Stage 1 ECU flash

[Jesse E93]

Hi,

Looking to get my stock GC flashed. Been looking at a few options such as Mission Performance and VfEngineering. Seems that Mission is making way more power.

Anyone running eight that can give me feedback??

[mastatikle]

There's a lot of options. I recently went with Bootmod3. It was like $900 and you get one of their "stage" tunes, either 1 or 2. Car was night and day different with stage one. So $900 for a safe ~100hp jump. Well worth it. I recently paid to have a couple different tuners generate different tunes depending on what I want. That cost was significant but they are full custom tunes tailored to my car. If you're looking for just stage 1 performance then bm3 is your best bet.

[AutoTalent]

I would look into BM3 as it is a great tune and platform. We are in SoCal as well and can help with getting it installed for you. Can have you in and out in 30 mins

[Mnite_S63]

Interested also anyone have dyno numbers for the stage 1 bootmod3?

I don't see myself past a stage 1 nor care about burbles so it's either spending $900 or $1500 but if the $1500 tune gives me more benefit then I think it's money well spent. Same goes if the bootmod3 is the same then no sense spending extra lol

[mastatikle]

Originally Posted by Mnite_S63

Interested also anyone have dyno numbers for the stage 1 bootmod3?

I don't see myself past a stage 1 nor care about burbles so it's either spending $900 or $1500 but if the $1500 tune gives me more benefit then I think it's money well spent. Same goes if the bootmod3 is the same then no sense spending extra lol

Burbles for the m5/M6 aren’t standard. They’d be a custom tune request anyway. in theory a custom tune should be better but at stage 1 power levels there’s not much room for difference since the power increase is relatively minimal. And with minimal power increase there isn’t a real importance to have everything fine tuned. If 1500 includes dyno time then yea go for it. Also 1500 is cheap. I’ve been quoted 2k and up but that’s a proper tune on a dyno.

[Mnite_S63]

no dyno for that price but mission, bpm,ess tuning are in that price range.

I know halim from hcp provides the OTS Stage 1 tune on bootmod3 and can do custom tune also.

If power is minimal I agree that there is no difference. Wish I can see a stock m5/M6 on OTS Stage 1 dyno so I have a baseline. Been searching and closest I came was m5 but ran 3 gallons of e85

so its really $1500 BPM, Mission, ESS Tuning vs $900 bootmod3 OTS Stage 1

[BMWDriverX]

Originally Posted by Mnite_S63

no dyno for that price but mission, bpm,ess tuning are in that price range.

I know halim from hcp provides the OTS Stage 1 tune on bootmod3 and can do custom tune also.

If power is minimal I agree that there is no difference. Wish I can see a stock m5/M6 on OTS Stage 1 dyno so I have a baseline. Been searching and closest I came was m5 but ran 3 gallons of e85

so its really $1500 BPM, Mission, ESS Tuning vs $900 bootmod3 OTS Stage 1

I don't know where you are getting your quotes from, but on the Mission Performance website the stage 1 tune is $1,199

[spikespiegel]

what is this tune for burbles you speak of??

[BMWDriverX]

Originally Posted by spikespiegel

what is this tune for burbles you speak of??

Mission Performance has it as an option, I like it and asked him to turn it up a little over the standard that he does. The car sounds a lot meaner on deceleration

[Mnite_S63]

$1199 + $150 for the software and ability to flash car. The M-boot

[BMWDriverX]

Originally Posted by Mnite_S63

$1199 + $150 for the software and ability to flash car. The M-boot

I thought the M-Boot was something else. I guess it is for the software that is on my laptop that allows me to go back to stock or flash back to tuned. Still $1350 is still not $1500 but I get what you're saying. I just like Mission Performance because of Alex's great customer service and skill. Aside from that you get one of the best tunes available for the car and it has been tried and tested including on Alex's personal M5.

[mastatikle]

Originally Posted by Mnite_S63

no dyno for that price but mission, bpm,ess tuning are in that price range.

I know halim from hcp provides the OTS Stage 1 tune on bootmod3 and can do custom tune also.

If power is minimal I agree that there is no difference. Wish I can see a stock m5/M6 on OTS Stage 1 dyno so I have a baseline. Been searching and closest I came was m5 but ran 3 gallons of e85

so its really $1500 BPM, Mission, ESS Tuning vs $900 bootmod3 OTS Stage 1

900 bootmod plus 150 for map package gives you access to all the maps so in theory you have 4 maps. Stage 1 93+91 and stage 2 93+91oct. And they’re always making updates. You can also get a custom tune through bootmod3 tuners which I did a couple times which starts at like 500 and goes up

[TomM6]

What is the power increase for Stage 1 93 octane for Bootmod3? Can you flash back to stock undetected by BMW for the $900?
Can someone that did it comment on the car drivability?
Thanks

[bleunetizen]

http://www.openflashtablet.com/

So far that one looks like the best option for now, it comes with a separate device you can use for monitoring, gives you unlocked rom file you can play with, gives you several off the shelf tune files, and is cheaper too. They are actually selling the hardware and not the tunes but their tune seems pretty good, check out the M5 mod sections for more posts about openflash

[Mr. M6]

Originally Posted by TomM6

What is the power increase for Stage 1 93 octane for Bootmod3? Can you flash back to stock undetected by BMW for the $900?
Can someone that did it comment on the car drivability?
Thanks

https://www.protuningfreaks.com/pages/bootmod3-faq

you can always get back to stock tune and lock