M2B4 i am in love!!!!!

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:42 pm

nice sunny day

so since the LSD box being put in only done A roads

mrs wanted to go to Chichester, so first motorway test

OMG

the 5th gear pulls like a train!! my M2A4 had a real long 2nd gear and that is lost now but the M2B4 what a bloody difference

1st to 4th with no Vtec so staying under 5000rpm took me to 83mph up to 5th and at 1/4 throttle she sat happy at mph on 3800rpm (mpg is almost double what it was)
at 1/2 throttle she got up to mph and was still under 5000rpm and she was still pulling

Vtec finally hit at mph dead on 5000rpm and i still had 2500rpm to play with

backed off and glad i did as 1 mile on we went past a Audi A3 on hard sholder with a black Skoda Octavia VRS with his blues and two's going (plain clothes aghhhh)

if you have a M2B4 to fit get it done!!! you won't be sorry

and if you think £300 is a lot to pay? think again

as said am one very happy bunny

stal1878 · Post by **stal1878** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:48 pm

Whats your rpm at 70 buddy in 5th buddy?

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:53 pm

M2a4 and m2b4 have t

he same ratios

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:57 pm

when i came back down to cruise mode

70mph in 5th is 3200 approx with your foot resting on the pedal

(i am quite heavy footed

) have had to relearn the clutch pedal as the Exceedy plate is a whole different feel as well

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:01 pm

Not the cleverest of things to post on a public forum that you were endangering road users by nearly the twice the speed limit on a motorway in an old car.

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:02 pm

4thgenphil wrote:M2a4 and m2b4 have t he same ratios

must have been something wrong with my M2A4 then as it was completly different to this one now (but to be fair the old clutch was worn past the rivets and had gouged out the pressure plate and the thrust bearing fell apart

)

Dbo · Post by **Dbo** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:13 pm

Shiny wrote:Not the cleverest of things to post on a public forum that you were endangering road users by nearly the twice the speed limit on a motorway in an old car.

it was for test perpose olny

and i am not that stupid! 27 years of driving with 0 points and 0 accident record

if they had wanted to stop me they would have and i would have taken the punisment!!! yeah we all buy cars that are capable of 150mph plus to drive like granny's

police are not that stupid to think we don't and are too busy with the real twats of the road BMW drivers!!!!

at no time was i not in a safe stopping distance of anything in front of me

nickyboy · Post by **nickyboy** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:14 pm

Shiny wrote:Not the cleverest of things to post on a public forum that you were endangering road users by nearly the twice the speed limit on a motorway in an old car.

He forgot to mention, his car was on a treadmill, on the back of a lorry

stal1878 · Post by **stal1878** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:14 pm

hey hey I have had 2 BMWs!

And look to get another when I can get this POS honda back into selable condition(i/e moving under its own power)

Post by **Donald** » Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:18 pm

So you fitted an LSD box and you got better MPG? Well this is excellent news. The handbrake found my secret stash of parts earlier and has apparently banned me from buying anything else. Well this is the perfect excuse! I need LSD to make it more economical.