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      08-31-2020, 12:46 PM   #1
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Is My Car Tuned...?

May seem like a silly question to some but I'm curious if there is a simple method to find out if my car is flashed/tuned?

Backstory to this is myself and a friend with a LCI F10 M5 went to a car show together on Saturday morning and we did a pair of runs from the lights. Despite his car having a JB4, BMS intakes, Eisenmann exhaust and the F10 M5 weighing ~150lbs lighter than the M6GC, I won handily both times.

I purchased my car CPO from a BMW dealer back in May and all of my mods to this point have been cosmetic. Is it possible that I purchased the car already tuned or is there no way the tune would've snuck through the CPO checklist when the car was processed at the dealership?

Thanks in advance for any insight
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You can try dynoing it, or try emailing various tuners and see if your VIN is in their database.

It could also be maybe your friend isnt as good as a driver lol
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quote: Backstory to this is myself and a friend with a LCI F10 M5 went to a car show together on Saturday morning and we did a pair of runs from the lights. Despite his car having a JB4, BMS intakes, Eisenmann exhaust and the F10 M5 weighing ~150lbs lighter than the M6GC, I won handily both times.

The tires can make a huge difference in those short sprints. The power in first and second gear are limited to partial power by default. Removal of these limits simply result in more smoke. Traction is the limiting factor in the initial roll-off.
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You can try dynoing it, or try emailing various tuners and see if your VIN is in their database.

It could also be maybe your friend isnt as good as a driver lol
Yeah thought about emailing tuners, maybe I'll do that. I guess your second point could be valid also but wouldn't necessarily come into play after you hit 3rd gear and the wheelspin stops lol, at which point I continued to pull away. I also give him credit for being a good driver haha, and it was the first time I had ever raced from a dig with this car so I probably wasn't managing wheelspin that great myself

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The tires can make a huge difference in those short sprints. The power in first and second gear are limited to partial power by default. Removal of these limits simply result in more smoke. Traction is the limiting factor in the initial roll-off.
We both have Michelin PSS on our cars with similar life left - additionally these runs were both from a light that then led onto a freeway so it went well beyond just 1st and 2nd gear sprints, I continued walking away until our predetermined 'let off' point at around 120mph on both runs.
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Out of curiosity, and yes, I know it isn't accurate worth a damn or a proper indicator for anything, but it does read from the ECU (as far as I know), what does the max HP on the Sport Display show?

I'd like to think a local tuner, assuming there is one somewhere near you, can pull the tune from the ECU.
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Out of curiosity, and yes, I know it isn't accurate worth a damn or a proper indicator for anything, but it does read from the ECU (as far as I know), what does the max HP on the Sport Display show?

I'd like to think a local tuner, assuming there is one somewhere near you, can pull the tune from the ECU.
Just shows the stock HP/TQ numbers on the sport displays. Perhaps I can see if BimmerLink pulls some sort of 'HP/TQ Actual' reading. But I think the only absolute way to find out will be to check around and see if the VIN is in the database for any tuners whether that be in person at a shop or via email
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Just shows the stock HP/TQ numbers on the sport displays. Perhaps I can see if BimmerLink pulls some sort of 'HP/TQ Actual' reading. But I think the only absolute way to find out will be to check around and see if the VIN is in the database for any tuners whether that be in person at a shop or via email
Okay. It was worth a try. My car is tuned and the HP figure on the Sport Display went up, though, rather embellished with a reading of 800hp (It's actually a little above 700). I also don't know if the number displayed is something that can be altered when tuning.

No local tuning shops you can make a visit to?

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Just shows the stock HP/TQ numbers on the sport displays. Perhaps I can see if BimmerLink pulls some sort of 'HP/TQ Actual' reading. But I think the only absolute way to find out will be to check around and see if the VIN is in the database for any tuners whether that be in person at a shop or via email
Okay. It was worth a try. My car is tuned and the HP figure on the Sport Display went up, though, rather embellished with a reading of 800hp (It's actually a little above 700). I also don't know if the number displayed is something that can be altered when tuning.

No local tuning shops you can make a visit to?
I'll have to look and see, it's not exactly the mecca for tuning and speed here in MN but I'm sure someone in the area can check
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my sport display says 650 and im stock
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my sport display says 650 and im stock
Sorry to ask this, but what is sport display?
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Sorry to ask this, but what is sport display?
A menu within the iDrive, here is what mine shows:



Is this what everyone else sees for power levels? Perhaps mine is slightly bumped up from stock figures because I always run 93 octane?

