What planet was it shipped from?

 

I'm thinking they are shipping it via rowboat.

 

Finally he got the genius II!

Went over and he read my ecu yesterday. Now i'm just waiting for him to say he's ready to load the new tune.

Hopefully this won't be a long wait!

 

so many of these 'right around the corner' tunes here/coming/omg2weeks lol
its bound to happen, eventually, right??

 

absolutely correct!

and by eventually I mean 30 minutes ago!!!!

He called me and said the tune was ready so I dropped over. 5 minutes on the genius and the new ecu files were uploaded.

I haven't gotten to drive it much yet, however power is about the same as with the Alta UNIchip I've been running. The power delivery is smoother though.

Chris also said that if we can get some dyno time he'll be able to tweak the tune for me as right now it's a canned tune.

 

Interesting so how does one get this genius?

 

Your local DIMsport tuner can get them!

I don't think there are many dimsport tuners in the US though - which is why I'm surprised Hawaii got so lucky.

 

Get that bad boy on a dyno!

Are you officially the first consumer to get their r56 tuned?

 

So this is yet another OTS tune, with no self access, definitely not interested in this.

 

So it wasn't dyno tuned?

That's the whole beauty of Dimsport...

Get it on the dyno and get it re-tuned!

 

Do you know of another ECU tune you can get? (or for that matter did you read the whole post?)
That's the plan, there is not a dyno at his shop. I do have access to a dyno but I'm not sure when I will have enough time. Also, my new JCW will be here in about a month so I may just stay with this tune until it comes in then get a tweaked tune on the JCW. This tune feels much like the unichip tune I've been runnning for a long time now.

 

Yup, read and been following, was waiting to hear how I could get this neat little handheld device to tune my car...

and yet again turns out to be another "special user only"

If I can't buy the device, then I need to pay someone every time it goes to the dealer and I need to hide it, or every time I change it.

Really need a real tuning tool, not another one of these.

Why do all you guys think it is so special to tuen a car that one person only can hold the device, and charge you everytime you need to access the ECU?

Have you looked at the way the rest of the world tunes?

I plug a cable into my Subaru's OBD port, read and write with my laptop, takes 5 mins to reflash. I don't even need to leave my driveway.

I don't need to pull my ECu out, put it in a box Fed-Ex it across the country.

This "genius" is the same stuff that is already out there for the Mini.

The fact that it works through the OBD port means some one needs to get motivated to make the existing tools work.

Perhaps I will spend sometime playing with my Mini while I wait for it to sell.

 

Absolutely awesome! Any gauges or datalogs to see how much boost its running?

 

Calling RMW, Jan do you have this software from Dimsport?

Cheers!

 

I don't have a boost gauge or datalogger. All I can say at this point is it feels like when I have the unichip installed. Quite a bit faster than stock, but I have no hard numbers from the tune. The unichip gave me more power than a factory JCW has ( I do have hard numbers for the chip).

 

While I can see your point, I think that type of tuning is still a wet dream for the MINI. At least now there is something we can get that works.

The little handheld device the tuner uses costs 10s of thousands of dollars and you have to be selected/certified by dimsport to get it.

 

What is the difference between the Dimsport tune and the Evotech tune? They both seem to be available with OTS tunes.

 

Last time I asked him...no he does not. He's trying something else...

Spend the money on a standalone then? Seems like problem solved for you

 

If the tune is programmed into the ECM, there is no need to "hide" it. Unless the dealer is specifically looking for it, they'd never know it's there.


Just how many times do you plan on tuning your car??? I mean, seriously, unless you completely change something major (head, full exhaust, etc, etc) why would you retune all the time?


In case you haven't noticed, the mini doesn't fit into the typical "rest of the world tuning methods...


If you're modifying the ECM with a handheld OBD tuning device, that's not really "tuning". That's making minor changes so the new "tune" (I use the term loosely) can make suttle changes. (ie. gears, air intake, thermostat, etc)

A REAL tune needs a laptop or a dyno. Your handheld unit is still nothing more than a "pre-tuned" can in a tune. Much like a hypertech, Superchips, etc, etc.


I wasn't aware there was ANYTHING out there already for the mini other than a JCW tune or Alta unichip.

AGREED!!!!

 

^^ There are several tunes available besides unichip or jcw, just need to research, theres Evotech, GIAC, and now EPL supposely and others.

 

has ANYONE actually posted on NAM that they've gotten one of these tunes (in the USA)?

 

No, the EPL is the one thats "2 weeks away"

People have got the EvoTech and there have been posts about it

 

sweet...ur lucky

 

Has ANYONE actually posted on NAM (or elsewhere) that they've gotten one of these tunes (in Canada)?

It will be interesting to see before/after data, long term study, and experiences at the dealer. Got to happen eventually. But if it was simple to tune the R56 it would have been done long ago. No?

 

Absolutely agreed. The R56 is in it's 3rd year of production and they're just starting to eek out at a terribly slow pace.

As far as other solutions, I don't know anything about the Evotech but the GIAC isn't much of a solution for money spent.... and there though there may be other solutions, there aren't any out there readily available with proven results.

The only item I know that has proven results HP/TQ wise is the Unichip. Unfortunately, it was plagued with unreliability issues.

I'm glad I spent the money on the JCW stage I kit but I'd still like to have something better.

I'm afraid by the time tuners come up with something, a new model year will arrive and the interest will turn to it and leave the R56 out in the cold.

Mark