[Mannix]

[SMH]

Thanks for sharing, was considering looking to get a dinan s2 tune since the price has gone down.

[AirbusPilot]

7/10's and 7 mph improvement.

Screw the dyno results, the track shows a 70hp gain. Impressive!

[D's Bimmer]

It would be great to have someone from Dinan chime in here. So what does this all mean in reality? I have always found the Dinan Tune to be a great add on for me.

[Dark_Knight_335]

Over time I've realized I dumped WAY too much money into my Dinan stuff.

Stage 3 here with all the trimmings.

This includes:

DINAN stage 3 tune, intercooler, oil cooler, monoball control arms, bushings, rear sway bar, pedals, mats, and LSD.

Right now, my oil cooler is making an obnoxious grinding sound that drives me batshit, and they just can't seem to fix it at my "local" BMW Dinan certified dealer (nearly 50 miles from me). Seems to be the lines making a racket against the chassis / body once it kicks in.

I'm about to pay a grand to get the damn stock oil cooler put back. So sorry I sold my OEM oil cooler

I don't think I would do it again, given the opportunity.

[Dylanize]

Originally Posted by Dark_Knight_335

Over time I've realized I dumped WAY too much money into my Dinan stuff.

Stage 3 here with all the trimmings.

This includes:

DINAN stage 3 tune, intercooler, oil cooler, monoball control arms, bushings, rear sway bar, pedals, mats, and LSD.

Right now, my oil cooler is making an obnoxious grinding sound that drives me batshit, and they just can't seem to fix it at my "local" BMW Dinan certified dealer (nearly 50 miles from me). Seems to be the lines making a racket against the chassis / body once it kicks in.

I'm about to pay a grand to get the damn stock oil cooler put back. So sorry I sold my OEM oil cooler

I don't think I would do it again, given the opportunity.

Sooner or later your're gonna be back to stock

[Dark_Knight_335]

Originally Posted by Dylanize

Sooner or later your're gonna be back to stock

Haha- I'm nearly there! The only thing stopping me is this internal tug of war that tells me I spent a fortune for this setup....

[D's Bimmer]

Originally Posted by Dark_Knight_335

Haha- I'm nearly there! The only thing stopping me is this internal tug of war that tells me I spent a fortune for this setup....

This is why I am comfortable stopping at the software tune. the cost of upgrading the other parts seemed to high for me in general. and this was not a Dinan thing, I just didn't want to get into the added extra costs. No regrets with the Dinan tune but that was helped by the fact that I didn't pay anything near the retail price for my tune.

[Ozzie335i]

Originally Posted by Dark_Knight_335

Haha- I'm nearly there! The only thing stopping me is this internal tug of war that tells me I spent a fortune for this setup....

Now DK tells me about the Dinan struggle.

[Dark_Knight_335]

Originally Posted by Ozzie335i

Now DK tells me about the Dinan struggle.

The struggle is real LOL

I'm happy with what I have, don't get me wrong...just the little niggling things like this oil cooler.

Meh.

[Ozzie335i]

Originally Posted by Dark_Knight_335

The struggle is real LOL

I'm happy with what I have, don't get me wrong...just the little niggling things like this oil cooler.

Meh.

Stage 3 cost a bundle, but was worth it. Port Injection is soon going to make the FBO bad boys wonder how my lowly Dinan badged car can have so much get up and go.

[Dark_Knight_335]

Originally Posted by Ozzie335i

Stage 3 cost a bundle, but was worth it. Port Injection is soon going to make the FBO bad boys wonder how my lowly Dinan badged car can have so much get up and go.

Oh yeah everything is great except for this damn oil cooler making noise, and no DINAN dealer can seem to fix the damn thing, so I'm getting kind of annoyed...

[Dark_Knight_335]

UPDATE**** DINAN engineering reached out to me to help.

Now I remember why I went with DINAN

Should be squared away I hope!

[Dylanize]

Originally Posted by D's Bimmer

I didn't pay anything near the retail price for my tune.

Don't hold out, gimme some info please!

[Mannix]

Originally Posted by AirbusPilot

7/10's and 7 mph improvement.

Screw the dyno results, the track shows a 70hp gain. Impressive!

I went back to the dealer and showed them the dyno results. They said I could have it uninstalled and get my money back if I wanted. I decided to take it to the track first. Not expecting much I was pleasantly surprised by the improvement. It exceeded my expectations. After the dyno results, I expected maybe a .1 s and +1 mph. Maybe 2. And before the dyno results, I expected .3 or .4 s and +3-4 mph based on Dinan's claims.

But I got +7 mph and .6 s improvement. So I kept it.

[AirbusPilot]

Originally Posted by Mannix

I went back to the dealer and showed them the dyno results. They said I could have it uninstalled and get my money back if I wanted. I decided to take it to the track first. Not expecting much I was pleasantly surprised by the improvement. It exceeded my expectations. After the dyno results, I expected maybe a .1 s and +1 mph. Maybe 2. And before the dyno results, I expected .3 or .4 s and +3-4 mph based on Dinan's claims.

But I got +7 mph and .6 s improvement. So I kept it.

Yeah, I'd keep it too!