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08-01-2009, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Alpine White Girl' post='962369' date='Aug 1 2009, 09:06 PM
how did your dinan stage 1 go?
08-01-2009, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='962415' date='Aug 1 2009, 10:56 PM
Stage one only removes the governor and raises the redline. I was advised by someone in the know not to do Stage 2 or 3 because they were a waste of $$$.
08-01-2009, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='962418' date='Aug 1 2009, 10:00 PM
Dinan claims that for the 550, a Stage 1 remap will increase hp by 8 bhp and torque by 6 ft-lbs: http://www.dinancars.com/store/product.php...=430&page=1 If those claims were true, I'd get it.
08-01-2009, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='962419' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:02 PM
Claims...
08-01-2009, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='962420' date='Aug 1 2009, 08:05 PM
Agreed. The OP's results are very disturbing. Raises the spectre of consumer fraud and false advertising. Dinan charges a pretty penny for its mods.
to the OP....good luck, hope things get resolved to your satisfaction
08-01-2009, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='962422' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:07 PM
kind of like CAI's
to the OP....good luck, hope things get resolved to your satisfaction
to the OP....good luck, hope things get resolved to your satisfaction
08-01-2009, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='962426' date='Aug 1 2009, 10:11 PM
To the OP, if Dinan does not resolve the claim to your satisfaction, PM me and I will suggest some courses of action.
08-01-2009, 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='962427' date='Aug 1 2009, 11:13 PM
Ambulance Chaser.
08-01-2009, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by sdg1871' post='962430' date='Aug 1 2009, 10:14 PM
I don't do plaintiff's work. I do corporate defense. I'm just trying to help out a fellow member who seemed to have been royally screwed but I feel a sense of outrage.
08-01-2009, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dusandimic' post='962298' date='Aug 1 2009, 07:33 PM
Exactly the same amount of horsepower as before!
The curve was a little higher from 2000 to 3000 RPM but thats it.
I called Dinan and they said that it was impossible.
I told them it was the same person, running the same dyno, setting the
same parameters, at the same time of the day, & the same temperature.
They said the car had to be faster. I told him that prior to the mods I went
to the racetrack and ran a 13.8. If I significantly improved my quarter mile time
i wouldn't care what the dyno results were.
So last night I went to the racetrack again and guess what I ran......13.7
I should remind you that the first time I had runflats and now i had PS2's
which is what caused the tenth of second decrease. I made 8 passes and 4
out of the 8 were 13.7.
I have to say that the throttle response is better and the exhaust sound great
but for $4000 in parts and labor this is complete bullshit! I would have been
happy with a 10 HP gain on the dyno or a 13.5 quarter mile time but i got nothing.
Scott at Dinan is expecting a call from me on monday. We'll see what happens.
As of now I still love my car but i'm very dissapointed with Dinan.
The curve was a little higher from 2000 to 3000 RPM but thats it.
I called Dinan and they said that it was impossible.
I told them it was the same person, running the same dyno, setting the
same parameters, at the same time of the day, & the same temperature.
They said the car had to be faster. I told him that prior to the mods I went
to the racetrack and ran a 13.8. If I significantly improved my quarter mile time
i wouldn't care what the dyno results were.
So last night I went to the racetrack again and guess what I ran......13.7
I should remind you that the first time I had runflats and now i had PS2's
which is what caused the tenth of second decrease. I made 8 passes and 4
out of the 8 were 13.7.
I have to say that the throttle response is better and the exhaust sound great
but for $4000 in parts and labor this is complete bullshit! I would have been
happy with a 10 HP gain on the dyno or a 13.5 quarter mile time but i got nothing.
Scott at Dinan is expecting a call from me on monday. We'll see what happens.
As of now I still love my car but i'm very dissapointed with Dinan.