Stage 2 BMW M340i XDrive: The ultimate performance car for India! | Autoculture

As we all know, we at TDH are big fans of the BMW M340i because of its amazing powertrain, the B58, an inline-6 turbocharged engine mated to a XDrive AWD system. This makes the M340i XDrive the fastest production car made in India but we have always wondered, what if we take the M340i and boost it up to Stage 2? Well, the boys over at Harmonix Tuning have done just that and have created an absolute monster! Now, the M340i in Stage 2 guise produces a whopping 480 BHP and 650 NM of torque! Want to know more about the M340i Stage 2? Watch the whole video to find out!
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Filmed & Directed By:
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[@HarmonixxTuning]

Thank you @thedrivershub. This has truly been a special build for us. We had the parts for this 340i build lying with us for over 4 months. We wanted to do this build, the right way, so we we decided not to install the downpipe until we got the ECU Unlocked. Took us 19 days to send the ECU to Finland & get it back. And the results are there for everyone to see. We're happy you guys enjoyed reviewing the 340i. There is a lot more to come on these B58 engines as we start turning up the magic.

[@dharrshane1449]

BMW should not try changing this design... This looks aggressive 🥵🥵🥵🥵...

[@trollz6940]

I prefer this design over the m3 design with that ridiculous grill

[@seanpillay]

They have launched the LCI with a few changes to the rear and front bumper

[@trollz6940]

@@seanpillay damn that new model it looks so aggressive

[@bendover-bz4bc]

They are going to massacre this boy with that new M4 grill

[@shahan484]

You can dream all you want about Lamborghinis or Ferraris, but an M340i is what one can realistically get their hands on in India and STILL beat anything on the road.

[@anonymous9843]

And its one of the only bang for the bucks in India

[@adityaanpan4696]

No cap

[@TuningPV80cc]

Super nice video guys! Love from Finland! 🇫🇮

[@abhishek4189]

The edit is top notch guys🔥

[@nayankatmande621]

Grow more...lots of potential in India. For you! guys.. ❤️

[@rajat8314]

Best car ever built in this segment ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ My love for this car is beyond infinity❤️❤️❤️

[@rajat8314]

finally someone did it 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@trollz6940]

I agree on BMWs being hard to tune due to its ecu, I own a Mini Countryman it’s hell when it comes to electricals and engine tuning

[@undertaker7190]

And this is an Insane Car tooo ❤️🔥⚡🥵

[@bob91ful]

My dream car ... I'll own it for sure....insa

[@kutlee2009]

Should be a bargain!!

[@harshitlohaan4039]

That color in the Octavia looks sick. Any details about that one?

[@maverick463dr]

Hey guys great video, 👍 What do you think about the new 340i . Spec wise it's the same and will we be getting the hybrid motor to india ? Is it equally difficult to tune as engine is the same ?

[@mandarpradhan9]

Ahh sick !

[@khushals689]

Need more pov shots

[@dip_08]

This and M5 cs, looks wise 🥵🥵🥵

[@JosephKarthic]

*3:21** instant love...*

[@adityabiruly]

5:53 vrs flyby

[@RUDEBOY-hn6qz]

How much days it took for the ecu to go to Finland get unlocked and come back? Was the car parked throught that time period?

[@smileehour4187]

Soham...your videos are very informative..i really like it ....but ......gadiyo ka speedometer bhi dikhaya kar bhai.....akela hi bhaga rha hai yaar ...🤗

[@themoderncaferacer2264]

the audio sounds a bit slowed down, did you force Soham to force his excitement down?:P

[@rajwardhan5479]

How did you change the meter of the car

[@atulyatejapadival330]

4 door A90 supra 💥🔥🔥🔥

[@kishannaidu8712]

Power to money ratio 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 nice one

[@krrishpatil5156]

can we stage 2 tune a bmw series 2 gc m sport?

[@shubhampandit9476]

Mr. Darshan is proud owner of that beast😁

[@vinays3820]

Voice Host Camera Titlecards locations are more mind boggling than the car 👍

[@revantbhattacharjee697]

You guys lay your hands on such good and potent cars, yet your videos lack the kinda hands on feel of performance that an enthusiast would want to have watching your videos. Work it out guys, you have the ability to be the best there is in your genre of content.

[@TheDriversHub]

Hi Revant, yes we understand that you want us to drive these cars at their limit! We want to too! But the logistics, expenses and everything surrounding it is insanely expensive. Slowly and steadily we'll hopefully get there! 💯

[@HarmonixxTuning]

Revant, Rome wasn't built in a day. So let's give them some slack? The best way to improve is to keep uploading videos, learn from them, by us giving them constructive feedback as well. Trust us when we say, even putting out the content they are is HARD WORK. They actually have some really good content coming next week. Something that hasn't been done before by an Enthusiasts Automotive KZbin channel before in India we think. They've got some great content coming, usually such content only the big automotive magazines have access to. Until now...

