How Fast is the 473HP 2020 BMW X3 M? | This Is Why You Don't Need the Competition Model

The 2020 BMW X3M has the fancy new S58 powerplant and even in stock form it's quite potent. But most of us buy these cars because we know how much potential it can make with just a tune. Let's find out how big of a difference the JB4 piggyback can make in our 1/2 mile and 60-130 acceleration test.
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[@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy]

Check out our full in depth review on the X3M here >>> kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKnOqZ2qediql9E Also, quick typo, the 100-200kph on the stock X3M is 9.80 seconds.

[@codymachado]

Also Ive been in love with this channel since it started. Really like how you test the 40-100 and 60-130. Cheers and take care guys!

[@simonchan2457]

Great video👍

[@ugocardone]

Love this channel

[@JL-qf5dc]

BMW X3M looks like a perfect SUV to drive daily

[@moritakashi38]

The acceleration tests are my favorite. Especially the stock vs. tuned ones.

[@yennyzheng2629]

This just might be a perfect SUV to drive daily! !

[@GT500R]

Should get a proper flash tune, was hoping that’s what you got when you did the tests. JB4 map 2 is 4psi, quite a bump but numbers don’t reflect that much of an improvement IMO.

[@jw08901]

A lot of power for such a relatively small beast!

[@anw9485]

I'm ordering a X3M non-comp in a few days as well. It's my dd and will never be tracked so the 30hp difference is not a big deal. The chrome grill can also be swapped if I start hating it. I also don't want the 21"s either. I've had a bad experiences with 21"s on my SQ5. The X3M 20"s also happen to be my favorite wheel design of the 3 available. The only thing I wish I could get in a non-comp are the M color stitched seat belts. In the end it's the same S58 engine without a tune.

[@CarGuy11]

Do you have to have it plugged into OBD2 port constantly? What are the kinks?

[@tyleraguilar2474]

Tbh I don’t even need that tune lol. That car is crazy quick and decently reliable if you keep it stock!

[@memememine1]

This presenter has a different less serious tone but I enjoy it just as much. Great video.

[@devastaterzx6906]

Can’t wait to see what these things are gonna push on a proper Full E85 tune, especially in the new M3 and M4. They’re gonna destroy everything on the road.

[@HanDynastyNet]

What's the string on the steering wheel for? Good luck?

[@djohnson21988]

Crazy for an SUV. Sounded like an airplane in those fly bys.

[@noblevengeance312]

Alright I’m awake. Let’s do this. Aye wassup Sean. King of the hill eh? I like the gearing setup in this one. Sounds nice. Holy shit he got up to a good speed 22psi is not bad for that motor. Let’s see another run Alright that was a FAST pass. Let’s see how it did If you think I’m letting an SUV beat my TTRS then no. Just no lol Nice video man. Was cool to see some high speeds on this one. Hope it was fun to film

[@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy]

Good to see you buddy. No worries, this SUV didn’t top the TTRS that we tested. Then again, that TTRS was a dedicated Stage 2 tune where as this is just a off the shelf piggyback in beta form. But the TTRS platform is still king.

[@noblevengeance312]

Track Day exactly. TTRS is the king of all cars change my mind

[@w1nnin]

😎cant wait to trade in my 440i for this next.

[@andywmoffat]

That's exactly what I did - 440i MPPSK to X3M Comp (now running stage 1 BM3).

[@susanchan1425]

Cant wait to see the tuned X3M race against the Giulia, rematch!

[@montro-city9920]

It wouldn't do to rematch a tuned X3M against a non changed Giulia unless that was part of the plan from the beginning. Alfa Romeo fans would riot

[@allwheelboost]

Yup, people don't realize that even with all wheel drive, you are not invincible. a launch still needs to be finessed with those kind of power levels. You should see low 3 seconds 0-60 times.

[@exotixfan]

Man thats crazy that a soccer mom car would pretty much run train on a bunch of last generation supercars. Not to mention Dan's old Gallardo 😃

[@WHERESSS]

5-60 times would be nice. it is representative of more real world on the street acceleration times, especially on boosted cars. The Germans these days seem to have insane launch capabilities, which results in a huge time difference between 5-60 and 0-60 times. 99 percent of the time people aren't brake boosting from a stoplight in an SUV.

[@ChristianC-gy1ym]

You should have 1 million subscribers but hey, in this country if you're not white, you're not right. It's not malicious, it's just how people are. Subconsciously and consciously. "Universal appeal" they say. Anyway I know and the Almighty God knows that this channel is pure gold. Don't stop now, go for diamond bro. Thanks for keeping this channel going. God bless.

[@speedlife301]

A 119 trap speed isn’t beating any super or sports cars from a roll gtr, z6 , viper , hurcan , r8 plus , amg gtr 911 turbo all trap between 125- 131 in the 1/4

[@F92M8]

agreed. but jb4 isnt a real tune. BM3 stage 1 is doing 125-126mph 1/4 with 8.4 60-130 which could beat/keep up with a z06, hellcat, zl1, etc and murk a nissan gtr if they're all stock.

