Here are two of the most popular and classic questions that we are asked that are also searched on Google every single day, namely, "How to tune a Diesel car?" and "How to tune a gasoline car?" Of course, answering this question is not easy, partly because there is no one answer.
We are all seeing what is happening and only partly understanding the causes, but what is in plain sight is the price that automotive fuel, whether gasoline or diesel, has reached. Lately, we have seen prices well over 2 euros per liter for the two traditional fuels at gas stations. Even up to (and sometimes even over) 2.3 euros per liter for gasoline and diesel.
Also called a debimeter, it is one of the main sensors used to operate engines (diesel or gasoline) that have an electronic injection management system. Up until the 1980s-early 1990s, some gasoline engines used a less than accurate debimeter, consisting of a movable paddle that changed position based on the engine's airflow.
Today, we will talk about two BMW F30 - F31s with very different engines, but which do have something in common: the displacement and the maximum torque. Otherwise, the two engines are very different. We will discuss the BMW 320i with 184hp and the BMW 316d equipped with the less powerful 2-liter engine with 116hp.
In automotive jargon, "setup" refers to the set of components that make up the suspension system of the car. Such a system is composed of a number of elements, which we are going to look at individually: