Traction problems with my 335i e92 was why i went with an xdrive 340 lol. I miss rolling burnouts sometimes, but i can appreciate just gripping and going.
I use xdelete here and there but I've gotten a lot of hate for telling people that 0 doesn't mean full rwd so thanks for the reassurance that i was right
Thanks for all your videos on the B58 just bought my first BMW 440i X and You alone have provided the most impressive amount of information a man could ever want. Well done. Thank You.
It was about time you did a video on xDelete :) I do however think you missed the one most important "issue" and risk with xDelete - that's the fact that the rear differential of RWD B58s is different (=designed for higher torque) than the rear differential of xDrive cars!! Especially for a tuned B58, driving and pushing it in 2WD mode puts a LOT of stress on the (weaker) rear differential, which has proven to lead to premature failures! Correct my understanding if I am off, but please do address this in your review, as this to me is a much bigger risk than the increased wear on the transfer case in the unlikely (or should I say stupidity-based... ) scenario with front wheels not turning.
Tried xdrive sport mode and its pretty cool ! Car feels very close to a rwd one but the little added front grip is nice . With dsc off thre car "snakes" almost like a rwd car but feels way faster . BMW M240i stage 2 + 93 . Personally I didn't really use xdelete rwd very often but I will 4 sure use this new mode more .
Thanks for those insights. I'm actually also interested in this 'AWD Sport' mode. So you would say it's in between 2WD and standard xDrive? Any up- or downsides so far? You're talking about a F22, right?
@@gwspom yeah it's closer to rwd actually. No downsides so far but I will not use it daily because I have very bad tires ( p zero run flat 19 inch ) and I end up doing burnouts almost with dsc off . But it's very fun, it's like more of a show off to impress friends and stuff. Maybe with better tires I would use it idk. Yes F22 lci.
Great video, thank you for taking the time to truly understand and explain how XDelete works in conjunction with the transfer case. It's really helpful to know and gives a lot of context as on what is okay and not okay if you're going to use it. No spin zone!
Mr Kern I think you did a wonderful job with this video explaining the logistics of a tune like this! I also think it’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen! AWD in powerful cars has so much engineering behind it to in any weather any surface conditions always provide outstanding traction! As these cars get more and more powerful these AWD systems can put the power down! Why in any scenario would you want to disable that?? Xdrive works in road course situations in applying power to the correct wheel coming out of corners! It applies all the power to the wheels in a Drag Race situation for max acceleration! Anyone who bought an xdrive car bought it for a reason! Because spinning ain’t winning in any situation! X delete isn’t accomplishing what drivers want! They want their cars to perform like RWD cars but they’re still carrying all the xdrive weight which in my LOGIC if you’re still carrying the weight WHY not utilize it for your advantage!! Or just buy RWD platforms!! Pay extra for Xdrive pay for a tune to turn it off!!! 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Among 10 other issues that shouldn't be happening at 50k in a 640i, my transfer case is crapping out. When i emailed to ask what the xDelete timeline was for the G series, their reply email was "released just now." So feeling lucky, i jumped on it. No issues after 5 days. At least i can postpone the $12k transfer case replacement through the dry California summer/fall
@@B58_Albo No fault. No codes. Butt dyno detected choppy acceleration from a stop, especially uphill. Then noticed it all the way to highway speeds, though more subtle. Fluid change helped, but a FWD disconnection (and later xDelete to RWD) "solved" it entirely. Now to decide whether to make it BMW's problem (no codes: wink) or bend over and keep an extinct animal alive. One front axle already replaced, second CV boot has failed, driver door soft close took a shit, the rear hatch is manual past 8 inches, the steering column clicks a 11, and there are at least 2 trunk rattles and a back seat chirp. Good thing I'm lugging around 500 lbs of sound deadening lol. The shit we go through to even reach for a BMW touring experience in the US ....
