While it may seem peculiar at first, one of the goals behind the making of the BMW i8 was the fuel consumption. Of course, that wasn’t the main concern, but BMW wanted to prove that you can have supercar looks and decent performance without having to source your own oil field. That’s why the engine ‘under the hood’ is a three-cylinder, 1.5 liter tiny thing, turbocharged into oblivion. And the power output of that engine can go even further up.
According to the guys from DTE Systems, the car can make even more power with a simple ECU tune. They claim the total power output of the i8 can be taken up to 409 HP without damage to the internals. They have been coy about the details but did mention this was achieved by using their proprietary PowerControl RX chip tuning module which controls nine channels in a multimap and works with the stock ECU of the i8.
Read the full article here:
https://www.bmwblog.com/2020/04/30/bmw-i8-gets-tuned-to-409-hp-gets-better-fuel-economy/
