BMW Garage BMW Meets Register Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
M2 Technical Topics > S55 Engine / Drivetrain / Exhaust / Bolt-ons / Tuning > Thoughts on the Evolve tune

Post Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
      01-25-2020, 03:07 PM   #1
gnx
Όλα ρόδες
gnx's Avatar
752
Rep
555
Posts

Drives: BMW
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Athens, Greece

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
Thoughts on the Evolve tune

Hi there,

There's a couple of videos of them dynoing and driving the car but I have found no review of their tune.

https://www.evolveautomotive.com/evo...410hp-s55.html

Has anybody installed this?
Appreciate 0
      01-26-2020, 10:29 PM   #2
waldrops
Private First Class
waldrops's Avatar
171
Rep
177
Posts

Drives: BMW M2 Competition
Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: California

iTrader: (0)

Sounds like one of those too good to be true things
Appreciate 0
      01-27-2020, 10:49 AM   #3
mike@x-ph.com
BimmerPost Supporting Vendor
mike@x-ph.com's Avatar
United_States
23785
Rep
190,128
Posts


Drives: 07-335/12-328/18-M4/21-M4CP
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Las Vegas

iTrader: (23)

Why not get bootmod3? Its superior and cheaper
__________________
Check out our current sale by clicking on this link!
https://x-ph.com/sale/

Phone number 702-494-9435
Appreciate 1
JNP7.50
      02-01-2020, 07:43 PM   #4
AddyDaddy
Major
AddyDaddy's Avatar
United_States
415
Rep
1,031
Posts

Drives: i5 M60, M5's, 535.335, M550i
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Here

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
Quote:
Originally Posted by gnx View Post
Hi there,

There's a couple of videos of them dynoing and driving the car but I have found no review of their tune.

https://www.evolveautomotive.com/evo...410hp-s55.html

Has anybody installed this?
I have their tune on my 19 M550i. I went with them because of their rep and long term presence on YouTube with real world vids of them pounding their F10 M5 and their new f90 M5. I just found the guy Irman who does all the vids really informative and they show stock dyno runs and them flashing it and dynoing again right there. I sent them both ecu reads and got files back. I've only paid them once and since I got tune they have revised it to my specific wants and sent me file for my EGS system to make the clutch apply 100% available pressure under full throttle, anyway they have not accepted money even though I offer each time I have them do anything. Had them ghost my laptop to monitor logs live. Just been great to deal with. I'm all wheel drive so dyno results I can't get, linked 4 wheel dyno's aren't around me or I would have dyno'd first week I got the car like usual.
I broke this car in and did Dinan piggy at about 5k miles and that was a solid 45/50hp bump and was great but was still feeling like the car was heavy from a roll compared to my bolt on M5 (mustang dyno @ 504/516 to the wheels). I feel like this bumped me up a solid 90-110hp over stock with their tune in the M550. So just chose them for tune after speaking to a few tuners. Some I liked, some sounded cocky on the phone. Mo from DME was really nice too. But I just wanted what I have watched vids of at VMax so ended up with Evolve. Stage 1 I trap 123 and invalid 11.2 qtr and valid up Slope at 11.4@122.8mph. I think they say stock I'm 12.0@113 if that helps. Feel like you could squeeze a touch more out of engine if you wanted to, but I asked it to be tailored to my needs and I'm this being my DD.
My car is different but wanted to chime in since I saw your post.
__________________
2013 535i M, Carbon black 20' 6 M wheels, totaled.
2018 750M ,
2013 M5 , Individual Silver, Bolt ons-Straight piped
2019 M550 686BK Black Chrome 20"wheels, filters, Evolve Stage 1, Res delete
2024 i5 M60 Cape York Green
Appreciate 2
Brandt51839.50
gnx751.50
      02-03-2020, 06:37 AM   #5
AddyDaddy
Major
AddyDaddy's Avatar
United_States
415
Rep
1,031
Posts

Drives: i5 M60, M5's, 535.335, M550i
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Here

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
Yeah BM3 has a lot for your platform too. They just didn't and still don't for my platform. Probably find a lot of BM3 users with your application
__________________
2013 535i M, Carbon black 20' 6 M wheels, totaled.
2018 750M ,
2013 M5 , Individual Silver, Bolt ons-Straight piped
2019 M550 686BK Black Chrome 20"wheels, filters, Evolve Stage 1, Res delete
2024 i5 M60 Cape York Green
Appreciate 1
JNP7.50
      02-03-2020, 08:53 AM   #6
AddyDaddy
Major
AddyDaddy's Avatar
United_States
415
Rep
1,031
Posts

Drives: i5 M60, M5's, 535.335, M550i
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Here

iTrader: (0)

Garage List
Quote:
Originally Posted by JNP View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by AddyDaddy View Post
Yeah BM3 has a lot for your platform too. They just didn't and still don't for my platform. Probably find a lot of BM3 users with your application
The only problem with plug and flash is you can't log the car and therefore you can't tell if the engine is happy or not. By no mean I'm saying evolve will give a bad tune but it's necessary to check the log of your car from time to time.. If you already have a 3rd party device that can log the car then use any tuner of your preference but ECUTEK, MHD, and BM3 have datalogger built-in the software.
Very true. I had Evolve ghost my lap top and monitor logs during some pulls to be sure all was good. Would be nice to be able to do myself!!
__________________
2013 535i M, Carbon black 20' 6 M wheels, totaled.
2018 750M ,
2013 M5 , Individual Silver, Bolt ons-Straight piped
2019 M550 686BK Black Chrome 20"wheels, filters, Evolve Stage 1, Res delete
2024 i5 M60 Cape York Green
Appreciate 1
JNP7.50
      02-03-2020, 11:23 AM   #7
mike@x-ph.com
BimmerPost Supporting Vendor
mike@x-ph.com's Avatar
United_States
23785
Rep
190,128
Posts


Drives: 07-335/12-328/18-M4/21-M4CP
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Las Vegas

iTrader: (23)

Quote:
Originally Posted by JNP View Post
The only problem with plug and flash is you can't log the car and therefore you can't tell if the engine is happy or not. By no mean I'm saying evolve will give a bad tune but it's necessary to check the log of your car from time to time.. If you already have a 3rd party device that can log the car then use any tuner of your preference but ECUTEK, MHD, and BM3 have datalogger built-in the software.
Also changes will need to be done at the tuner making it inconvenient and in some cases pricey.

With Bootmod3 you can make all the changes yourself and it takes seconds.
__________________
Check out our current sale by clicking on this link!
https://x-ph.com/sale/

Phone number 702-494-9435
Appreciate 0
Post Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:39 PM.




m2
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
1Addicts.com, BIMMERPOST.com, E90Post.com, F30Post.com, M3Post.com, ZPost.com, 5Post.com, 6Post.com, 7Post.com, XBimmers.com logo and trademark are properties of BIMMERPOST