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Well what a f£^%ing day! First I'll start off by thanking everyone at Evolve for the time and effort put in to this as whole, as well as today on my car. You have a great setup there at Evolve, and it is no surprise to hear you are busy!
Anyway, my day. Well actually, I'll start with last night! I got my road tax at last so was able to take it out for its first drive in 5 months. All was going well for about 7 miles, then all of a sudden I get a slight judder through the steering wheel. I'm thinking ok well maybe it’s the road surface so I'll carry on for a bit and see. Then it just gets worse and worse until I can see the whole front end begin to shake. I pulled up and get out to have a look, and as I suspected, the drivers side brake calliper is seized and the rotor is glowing with the heat!! I had repaired this calliper last year with the repair kit, but this happened a lot quicker this time. So I end up on the back of an AA Flatbed on the way home for the night. A sorry sight that was!
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So this morning I try to make a go of limping to a BMW garage to get it done as my car was booked in for Alpha N at 11am. Got there, just, and asked how much for a calliper, HOLY ****E!! £392!!!! So he was told what to do with his calliper and I went to Eurocarparts. Whom the BMW parts guy said 'Would never stock such a thing'. Well how wrong he was. They ordered me one in from the dist. centre in Wembley, remanufactured one £165. Much better so that was arriving at 11.30. I rung Evolve and let them know and got re-booked in for 4pm.
So I nursed it back home, stripped the old calliper off then went and picked up the new one. Got that, went home and fitted it, fantastic! Let's go, I thought. Get back in the car, turn the key.... Click, click, click. F£$%ing dead battery! So I pulled my van around, jumped it then finally headed for Luton!
At last I arrived at Evolve for 3.40! Sal was working with an E46 that had been re-mapped before by another company, having a lotta fun doing it <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@5xe" o
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He downloaded the map then took it inside to play around with it on the computer. He let me watch how its all done and showed me the comparisons between the stock map, the re-map that was on it, and Alpha N. The differences between stock and my map were utterly ridiculous! Far too much fuel going in. With throttle mapping I was on full throttle opening at about 70% travel, so that'll explain why I couldn't drive the thing slowly! I think up to about 4k rpm the openings on my map were double what Alpha N is. So that was nice to know, and as soon as he started looking at everything he tells me, 'you’re gonna get power!'.:biggrin: This was the grin on his face when he said it, lol.
He then started going through a lot of different map settings, and tbh, I lost myself in it all! He really knows what he is doing and it shows. Unfortunately due to me rushing to get there, and not thinking too hard on the situation, I didn't get any fuel on the way to Evolve and turned up with 40 miles showing on the range! So I couldn't put it on the Dyno so no printout for you all, sorry! Also my battery kept losing charge. That being said I don't need a Dyno to tell me I've gained power! The change is just incredible. So smooth to pull away, even when cold, and the improvement in torque and the way it now pulls harder to the redline is simply amazing. Even if the power increase is only slight, it just feels so much nicer to drive, and the power is much more usable. The only downside being the cost of new rear tyres once I've stopped playing! So I have less throttle mapping and I can still feel the engine has more power.
To all at Evolve and especially Sal, I thank you dearly for making my car and me very happy! That drive home tonight was phenomenal! Also a huge thank you for working until about 7pm!! Much appreciated and again it shows how dedicated you are.
:biggrin::blink::goldcup:cherrsagai
Anyway, my day. Well actually, I'll start with last night! I got my road tax at last so was able to take it out for its first drive in 5 months. All was going well for about 7 miles, then all of a sudden I get a slight judder through the steering wheel. I'm thinking ok well maybe it’s the road surface so I'll carry on for a bit and see. Then it just gets worse and worse until I can see the whole front end begin to shake. I pulled up and get out to have a look, and as I suspected, the drivers side brake calliper is seized and the rotor is glowing with the heat!! I had repaired this calliper last year with the repair kit, but this happened a lot quicker this time. So I end up on the back of an AA Flatbed on the way home for the night. A sorry sight that was!
So this morning I try to make a go of limping to a BMW garage to get it done as my car was booked in for Alpha N at 11am. Got there, just, and asked how much for a calliper, HOLY ****E!! £392!!!! So he was told what to do with his calliper and I went to Eurocarparts. Whom the BMW parts guy said 'Would never stock such a thing'. Well how wrong he was. They ordered me one in from the dist. centre in Wembley, remanufactured one £165. Much better so that was arriving at 11.30. I rung Evolve and let them know and got re-booked in for 4pm.
So I nursed it back home, stripped the old calliper off then went and picked up the new one. Got that, went home and fitted it, fantastic! Let's go, I thought. Get back in the car, turn the key.... Click, click, click. F£$%ing dead battery! So I pulled my van around, jumped it then finally headed for Luton!
At last I arrived at Evolve for 3.40! Sal was working with an E46 that had been re-mapped before by another company, having a lotta fun doing it <?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shapetype id=_x0000_t75 stroked="f" filled="f" path="[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@5xe" o
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He then started going through a lot of different map settings, and tbh, I lost myself in it all! He really knows what he is doing and it shows. Unfortunately due to me rushing to get there, and not thinking too hard on the situation, I didn't get any fuel on the way to Evolve and turned up with 40 miles showing on the range! So I couldn't put it on the Dyno so no printout for you all, sorry! Also my battery kept losing charge. That being said I don't need a Dyno to tell me I've gained power! The change is just incredible. So smooth to pull away, even when cold, and the improvement in torque and the way it now pulls harder to the redline is simply amazing. Even if the power increase is only slight, it just feels so much nicer to drive, and the power is much more usable. The only downside being the cost of new rear tyres once I've stopped playing! So I have less throttle mapping and I can still feel the engine has more power.
To all at Evolve and especially Sal, I thank you dearly for making my car and me very happy! That drive home tonight was phenomenal! Also a huge thank you for working until about 7pm!! Much appreciated and again it shows how dedicated you are.
:biggrin:
:blink::goldcup:cherrsagai
