So I will preface this by saying that I have not had any other tune on my car other than this one and that I haven't driven the tune for longer than ten minutes because I had a mid term exam I just finished for my political science class. BUT I got to load the 91 octane tune and take it out for a little and it's very nice.
The car started up fine and there were no problems at all with the idle. It was as steady as it's always been. I walked to the exhaust pipes and it seemed like the sound was amplified a little compared to before when I wouldn't be able to hear my car idling at all before the tune, I could hear a low grumble after. I backed out of my parking spot and took it for a spin.
The throttle response isn't as touchy as I was thinking it would be, it doesn't break the tires loose when your in Drive with the nannies on like some people said the BAMA tune does. But I think this would get annoying because the shifts are plenty firm. The power increase is definetly there, under 3 thousand rpm now you get a nice pull compared to literally nothing before. When I floored it the pull was immediate, I didn't have to wait until it hit 4 thousand rpm for pull, it happened right from 2k and the power build up is very smooth and impressive. Initially I was a little disappointed that I wasn't breaking traction in drive just normally driving around. BUT then I turned T/C off, did a launch at about 2000 RPM, what I usually launch at, and I spun through all of first gear laying down 2 tire marks that were about 15 feet long, I shifted and literally fish tailed into second, continuing to spin until I left off. I was amazed by that, because before I would get a tiny chirp and than the LSD would catch it right away. There was no traction at all this time and I was doing the exact same launch I have always done with the stock tune.
Than I did a couple of rolls from 20 mph and the more I drove it felt like the faster the car got. By the last roll on I did I chirped as I was going 20 MPH and floored it and than chirped again shifting into second gear:worship. The rev limiter isn't totally lifted, it's still in the 7200 RPM range, but I feel like that is plenty fine. Also the CAI and engine seem louder than before. It seems like the CAI is now sucking in alot more air than it used to.
I'm going to take the car out now for another little spin and report back with more of my observations. I feel like this tune CAN definetly be a little bit more aggressive, but for what I wanted, a every day 91 octane tune with nice power increases, I couldn't have asked for more. I'll be racing my friend with his tuned 335i from a 20mph roll on tonight. When I wasn't tuned he beat me by a little more than half a car length. I think I'll get him this time.
And STEEDA was nothing but great with me. I contacted them through the live chat and got a prompt, friendly, and professional response to all of my questions. For 65 dollars plus a 120 dollar tuner I feel like this is a very good mod. :bigthumbsup
BTW I didn't do anything other than letting the tuner do it's thing. I have heard that clearing the battery or doing a throttle relearn process or something along those lines will help with deleting all the old info on the ecu and loading the tunes?
The car started up fine and there were no problems at all with the idle. It was as steady as it's always been. I walked to the exhaust pipes and it seemed like the sound was amplified a little compared to before when I wouldn't be able to hear my car idling at all before the tune, I could hear a low grumble after. I backed out of my parking spot and took it for a spin.
The throttle response isn't as touchy as I was thinking it would be, it doesn't break the tires loose when your in Drive with the nannies on like some people said the BAMA tune does. But I think this would get annoying because the shifts are plenty firm. The power increase is definetly there, under 3 thousand rpm now you get a nice pull compared to literally nothing before. When I floored it the pull was immediate, I didn't have to wait until it hit 4 thousand rpm for pull, it happened right from 2k and the power build up is very smooth and impressive. Initially I was a little disappointed that I wasn't breaking traction in drive just normally driving around. BUT then I turned T/C off, did a launch at about 2000 RPM, what I usually launch at, and I spun through all of first gear laying down 2 tire marks that were about 15 feet long, I shifted and literally fish tailed into second, continuing to spin until I left off. I was amazed by that, because before I would get a tiny chirp and than the LSD would catch it right away. There was no traction at all this time and I was doing the exact same launch I have always done with the stock tune.
Than I did a couple of rolls from 20 mph and the more I drove it felt like the faster the car got. By the last roll on I did I chirped as I was going 20 MPH and floored it and than chirped again shifting into second gear:worship. The rev limiter isn't totally lifted, it's still in the 7200 RPM range, but I feel like that is plenty fine. Also the CAI and engine seem louder than before. It seems like the CAI is now sucking in alot more air than it used to.
I'm going to take the car out now for another little spin and report back with more of my observations. I feel like this tune CAN definetly be a little bit more aggressive, but for what I wanted, a every day 91 octane tune with nice power increases, I couldn't have asked for more. I'll be racing my friend with his tuned 335i from a 20mph roll on tonight. When I wasn't tuned he beat me by a little more than half a car length. I think I'll get him this time.
And STEEDA was nothing but great with me. I contacted them through the live chat and got a prompt, friendly, and professional response to all of my questions. For 65 dollars plus a 120 dollar tuner I feel like this is a very good mod. :bigthumbsup
BTW I didn't do anything other than letting the tuner do it's thing. I have heard that clearing the battery or doing a throttle relearn process or something along those lines will help with deleting all the old info on the ecu and loading the tunes?
