Driving impressions: RS-46 with ESS tune
My car has been on quite a journey. My first modification was a pulley, followed
by the Gruppe-M Intake, ESS Tune, AA Tune, Amuse Ericsson Exhaust, and then the
RS-46 stroker motor. The stroker motor had four separate tunes of its own: my
left-over AA tune, Company-A, Factory, and ESS. But before ESS received the car,
it went through even more changes. None of these dyno charts are posted (some
day I'll post them), but I also installed Dinan Throttle Bodies, Technocraft
Envy Intake, and I reinstalled my Ericsson exhaust onto the stroker in a catless
configuration. Knowing that I wouldn't need the Envy intake, I sold it before
turning over the car to ESS for ECU tuning, and then a stage-2 supercharger.
January 2010 Archives
Recent History
There's probably no way to write this story without somebody getting butt hurt
and feeling like they're being thrown under the bus. The purpose of telling this
story is neither: I'm not intending to hurt anybody's feelings, and I'm not
trying to throw anybody under the bus. I've always been completely honest with
the readers here, and so as I unfold and tell this story, I will give as many
details as I can. There are certain details that I will still keep secret and
will not disclose because disclosing them would do more harm than good. So the
purpose is to tell the story honestly and give as much details as necessary for
everybody to understand the project -- and in doing so, some details will still
be kept secret.
During the investigation of retrofitting the 09 iDrive into an earlier vehicle, I bought all of the programming tools necessary to do my own vehicle coding. The plan was to use the actual BMW tools and software, and not bootleg versions. It turns out that the retrofit is not really feasible, so I kind of put it on the back-burner. So now what do I do with the tools besides sell them or figure out how to program my own vehicle?