My transfer case is also on its last legs, has this been a good temporary fix? Not wanting to splash out on a transfer case just yet but getting sick of the problems it’s causing me 🤣
I also had problem with transfer case, usually you can have some indy shops replace clutch pack... its definitely not 12k more like 1k repair... dont go stealership. I am also thinking about xdelete because i want ro perserve transfercase... in my case TC had 100k when it was on its way out. Really dissapointed in awd from bmw
@@Racinoto745 outside of shipping the transfer case to new york, I have found basically zero people willing to open it up and work on it. BMW technicians are not even trained to do this. It is a throwaway and replace part for them
Xdrive guys been dying to feel rwd guys traction issues? Tf, they must be making making some baby torque then, my gen1 Xdrive has tons of traction issues with 620wtq on ps4s when launching
I have m240i xdrive. I have been using xdelete for a long time. and quaife lsd diff is installed in my vehicle. But I could not fully understand the working logic of the new sport 4wd feature. Because when I get on the gas, I always tend to slide from behind first, even on the straight, so it is inevitable to see the DSC light. But it is fun to use the 2WD feature while drifting.❤ thanks kevin for the video
Not when it comes to racing, x drive beats rwd if your into racing and if it’s cold most of the months in your state. I want to get x delete to spin and stuff like that sometimes but I wouldn’t like to have it on all the time
I believe there´s one misunderstanding. 2WD is opening the clutch in the transfer case completely. also doing burnouts and putting the car on a dyne in this mode should be safe. There won´t be any tear on the clutches. What xAutomotive writes in the support section is, that the cooling oil in the clutch may cause the front wheels to turn. but since there is zero connection between the clutch you would even be able to hold the front wheels with the bare hands. Sport 4WD is different. in this mode the clutch does close and it may cause failure when doing burnouts/dyno runs in that mode.
thank you, i was wandering this too. i have a situation where my front axle boot slipped off and you know how it goes, axle kaput. so i was wandering if i could install xdelete, and drive it RWD for the time being while i order replacement parts. id go as far as removing the front driveshaft to minimized the torque resistance and basically eliminate his stated "friction", granted i'm still leaving the intact axle on so i guess i dont event need to touch the dirveshaft, whaddya think ?
My only gripe is that a company that tunes transfer cases and transmissions uses a 4WD image as AWD even tho those are two totally separate things.... I'm fun at parties, I promise.
Also I’ve been experiencing a supercharger wise type of noise when accelerating and letting off… Any clue what this is? Update: One of my charge pipe bolts popped off, The bottom bolt, and the gasket is exposed slightly. Makes sense because when on full throttle I’m making less power!
I've heard this happens because your transmission doesn't have enough fluid, there's a proper procedure where you have to warm up the trans after filling then refill.
I posted this on Facebook brought it to bmw and they had no clue but everyone on my Facebook post said it’s either normal or it’s been doing it for them the whole ownership. Seems to be a common thing but it’s been bothering the fudk out of me. I’m gonna try that full transmission flush but I don’t see how Mine fan be low fluid if it’s only for 30,000km and no leaks. Doesn’t make sense it could be low
Totally off topic question. For a 700whp m340i build, what type of fuelling is needed. With a pure 850 and port meth what would I be looking at? Ethanol is not readily available so what would be my option to achieve 700 whp.
If you got 100% going to rear wheels, doesn’t that mean the clutches are totally disengaged? I fail to see how burnouts and 2wd dyno would be any harder on the transfer case then 80-20 biassing.
@@AussieBoss-rj8mf the same reason why you can shift at redline and your clutch will be fine, but dumping the clutch at 7000rpm from a standstill will blow it up. Wheel speed differential is what wears clutches. And like i said, if you're going to have one wheel stationary and the other wheels doing 100+mph it will not last.
Would be interesting to know, if the 'AWD Sport' mode of xDelete gives you the same rear biased fun for the F-series as with the new G2x series (M340i). Any experiences so far?
