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Originally Posted by nicknaz
~360whp / 400 crank hp in a 3500lb car is scary / monstrous ? seriously?
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With all due respect, I think we might be exaggerating the effect of a Stage 1 tune just a smidge.
A tune makes the throttle a bit more responsive, makes the car pull harder, and lets it pull longer, but it does not suddenly make an otherwise controllable car uncontrollable. In fact, one could argue that a modest tune makes the car
easier to control in two specific ways:
First, the increase throttle responsiveness reduces the dangerous scenario for BMW turbo cars where there is a lag between pedal push and engine response. This can be an issue when trying to pull out into traffic. By making the car more responsive to pedal input, a tune eliminates that potential risk.
Second, whereas the stock tune seems to create a scenario where the power seems to come on all of a sudden at, say, 3,500 RPM, a tune often makes the power increase more linear and predictable.