[Tuned335i]

Originally Posted by maui86

i know this is OT, but if i just have DCI...should i stick to stage0? figured your inbox must be crazy loaded. thank you.
teri

You have PM

[adrock]

Wow Shiv! Just loaded this up and went for a test run. My tires are pissed off right now! This map throws some serious tq down quick. The only down side is like others have said, first gear seems pretty much useless (10" wide tires in the back, and they struggled to grip even with a rolling start) granted it is 20 degrees here and slightly wet, but I know how the car drove before this map, and it feels like a night and day difference. I was having some problems with the first torque targeting map, and it turned out to be that the lag fix does not like my altitude, but all that seems to be worked out now! Cant wait for the final release!

[brusso]

I think I was lucky tonight .... I just loaded up the stage 2 map and ran through 2nd from a roll with no traction problems. The roads are dry and its 50F out right now. I didn't even try 1st because I know it's pointless. Hopefully it will stay dry tomorrow and I can go for a nice drive.
Feels good Shiv
Keep em coming !

[maui86]

so unlike many of you unlucky guys out there, im in hawaii and no rain clouds in site! it was 86* today where i was testing and i all i gotta say is damn...
first thing i did was turn off the traction control and floor it in 2nd going ~40mph...body wasn't expecting the rush so my neck had to work a little harder to keep my head straight up. every time after i ran through a gear or two i found myself saying, "geez, this is ridiculous", but i can't help but want more. shifts is where i really love it, feels just like a NA car does when you shift, very sure of itself and direct. consistency is also a huge improvement over the last maps. even though its 86* my car reaches 100 quicker than when its ~65* with the older maps and over and over again. this is just pure fun to drive especially in the turns!!! i'll be putting on my dp's again sometime soon so i can't wait!!
i have a base e90 6mt with AFE DCI running on stage0...i will go to stage1 later. i also put 245/40/17 potenza RE-01R on stock rims. awesome tires, but they still can't keep traction in 1st and when shifting into 2nd...prior, it wasn't too bad, but now its bad. i predict these tires wont last long. unless im deaf, when i'm rolling from a 40 or so, traction doesn't seem to be an issue..well at least i can't hear tires screaming, and these tires make alot of noise when they slip.

teri

[cn555ic]

Originally Posted by maui86

so unlike many of you unlucky guys out there, im in hawaii and no rain clouds in site! it was 86* today where i was testing and i all i gotta say is damn...
first thing i did was turn off the traction control and floor it in 2nd going ~40mph...body wasn't expecting the rush so my neck had to work a little harder to keep my head straight up. every time after i ran through a gear or two i found myself saying, "geez, this is ridiculous", but i can't help but want more. shifts is where i really love it, feels just like a NA car does when you shift, very sure of itself and direct. consistency is also a huge improvement over the last maps. even though its 86* my car reaches 100 quicker than when its ~65* with the older maps and over and over again. this is just pure fun to drive especially in the turns!!! i'll be putting on my dp's again sometime soon so i can't wait!!
i have a base e90 6mt with AFE DCI running on stage0...i will go to stage1 later. i also put 245/40/17 potenza RE-01R on stock rims. awesome tires, but they still can't keep traction in 1st and when shifting into 2nd...prior, it wasn't too bad, but now its bad. i predict these tires wont last long. unless im deaf, when i'm rolling from a 40 or so, traction doesn't seem to be an issue..well at least i can't hear tires screaming, and these tires make alot of noise when they slip.

teri

Sure rub it in that u have nice weather, while we hear on the East Coast is dealing with nothing but rain/sleet/snow and a balmy 32 degrees, even or even less!!!!!!!!!

[Vudoo4u2]

*see below...I title it, "yum"...*




Man, I wonder how the procede would do in this weather??

[scalbert]

Originally Posted by zenmaster

Just drove 30mi on the new firmware/stage0 MT map, transitioning from the 11/14 non-Doomsday. Roads were slick in places and light rain falling, so couldn't due too much WOT in the low gears. However:
- the additional, more responsive, power down low (real low, like just above idle) is nice, and probably unprecedented. Gets your attention.
- A bunch of 3rd to 4th gear pulls, from 5K-7K, arrived noticeably faster.
- The car responds differently, like it's breathing better somehow. May change the fuel consumption somewhat?
- No limps.
- Not going back to previous firmware/map.

Guess that battery charging helped?

Glad to see you got it going in the end. I kept my phone with me just in case...

[pikkashoe]

Originally Posted by Vudoo4u2

*see below...I title it, "yum"...*

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Man, I wonder how the procede would do in this weather??

Now that is cool.

[Panoz]

Anyone drag-raced against an older map?

[inthemiddle]

Originally Posted by techforge

I've been running this map all day and I have to be honest I'm not sure what all the excitement is about. There's nothing wrong with it but there isn't as much power across the board. I could easily break the rear end loose from a stop with the 11-14 map. Can't spin the tires at all now. Granted I went from non-doomsday to doomsday. Throttle response is nice and all - feels like it might be a little sharper, but the low end grunt is not there. Maybe it simply hasn't adapted. I didn't get a limp mode as was mentioned in the notes.

Make sure you have the right firmware loaded.... Reflash the firmware, reload the map.....

I had a similar experience in the past, loaded a map about 6 months ago, and the comments here didn't match my experience.... I finally just reflashed and reloaded and it was night and day, with the same map i had tried the last time.... I think I must have screwed up the first time somehow..... hit the wrong firmware file or something.. i dunno...

This demo map feels great...... best one so far... at least to me....

[techforge]

Originally Posted by inthemiddle

Make sure you have the right firmware loaded.... Reflash the firmware, reload the map.....

