i just has a sports cat, and runs a dyno proven 455bhp/634nm, and yes something like a model 3 performance drops me from a standing start, but so does an RS3 audi, or A45S mercedes, or indeed any AWD car with 300+ bhp. And that is completely normal. On a rolling race it's a different story, I destroy all Tesla's, standard RS3's, A45S's, and base model 911's, Lotus emira, RR SVR, and the other day I scalped an aston DB9. All of those cars cost 2 or 3 times mine at least. And, if I wanted to go further, fitting upgraded HPFP, Turbo, cooling upgrades, injectors, I could see 650+bhp on an unopened engine. Forged pistons etc have seen a proven 920+bhp from some cars. So, for a 20 grand hatch with a sports cat, I think the M140i is a giant killer. Faster on a roll than any Tesla (I have raced dozens of them, and never lost a race), yet costing only 1/3rd of the price, sounds incredible (but anything sounds better than the milk float Tesla), and doesn't need charging every 20 mins if I'm ragging the arse off it. Loser.
Barely any difference. 1.5 seconds on the 100-200 is a matter of reaction times in a roll race, and fairly negligible in real life. Half a second can literally be a difference in the road slope or wind direction.
1.5s is a massive difference. a car that does 5.0s to 100 is in a different world compared to one that does 6.5s We can't call that reaction time differences.
@@AutoTopnl Wrong comparison. A difference of 1.5s on 0-100 kmh of these cars is a Percentage Difference of ≈ 26.09%. Using your numbers, for the 100-200 kmh, it is a ≈ 13.57% difference. If we also take a half second error margin, since slopes can differ and wind, that effectively makes for a 1 second difference of ≈ 8.85%. That is why I said, it makes no difference in real life. P.S - Even a 5.0s car vs a 6.5s car, in a street light race, the other car won't be far back :)
@@DMCarReviewswell yeah, thats the problem, the realistic on street conditions. Many cars can keep up even though based on purely acceleration times they should not be able to. Have an LCI 340 and even GTI golfs or i30Ns can keep up with you since you cant really go faster than 120 or 150 kmh most of the times and you are not driving in sport plus or "correct gear" all the time. And you almost never get to race/drag cars from true standstill since people actualy care about their transmission... I also own 30d and for some weird reason it seems more nimble in real world conditions for city driving.
@@Andy090216 If they are flooring it first, you can have a car that is 3 seconds faster, and it will take you a while to match their speed, let alone pass. The M340i is a really fast car, but regardless how fast you are, if someone is using momentum to gain on you, you will need time to outpace them, by the point that you will already be going 160+ kmh due to how fast the car is.
@@AutoTopnl can you please try to do 60-120 or 80-150 comparison? 100-200 is nice but unless you live in germany, can't really drive over 150 during day even on highways either due to traffic or cops...
Those M340i's are nice 👌
I’ve had one on my Audi s3 for around 4 years now and kind of know what it’s capable of doing. It easily gaps any stock s3 and golf r, keeps up with an m140, stay quite close to an rs3 at first but then rs3 starts slowly gapping more as it carries on. Even whilst driving, can notice the difference. I wouldn’t say it’s good enough as a proper stage 1 tune, but it does increase performance. Also when it comes time to sell the car, the car will sell as completely stock 😅
xDrive model? 4.34 is slow even for a stock time, so assuming its sDrive? Most stock tourings will do 4.2 0-60 flat
M340i is my dream car, maybe someday i will be able to afford it🙂
Bro you can achieve M3 or M5 don’t sell yourself short 💪
you can afford E90 3 series because its cheaper now and can find good deals
doesn't seem to do much. 1 seconds faster from 100 to 200 is barely noticable, its just 10% less time. and you probably lose your warranty too, doesn't seem worth it to me
Exactly! That time difference is negligible.
From what I was told by my tech, a piggyback tune won't void the warranty so long as you remove it before you take it in to BMW. The datalog will show increased boost, but they can't prove where it came from. Personally, I noticed a big difference in power with the Racechip. Now running BM3, which will absolutely void the warranty (if you still have one (I don't)).
