DMS F10 M5

[David 997t]

Thinking about having my M5 "chipped" just wondering if anyone on here has yet and what are the gains?
Been reading a few things but nothing better than someone having experience telling you.

Thanks

[Cemesis]

You want more power from a 550bhp car?

[scarecrow]

Cemesis said:

You want more power from a 550bhp car?

Just what I was thinking but hey power is like a drug, once hooked you just want more and more!

[David 997t]

May sound bad but yeah I do it seems tame now!!!

[turboman786]

I had an F10 M5 for a while....definitely needs a remap and an Akrapovic exhaust...with these two mods, it'll be one of the best cars ever!

[David 997t]

Turboman, my thoughts exactly I am in the process of sorting a full akrapovic exhaust just wonder about the ECU chip??

[paulmc]

+60bhp seems to be a easy remap. only a few companies doing them just now. DMS and BWchiptune. Other than that not sure who else in the uk. Manhart in Germany get real good feed back.

[Johnky1990]

paulmc said:

+60bhp seems to be a easy remap. only a few companies doing them just now. DMS and BWchiptune. Other than that not sure who else in the uk. Manhart in Germany get real good feed back.

+1

I'm not sure if evolve does F10 M5
yeah 60bhp should be easy with just remap thanks to those turbos
together with some light mods you'd probably achieve 650bhp easily

[w5pwr]

Just make sure you have a good deal on rear tyres.....


Can't see them lasting long with an extra 60bhp?

[ady702]

BWChiptune...
554bhp standard
609bhp stage 1 BW Remap
623bhp stage 2 BW Remap

700+ stage 4 - i think this is what your after...lol

Edited by ady702 on Tuesday 2nd July 22:03

[David 997t]

ady702 said:

BWChiptune...
554bhp standard
609bhp stage 1 BW Remap
623bhp stage 2 BW Remap

700+ stage 4 - i think this is what your after...lol

Edited by ady702 on Tuesday 2nd July 22:03

Stage 4 sounds good just need to get a great deal on tyres once fitted, thanks for the info.

[paulmc]

Have you looked at burger tuning for a quick and easy + 25 bhp at the wheels. You can even tweak the boost yourself if you are brave enough. Burger are the guys who sell JB3 and 4 with huge results.

[Palmball]

Whats peoples views on the warranty implication with these 'tunes'.

I can;t actually believe I'm asking this as I hate to be the voice of sensibility and I've have historically often been one to modify my cars! Also, the potential gains vs cost are very appealing on M5/6's.

However, I'm told that BMW are getting ever hotter on modifications and will be able to tell when an ECU modification has been done, voiding the warranty in the process. I imagine they would definitely look for it in the event of a larger failure, especially if engine or transmission related.

I don't fancy having such an expensive/complicated car with a voided warranty and whilst you could argue that they need to prove that the modification caused a component to fail, is this something you'd really want to enter into?

[911F]

AC Schnitzer Map to 620bhp - has its own warranty - its the only Map I would consider.

[Patrick Bateman]

w5pwr said:

Just make sure you have a good deal on rear tyres.....


Can't see them lasting long with an extra 60bhp?

When you've already got 550 I don't see it making much difference.

[Neil McRae]

BMW can spot a remap on new cars within minutes now, if you had an engine or transmission failure there is no doubt in my mind they will push back on warranty claims,

You'd have to be totally insane to goto BWChiptune - it would be like having PCWorld work on a supercomputer.

I'd wait for Evolve- I'm sure they will have M5 options soon.

Also BMW are releasing the Akra exhaust as the M Performance Exhaust for the M5 - might be worth waiting a little to see what its like.

Neil.

[Galahad]

Slightly suspicious of the calibration of the DMS rolling road but regardless of the outright numbers, the gain is very impressive.

http://f10.m5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8058...

[Cheburator mk2]

Galahad said:

Slightly suspicious of the calibration of the DMS rolling road but regardless of the outright numbers, the gain is very impressive.

http://f10.m5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8058...

Friend of mine put a totally stock F10 on a Mustang dyno - made 550 at the rear wheels... Same dyno, but a V10 M6 made 404 at the rear wheels, which is about par for a well running V10 - so it seems true that the F10 makes significantly more power than advertised out of the box...