My 2017 bmw 540i 67k downpipe intake MHD tune but on stock map is leaking oil out the exhaust it’s not coolant. it’s very rare when it happens though I can take the car out for a 2 hour drive and it won’t do it but randomly on a drive and I’ll be cruising not getting on it at all and it’ll shoot a HUGE white cloud of oil smoke out my exhaust for 5-10 seconds and then clear up when this happens I don’t lose any power nor do I drop or go up rpms I have no idea what it could be no check engine light at all I have replaced the pcv twice , a engine flush , spark plugs ,and coil packs.
I am super confused. My understanding is that the xDrive system in the M340i is unable to send more than like 80% of its power to the rear wheels. Cna someone correct me if I am wrong in thinking this? Because I am super confused how there cna be 0nm of torque being sent to the front axle if this was the case.
Thanks for all the awesome information you share! Just confused on when you say M cars, does M140i xdrive fall into that? I just started learning about all these things on our B58 cars, and I can feel that M140i xdrive is rear biased. Is it something like 70% to the rear in normal conditions? But still wondering if it has those uprated clutches like you've explained?
M140i, M240i and so on are called M-lite, while M cars is a totally different trim from M-Lite. M cars like M2, M3, M4 have better brakes, suspension, steering, etc... And different engine (well, they're both inline 6 and 3.0L but there are changes). Our M-Lite have B58 engine, and M cars have n55, s55, s58.
Can someone please tell me how to connect to this xDelete. I have a 2020 bmw m340, I have the Wired obd cable. When I click connect , the app says adapter not found
Most audi quattro setups like in a DAZA are the opposite. It's a fwd platform that can send some power to the rear. When the system is open it's back to fwd
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Just bought this and flashed XHP stage 2 yesterday on my 240i x drive. Love it but will probably pass on the x delete espically without and lsd.
Traction problems with my 335i e92 was why i went with an xdrive 340 lol. I miss rolling burnouts sometimes, but i can appreciate just gripping and going.
im 100% feeling that too. Its getting annoying never getting any power to stick down.
How much torque were you running?
I mean that's the cool part of xDelete is you can switch it on and off with an app on your phone.
If burnouts are risky to do with X delete. Why is XHP advertising burnouts using x-delete.
I use xdelete here and there but I've gotten a lot of hate for telling people that 0 doesn't mean full rwd so thanks for the reassurance that i was right
100% Safe, Posted some shorts videos of xdelete and xdelete sport mode! It drives good for me
How is the sport mode? That is what im most interested in. Have you tried launching in that mode?
It's nice to have but keep in mind the rear diff and axles are smaller than rwd. I think they will withstand some spooling-abuse but keep that in mind
Thanks for all your videos on the B58 just bought my first BMW 440i X and You alone have provided the most impressive amount of information a man could ever want. Well done. Thank You.
It was about time you did a video on xDelete :) I do however think you missed the one most important "issue" and risk with xDelete - that's the fact that the rear differential of RWD B58s is different (=designed for higher torque) than the rear differential of xDrive cars!! Especially for a tuned B58, driving and pushing it in 2WD mode puts a LOT of stress on the (weaker) rear differential, which has proven to lead to premature failures! Correct my understanding if I am off, but please do address this in your review, as this to me is a much bigger risk than the increased wear on the transfer case in the unlikely (or should I say stupidity-based... ) scenario with front wheels not turning.
I'm curious about the 'do not ride with staggered wheels at any setting above 0%' can you explain? Keep up the FANTASTIC information.
me as well.
Tried xdrive sport mode and its pretty cool ! Car feels very close to a rwd one but the little added front grip is nice . With dsc off thre car "snakes" almost like a rwd car but feels way faster . BMW M240i stage 2 + 93 . Personally I didn't really use xdelete rwd very often but I will 4 sure use this new mode more .
Thanks for those insights. I'm actually also interested in this 'AWD Sport' mode. So you would say it's in between 2WD and standard xDrive? Any up- or downsides so far? You're talking about a F22, right?
@@gwspom yeah it's closer to rwd actually. No downsides so far but I will not use it daily because I have very bad tires ( p zero run flat 19 inch ) and I end up doing burnouts almost with dsc off . But it's very fun, it's like more of a show off to impress friends and stuff. Maybe with better tires I would use it idk. Yes F22 lci.
