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ECU Removal for flashing/tuning
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At Vivid Racing we enjoy the opportunity to work on customer cars and use them as development mules. As a result, we have our really great flash tune that instantly gains another 90HP over stock and equally great torque gains! But to get that flash tune in, we need your ECU, and its not exactly the easiest job to do, it takes removing some parts and some time. But to get all that extra power? Worth it. See how to take out your ECU on our VR Tuning blog here. -RyanG
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I'd need to double check with our technician, but from the info I have found the intake manifold bolts should be 15nm or 11 ft.lb
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Yes, I am not sure where you would drill into it
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I have personally seen 5 or 6 F8x cars here that have had the ECU done this way, I'm not sure the grand total of ECUs that have been mailed in for this application. It certainly is not as popular as our less invasive tuning box solution, but I'm sure as more and more big builds start coming it will turn up. -Sean
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Its actually easier to open/reseal the ECU, which we've been doing for some time now.
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Btw, is there a gasket for the intake manifold that would need to be replaced or something?
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Hi there, I have question regarding the ECU tune I just did on my 2018 M3. Power gains are definitely noticeable, however what is also noticeable is the exhaust is a lot quieter. I have the BMW MPE exhaust, prior to the tune it was much loader. Is this a common thing?
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