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Originally Posted by SYT_Shadow
OP, as you mention getting a M2c in the future but hating the F8X, just know it is basically the exact same car. I've instructed and tracked in both.
My E92 that is more or less FBO (karbonius intake, catless/hfc xpipe, tune) feels pretty damn fast on the street. The E90 stroker is at another level of course, but it's also another level of cost.
The E92 could be made faster with headers and 292 cams. When I had that setup on the E90 I got 412whp but with 284 cams. The 292s would take you to 420-430whp. Again though, that's a ton of money to drop on a car. It would be much cheaper to just bite the bullet and get a ESS G1 kit which is very solid.
For tunes, please stick to ESS/Epic/RK.
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Thanks for the input. The stock whp is 340-350 or so? The cams are expensive, but would potentially be cool down the line. Are the headers a couple thousand as well?
So far from some discussions I've had with others and this thread, I think the starting point is HFC xpipe and a tune to go with it, similar to what you stated above. I will look into the tunes you noted. Is something like the MS Stage 2 intake worth it? Karbonius is awesome, but a little out of my plans.
Also with the M2, you aren't wrong, but my idea is to get that one in 6MT and I like the smaller body compared to the F8X. I think the 6MT should add back some of the character lost on the newer body style, and balance out the DCT E92 very well.