[@kivir0]

🔥

[@user-uq7lk1xr7u]

"thank you! come again!"

[@thecharley007]

VF enginiring had tuned a supra in 2020 with a same B58 engine

[@arty9340]

Because you mention the transmission so much, it should probably be in your interest to attach all of that credit to ZF. The ZF eight speed is really the best TC gearbox on the market. How does the M-Xdrive perform on it? It’s not proper M but should have MDM right? Can the tune manage to tweak AWD? I’d imagine this’d be an amazing track weapon if they can make it work. How is the stock cooling? Does it take the tune well? Have there been issues with heat soak? Was wondering if they can switch back and forth between ECU maps to not void the warranties on these things. (will be interesting if no other mods are done on it, trick bmw hehe). How does this car do on the overrun? I heard the pops and bangs, they were impressive but ive heard better from a90 supras. Are there any plans for charge pipes or is it really not worth it considering some of the other upgrades they have in the pipeline? Noticed BM3 in the list of upgrades? Dont understand why? Didn’t you have someone do the unlocking and flashing in Finland? What is the use of BM3 here? Also in case of BM3 my third question is rendered meaningless haha appreciate the video!

[@HarmonixxTuning]

Arty, the ZF8 gearboxes are really good. So good that an iteration of them was even used in the Audi RS6/RS7/RSQ8 & Lamborghini URUS. Unfortunately, there is no way to tweak the X-Drive at this moment. Stock cooling isn't great. Engine does heat soak bad! That's why we are already running a CSF Heat Exchanger. We will soon be installing a CSF Billet Manifold as well to improve IATs. Ideally we would have loved to run a WMI kit, but that won't be a daily mod. We can run multiple maps, but there is no way to fool the dealership anymore. They can find out if a car has been tuned with the press of a button on their laptop now. The Supras do sound better. The 340i is a 5 seater sedan at the end of the day. And it's just running an aftermarket downpipe, stock catback, mild PnBs tune as this is still a daily driver & the owner doesn't want to draw unwanted attention. We could add a good catback to make it sound good, but at this point, we don't think there is a need for it. Charge pipes make no power difference on these engines, unless you plan to run WMI or CPI it makes no sense to waste money on those. ECU Unlock only works with BM3/MHD/MGFlasher for the time being. Other tools don't want to work with Femto due to conflict of interest. Sad, because we have Ecutek/CMD/Bflash to tune but the newer BMW ECUs don't work with them. One added advantage of having BM3 is the owner can change tunes on his own. 95 or 100 RON etc. The unlock process in Finland only allows you to use 1 of the few supported tools to flash to the ECU i.e BM3/MHD/MGFlasher or Femto's own tool. We have to tell them in advance which tool we'd be tuning with and the patch is flashed to the ECU based on the tool we choose. Hope that answers all your doubts! Cheers.

[@arty9340]

@@HarmonixxTuning Glad you answered. That really does explain everything! It gives me hope that people in the community in India are so informative and helpful. Hopefully I can maybe one day work with yall! (still in high school) Do you also work on the B48s? Nothing crazy from a 4cyl (limited displacement ofc) but what would you ideally do on one of those?

[@HarshKumar-ms7bv]

Can we use 95 octane on stage 2

[@manish_venkat]

Hey guys, sorry a little off topic from this video. But I’m going to buy an abarth avventura, and this one seems to be maintained really well. The only gripe being that it has almost run 1 lakh kms. Any idea on the reliability on these abarths? It has the same engine as the abarth Punto the 1.4 t jet.

[@TheDriversHub]

Hello, as long as the engine is mechanically sound, the running of the car doesn't matter. Make sure that all mechanical components are intact and if there's something not working, make sure that you know how to fix it. Do through research on what goes bad, what doesn't, it'll be worth it! As far as the engine reliability, no real issues for the 1.4 T-Jet, main problems with Fiats is rust. So make sure all body panels and mainly the chassis is checked thoroughly.

[@jecenth]

1 lakh kms ran cars are due for clutch, suspension and steering rack replacements. Check whether these are done. If not, discount the buying price accordingly.

[@shamanthvk1643]

Everything is good except your vedio quality, I don't mean that the current quality is bad, if you can do shoot it in 1080 60p

[@adithyaajay6189]

⚡⚡⚡⚡

[@aryanprimta]

1989 is most probably the birth year of the owner

[@ark1289]

@5:19 for the Insaaaaneeeee. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@Karanokay]

That was Kirankumar’s vrs Am i right?