1 second is 5 cars , which is huge difference
It probably won't void warranty but it's definitely not worth the money Race Chip is charging u for. Especially for something that tricks the ECU...
I would rather pay double the money for a custom tune and a gearbox remap knowing the engine is properly tuned for my vehicle where all the parameters are read out.
The positive side of a piggyback is that it's simple and easy to get. Instead of having to travel half the country where u live.
And you need to inform your insurance company of the mod, doesn't seem worth all the hassle unless you take your car to the track a lot
Monster cars, this engine needs to be in all BMWs will simplify the whole range
That aint realistic and would probably be less efficiënt in every way.
@@hunterrrdrives Sure in the EU as well, but not in the basic engine options like the 16,18,20,30. That whole line-up has 4 cylinders in them and only the 40i and some flagship models have 6 cylinders or more
Useless. Absolutely no comparison to proper custom tune. Basically a LIDL tuning
Do this with 330i
Don’t get this.. I’ve a stock LCI M340i Touring, and it does the same times as this one does with the Racechip on (Dragy verified)
is the gearbox also tunned or 100% stock?
Super vet! Thanks
respect❤
Just wondering does it make any better for the gearbox shifting smoother most of random people buy this chip for a better fuel consumption n smoother shifting to let their daily driving more convenient
Do it with a 330d xDrive touring g21…Stock 286hp
Can yall test drive toyota land cruiser 300 gr-sport?
Is there a Racechip vs BM3 video somewhere? Just swapped my GTS Black for BM3 stage 1 and can't tell which is quicker. I do know BM3 is much smoother...
Kan je deze boxen laten zitten met apk? Of kan je het er beter even een dag uit halen ?
Nice
تحيا ليك من ليبيا 😁
What video cam do you use?
what is the name of application on the phone
It's abit slow for what I expected tbh
Heavy car mate.
I run 455bhp/634nm from a V1 B58 (M140i), this is a B58tu engine so like a V2.
My car is noticeably faster than this, but it's a lot lighter.
@@DjNikGnashers Makes sense the 1 series is a rocket weight makes a big difference
It's a touring, that's why.
Why stock so slow? G20 pre LCI doing 4.3 s to 100kmh and 10.8s 100-200 kmh..... LCI Touring is that slower really?
LCI is bit slower due to added mild hybrid system, early pre LCI were the fastest. Also G21 would be slower than G20
@@Andy090216 nah....even mild hybrids doing 10.9s 100-200kmh
@@ErikM340 no clue then i just saw few comparisons between lci and pre lci and the newer were 0.5 sec slower to 200km/h. But it would depend on tires, temperature, weight of driver, amount of fuel... I have LCI but i never tried to measure the acceleration
@@Andy090216 LCI is not any slower. I timed both
@@Andy090216 There is YT channel "Petrolhead number one", he timed with Racelogic the mild hybrid OPF M340i sedan: 0-100 km/h in 4.30s (+0.1% uphill) and 10.85s 100-200km/h (+0.1% uphill), on winter tires 18". So the mild hybrid is definitely not slower than 2019-2020 versions.
Guys what LCI mean?
Life cycle impulse
It's like a midmodel refresh
Oh I understand now thanks🙂
Where is this Road?
there is no point installing race chip on car that can accelerate to 250 km is better to remove limiter
Only mhd and mgf.
🎉
M340i does not have problem with lack of power but with lack of stability. Why all do power upgrade but no one suspension upgrade?
It does not lack power, and has perfect stability lol
@@DMCarReviews power is good. But over 190kmh very unstable and unpleasent to drive. Believe me I own one.
