Which standalone unit for e30 M50 Turbo

[nholm325e]

I am converting my 87 325e to a daily driver M50 turbo. I would like to have around 350whp. I dont plan on making many performance modifcations after my initial turbo setup. Im willing to pay the price for a unit that will meet my needs without going overkill on a system with extra functions and uses that i would not utilize or need.

What kind of standalone system should i go with and why??

Any opinions or points of view would be helpfull

-Nick

[Matt]

Bosch makes a tight one called motronic. The sick part is that it comes pre-programmed and plug and play.

[nholm325e]

Maybe i dont understand what you mean but i cant tell if your trying to help me, im just trying to understand somethin better...so your saying to just use the stock m50 ecu and get it tuned and dont bother going with a standalone sytem??

[Matt]

Bingo.

[chewysjetta]

Go standalone. Motronic is ghey.

[Robstah]

Go standalone. Motronic is ghey.

I heard that Megasquirt II /w MS2Extra is perfect for these M50 based engines. Might want to look towards that.

[matty21]

Bingo.

+1

[kendogg]

Bosch makes a tight one called motronic. The sick part is that it comes pre-programmed and plug and play.

Exactly. Motronic is more capable than both MS1, and Tec3. MS2 might be a bit more capable, but you lose th major advantage to motronic - it just plugs in.

[jone30]

but it wouldn't be hard to make an adapter plug......

[dubgray1.8T]

See the issue I think for me and other DIY'ers is that The motronic is out of most users hands. At least mine. I would love to tune my factory ECU but unfortunately I am not educated in the computer realm enough to be able to tune it. I personally like being able to plug in a laptop and have a somewhat user friendly interface. I wish somebody would figure things out like the UBERDATA boys had for losers like me.

[5mall5nail5]

Even more simple, switch to a blow thru carb setup!