How long does it take a dealership to flash the ECU to the new 36 version?

 

Dom,

I talked to Mike Reeves yesterday....North Scottsdale MINI has ver.36!

haf :smile:

 

Beautiful....now only if he'd answer his phone....LOL

Do you know how long it takes to do the install start to finish?

 

Really not sure.....I'm surprised I caught him myself! I told him I'd get it done when I next come in for something....

haf :smile:

 

I wanna get mine done ASAP. I can't wait to get rid of the stumble!!

edit: As a matter of fact I just put in a appointment for Tuesday the 9th (the soonest I could schedule for)

 

I was in for 2.5 hours, this included a $68.00 oil change, fan diode, minor adj. to exhaust.

 

Hi! It took just about 1.5 hours for my upgrade. Still boggs down a bit when letting out the clutch, but no stumble or jerking like it did before on accelleration.

There was a older (76) gentleman there that had a early 2003 MCS that he had the JCW package added on to it a while back. When they added the JCW package, the guy got the dreaded stumble. So while we both were waiting for our cars, we talked about performance parts and motoring. We talked exhausts because the JCW exhaust note just doesn't do it for the Harley riding guy. He wants something deeper and a little louder. So I told him about the Borla Race. I then told him how much I love the sound the air intake and pulley Randy did for me a few weeks ago. So I told him I'd give him a ride in my car if I got done first. So sure enough, my car came out first and we took a spin. He LOVED the sound it made! and now wanted one for his car.

The really cool thing about this is that he said my car with alta intake and alta pulley, pulled as well as his JCW kit did.

 

 

Is this just for the S or does this ECU update apply to the Cooper as well?

 

I drove an hour yesterday to get v36 installed in my stumbling 02 MCS....

I was out of there in 60 minutes, including the complementary car wash and activating my rear fogs....pulled in at 0745, and I was pulling out at 0845....

I just couldn't figure out how they'd repainted the new car to look just like my old one in such a short time

 

In my experience, a flash alone takes less than 30 minutes. It's usually done concurrent with other tasks and since I've never been charged, I don't have an actual labor hours notation on any invoice.

I can say that my CD36 upgrade was done as part of a service that included an oil change, remove-replace all 4 wheels, remove-replace coolant overflow tank, remove-replace rear wiper motor, fix hood scoop, touch up bonnet paint, and 25K service...ALL OF WHICH was finished in 3 hours (including the exterior wash).

 

Took them about 20 minuites to do mine. Apparently, it takes longer if your ECU
has not been flashed previously.