dinan
 

can someone explain dinan (each stage) and what it does and what the cost is?

Each stage of Dinan depletes your bank account in an exponentially greater amount in exchange for shiny bits that may or may not have a net positive effect on your X5.

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But you forgot to add the part that the more shiny bits you buy, the more Dinan points you get, and then you get to trade those points for a shiny Dinan badge so that everyone knows how many shiny bits you have.

Then you lose your ass on the money spent when you sell the shiny-badged vehicle, and the next owner drives away with a smile on his face. So do the next owner a favor, and buy shiny bits. (preferably enough to get the shiny badge)



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Unless you're under warranty, there are more affordable choices that will net the same gains. If you want an intake ($150 AFE on ebay) or exhaust ($50 x-pipe or two $18 mufflers on ebay), hardware gains can be done for far cheaper than what $teve charges. Software can come from Powerchips, ESS, or $$Dinan$$ for whatever hardware mods you do. Buying $$Dinan$$ is just like buying BMW...it's for the name, but it's not like they're over there reinventing the wheel.

Short of going FI, nothing $$Dinan$$ sells justifies it price vs gains (if any) in HP. If you're looking to go FI, there are alternatives to them as well (VF, ESS) for sometimes HALF the cost while using the exact same supercharger...just different software.

Or you could just buy the badges on eBay...you'll probably still net the same HP gains doing that ;)

To their credit, follow-on support from the Dinan staff has been excellent.

- provided installation documentation
- provided detailed block diagrams for vac control not found in above
- mailed out a resistor pack (free) for calibrating the T9 MAF clamp box
- offered to mail a new style badge (graciously declined, I like the old one)
- provided technical advice to my questions about the impeller update

I find value in that, but perhaps follow-on support doesn't factor in as much if someone was only after something like an exhaust upgrade.

I'm thankful for hand-me-down's. ;)