[@w1nnin]

Should have launch controled with 4wd and not 4wd sport would have made a difference. 4wd sport makes the car more rear basis just not 100% like m8/m5.

[@pikkagtr1942]

Get rid of that JunkBox4 and run a flash tune 119mph 1/4 is terrible X3M s58s are running 128+mph on a flash tune and e30 mix

[@SuperSlowHD]

Nice comparison. I heard the BM3 is a better option than the JB4. Thoughts?

[@mstegs5477]

People run both. JB4 has a nice Bluetooth app that you can monitor all your parameters and change things on the fly.

[@DanWangFilms]

SuperSlowM3 Personally don’t have any experience with BM3 tunes. I’ve only run a JB+ in my 535 and it’s been good for the past 9 years.

[@radiculus27]

Get the model y performance

[@evodave69]

How’s the 60-130 time 2 seconds faster but the 1/2 mile time is within half a second ? I get that it had a small deficiency to make up for cause off the line if spun more but that seemed to be made up for by the almost 1second difference 0-100

[@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy]

60-130 is time to cover speed and ½ mile is time to cover distance so it’s not going to directly translate. Most half mile racers and events don’t even time the ET, it’s all about trap speed at that point. Although I would’ve like to see a 141-142MPH because it now has a faster 60-130 than the Alfa QV (trapped 142.24MPH), the half mile trap is still a little slower. Either way, a gain of 3.5MPH is respectable for something that probably has a tremendous aerodynamic drag at those speeds.

[@codymachado]

Wait.. wait.. Mid to high 500s to the wheels?!?? So from 473 crank to 550 awhp. That’s INSANE gains holy

[@TeacherToolkitDemo]

The x3M competition with a proper tune gets 630bhp to the crank.

[@GT500R]

A tune with E30 does 600 AWHP to the S58, welcome to the party.

[@RealFunFuneral976]

I have a 2021 explorer ST. With a zfg racing e50 tune alone it jumps from 400 crank hp to nearly 600. Yes I said tune only. They are getting 11.8s out of just a tune in a 4900 lbs 3 row suv.

[@yesitsme8943]

People calling this a mom car have obviously never driven one 😂

[@borinvlogs]

A tuned M4 does 100 to 200 kmh in around 5 secs.

[@Kai240i]

Jb4 piggyback doesn't add 100hp, more like 60 hp at the most. Only a proper stage 2 tune with MHD or BM3 along with downpipe will yield 100hp more than stock.

[@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy]

Just reciting numbers based on owners and the BMS website. We dyno with VBOX here.

[@SuperSlowHD]

@Kai It takes more than 60HP to gain 2 seconds on the 60-130. It's gonna be somewhere in the 100HP range to make those gains. Ask me how I know.

[@Kai240i]

@@SuperSlowHD But look at the 1/4mile and 1/2mile trap. Only 3-5mph faster, that tells me that it's loosing steam on top end and probably only 60hp more than stock. I've had JB4 before on both my mk7 gti and M240i, it doesn't add 100hp. Some owners just like to brag about their hp numbers. Trap speed won't lie. A real stage 2 tune with catless downpipes will trap 10mph more than stock.

[@Kai240i]

@@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy I like how you guys dyno with vbox and dragy numbers. That's how it should be done. Just the fact that owner claimed it made 100hp over stock is BS and mis-informative.

[@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy]

@Kai Thanks man, you just gave me an idea to do a video of how to real world dyno a car with a performance logger.

[@ms3ben]

9.8 60-130, 119 mph 1/4 and 140 in the half isn’t too shabby for an suv. The piggy should be warranty safe too.

[@F92M8]

these times are actually pretty horrid. JB4 is a garbage tune, a real stage 1 tune (BM3) with nothing else does 8.5 60-130, 10.84 1/4 at 125 MPH

[@ms3ben]

@@F92M8 Yes of course a real tune is superior but not everyone wants to forgo warranty on their new car with an expensive powertrain.

[@F92M8]

@@ms3ben bro a JB4 voids warranty. I respect your opinion and all but it’s impossible to avoid BMW NA when you flash a car or play with any part of the DME. and even now, when you take your car in for a regular service (oil change, maybe a malfunction) they will scan the DME to see how boost has been operating. i.e. over stock PSI which is what a JB4 does

[@ms3ben]

@@F92M8 Jb4 isn’t a flash, unless it’s different for bmw

[@F92M8]

@@ms3ben I know. but it still tricks your car into running more boost than stock PSI and it will show when BMW runs the DME/data logging. They’ll find 18 lbs of boost instead of 14-15 and they’ll know exactly why. The second you do any plug and play with a bmw the warranty is gone

[@fbf01]

Pretty cool mum car 😂 that hurts 😔

[@DJBeast_official]

isn't this SUV equal to the C43 AMG in terms of performance??

