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      09-06-2014, 10:33 PM   #1
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Longshot question: BPM and Evolve

Has anyone tried the BPM Stage 2 + Akra Evo AND the evolve tune + Valved exhaust and X pipe?

If so, which did you prefer?
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Definite long shot.
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Definite long shot.
Maybe I am a bit groggy from my 6am flight to ATL and 12 hour drive all the way back home today to pick up my e92. Ha ha.
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Definite long shot.
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Splitting hairs, honestly. Pretty much all exhausts with cat deletes or high-flow cats will produce the same power. All the tunes pretty much produce the same power. Go with whatever one you feel gives you the better value, customer service, and support.

For many of us that's BPM, but I know many happy owners with ESS and Evolve tunes as well. Six of one half a dozen of the other.
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Splitting hairs, honestly. Pretty much all exhausts with cat deletes or high-flow cats will produce the same power. All the tunes pretty much produce the same power. Go with whatever one you feel gives you the better value, customer service, and support.

For many of us that's BPM, but I know many happy owners with ESS and Evolve tunes as well. Six of one half a dozen of the other.
That's the jist I have gotten from reading other threads. I've noticed how many people own multiple exhaust systems before settling on one so I thought it was worth a shot. Thanks for the feedback!
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That's the jist I have gotten from reading other threads. I've noticed how many people own multiple exhaust systems before settling on one so I thought it was worth a shot. Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, unfortunately it's tough to really know how an exhaust will be on a daily basis without living with it. Hence, a lot of buying and selling exhausts until you get what you want.

By the way, I hope I didn't come off as dismissive in my prior post. Yours is a valid question. My point was only to emphasize that from a power perspective, there's really no difference between BPM, Evolve, and ESS tunes, nor is there a difference between most of the full exhaust systems on the market. So there's no need to agonize about that aspect.

The differences, if they exist, are in the subjective details (look, sound, weight, cost, etc. for exhaust system and cost, customer service, etc. of tuners).
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