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I did have a carted ER dp for a while, but it threw a cel so I figured I might as well go with a catless. I picked up the vrsf catless. Despite being cheaper, I found that vrsf had better fitment. It also had the ceramic coating. Not sure that it does a whole lot, but it's still on there and shows no sign of rust. I'd be curious to see if the ceramic paint does anything for heat containment. Don't get me wrong, they both fit well. I just found that vrsf was an easier to get leak free. |
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12-04-2017, 04:55 PM | #24 |
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Just about to order the FMIC and CP but still worry about the installation. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.
I told my mate that I will drive the car as stock before pick up the car and now end up with these ... lolz |
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12-04-2017, 05:45 PM | #25 |
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my car was supposed to stay stock as well.. $19k later...
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12-08-2017, 08:16 AM | #28 |
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I am looking to have a Dinan Stage 1 tuner installed on my 2016 228ix. I have mild mods (Dinan exhaust and Turner CAI) I am just looking for a little more power and the tuner will probably be my last mod. I plan to keep this car for a long time. I only put 5-6 K on it a year. So would a Stage 1 tuner effect reliability long term. I know Dinan warrants the tuner for as long as my warranty is in effect but this car will be around long after the warranty expires. Also, what is the hp gain with this and will it really give me extra power. Thanks.
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12-08-2017, 09:17 AM | #29 |
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This is kind of the problem with modding. I bought the car thinking I would never get any performance enhancing mods. Still, I got curious and reached out to Peter from Pure. We talked about the basics and shortly after I ended up buying a charge pipe, down pipe and JB4.
A big upgrade compared to stock, but I noticed that the DME was pulling timing pretty badly in warmer temperatures due to the lackluster stock FMIC. I decided an upgraded FMIC would be my next upgrade. Along came Black Friday deals. Ordered an intercooler and figured I may as well upgrade the remaining piping. Ended up ordering ER's TiC kit and Pure's turbo inlet pipe. Well, if we're doing that I might as well get the upgraded diverter valve, so I ordered that too. To get it all working together properly I will also be getting BM3. Right now I'm also seriously considering Fuel-It's upgraded stage2 LPFP as well. By the time stock turbo goes, I can get a stage 2 turbo, because I have all the supporting mods already lol BMW modding = savings account terrorism.
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On Terry's thread reg the EWG installation is not really details for Newbie like me. I was confused and not sure which firmware is correct to me and the Setting ect... So I decided to go with "N55_FSERIES_OBDII_EWG_13.hex" and ended up with the code as attached + air intake was very hot. And I no longer can not access the JB4 via Steering Wheel I have to use the laptop via USB. I have no problem with the Wire running, connector stuff ect ... Only the Firmware update and Setting. Now I dont know whether if I done the EWG correctly or not but the car feels stronger and smoother. Base on my mods how much power/PSI should I get approx? Hope to hear from you guys soon. |
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Hi everyone! My current mods for m235i F23 AT: JB4/map5, BMS intake, VRSF catless DP, CP, VRSF Race FMIC, EWG adapter.
I believe the car is under performance. It does increase the power a bit and sensitive acceleration but I did the logs and max boost only 11psi (what do you guy think how much boost do I expect to get?) Another thing is sometimes the car got kind of Cut-off, I dont know how to explain. Especially when rpm about 6-7k. Its happen about 0.5sec. Is this about the Fuel/Flexfuel or something? What are the possibility issue should I consider? And how do I check? I hope to hear from you guys soon. |
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IIRC JB4 map 1 and 2 are additive about 4 and 6 PSI respectively. Stock map is about 9, so 13-15. Map 5 adapts. Been a while since is used map 5 so I can't recall what I got.
The seal between the CP and FMIC is something to check, especially if you forgot to take the o ring from the stock pipe or didn't get it seated correctly.
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Well I'm certainly not a JB4 expert, but it looks like your boost is just under target, but not by much. Timing seems a little poor. What kind of fuel are you using? Looks like you could use a bit more octane. Also it looks like you have FF learning turned off. You should turn this on. Also you have FUD bit 2 set for alternate in dash controls. This should be cleared - i.e. set FUD to 0.
I would guess that this will fix your JB4 steering wheel controls and you will see the FF value start to increase as it might be low.
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