Z4 35i DCT with Decat DP, FMIC and Evolve Stage 2 tune

[Imran@Evolve]

Evolve customer and Zpost member TheHulk visited us to take his car to the next level. He had been running a Stage 1 Evolve Tune for a while but wanted a bit more.

After he had sourced and fitted his catless DP's and FMIC he visited us to apply our Stage 2 Tune with the use of our Evolve-R end user cable. We will be setting up a intro deal on the Evolve-R and tune for the Z4 35i shortly in the commercial section.

Here are some pictures of his car. The car also has H&R suspension and Supersprint Rear Exhaust.















Dyno Graphs from our Dynodynamics Dyno.

Baseline is with DP's, FMIC, CAI and Exhaust.

Wheel Horse Power



Flywheel Horse Power



Review from customer

[The_Hulk]

Wow that car looks superb
The guys at Evolve are amazing to deal with and always really helpful.
Would recommend them to anyone wanting to tune their BMW.

[Gunzaro]

I really want to know if the Evolve tune is better than the ESS tune for my 35is which is stock. ESS havent offered any updates to the tune since I got it over nearly 2 years ago which is dissapointing considering the investment and potential.

So which is better Evolve or ESS for a stock car?

[The_Hulk]

The power output is near enough the same from both tuners, i have been running stage 1 on my car for over a year with no problems.
Stage 2 is just amazing, the car drives as stock till you plant you foot and then all hell breaks loose.
Evolve is continuously improving their maps as the are currently working on a 1M project.
They are planning a twin turbo replacement for the N54 with a estimated 550hp

[Swervd]

what are those rims?

[The_Hulk]

The wheel is called Calisto
Link below

http://www.cadeswheels.com/wheels.html

[SHADOW4]

Originally Posted by Gunzaro

I really want to know if the Evolve tune is better than the ESS tune for my 35is which is stock. ESS havent offered any updates to the tune since I got it over nearly 2 years ago which is dissapointing considering the investment and potential.

So which is better Evolve or ESS for a stock car?

Why update when it works? Do you mean you want more power or do you have issues with the tune?

I would not go for more power without better intercooler, oilcooler and remap the waterpump. And you could order a custom tune aswell from Ess.

I think Ess tunes perfect, safe and enough to kill M3 342hp on the track with everything stock except r-tires and racepads! And still have all the protections working with the tune.

I have had the car updated at the shop and got new tunefiles within less than 24 hours from Ess. Even on a Sunday!
Not many companies have this kind of support.

I am totally satisfied with the Ess tune!

Regards

Nothing bad about Evolve. I just don't know about their tunes.

[ymdd]

would love to see which is better ess or evolve for my 35i

[Lambobimmer]

Cobb stage 2 is 371 at the wheels and 417 tq with the same mods. I personally don't have a dyno of the Cobb race map but I have seen others, which is about 400 at the wheels and 440 tq.