Is this true? could be the end of the 335i vs. M3 chit chat.

matt.love84 · 05-31-2008, 11:58 AM

I was told this when looking at a new 335i

"since March 08 BMW has put a new version of the ECU in the car the MDE v81 which has tune detection built into it and will either reduce the cars power should it detect a piggyback and/or sends a message to BMWNA when they hook the car up for service voiding the warranty"

Could this put an end to all the vs threads?

snoopy · 05-31-2008, 12:00 PM

there will always be a way around factory ecu's.

continentalg5 · 05-31-2008, 12:06 PM

You're kind of late to the v81 party man.

roadkillrob · 05-31-2008, 12:15 PM

snooze old news - new ecu came out 2 months ago!

5soko · 05-31-2008, 12:53 PM

wrong, almost all the tuners have a fix around this.
all the new programs and DME's do is look at more parameters and look at them more closely/narrower.

this is pretty old news and its becoming history.

M3 still dont breath a sign of relief

darkphantom · 05-31-2008, 11:07 PM

lmao, this thread will be 100 pages long, not the same old M3 vs. 335i topic again....

Mods can we please closed this thread?

Kerosene Hat · 06-01-2008, 03:43 PM

+1

ianbiz · 06-02-2008, 03:32 PM

v81 ftl
bmw being gay and cheap ftl

E90330iS · 06-02-2008, 03:59 PM

scaryy

Dubbedoutbimmer · 06-02-2008, 04:00 PM

haha what will we do when they release some sick piggy back for the M3 lol we will be fucked

Joonsup · 06-02-2008, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt.love84

I was told this when looking at a new 335i

"since March 08 BMW has put a new version of the ECU in the car the MDE v81 which has tune detection built into it and will either reduce the cars power should it detect a piggyback and/or sends a message to BMWNA when they hook the car up for service voiding the warranty"

Could this put an end to all the vs threads?

go to the turbo thread and you'll find pages of info on this topic.

TwinTurboXI · 06-02-2008, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dubbedoutbimmer

haha what will we do when they release some sick piggy back for the M3 lol we will be fucked

considering the m3 is a natuarally aspirated v8, your not going to get much more than 10 ponies no matter what the ecu tune is. The 335's can get massive gains in hp and tq because they're turbo'd and the tune increases the boost

Gig103 · 06-02-2008, 04:29 PM

Are people putting superchargers on the M3 yet?

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