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In between bouts of pain, swigs of tequila, and angry calls to the insurance company, I got this bit of good news....

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/cer ... 3d0_u2.pdf

At least it's now out of purgatory.

Dad says he can truck it to my dealer on Wednesday... Stacey is all.... "Why can't we just drive it out of the port?" Sorry, the world doesn't work that way. Its like trying to walk out of a hospital. But by next weekend we'll be driving around with her saying, "wow.... I can't believe you talked me into Coral Red interior on an Alpine White coupe..."

So Steve, illuminate this for me; why are you having to go through all this CARB rigmarole? Is it because your the 1st to get an '09 model?

Bill Schenker wrote:So Steve, illuminate this for me; why are you having to go through all this CARB rigmarole? Is it because your the 1st to get an '09 model?

I think it has something to do with BMW tweaking (cough detuning! cough) the tunes on the turbo cars to get less warranty claims.
Supposedly all performance numbers are the same even though torque is developed later later in the RPMs.

I'll let Steve elaborate!

Thanks Mike.

BTW, nice tech. on the Buzz Lightyear ride; you're kinda like the Sarah Palin of CSCC Solo 2, huh?

Mine is in the first run of 2009 335's brought here and the engine needed to be re-certified because of several tune AND part changes in the fuel/emissions related systems. What Mike posted might be true, might not be, its the internet buzz and its obviously denied by BMW. The first regular x35/N54 cars were originally scheduled for the last week of October or so well after CARB approval was scheduled. CARB was late, and BMW was early. So, it created a two week hold where none had been expected. And it made the ports a little crowded I suspect. My dad seemed a little frazzled with 700-800 cars manually held out of the normal prep and send system and then manual fed back into the system.

The software update supposed delayed torque peak by 1500 rpms. No indication that that is still the case with the 2009 as parts were changed in the fuel delivery system. So, the prog 29.2 might have just been a crude patch. Regardless the car's specs which include showing 300 ftlbs of torque held constant 1400-5000rpm have not changed for 2009.

The greater controversy with prog 29.2 flash upgrade was in the rumored inclusion of a hidden trap for changes in tune. If you installed a different tune, even if you set it back, the hidden trap would register the change and you're warranty was placed in jeopardy. I would imagine that the 2009 cars include this, but publicly there is no information and my dad had no idea about any of this stuff.

Bill Schenker wrote:Thanks Mike.

BTW, nice tech. on the Buzz Lightyear ride; you're kinda like the Sarah Palin of CSCC Solo 2, huh?

Sarah would get atleast a half million points.... Then she could be a level 5 or level 6 Space Ranger like Dr. Conemangler....