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Great video, thank you for taking the time to truly understand and explain how XDelete works in conjunction with the transfer case. It's really helpful to know and gives a lot of context as on what is okay and not okay if you're going to use it. No spin zone!
Mr Kern I think you did a wonderful job with this video explaining the logistics of a tune like this! I also think it’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen! AWD in powerful cars has so much engineering behind it to in any weather any surface conditions always provide outstanding traction! As these cars get more and more powerful these AWD systems can put the power down! Why in any scenario would you want to disable that?? Xdrive works in road course situations in applying power to the correct wheel coming out of corners! It applies all the power to the wheels in a Drag Race situation for max acceleration! Anyone who bought an xdrive car bought it for a reason! Because spinning ain’t winning in any situation! X delete isn’t accomplishing what drivers want! They want their cars to perform like RWD cars but they’re still carrying all the xdrive weight which in my LOGIC if you’re still carrying the weight WHY not utilize it for your advantage!! Or just buy RWD platforms!! Pay extra for Xdrive pay for a tune to turn it off!!! 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Among 10 other issues that shouldn't be happening at 50k in a 640i, my transfer case is crapping out. When i emailed to ask what the xDelete timeline was for the G series, their reply email was "released just now." So feeling lucky, i jumped on it. No issues after 5 days. At least i can postpone the $12k transfer case replacement through the dry California summer/fall
How do you have a transfer case fault at 50k miles, I’m curious.
@@B58_Albo No fault. No codes. Butt dyno detected choppy acceleration from a stop, especially uphill. Then noticed it all the way to highway speeds, though more subtle. Fluid change helped, but a FWD disconnection (and later xDelete to RWD) "solved" it entirely. Now to decide whether to make it BMW's problem (no codes: wink) or bend over and keep an extinct animal alive. One front axle already replaced, second CV boot has failed, driver door soft close took a shit, the rear hatch is manual past 8 inches, the steering column clicks a 11, and there are at least 2 trunk rattles and a back seat chirp. Good thing I'm lugging around 500 lbs of sound deadening lol. The shit we go through to even reach for a BMW touring experience in the US ....
My transfer case is also on its last legs, has this been a good temporary fix? Not wanting to splash out on a transfer case just yet but getting sick of the problems it’s causing me 🤣
I also had problem with transfer case, usually you can have some indy shops replace clutch pack... its definitely not 12k more like 1k repair... dont go stealership. I am also thinking about xdelete because i want ro perserve transfercase... in my case TC had 100k when it was on its way out. Really dissapointed in awd from bmw
@@Racinoto745 outside of shipping the transfer case to new york, I have found basically zero people willing to open it up and work on it. BMW technicians are not even trained to do this. It is a throwaway and replace part for them
How could your clutch plates slip and wear down, if you would put the car in rwd mode and there wont be any clutch ingagement?
Xdrive guys been dying to feel rwd guys traction issues? Tf, they must be making making some baby torque then, my gen1 Xdrive has tons of traction issues with 620wtq on ps4s when launching
Bro never heard of tight corner drifting
It's also for burnouts for drag racing
I have m240i xdrive. I have been using xdelete for a long time. and quaife lsd diff is installed in my vehicle. But I could not fully understand the working logic of the new sport 4wd feature. Because when I get on the gas, I always tend to slide from behind first, even on the straight, so it is inevitable to see the DSC light. But it is fun to use the 2WD feature while drifting.❤ thanks kevin for the video
Guys, if you want to do fun, rear wheel drive stuff just get a rear wheel drive car traction won’t be as good but it’s a trade-off
Not when it comes to racing, x drive beats rwd if your into racing and if it’s cold most of the months in your state. I want to get x delete to spin and stuff like that sometimes but I wouldn’t like to have it on all the time
I believe there´s one misunderstanding. 2WD is opening the clutch in the transfer case completely. also doing burnouts and putting the car on a dyne in this mode should be safe. There won´t be any tear on the clutches. What xAutomotive writes in the support section is, that the cooling oil in the clutch may cause the front wheels to turn. but since there is zero connection between the clutch you would even be able to hold the front wheels with the bare hands.
