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//M · 12-04-2016, 09:40 PM

BMW has been collecting data for well over 10 years. Google FASTA data, thats what the engineers use. Its been in place 10+ years.

IMO this is probably a reaction to BM3, they're probably not happy about a easy flash solution. And its probably aimed at OBD flashing on the F8x

My opinion is they should do the same thing they do for the S1000RR, offer a factory tuning solution that fully unlocks the ECU and just void the factory warranty. Granted it tougher on a car becasue of how much more advanced the control scheme on a car is (many more torque, PID, and compensation tables) and they want to protect how they operate the motors from competitors (Hyundai) as much as from us.

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//M Lieutenant 243 Rep 497 Posts Drives: M2 Comp Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Northeast iTrader: (0)	BMW has been collecting data for well over 10 years. Google FASTA data, thats what the engineers use. Its been in place 10+ years. IMO this is probably a reaction to BM3, they're probably not happy about a easy flash solution. And its probably aimed at OBD flashing on the F8x My opinion is they should do the same thing they do for the S1000RR, offer a factory tuning solution that fully unlocks the ECU and just void the factory warranty. Granted it tougher on a car becasue of how much more advanced the control scheme on a car is (many more torque, PID, and compensation tables) and they want to protect how they operate the motors from competitors (Hyundai) as much as from us. Last edited by //M; 12-04-2016 at 09:48 PM..
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