BMW i8 - ECU tune by BR-Performance

Twitch Massacre · 07-04-2016, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Aye-eight

Wait - there's an exhaust mod on this, too? So, the performance gain is not just from chip tuning?

No exhaust mod.

MilehighM3 · 07-04-2016, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aye-eight

Wait - there's an exhaust mod on this, too? So, the performance gain is not just from chip tuning?

If it's this car, then yes
http://bmwi.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1251379

clbmw · 07-05-2016, 01:41 AM

Impressive. Shame it wasn't these outputs from the beginning of given the price of it

EndBosS · 07-05-2016, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Twitch Massacre

No exhaust mod.

the car did have the exhaust, however it's just a catback system.
If you look closely, the car in the video is not the same car as on the pictures.
We used different i8's for our publicity

Mespinosa92 · 07-05-2016, 10:28 AM

I love it

Twitch Massacre · 07-05-2016, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EndBosS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twitch Massacre

No exhaust mod.

the car did have the exhaust, however it's just a catback system.
If you look closely, the car in the video is not the same car as on the pictures.
We used different i8's for our publicity

So are you certain no gains are coming from the exhaust? A better flowing exhaust than stock could have contributed a lot to that dyno chart.

EndBosS · 07-06-2016, 04:20 AM

we measured with stock exhaust & custom exhaust. No difference.

ps. a catback system never gives a significant power gain... whatever the 'producers' are claiming

Amgeater2 · 07-06-2016, 03:25 PM

For the LOVE of God i just place a call to the US shop "wont put their name out there" and $1,800 for the flash, in top of that I will have to pay to get my ECU out "I get that part" (Not a problem another $300-$500 there) since they are not FL base, and my car will be down for 2-3 days lets say at worse case. So couple of questions here...

1. It shows a price of 890 euros which its $988 american dollars, how come in the US magically almost DOUBLES to $1,800 with the distributor you send me to ????

2. What happens when I need the car Back to Stock mode ? do I need to send the ECU back to the distributor for a re-flash to stock mode ???

Amgeater2 · 07-07-2016, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by EndBosS

we measured with stock exhaust & custom exhaust. No difference.

ps. a catback system never gives a significant power gain... whatever the 'producers' are claiming

Care to reply to my questions above please !!!

raysspl · 07-07-2016, 02:22 PM

Pretty impressive. Will be tuned in to see progression.

EndBosS · 07-15-2016, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EndBosS

we measured with stock exhaust & custom exhaust. No difference.

ps. a catback system never gives a significant power gain... whatever the 'producers' are claiming

answered in PM

Aye-eight · 07-22-2016, 10:03 PM

This thread has gone awefully quiet. Anyone done the upgrade? Please share your experience.

exclusivedetails · 07-22-2016, 10:40 PM

I was on instagram and saw a video of a i8 getting dyno tuned. Apparently the base line was 200 whp / 212 ft-lb and after tune was 254 whp / 276 ft-lb on the ICE. I'm trying to get more details.

EDIT:They were having issues with the ICE and electric motor communicating with each other. The numbers above was based on ICE and they are looking to solve the issue.

wujekwaldus · 07-23-2016, 10:18 AM

Is this possible to make an Vbox tests result for this I8?
0-100km/h, 100-200km/h, 200-250km/h, and 1/4mile with trap speed.
would be nice if You place an DBN files and weather conditions (mainly temperature).

MalibuBimmer · 07-23-2016, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by exclusivedetails

I was on instagram and saw a video of a i8 getting dyno tuned. Apparently the base line was 200 whp / 212 ft-lb and after tune was 254 whp / 276 ft-lb on the ICE. I'm trying to get more details.

EDIT:They were having issues with the ICE and electric motor communicating with each other. The numbers above was based on ICE and they are looking to solve the issue.

I would suspect the algorithms to achieve a balance between the two driving modes would be proprietary and that it will be difficult to modulate between them. That's why I've been very skeptical that a tuner could make much of a difference in the i8 without radically changing its nature. But I continue to read and watch with interest.

Twitch Massacre · 07-23-2016, 04:55 PM

We already have a tuned one rolling around SoFlo and I hear the thing is FAST. I'm up next for the tune. Likely next week.

exclusivedetails · 07-23-2016, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Twitch Massacre

We already have a tuned one rolling around SoFlo and I hear the thing is FAST. I'm up next for the tune. Likely next week.

The one I was referring to is in Miami. Anyways, keep us updated!

phoenixbmwlife · 07-23-2016, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Twitch Massacre

We already have a tuned one rolling around SoFlo and I hear the thing is FAST. I'm up next for the tune. Likely next week.

Let's hear your impressions after. Please keep us posted. I'd love to see a video side by side 1/4 mile run. Maybe the vendors will do one.

Twitch Massacre · 07-24-2016, 08:46 AM

The owner of the tuned car and I are meeting up before mine goes under the knife so we can get a good idea on how much faster the car actually got. He tells me he feels a big difference specially at higher speeds (which is great because that's where I find the car was lacking a bit). He also confirmed that getting the car dynoed the traditional way was virtually impossible because of how the drivetrain is setup. He was able to get a reading for the ICE but since our cars are not true AWD it's not possible to get a good reading from the electric motor on a dyno. I think it's a bit crazy that this car may just be the only car I've heard of that can't be dynoed. Anyways, they're going to try benchmarking the car using another method.

EndBosS · 07-24-2016, 08:50 AM

You can dyno it, problem is many US dyno's have limitations

carholic · 07-24-2016, 12:04 PM

Keep us posted!

phoenixbmwlife · 07-24-2016, 01:53 PM

That's great news Twitch Massacre. Looking forward to your post after the meet.

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