Sport 4WD is different. in this mode the clutch does close and it may cause failure when doing burnouts/dyno runs in that mode.
thank you, i was wandering this too. i have a situation where my front axle boot slipped off and you know how it goes, axle kaput. so i was wandering if i could install xdelete, and drive it RWD for the time being while i order replacement parts. id go as far as removing the front driveshaft to minimized the torque resistance and basically eliminate his stated "friction", granted i'm still leaving the intact axle on so i guess i dont event need to touch the dirveshaft, whaddya think ?
Just to be safe I also removed my front CV axles and did the Xdelete.
I have a '23 M240i and can swap it between awd/rwd without xDelete. Videos on my profile. Will be posting a tutorial soon. ✌️
Thank you for posting this there wasn’t really a lot of info
Im wondering Would going just rwd be faster on a roll with proper tires
Nice Porsche shirts.😂
beat boxing outro sending me 😭
I was wearing headphones and it kinda freaked me out... thought someone was standing behind me lol
It blew my transfer case up at 40,000 miles clutches are smoke and lost all connection with the vtg, 2019 bmw 440i
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Were you doing a lot of standing burnouts? How did it happen?
Tell us more please
@@B58_Albo I am starting to believe it is true, there has been FB posts on XHP group people ruining their diff by doing excessive burn outs
Same here at 60k miles
I got a factory xdeleted car. 🤪
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My only gripe is that a company that tunes transfer cases and transmissions uses a 4WD image as AWD even tho those are two totally separate things.... I'm fun at parties, I promise.
lol
Have anyone tried this on cars after 06/2021? On my m440i g22 01/2023 xdelete app and website both say its available for my car
Will this eliminate the well known transfer case judder issues?
Also I’ve been experiencing a supercharger wise type of noise when accelerating and letting off…
Any clue what this is?
Update:
One of my charge pipe bolts popped off,
The bottom bolt, and the gasket is exposed slightly. Makes sense because when on full throttle I’m making less power!
hopefully its not your transmission whining
I've heard this happens because your transmission doesn't have enough fluid, there's a proper procedure where you have to warm up the trans after filling then refill.
@@ZirahOG that’s what it may be
@@ZirahOG but can’t tell
I posted this on Facebook brought it to bmw and they had no clue but everyone on my Facebook post said it’s either normal or it’s been doing it for them the whole ownership. Seems to be a common thing but it’s been bothering the fudk out of me. I’m gonna try that full transmission flush but I don’t see how Mine fan be low fluid if it’s only for 30,000km and no leaks. Doesn’t make sense it could be low
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Totally off topic question. For a 700whp m340i build, what type of fuelling is needed. With a pure 850 and port meth what would I be looking at? Ethanol is not readily available so what would be my option to achieve 700 whp.
If you got 100% going to rear wheels, doesn’t that mean the clutches are totally disengaged? I fail to see how burnouts and 2wd dyno would be any harder on the transfer case then 80-20 biassing.
@@AussieBoss-rj8mf the same reason why you can shift at redline and your clutch will be fine, but dumping the clutch at 7000rpm from a standstill will blow it up. Wheel speed differential is what wears clutches. And like i said, if you're going to have one wheel stationary and the other wheels doing 100+mph it will not last.
Would be interesting to know, if the 'AWD Sport' mode of xDelete gives you the same rear biased fun for the F-series as with the new G2x series (M340i). Any experiences so far?
My 2017 bmw 540i 67k downpipe intake MHD tune but on stock map is leaking oil out the exhaust it’s not coolant. it’s very rare when it happens though I can take the car out for a 2 hour drive and it won’t do it but randomly on a drive and I’ll be cruising not getting on it at all and it’ll shoot a HUGE white cloud of oil smoke out my exhaust for 5-10 seconds and then clear up when this happens I don’t lose any power nor do I drop or go up rpms I have no idea what it could be no check engine light at all I have replaced the pcv twice , a engine flush , spark plugs ,and coil packs.
