Ess / akrapovic tune question

IHB · 07-16-2012, 04:21 PM

When I got my 2011 e90 m3 I installed the Dinan software and a Dinan air intake. Not long after that I installed the akra evo exhaust system. I replaced that with the BMW OEM performance exhaust. I'm now thinking about putting my akra back on. During all this time I've read a lot of other akra exhaust people say they had an ess tune installed and it seems like it compliments the akra from what I've read. Can someone explain that to me and was getting the dinan software a mistake? I really only got that to take away the top speed governor and I didn't know at the time I would be getting the akra. I'm learning as I go here.

THE TECH · 07-16-2012, 04:23 PM

You definitely don't NEED the ESS tune. As long as the Dinan compensates for the Akra and doesn't have a CEL on due to no cats, I would stick with it.

redline9001 · 07-16-2012, 10:37 PM

Not required, the akra specific tune deals with the low end dip caused by the h and x pipe of the evo, but It would not be worth an extra 1.5k for a couple of hp down low.

Ask bmwlvr he has that specific combo...

07-16-2012, 04:21 PM	#1
IHB Private First Class Drives: 2011 e90 m3 le mans blue Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Minnesota Posts: 106 iTrader: (0)	Ess / akrapovic tune question When I got my 2011 e90 m3 I installed the Dinan software and a Dinan air intake. Not long after that I installed the akra evo exhaust system. I replaced that with the BMW OEM performance exhaust. I'm now thinking about putting my akra back on. During all this time I've read a lot of other akra exhaust people say they had an ess tune installed and it seems like it compliments the akra from what I've read. Can someone explain that to me and was getting the dinan software a mistake? I really only got that to take away the top speed governor and I didn't know at the time I would be getting the akra. I'm learning as I go here.
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07-16-2012, 04:23 PM	#2
THE TECH BimmerPost Supporting Vendor Drives: BPMsport 2012 E92 M3 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Kansas Posts: 11,906 iTrader: (39)	You definitely don't NEED the ESS tune. As long as the Dinan compensates for the Akra and doesn't have a CEL on due to no cats, I would stick with it. __________________ Check us out on Facebook at BPMsportLabs

07-16-2012, 10:37 PM	#3
redline9001 Lieutenant Drives: E92 M3, MDX, Titan Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 560 iTrader: (0)	Not required, the akra specific tune deals with the low end dip caused by the h and x pipe of the evo, but It would not be worth an extra 1.5k for a couple of hp down low. Ask bmwlvr he has that specific combo... __________________ 2011 E92 M3 \| JEREZ BLACK \| EXTENDED BAMBOO NOVILLO \| EXECUTIVE PKG \| M-DRIVE \| EDC \| M-DCT MODS \| KW S/O \| HRE P40SC \| Akra Evo \|ESS Akra Tune \| BMC drop in \| StopTech Trophies \| TMS Pulley \| LUX V3

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