I've emailed:

DME: Cannot look up by VIN, needs customer name which I don't have as it would've had to be one of the prior owners
BM3: Not in their system
Dinan: Not in their system
Active Autowerke: Waiting for response
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Sorry to ask this, but what is sport display?
A menu within the iDrive, here is what mine shows:



Is this what everyone else sees for power levels? Perhaps mine is slightly bumped up from stock figures because I always run 93 octane?

I've emailed:

DME: Cannot look up by VIN, needs customer name which I don't have as it would've had to be one of the prior owners
BM3: Not in their system
Dinan: Not in their system
Active Autowerke: Waiting for response
Thx. Would be great if this was a default in M2 setting
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Thx. Would be great if this was a default in M2 setting
This is only available for 2015+ models. Had it coded on my 2014 and although it appeared, it was non functional.
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Thx. Would be great if this was a default in M2 setting
This is only available for 2015+ models. Had it coded on my 2014 and although it appeared, it was non functional.
OH. 2014 here, SOL then. Thx
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OH. 2014 here, SOL then. Thx
Ope - didn't know this was a feature exclusive to the LCI cars I thought all of them had the screen sorry for the confusion
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Again, I know it's not accurate worth a damn, but my thinking is that a number different than stock would indicate something having been done to the car. Now that I think about it, depending on the car, that number would be all over the map anyway. Though rated for a certain crank horsepower, these cars aren't rolling out of the factory with the exact same numbers. Perhaps you have a factory freak.

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This is only available for 2015+ models. Had it coded on my 2014 and although it appeared, it was non functional.
Is it different for the F series M6? I was able to code the sport display for my 2013 f06 650ix (w/N63TU engine) which has the older CIC iDrive set-up...using the BimmerCode app....and it works (the gauges move) when I pull up the display.
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Is it different for the F series M6? I was able to code the sport display for my 2013 f06 650ix (w/N63TU engine) which has the older CIC iDrive set-up...using the BimmerCode app....and it works (the gauges move) when I pull up the display.
It must be...My tuner said it wouldn't work on my car, but I had it coded in by someone who specializes in coding just to see. They appeared, but were non-functioning. I don't want to derail LJohnson32 thread as finding out whether or not his car is tuned is more important haha.

If you are unable to find out from any of the tuners whether or not its been modified, a last resort would be to get a dragy and test your 60-130's. If it's stock, you should be in the 8.5-9 second range (dependent on DA and how close/far you are to sea level).
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It must be...My tuner said it wouldn't work on my car, but I had it coded in by someone who specializes in coding just to see. They appeared, but were non-functioning. I don't want to derail LJohnson32 thread as finding out whether or not his car is tuned is more important haha.

If you are unable to find out from any of the tuners whether or not its been modified, a last resort would be to get a dragy and test your 60-130's. If it's stock, you should be in the 8.5-9 second range (dependent on DA and how close/far you are to sea level).
All good, no worries! Appreciate everyone's input on this. I'll look into the dragy unit, in addition to seeing if a few shops can take a closer look at the ECU to determine whether any work has been done there. Will report back if/when I get conclusive evidence
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The easy way to find out if your car is tuned is to do exactly what you've done and have a race. If you win against a stock car by a decent margin, chances are it is tuned.

If you race a tuned car with intakes - very high likelihood it is tuned. Its almost impossible for a stock F10/F06 to win against a tuned one.

If your car is not tuned, The only reasons a car with those mods would lose against a stock car are (in my opinion):
A) driver is a muppet (which you confirmed he isn't); or
B) engine is down on power and about to be an expensive grenade.
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May seem like a silly question to some but I'm curious if there is a simple method to find out if my car is flashed/tuned?

Backstory to this is myself and a friend with a LCI F10 M5 went to a car show together on Saturday morning and we did a pair of runs from the lights. Despite his car having a JB4, BMS intakes, Eisenmann exhaust and the F10 M5 weighing ~150lbs lighter than the M6GC, I won handily both times.

I purchased my car CPO from a BMW dealer back in May and all of my mods to this point have been cosmetic. Is it possible that I purchased the car already tuned or is there no way the tune would've snuck through the CPO checklist when the car was processed at the dealership?

Thanks in advance for any insight


I'm having the same experience. Everyone gets completely dusted that I run into lol.
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JB4 map 1 wasn’t a huge power bump if any to me over stock. I could easily see a stock car with the comp package beating a regular model on JB4 map 1. His charge pipes couplers could be hard as rocks and leaking too I know mine were. Now if you beat a stage 1 or 2 flash tuned car that’s a completely different story.
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