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08-18-2014, 09:46 PM | #1 |
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BPM Sport Tune Stage 1, DCT Tune, and Servotronic Review
Whats up all. I want to say what a pleasure it's been to work with Mike Benvo and his team at BPM Sport. From the beginning when I'd ask him ridiculous questions about my car's startup to the just a few hours ago while he stayed on the phone via Bluetooth while I opened the car up to WOT, it was a fantastic process. Everything was on time and he and his staff were always accessible (I'm embarrased to say when I was installing the Navigation update, I didn't know we had an extra USB port in the glove box, and his staff sent me a photo of an M3 glovebox to point it out!)
. I just had all of this done about 3 hours ago but here are my first thoughts...I'm going to preface this by saying that even though I love cars, I'm not very technically oriented (excuse the layman's descriptions) . 1) Stage 1 Tune/DCT: Painless; I have an apple laptop so had to install the virtual PC softare to get the process started. It's a little more involved than PC; actually, Mike waited on my phone while i used the pollo tropical wifi signal to download. I felt obligated to get some chicken since I used their Wifi -I noticed immediately on startup that the engine sounded a little meaner (I left cold start on), but the idle did not surge up as high as it typically did. It reached a steady level quicker than before. The car also took off a lot smoother without that lurchy feeling that I used to get while the car needed to warm up. (I'll have to test this out in the AM when its been sitting cold for several hours) . I personally like how the car starts in D mode and I can manually switch to S. 2) Servotronic: I LOVE the way the steering handles now. I'm a huge fan of a heavy steering and I never kept the steering on comfort (always sport), but sport feels so much tighter and more focused. This is a godsend. . Overall, very happy and look forward to spending more time with the car when I get off this night shift. . Thanks Mike
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thanks for the review... I'm hoping to get the engine tune soon myself
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08-18-2014, 10:50 PM | #3 |
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No problem. Will post updated thoughts as I spend some more time with the car. I feel like it was well worth it. I devised my package a little different: I didn't raise the top speed, raise the RPM, nor delete cold start, just so it would be a little more stealth at the dealership. Despite this, the car definitely feels different in a good way.
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08-19-2014, 12:37 AM | #5 |
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Indeed.
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From what I"ve read (and I think Benvo has a thread with graphs, etc. detailing this), servotronic tuning dials back the steering assist at a faster rate with the aim of maintaining some maneuverability in parking lots while giving you better, heavier feel at speed. Looking to go with BPM myself pretty soon (warranty is almost up) and am looking forward to this feature more than any other.
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08-19-2014, 09:21 AM | #7 |
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I'm interested as well.
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08-19-2014, 09:43 AM | #9 |
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Correct. It might sound minor, but that this is one of my absolute favorite parts of the coding/tuning. Makes all the damn difference in the world IMO.
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I got test pipes from him. he was easy to work with. steering is a bit too heavy for me now but the car sounds sick. came accross to a e60 m5 at a red light, had a spirited drive. on the next set of lights he was stunned by the sound of the car.
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Update:
Drove the car another 50 miles. From what I understand, it will still take a bit of time for the car to adapt to the new tune, but damn does this thing pull! . I always felt that my stock M3 was "lazy" in its less aggressive settings...you really had to stomp on the pedal for it to feel alive. But now, even in D2, the car hauls ass! I can't imagine what the power button + sport plus would feel like I cannot stop raving about the steering. That plus this new low end torque make me 100% happy with the car. Just a set of black wheels, illuminated ///M3 door sills, and maybe an Akra Evo w Stage II and I'll be done This is the car happy after Mike's tune:
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Awesome, im going to be getting the stage 2 tune soon!
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Great review. I'm looking to go this route next year. I'd definitely have to drive a car with the servotronic update to see if I like it or not before getting it. Good to hear you're happy and the extra power makes such a difference as most of this forum states.
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Hey it's on the BPM sport website (I got the stage 1 + dct package), mike includes servotronic recalibration in the package.
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Thanks guys!!
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