I had a similar experience in the past, loaded a map about 6 months ago, and the comments here didn't match my experience.... I finally just reflashed and reloaded and it was night and day, with the same map i had tried the last time.... I think I must have screwed up the first time somehow..... hit the wrong firmware file or something.. i dunno...

This demo map feels great...... best one so far... at least to me....

I reloaded the firmware and map just for good measure this morning. I got a limp mode on the highway which went away pretty quickly. I made about 7 1/4 mile runs on my deserted stretch of closed highway and this map is unquestionably slower than the 11-14 map I was running. 0-60 dropped from a best of 4.43 to 4.67 and 1/4 from a best of 12.97 @ 109 to 13.43 @ 107. It is 70F here today though, and I think it was around 50F when I made my best runs with the 11-14 maps.

[OpenFlash]

Originally Posted by techforge

I reloaded the firmware and map just for good measure this morning. I got a limp mode on the highway which went away pretty quickly. I made about 7 1/4 mile runs on my deserted stretch of closed highway and this map is unquestionably slower than the 11-14 map I was running. 0-60 dropped from a best of 4.43 to 4.67 and 1/4 from a best of 12.97 @ 109 to 13.43 @ 107. It is 70F here today though, and I think it was around 50F when I made my best runs with the 11-14 maps.

Something is definitely not right. Do you have a boost gauge? What pressure are you seeing? Are you leaving the traction control ON during your timed runs? Is it flashing?

shiv

[rooster3.0]

I got a chance to hammer it today. The car just seems to pull with ease. My first run(2nd-4th) saw a max of 14.3 psi. My gauge generally reads ~.3 psi higher than the PROcede software. After literally 7 consecutive pulls(2nd-4th), I saw a max of 15.2psi. It was ~43 degrees out. I assume the boost raised up a little due to AIT compensation. The throttle seemed easier to modulate too. I had to drive in the snow last night, still on summer tires, and I had no issues with traction when pulling off. If this is really just a demo, I can't imagine what the complete map will be like. Also, if I didn't know this was DD map, I'd never even think it. Good job Shiv.

[techforge]

Originally Posted by shiv@vishnu

Something is definitely not right. Do you have a boost gauge? What pressure are you seeing? Are you leaving the traction control ON during your timed runs? Is it flashing?

shiv

No boost gauge, and I take traction control off when I do timed runs. I went out and tried to do a few more 1/4 runs and I've had 3 limp modes when I hit about 90-95mph under WOT. Can't complete the runs. I guess it's having trouble adapting, or I'm getting that misfire issue again. I have a 600 mile drive coming up this weekend so I think I'll go back to the 11-14 maps for the time being.

[OpenFlash]

Originally Posted by techforge

No boost gauge, and I take traction control off when I do timed runs. I went out and tried to do a few more 1/4 runs and I've had 3 limp modes when I hit about 90-95mph under WOT. Can't complete the runs. I guess it's having trouble adapting, or I'm getting that misfire issue again. I have a 600 mile drive coming up this weekend so I think I'll go back to the 11-14 maps for the time being.

I don't think it has anything to do with adaptation. Sometime is wrong. I'd be curious to see if the problem goes away when you put the old map it. I don't think it will. If it doesn't, there's a good chance you have a boost leak somewhere in your system. That would cause the repeatable limp at high RPM. As well as reduce power.

Shiv

[techforge]

Originally Posted by shiv@vishnu

I don't think it has anything to do with adaptation. Sometime is wrong. I'd be curious to see if the problem goes away when you put the old map it. I don't think it will. If it doesn't, there's a good chance you have a boost leak somewhere in your system. That would cause the repeatable limp at high RPM. As well as reduce power.

Shiv

That may be the problem, although I've been running it hard since I put the 11-14 map in and it never gave trouble. I just reloaded the 11-14 but the damn rain is back so I can't test it.

[OpenFlash]

Originally Posted by techforge

That may be the problem, although I've been running it hard since I put the 11-14 map in and it never gave trouble. I just reloaded the 11-14 but the damn rain is back so I can't test it.

With the new demo maps, you will be making boost in conditions you were never able to make boost in before. And boost rise will be quicker as well. This is why users are noticing more bypass valve noise. It could also create a leak that wasn't there before (if a hose was loose prior). The limps suggest that something is not mechanically correct. And the slower-than-before performance supports that as well. Should be easy enough to find and correct though.

Shiv

[maui86]

loaded up the stage1 last night..this is so sweet. im anxious to see what the production batch of non-doomsday maps will be like! its just simply amazinig. especially that annoying "dead spot" i was getting after i shifted into third quickly when driving hard. all gone!

teri

[jbttum3]

Originally Posted by maui86

loaded up the stage1 last night..this is so sweet. im anxious to see what the production batch of non-doomsday maps will be like! its just simply amazinig. especially that annoying "dead spot" i was getting after i shifted into third quickly when driving hard. all gone!

teri

I loaded up stage 1 today. I only did 2nd through 3rd pulls but I could tell a bit of a difference. Feels strong. My 2nd to 3rd shifts have me concerned though.......I can't tell if my clutch was slipping or if I was losing traction I really hope its the later and it will be fine in dryer conditions.

[NM_BMW]

Ahh man where the hell have I been? I'll download them tonight and hopefully I'll give it a good test run tomorrow. We've had a huge snow storm the past few days. Over 20" of snow within 24hrs. The latest private beta maps were excellent. A lot of power down low, the car is a completely different beast and it is always great to break loose all 4 tires with very little effort. This was DD stg 2 maps.

I don't know what to even expect with these new maps, but I will say... Great job Shiv!

[OpenFlash]

hee heee

[Kev]

Originally Posted by shiv@vishnu

hee heee

Shiv, can you actually reply to my email!?