[@draco0001]

They forgot to mention 0-100 acceleration.

[@TheDriversHub]

Coming in next video! M340i Stage 2 vs RS5!

[@draco0001]

@@TheDriversHub greatt ! Can’t wait🤩

[@chinmayshann3587]

3.8 sec 0 to 100

[@draco0001]

@@chinmayshann3587 around 3.6 - 3.8 ki range mei hi hoga🙌

[@chinmayshann3587]

@@draco0001 exact 3.8 tested on draggy

[@RideTejasshelar]

How can i join you bro 🙂

[@godzillagaming4290]

This engine is made by force motors ?

[@gaming_playground1]

The B58 engine is not made by force motors it made in STEYR, Austria which is not a force motors factory

[@sanketjain5048]

Hey , one question does this affect insurance claim ? I mean it's such an expensive and fast car if anything happens it would cost a ton of a money for sure.

[@mahektailor4542]

It is already expensive insurance costing 5 lakhs per year

[@dark420passenger]

Lol don't you know? Warranty, insurance and everything gets void when you remap a car. If you want to claim insurance your car needs to be in pure stock condition.

[@Coconut_water890]

@@dark420passenger faxx

[@shwethagowda3907]

💥💥💥✌

[@prasshantjha]

Seriously a car like this is my dream But don’t have money for it😢

[@adithya.manoj_]

Power To Money Ratio 😹👍🏻

[@sheik3848]

Whatever you saying is ok. But in my personal opinion 382Bhp 500Nm in a sedan is very powerful already and spending 5.5lakh is no brainer unless you want to take it to race tracks. Stock m340i is more than enough for our indian roads.

[@Vishwaraj-bb7op]

Yes Bro

[@samarthkulkarni2396]

M5 on budget

[@kivir0]

Pick one - M340i or the f80 M4/M3?

[@div9229]

M4/M3 if u want to track it. For daily drives the M340i

[@HarmonixxTuning]

Those S58 engines are beasts. B58s are good too. But we'd pick the S58 (M3/M4) over the B58 anyday.

[@TheDriversHub]

On behalf of the whole TDH team, we would definitely choose the F80/F82. Engine is one thing, ofcourse it matters a lot, but the looks of the old F-Series M cars is just 🤌

[@meezaansayyed5640]

Compared to anirudh sir vrs how is it?

[@HarmonixxTuning]

The 340i will be a lot lot quicker. Wait until the next video is out to know how quick this 340i actually is on paper.

[@lakshya7873]

this can be faster than m3 comp xdrive

[@seanivanka7892]

Tuned audi q3 vs tuned this

[@dark420passenger]

It's all fun and games when other parts like turbo and clutch starts wearing out faster because it was designed to handle stock power figures. Pops and bangs means say bye bye to piston rings and valves which usually tend to wear out faster in BMWs. So don't be fooled by that 5 lakhs upgrades because you will be spending significantly more on maintenance. Finally you will be selling the car on OLX for like 10 lakhs.

[@Sweaty_23]

you only live once

[@blackbiker3718]

B58 is easily Puting out 500 hp and even 1000 hp on stock bottom end and crank it can easily handle that power . This is not a 320 d inline 4 engine this is the beast the b58.

[@HarmonixxTuning]

Google'd knowledge can only get you so far @single4life. These B58 engines were designed with so much headroom, that Toyota (yes, those guys who built the famed 2JZ engine) decided to buy the engine & tranny combo from BMW for their new Supra which are probably the most tuner friendly cars after the Golfs in the world. There are 1000s of owners pushing 700-750HP on stock blocks on these cars in Europe/USA with zero issues. Also, we don't turn off factory safety features on our tunes. So Pops N Bangs aren't aggressive like most other Indian tuners. And if the EGTs get too high, the PnBs will automatically stop until all safety conditions are met. We can guarantee that these engines will run 1L+ kms without any issues as long as you service them every 7500kms & do preventive maintenance even with our Stage 3 builds.

[@dark420passenger]

@@HarmonixxTuning BMW's engineers would have spent years altogether trying, testing and deciding on the engine parts, exact power figures and a well optimised tune for reliability along with minimal emissions. Only reason that they have left such headroom in B58 is to achieve high reliability which BMWs were lacking. So please don't try to fool people by hiding the fact that reliability of the engine will definitely be reduced and maintenance costs will increase indefinitely with any stage 2 or 3 custom tunes. Lol 1L kms on stage 3 with general maintenance? Stop embarrassing yourself.