[@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy]

Unfortunately the X3M is significantly faster. We tested the C43 AMG a few months ago (I posted the link in your other comment). You can compare the times on the Fast List >>> bit.ly/thefastlist

[@DJBeast_official]

@@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy yeah. i can see that. nice list, looks nice

[@andywmoffat]

You need BM3, so much better than JB4

[@Workin247]

Picked up 5 mph in the 1/4, and 120 trap is not slow. I bet its fun. 👍👍

[@dannyMCDelight]

Tuning a car voids warranty. Outside of YT car reviews, who in the real world can drop $100,000 for a new BMW and give no fucks about warranty?

[@ganuv]

MHD is better the a jb4

[@pppppp549]

Dude just mhd stage 1 and you have 630 hp on 93 oct jb4 is garbage

[@LBB988]

3:16 fake numbers, 60-130 mph faster than 100-200 kph??🤣

[@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy]

Ask Dragy or VBOX.

[@LBB988]

@@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy so u don't know which one u did the test with ?🤣

[@amiralihedayati3625]

Exactly bro.... Also 11.72 is a tough time for this car. It should be around 11 flat

[@SpeedLabsMotorEnvy]

@LBB988 I use both VBOX and Dragy is what I meant. But I rechecked the data and it looks like I accidentally put a subsequent 60-130 run as the 100-200kph time accidentally. The corrected 100-200kph for the run was 9.80 seconds. I'll make a note in the pinned comment and update the Fast List. Thanks for catching that.

[@amiralihedayati3625]

Track Day Thank you so much. Great channel. Keep up...

[@TheEryk03]

What are you talking about?! RS6 is much faster even than the tuned wersion.

[@DanWangFilms]

TheEryk We’re talking about the C7 generation of RS6, which I tested a 40-100 and 60-130 of 5.60 and 9.41 respectively. That’s only a few tenths of each other which makes it a driver’s race.

[@TheEryk03]

@@DanWangFilms old one is also quicker. You just did weak times.

[@DanWangFilms]

TheEryk Really? Because when I cross-referenced with a tuner and they ran 9.62 sec. Car and Driver (who has a tendency of posting faster than normal times) ran the RS7 Performance at 9.1 so I think 9.4 is a good median.

[@traviskoogler5225]

“This is why you don’t need the Competiton model” Seriously??? Does anyone really “need” a 473 hp small SUV? These cars are not about needs, they are about wants.

[@johnfkndoe676]

On a public road passing a car. Ass.

[@tommysvlogsandreviews]

Quarantine done got me bored af, I’m literally watching an Indian car reviewer...

[@sonicbum92]

Competition trim is basically BMW's way of suckering people into giving them more money. No need to pay the extra 7 grand for power that can be had for $700.

[@Tireburner7]

Come on guys, do better. No reason to get the comp? 1. Faster. 2. Better seats 3. Harder sprung suspension 4. Nicer wheels 5. Upgraded Exhaust. 6. Blacked out trim. That alone cost way more than 7k. And most importantly you void the warranty with your tune. I know when its not your money it doesn't matter but when your replacing a transmission at $14k, it does.

[@peterg6953]

I agree with you but they didn't void the warranty with the flash tune because they're using just a piggyback.

[@Tireburner7]

@@peterg6953 if something happens to the engine and bmwNa needs to get involved you think they can't tell or easily prove what rpms the turbo automatically spin at and why all the other values are different?

[@peterg6953]

@@Tireburner7 They can't determine turbo spooling speed. The only thing that logs in the ecu/dme is boost levels and that alone is no basis for denying a claim because incorrect boost levels could be caused a number of manufacturing defects. Just went through this with my Audi.

[@Tireburner7]

What you say sounds perfect in theory I know of two people personally that had warranty work denied because they used a jb+(back in the day on a n54 535) a 335i with a jb4. Don't mind taking a risk but when $100,000 involved different story.

[@peterg6953]

@@Tireburner7 My tubo failed on my S4 and had a piggy back on. Boost was out of range but Audi couldn't do anything and repaired it. I have an X3MC on order and will get it at the end of the month. 90k out the door and i wouldn't hesitate to slap a piggy back on it.

[@wheresmycheese8511]

The fake exhaust noise is as lame as the wannabe top gear platform

[@johnsmoke864]

@Phil Lee Don't worry they're better than Top Gear

[@jennamcintyre9397]

@Phil Lee Ain't the fact that you referenced Top Gear proof enough that they're headed in the right path? @Track Day keep producing these awesome videos! There's always going to be haters. 👍

[@wheresmycheese8511]

But top gear has been and gone. Which makes this seem even more desperate. Why couldn’t they come up with their own platform

[@pauledmonds3249]

Why? Just why? These are for towing horse trailers, performance BMW's are coupes and saloons, this is a pointless rediculous car.