Head gasket?
@@Crazy_B58 no if it was head gasket it would smoke all the time
@@tuchilds981 yea you right.... Let me know if you find anything. I currently have a minimal coolant leak cant seem to find that too
maybe put a catch can on it and see if that solves it. or use a VTA system to bypass PCV
Does the rpm start playing around and having a weird noise?
I am super confused. My understanding is that the xDrive system in the M340i is unable to send more than like 80% of its power to the rear wheels. Cna someone correct me if I am wrong in thinking this? Because I am super confused how there cna be 0nm of torque being sent to the front axle if this was the case.
I tried this on my 2015 535i yesterday and now it's stuck in rwd and won't go back to awd. Please help
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Hello I have a 2008 model lci 530xd diesel vehicle with joystick gear. Is xdelete suitable for my vehicle
Thanks for all the awesome information you share!
Just confused on when you say M cars, does M140i xdrive fall into that?
I just started learning about all these things on our B58 cars, and I can feel that M140i xdrive is rear biased.
Is it something like 70% to the rear in normal conditions?
But still wondering if it has those uprated clutches like you've explained?
M140i, M240i and so on are called M-lite, while M cars is a totally different trim from M-Lite. M cars like M2, M3, M4 have better brakes, suspension, steering, etc... And different engine (well, they're both inline 6 and 3.0L but there are changes). Our M-Lite have B58 engine, and M cars have n55, s55, s58.
@@mrdussel6625Got it, thanks. But how about 440i, 340i (non m-lite) or even 320i, are those having the same xdrive setup as m-lites?
@@588gtr probably yeah, m cars is just overall better, more beefier engines and transmission/transfer case
Hey kern with xdelete i can make my xdrive 440i lower without having to worry about the front axles breaking?
Can you do this to A 2009 bmw 328 x
Wasnt the cut off 06/2020
Can someone please tell me how to connect to this xDelete. I have a 2020 bmw m340, I have the Wired obd cable. When I click connect , the app says adapter not found
When you do your first flash you need a WiFi adapter such as MHD or BM3 adapter. After the first flash you can use a wired obd cable.
@@B58_Albo thanks bro I appreciate it
If I use the xdelete for dyno tuning will it be okay for the transfer case? Planning on putting back awd once the tune is done
he specified that using RWD on a dyno is not good for it
Can you upgrade your transfer case
Pure drivetrain solutions makes built ones yes
I have a lci g30 540i x drive. Is it safe to run a staggered setup now that xdelete is available.
Its not available for g30 lci. Only for
@@catalin.c until 06.21 every car is supported ;)
As lonf as the diameters are the same then it's ok even without xdelete
I got xdelete for free with my base model 328d
hello, what does it mean "staggered setup" in French please ? I don't understand this. Thanks
les roues avant et arrière ont des pneus de tailles différentes
@@kern417 thank you very much, but all 540i g30 xdrive has stagered setup no ?
@@julienpachot8187 most have same fromt and rear, but wheel width is not as important. It is tire diameter. It should be no more than 1% different
@@kern417 ahhhh ok i have understand
Thank you
i wonder y they cant do this for audi🤷♂️
Most audi quattro setups like in a DAZA are the opposite. It's a fwd platform that can send some power to the rear. When the system is open it's back to fwd
@@kern417 i'm ment Audi Quattro like in all Audi models except the TT and A3, s3, rs3 those uses Volkswagen haldex system
@@kern417 my s4 has a zf trans
@@darrinscoilsclouds1498 what? Your s4 isn't dsg?
@@kern417 no all the new S and RS audis have ZF. mine is a 2020. all audis are rear wheel biast exept the TT and 3 line
:laughs in G80 with M drive professional:
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If you have RWD you can not enable xDrive with xDelete? Woah! Scam! KEKW