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We took our M235i to the dyno.

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Associate Editor
9/16/14 3:42 p.m.

Any bets on horsepower?

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/project-cars/2014-bmw-m235i/hitting-rollers-our-m235i/

ebonyandivory SuperDork
9/16/14 3:50 p.m.

320

jsquared Reader
9/16/14 3:59 p.m.

306

irish44j PowerDork
9/16/14 4:00 p.m.

what brand of dyno?

Sine_Qua_Non HalfDork
9/16/14 4:08 p.m.

297, doh answered in link. 306

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Associate Editor
9/16/14 4:09 p.m.

Dynojet.

pres589 UltraDork
9/16/14 4:09 p.m.

589

Swank Force One MegaDork
9/16/14 4:20 p.m.

pres589 wrote: 589

It's that fuel additive that they refuse to dyno without, now.

tjbell Reader
9/16/14 4:21 p.m.

Wow thats a good baseline!

jsquared Reader
9/16/14 4:32 p.m.

Sine_Qua_Non wrote: 297, doh answered in link. 306

hence the smiley face after my unusually accurate prediction

By the way, is this at the wheels, or using the coast-down to approximate flywheel HP? For some reason my forum account won't sync up with my subscription and let me see the online content

Feedyurhed SuperDork
9/16/14 5:39 p.m.

That's a pretty healthy starting point. Interested to see what you can do to it.

MCarp22 HalfDork
9/16/14 5:52 p.m.

Swank Force One wrote:
pres589 wrote: 589
It's that fuel additive that they refuse to dyno without, now.

I'd like to know if they did a before / after with that stuff as well.

Tom Suddard GRM+ Memberand Associate Editor
9/16/14 6:51 p.m.

We did, and that's wheel horsepower.

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