@@milanwester912 I own an X4 M40i, and driven lots of M340i's, and they all feel amazing and stable at 230+ kmh. Stop saying nonsense
@@DMCarReviews it depends what M340i. Mild hybrid with adaptive M suspension is unstable. I have one and it is pretty hard to drive it over 190. It requires immense concentration
@@milanwester912 I have the adaptive M suspension, and it cruises really nice at very high speeds. You need to get your alignment and tires checked lol
slow
doesnt seem such difference, not worth it
Just get mhd and a catless dp its not that hard this shit does nothing
Made in china race chip
i can not believe how much slower even a tuned BMW M40i is compared compared to my complely stock Tesla Model 3 Performance which does 1/4 miles in 11.5s in the past people with 335d used to bully me for having a very slow bmw and told me all stories about how their stock bmw cars can even rip my face off etc as they are so much faster than my base model 4 cylinder bmw and now i realised how slow their cars really are after owning a Tesla.
Tesla 💩😂
Oh please because every car is about straight line acceleration only? Dont get me wrong i dont hate teslas but i would never trade my e92 m3 for an electric car even if its much slower in straight line. Im smiling all the way no matter what speed it is while im cruising with m3, i test drove tesla model S and i was smiling only when hitting the pedal to the floor. After that its so boring and it has so much more tire noise inside the cabin than my 11 year old f10 530d lol.
Tesla...😪
idk
You're seriously comparing a tuned M140i which cost about £20k (and isn't even an M car, just a cheap ass hot hatch, with RWD), to a Tesla model 3 performance which is the fastest version of the model 3, and costs £60k+ and is AWD ??? PMSL ...
My M140i just has a sports cat, and runs a dyno proven 455bhp/634nm, and yes something like a model 3 performance drops me from a standing start, but so does an RS3 audi, or A45S mercedes, or indeed any AWD car with 300+ bhp. And that is completely normal.
On a rolling race it's a different story, I destroy all Tesla's, standard RS3's, A45S's, and base model 911's, Lotus emira, RR SVR, and the other day I scalped an aston DB9.
All of those cars cost 2 or 3 times mine at least.
And, if I wanted to go further, fitting upgraded HPFP, Turbo, cooling upgrades, injectors, I could see 650+bhp on an unopened engine. Forged pistons etc have seen a proven 920+bhp from some cars.
So, for a 20 grand hatch with a sports cat, I think the M140i is a giant killer. Faster on a roll than any Tesla (I have raced dozens of them, and never lost a race), yet costing only 1/3rd of the price, sounds incredible (but anything sounds better than the milk float Tesla), and doesn't need charging every 20 mins if I'm ragging the arse off it.
Loser.
Barely any difference. 1.5 seconds on the 100-200 is a matter of reaction times in a roll race, and fairly negligible in real life. Half a second can literally be a difference in the road slope or wind direction.
1.5s is a massive difference. a car that does 5.0s to 100 is in a different world compared to one that does 6.5s We can't call that reaction time differences.
@@AutoTopnl Wrong comparison. A difference of 1.5s on 0-100 kmh of these cars is a Percentage Difference of ≈ 26.09%. Using your numbers, for the 100-200 kmh, it is a ≈ 13.57% difference. If we also take a half second error margin, since slopes can differ and wind, that effectively makes for a 1 second difference of ≈ 8.85%. That is why I said, it makes no difference in real life. P.S - Even a 5.0s car vs a 6.5s car, in a street light race, the other car won't be far back :)
@@DMCarReviewswell yeah, thats the problem, the realistic on street conditions. Many cars can keep up even though based on purely acceleration times they should not be able to. Have an LCI 340 and even GTI golfs or i30Ns can keep up with you since you cant really go faster than 120 or 150 kmh most of the times and you are not driving in sport plus or "correct gear" all the time. And you almost never get to race/drag cars from true standstill since people actualy care about their transmission... I also own 30d and for some weird reason it seems more nimble in real world conditions for city driving.
@@Andy090216 If they are flooring it first, you can have a car that is 3 seconds faster, and it will take you a while to match their speed, let alone pass. The M340i is a really fast car, but regardless how fast you are, if someone is using momentum to gain on you, you will need time to outpace them, by the point that you will already be going 160+ kmh due to how fast the car is.
@@AutoTopnl can you please try to do 60-120 or 80-150 comparison? 100-200 is nice but unless you live in germany, can't really drive over 150 during day even on highways either due to traffic or cops...