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Originally Posted by Drew415
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anyone have news on the Carbahn piggyback tune? Is it the same as this?
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Announced on their facebook page today to cover the C & the CS. Nearly double the price of the Dinan and you can add a warranty. Plus a stage 2 unit available with warranty as well.
https://carbahnautoworks.com/product...f87-m2c-m2-cs/ |
yeah I was like their first customer haha. installed it already and it feels amazing! |
Ignoring the ability to add their engine warranty, do you know what it does differently, if anything, to warrant double the price?
The Dinan unit notes power increase for the C and does not mention a CS. They show a C at ~480/490 while Carbahn Stage 1 claims ~500/530 on a C or a CS, 20/40 difference. If the CS is truly underrated in BMW's HP claim that is a lot of money to make ~50HP more, but a lot of torque (since this is the same on both C and CS)
For $250 more over Stage 1 the Carbahn Stage 2 (needs to be edited in the description so it does state Stage 2) puts out ~530/560 on a C or CS. Again, if you believe BMW, on a CS at BMW factory stated numbers that is an 80/160 gain. Seems to be all about the torque.
The Dinan seems like a boost stacker on top of the stock PSI settings and Carbahn is presumably doing the same, but if so how does it yield the same results on both the C and the CS? |
I bought the warranty just in case but hardware wise - the harness has an extra port that plugs into the front cam censor. I believe the dinan unit only plugs into maf sensors - 2 locations vs Carbahn has 3.
Tune wise, the dyno charts look pretty similar but that's a question you should ask Carbahn. All I can say is, sport mode feels like the old sport plus. Sport plus feels like a new car.
Stage 2 warrants an upgrade for the FMIC so it's more costly than ~$250 if you want to be safe.