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Just ordered the elite V2 for my car. Will be installed by approved Dinan installer Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning at 9am. I'll give a very honest review to the board. I came from F10 M5 with some bolt ons and in hopes this will bring back some of the violent 40 roll accelerations and overall brute power. I've just past 1600 miles and it's been a month and a week since I left the M5 for this one, so I still remember what I've been missing. I will say this car stock can't be beat off the line. Anyway enough blabbin, will keep posted of some real world results and not the exaggerated 605hp or 595hp Dinan is reporting. I would dyno it, but my dyno guy and everyone I found doesn't have 4wheel dyno's
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thank! looking forward to it. I plan on getting the Elite V2 for my car as well.
DINAN just approved the replacement of an F80 M3 motor due to BMW blaming the tune for the failure, so I will give up a few mph in trap and .3 in the 1/4 knowing that in case anything happens, I am covered. |
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If you concerned find a BMW dealer to install it. Hard to deny a product they installed and warrantied.
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From what I understand is if Dinan causes the issue they pay for labor and parts, if it's not Dinan related normal warranty applies. In Florida you sign a paper where sealer cannot revoke warranty except on items damaged by after market parts, that's where Dinan steps in
Just the peace of mind is worth the premium. Someone sent a thread where I think an 4 series had engine failure and Dinan picked up the $40k tab
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I'm covered by bmw warranty and if Dinan causes something they match the 4yr 50k new car warranty. I am hoping for the best, know people with Dinan on their M5's and don't know anyone who's had issues. So fingers crossed
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Let's see how long Vista stays with Dinan. Someone told me they stopped installing Dinan. I never checked because I wasn't in the market for it.
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"someone told me", "rumor has it". If you are uncomfortable with it, don't do it. There are dealers who do installs and support it and sounds like you are not a candidate for mods. For many who have being dealing with Dinan for years, the rumors of their demise are legendary. For me, by dealer installed and supports it, support at Dinan has been great and the Stage 1 tune has been flawless.
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I mean I would love a VR or DME or to active autorerks to dyno tune, but they are play at your own risk from what I see on their sites. Dinan is only one so far aside from carbaun (nothing out yet for my car) but Dinan is only one to promises with contract to stand behind any damage caused.
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I've had the Elite V2 from Dinan in my 2019 750 for a while now and I'm very happy. The car just screams now. But I mentioned in another thread that the tune didn't work at all for me at first and the car actually felt slower. I had it installed at my local BMW dealership and I don't know if they were supposed to reset something after the install or what, but it felt like my turbos were totally offline after the install. I decided to put the bypass plug in and see what would happen and the car felt fine after that. Then I installed the Dinan tune module again and felt a big increase in power. Just something to keep in mind in case you are unhappy with the tune after you have it installed.
Oh, one more thing. The box my Dinan tune came in said it was for the N63TU and I was worried about putting it into a car with an N6TU2 engine, but it turned out they sent the right tune but in a box with the wrong label on it. |
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I'll keep that in mind, Off it doesn't feel faster in the first 30min I'll bring it right back to dinans installer! Where does bypass plug sit? Inside car or engine bay? Once fixed you felt a big noticeable difference in power??
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When I had my Dinan installed, I was told by Dinan that the unit needs to learn and adapt and map things like throttle response and driving habits... that it does take some time (hours) for the until to reach potential... I assume it starts conservative and is in some sort of learning mode.
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I drove the car with the bypass plug in place for a couple of days thinking I would bring the car back to the dealership to see what was wrong with the Dinan ECU. Then I decided to plug the Dinan ECU back in to check if it was still having problems and it started working fine immediately and the car has only gotten faster since then. I’m very happy with my car’s performance now. Last edited by AKSteve; 06-11-2019 at 07:47 PM.. |
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The new V2 for the M550 doesn't have Bluetooth ability.. you have to remove key away from car, disconnect battery then plug the plug into the device under the hood to go back to stock tune for service or if there's an issue. Kinda not a great attribute but I can live with it.
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Sorry, didn't realize that, i wonder why they removed it, odd.
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