[@HarmonixxTuning]

​@@dark420passenger, maybe Stock4life would be a better handle name? LOL (sorry, couldn't resist that one). Just to state some facts, we speak out of experience of having tuned some of India's fastest cars & maintaining them regularly for our clients. And this 340i owner has 6 other cars in his garage tuned by us & couple of them have crossed the 1L mark already (over 90k kms since we tuned them). Since we have an in-house Dyno we have tested these cars at 90k, 95k, 1L and the cars made the exact same power on the Dyno as a car that has run 20-30k kms with the same mods. Same with the compression tests, leak-down tests etc. That's why the owner of a 85L car is okay with us removing his 340i's ECU and shipping it to Finland for 19 days to get it unlocked. Trust & Rome weren't built in a day. That's how we plan all our builds. An engine has to run 1L kms with regular maintenance. Real people who've gotten their cars tuned by us will attest to that fact. And we've posted a lot of long term reliability posts on our Insta/Facebook pages as well. Either ways, we respect your whole idea of wanting to keep the cars stock, but what we don't agree with is the misrepresentation of facts. Over & out! And this will be our last reply on this matter. Don't feed the trolls is a motto we take very seriously! :)

[@himanshudhiman607]

So it’s basically a M3

[@mohammedrahil1300]

What's the mailage on the stage 2 😂😂😂

[@funksobravo1]

I would rather install a racechip!

[@vwclub4739]

Can it beat an RS5 though?

[@anujkuru8035]

Pretty sure this one can

[@kalyaan123]

In a straight line definitely yes, but in a track that’s a bit of a doubt because of the rs5’s Quattro and system but it can beat a s5 without a doubt in a track as well as in a straight line

[@HarmonixxTuning]

That would depend! Stock RS5? Tuned RS5? Would definitely ask you guys to wait till @thedrivershub launches their next 340i video. Some really cool stuff is going to be showcased in that video.

[@PaulBateman69]

Audi FWDs are shit. Period

[@sparshsharma4903]

🥵♥

[@amilaandarage9734]

Upgrade the brakes if you want to live a longer life 🤣

[@19rohan87]

first change the run flats to tubeless

[@gautam53180]

KA 18 ME 1989 nice number plate 😂

[@Eren-da-Jaeger]

dude all good and nice but while filming car on the highway on right most lane, you have disturbed many many vehicles which is not a good thing. In the video itself you can see some SUV and even a truck at one point had to brake because you slowing down and speeding up. Kind request not to do this on busy highway.

[@rupesh2726]

Ye noob log kyu video me baat karte hai yaar... a man in place of this kid would have done justice to this car.

[@nishantkumar8411]

Next time remove number plate of car and don't mess with car looks because of blurr

[@HarmonixxTuning]

Feedback taken. And will be implementing next time around.

[@lost_voyager86]

1cr !!!! No please i cant afford to sell my kidneys

[@ashutoshnagarkar5248]

Bro your kidney won't cost above 4 5 lakh s 😂

[@lost_voyager86]

@@ashutoshnagarkar5248 lulz

[@carahul288]

Still M2 competition for me

[@AnilKumar-uq7mz]

Mustang 🤒🤒🤕☠️☠️

[@yashharmalkar5929]

This would smoke tf out of mustang 💀💀 gt fastback

[@KILLERSPECIALIST]

Utku Noa performance and then a MUTE ‼️😆😂😂

[@PaulBateman69]

ECU unblock worth 1.2 Lakhs and that's toooooooooo sketchy especially it has to be send abroad. Wait until some local genius find the codes

[@HarmonixxTuning]

Lol. Nothing sketchy about the unlock. Since 2020, there is only ONE company IN THE WORLD that can Unlock the newer BMW ECUs. Tuners from all across the globe are shipping their ECUs to Finland for the unlock. Usual charges for Non EU tuners is around $1500-2000 for the unlock depending on your local customs duty tariffs & shipping costs.

[@darkknighthacker07]

:dard:

[@mdmuzammil79]

3 series beats M5 🤩🤯🤯🤯

[@pipikakachu]

Why can’t we push this car to 600hp ?

[@dreaming_fox163]

Didn't even measure 0-100, what a disappointing video as a first time channel viewer. Like what's the point of this video, an ad for harmonics i assume. Edit: look at comments

[@TheDriversHub]

Watch out for the next video buddy

[@HarmonixxTuning]

Subscribe to the channel, all the performance data you're interested in is soon coming your way! We are a performance tuning company. There is no way we'd let them go back to Pune unless they posted all the performance data. LOL.

[@dreaming_fox163]

@@HarmonixxTuning 😀 thx

[@shramanedits4201]

I want to contact you