[BAN_M2C]

Had a blast yesterday in a Cars and Coffee meeting up with good friends and finally catching up with DaveHutchinson to see his beautiful GT4! Gave me a ride in this materpiece of machine, also gave him a ride in my M2!

Great guy, humble true car enthusiast. You know this based on his list of past and current cars. Appreciates all types of vehicles.

Also saw this beauty, I love old school Japanese cars and this GTR was wonderful.

[BAN_M2C]

One of three upgrades I am waiting on came in this week

Installing Friday

[BAN_M2C]

Went in Friday to Auto Tuning House for the latest upgrades.

Dinan Dual Core, Dinan Carbon Intake and Dinan Sport Tuner all got installed.

The FMIC has some really detailed instructions and everything fit perfectly.

[BAN_M2C]

Originally Posted by BAN_M2

@AGM2

This is the video I had made.

[M2GUY]

Great looking car. I can't wait to see the dyno results. If you get the chance you can come to a meet in Orlando on Fridays and Saturdays. It's at Guitar Center on South Orange blossom trail at around 11 PM. Lots of nice cars and cool people.

[BAN_M2C]

Originally Posted by M2GUY

Great looking car. I can't wait to see the dyno results. If you get the chance you can come to a meet in Orlando on Fridays and Saturdays. It's at Guitar Center on South Orange blossom trail at around 11 PM. Lots of nice cars and cool people.

Thanks!

I have been coming to the different Cars & Coffee's around Orlando. Rarely do any of the late meets since I am about an hour away.

Will be going to the Dyno in Orlando, same as last time to compare numbers with previous runs there.

[MerlinPurple]

Your M2 looks amazing, love all your mods!

Any chance you could PM the partnumber of that sunshade - think I've found it but just want to be sure.

[BAN_M2C]

Originally Posted by MerlinPurple

Your M2 looks amazing, love all your mods!

Any chance you could PM the partnumber of that sunshade - think I've found it but just want to be sure.

Thanks!!! Part number is from the regular 2 series!

82-11-0-443-851

[JKen_0115]

Hi Ban, will you recommend for Dinan Intake system? I saw you just installed and really like to learn your opinion. At this moment, I only got Sport tuner but really interesting for intake system.

[BAN_M2C]

Originally Posted by JKen_0115

Hi Ban, will you recommend for Dinan Intake system? I saw you just installed and really like to learn your opinion. At this moment, I only got Sport tuner but really interesting for intake system.

I can recommend every part I am running from DINAN. The car has been behaving extremely well with the entire combination I am running. IAT temperatures are running 10 degrees lower despite comparing against 10 degrees higher ambient temperatures.

So with stock FMIC on a 80 degree day I was seeing 115-120 IAT temp. Now running the dual core I am seeing around 100-105 IAS when ambient is 90+.

The whole car also started sounding with a deeper tone, not sure it was because of the intake because I did install both, Intake and FMIC same day.

Can't be happier with the setup and hopefully I will be able to dyno pretty soon.

[BAN_M2C]

Haven't updated in a while. Brought home a 135i last week to use as a daily. Will be selling 3 cars I have and will keep both BMWs.

[BAN_M2C]

Put the car thru its paces at Daytona last weekend. Tons of fun.

[JKen_0115]

Originally Posted by BAN_M2

I can recommend every part I am running from DINAN. The car has been behaving extremely well with the entire combination I am running. IAT temperatures are running 10 degrees lower despite comparing against 10 degrees higher ambient temperatures.

So with stock FMIC on a 80 degree day I was seeing 115-120 IAT temp. Now running the dual core I am seeing around 100-105 IAS when ambient is 90+.

The whole car also started sounding with a deeper tone, not sure it was because of the intake because I did install both, Intake and FMIC same day.

Can't be happier with the setup and hopefully I will be able to dyno pretty soon.

Awesome, thanks for your feedbacks.

[BAN_M2C]

Originally Posted by JKen_0115

Awesome, thanks for your feedbacks.

You are welcome! I am sorry your inbox messages were getting bumped, I had it full!

[BAN_M2C]

Did some work on the 135 today.

Found a fellow enthusiast on the 1 Series forum that had interior trims for sale. Great deal and smooth transaction.

[BAN_M2C]

Got together with 3 other M2's yesterday and went to the Dyno at Real Street Performance..

[Camman]

Originally Posted by BAN_M2

Got together with 3 other M2's yesterday and went to the Dyno at Real Street Performance..

So what are all the power upgrades you have done?

[BAN_M2C]

Originally Posted by Camman

So what are all the power upgrades you have done?

All listed in my signature.

Some mods are purely for sound.

Power adders are the Sport Cat Downpipe, The Intake (maybe) since stock one is very efficient, Dinan Sport Tuner.

FMIC some say it also provides some power but I installed because it ensures temps are low and I dont get robbed or power when IAT rises.

[BAN_M2C]

Celebrated my birthday two weeks ago and my girlfriend recruited my buddies to trick me into going for a shoot while she prepped my surprise party!

Shoot and Birthday both came out well!

Finally got pics together with my friend and shop owner of ATH where all my work gets done.. ATH_M2

[importriders]

Nice photoshoot.

Any chance you have a vid of the Dinan exhaust and FB catted DP? I’m thinking of going this route and I’m sure others would be interested in how it sounds.

Edit: disregard noticed you did post up a vid of just that. Thanks.

[BAN_M2C]

Originally Posted by importriders

Nice photoshoot.

Any chance you have a vid of the Dinan exhaust and FB catted DP? I’m thinking of going this route and I’m sure others would be interested in how it sounds.

Thanks!! It?s actually a little higher on this same page but here is the link!

[importriders]

Originally Posted by BAN_M2

Thanks!! It?s actually a little higher on this same page but here is the link!

Lol beat me to it. I scrolled up and saw the vid. It sounds pretty amazing!

I want a pretty aggressive sound but not too obnoxious. I was also thinking about going full fabspeed with muffler delete. Any regrets? Ever wish it was more aggressive sounding? Also, since you have the Dinan midpipe, I assume you didn’t have to make any cuts in the stock exhaust?