ATTN AA Tuning: AA tuning sc question re tuning

[sooper]

Hi, i have a 99 323i sedan steptri=onic and i am about to purchase a slightly used (less than 1k Km of use) aa tuning supercharger previously installed in a 2002 325 coup steptronic. My ECU was flash tuned here locally before and the car runs great.

My question, do i have to to mail my ECU to AA for tuning or can i have it tuned here. My concern is we may use different fuel ratings. I use 95 to 98 octane fuel which is the standard here. I noted that in the USA, you have lower octane rating but i dont know if you use different values or if they are the same. Second, we have different climate condition (ave 30 to 37 deg C and high humidity, 80 to 90% i guess)

The installer of the SC had it tuned with AA tuning before. I drove the car with the AA sc and i think there was a problem bec when i step on the gas, the car runs slow as if there was no boost and the rpm stays stuck at 3000. I pulled over turned the engine off and everything went well again. After a few KM's it went like that again and was relieved by turning the engine off then on again. Why i am concerned is i like to have my ecu mailed to AA, but if there is retuning having to be remade, i will have to mail back again. Thanks and comments will be most appreciated.

BTW, im located in Manila, Philippines

[boosted323]

Hi, i have a 99 323i sedan steptri=onic and i am about to purchase a slightly used (less than 1k Km of use) aa tuning supercharger previously installed in a 2002 325 coup steptronic. My ECU was flash tuned here locally before and the car runs great.

My question, do i have to to mail my ECU to AA for tuning or can i have it tuned here. My concern is we may use different fuel ratings. I use 95 to 98 octane fuel which is the standard here. I noted that in the USA, you have lower octane rating but i dont know if you use different values or if they are the same. Second, we have different climate condition (ave 30 to 37 deg C and high humidity, 80 to 90% i guess)

The installer of the SC had it tuned with AA tuning before. I drove the car with the AA sc and i think there was a problem bec when i step on the gas, the car runs slow as if there was no boost and the rpm stays stuck at 3000. I pulled over turned the engine off and everything went well again. After a few KM's it went like that again and was relieved by turning the engine off then on again. Why i am concerned is i like to have my ecu mailed to AA, but if there is retuning having to be remade, i will have to mail back again. Thanks and comments will be most appreciated.

BTW, im located in Manila, Philippines

If you have a shop localy that does obdII tuning then AA can sent it there and they can dyno tune it. If not then you gotta send out your DME to AA

[sooper]

Thanks for the advise. Did you send yours to AA? Were there any problems in the start that had to be fine tuned?

[Active Autowerke II]

Thanks for the advise. Did you send yours to AA? Were there any problems in the start that had to be fine tuned?

PM Sent.
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[illfx]

If you send you DME to active, make sure they don't lose it like they did mine.

[boosted323]

Thanks for the advise. Did you send yours to AA? Were there any problems in the start that had to be fine tuned?

No I had a local shop tune it for the supercharger.
But i did send out my dme to them when I just bought my car for a header tune. No problems. Took a couple days at most to send out and get it back to me.

[boosted323]

If you send you DME to active, make sure they don't lose it like they did mine.

Are you serious?? Man you really didn't have the best experience with them huh. I can see why your pissed. Did they at least pay for a new one?

[jayzx7]

when i sent mine it was a 4 day turn over. from me shipping it to getting it back. no problems with the tune either

[sooper]

Thanks for the reply guys. Kirk, PM noted. Boosted323, is your car a manual or step?

[illfx]

Are you serious?? Man you really didn't have the best experience with them huh. I can see why your pissed. Did they at least pay for a new one?

I should find out today if they worked it out with UPS. I hope we see some forward movement. I'm not sure when the hell I will be back on the road, at this point it is not looking so good. :banghead:

[boosted323]

Thanks for the reply guys. Kirk, PM noted. Boosted323, is your car a manual or step?

Manual

I should find out today if they worked it out with UPS. I hope we see some forward movement. I'm not sure when the hell I will be back on the road, at this point it is not looking so good. :banghead:

Wow sorry to hear that. I hope you get it all worked out. I ordered a rear tower strut brace over 45 days ago and finally recieved it today! Over a month and got no emial from them nothing at all.

[dave330i]

support was pretty poor too..:rolleyes: