Fifth Ring

I wouldn't rule it out, but I am suspicious. In most turbo cars, a $400 chip/flash is NOT unusual, and they monkey with the software to generate real boost. I picked up 50HP in my Audi with a $400 chip. Basically, the chip tells the turbos to keep spooling past the point where Audi wanted them to cut out (bumping from 14 to 17 psi).

However, I thought that the supercharger setup was not "tweekable" like this, and without an overdrive pulley, the s/c was delivering full boost under the stock setup, and that there was no cut out. I'd love to hear from Vadim or someone else with hands-on data has to say.

It's also "odd" that they show equal or greater gains for the non-boosted cars as for the boosted cars. Could this be one of those chips that just advances ignition and mandates 93 octane fuel? Lastly, the dyno charts seem VERY artificial to me. Smooth curves with the chip providing a proportional increase all along the curve. In the real world, it's never that smooth; and the increases vary at RPM levels.

Eurocharged Rick

correct, the supercharger is belt driven, the only way to increase the boost is to change the pulley...

Nick@JleviSW

If you are interested in a chip upgrade, we just started carrying the full line of Speed Innovation software. This is a complete ECU remapping system that will improve torque and HP output.

The C32 should expect about a 10-17HP gain and 9-16TQ gain.

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Fifth Ring

Nick:

Now that you've chimed in, no good deed goes unpunished. Tell us about the chip and what it really does to make HP.

Nick@JleviSW

This chip will remap your ECU settings to open up more power and torque avaiable through both 91 and 93 octane. Realize that this is not just a simple piggy back ECU chip but rather a comprehensive reprogramming (fully reversible if desired) that is much more effective than your tradtional add on.

ItalianStallion

I have speedtuning on my CLK500. I dealt with Oliver. For $300 he gave me a 98 octane program, more hp and tq, and removed the electronic governor. Me and my friends could feel the difference in the pull, though I never dynoed it before and after. I don't think you can get any better of a deal for $300. I checked out Kleeman, RennTech, Brabus, EvoSport and all their ECU upgrades go for around $1,000. So, I recommend SpeedTuning. I've had it for a while now and haven't seen one problem so far. It just makes the car a bit more aggressive, I like it. I'm sure that on a s/c'ed car, a pully and ECU combo would give significant increases in power. If you want to go cheap, maybe an ASP pulley and SpeedTuning ECU would be the best bang for you buck.

Good luck

Fifth Ring

And where do you buy your 98 octane fuel? (It's easy to boost HP with tweeks to timing if there's enough octane to keep the engine from pinging.)

ItalianStallion

I get 93 Octane at the pump and I put an octane booster that combined with the 93 gives 100 Octane. I figure the booster may not give you that extra 7 points, but if it gives me 4 or 5 its worth it. I also run the car with normal 93 and I haven't had any pinging, so its pretty safely tuned.

mdncn2762

Anything good ever come out of Speedtuning for our C32's lately?
I know im not the first C32 owner to get this tune. By the way, my ECU should be back here tomorrow. Ive searched alot about Speedtuning and only found mixed references for the E55 and very few for C32.
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