[Lorcan]

Say hello to my lil' fren! This is, or will be, our new AC Schnitzer demo car. I collected it from "Uncle" Tony Lewis at Berry BMW Croydon on Wednesday. We'll start converting this to AC Schnitzer ACS2 specification in a week or so. Let us know if you'd like to try it when it's done!

On the menu: 20" AC4 flow-formed wheel/tyre set (with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres, natch), AC Schnitzer sports suspension (non-adaptive), our quad sports exhaust with carbon fibre tailpipes, front splitter, boot spoiler elements, roof spoiler, rear bumper protection strip, alloy pedal set and footrest, alcantara and perforated leather sports steering wheel, shift paddle set and maybe, when it warms up a bit, our 420hp performance upgrade (which interestingly makes more torque than the new M2, 600Nm vs 550Nm).

Here are some pics of the car on collection day. I'll update this thread as we go along.

[Lorcan]

The M240ix by AC Schnitzer has been to "Mexico" and come back with some performance data.

• Features of AC Schnitzer performance upgrades:
• Premium quality - developed by BMW tuners with over 30 years experience.
• Standard car software is retained so the car can be serviced and updated by BMW as usual.
• The standard ECU is not altered or tampered with a secondary ECU accesses CANBUS data to deliver the performance increase safely.
• Standard driveability retained. Smooth, effortless performance with safer overtaking.
• Efficient Performance - no increase in emissions in most cases
• Opportunity to enhance the performance of a lower tax bracket car without paying more tax
• Can be ordered and installed at selected BMW dealers and independent specialists around the UK and Ireland.
• Unique, worry-free warranty solution included.

[Jack@AUTOID]

Originally Posted by Lorcan

Say hello to my lil' fren! This is, or will be, our new AC Schnitzer demo car. I collected it from "Uncle" Tony Lewis at Berry BMW Croydon on Wednesday. We'll start converting this to AC Schnitzer ACS2 specification in a week or so. Let us know if you'd like to try it when it's done!

On the menu: 20" AC4 flow-formed wheel/tyre set (with Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres, natch), AC Schnitzer sports suspension (non-adaptive), our quad sports exhaust with carbon fibre tailpipes, front splitter, boot spoiler elements, roof spoiler, rear bumper protection strip, alloy pedal set and footrest, alcantara and perforated leather sports steering wheel, shift paddle set and maybe, when it warms up a bit, our 420hp performance upgrade (which interestingly makes more torque than the new M2, 600Nm vs 550Nm).

Here are some pics of the car on collection day. I'll update this thread as we go along.

Congrats guys. Love the spec.

[Lorcan]

All done, apart from the boot winglets which are back ordered. We'll add those next month. Your thoughts are welcome

[Zero7]

Not keen on the wheels, mainly for the fact they are 20’s and over a period of time a bigger tyre cost adds up not to mention the un-sprung weight (unless they are extremely light). Really like the look of the exhaust, do you have some better sound clips than the 20 second YouTube clip. also can you tell us more on the suspension.

[Lorcan]

The wheels are 11.0kg front and 11.9kg rear, so pretty light for 20". They are flow formed. I'd hazard a guess they are lighter than the 19" 893M that came on the car, but I'd need to check.

We offer a choice of springs only or springs and non-adaptive sports dampers together, which we call sports suspension. For cars with adaptive we supply delete modules with the sports suspension. It works better without it.

https://shop.ac-schnitzer.co.uk/susp...ades-978-c.asp

I don't have any better sound clips of the exhaust at the moment but will be touring the country with the car in the coming weeks, so maybe you'd like to hear it for yourself?

[Lorcan]

Update: 19" 893M wheels are 12.88kg front and 13.88kg rear.

[donm527]

Nice. The Cerium Grey trim works better with the black rims. The silver in the stock rims I guess clash to my eyes and loses cohesiveness

The little spoiler(?) on the top of the rear glass... does it really help in any way with the airflow or just decorative? Such a tiny strip I wonder if really worth it.

Look forward to updates when you get the winglets installed. I kind of like the new spoiler from AutoID and that new one they are making for the M2 looks nice. Would look nice on your car.

[Jabbroni]

Love some of the G42 add ons, but the prices are insane.

[Lorcan]

Originally Posted by donm527

The little spoiler(?) on the top of the rear glass... does it really help in any way with the airflow or just decorative? Such a tiny strip I wonder if really worth it.

The roof spoiler is purely decorative, but you'd be surprised how much difference it makes to the overall look of the car by extending the roof line slightly. We've been selling these for many years (decades), going back to the E36, and they still sell well.

[Lorcan]

Originally Posted by Jabbroni

Love some of the G42 add ons, but the prices are insane.

Are they? I hadn't noticed

[Lorcan]

Now on the You Tube, courtesy of CarbonWurks in Poole and featuring yours truly

[Lorcan]

Check out the review by Autocar here:

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review...itzer/acs2-40i

Pics from Autocar / Max Edleston