Renntech Stage 2 Ecu?
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Renntech C63 AMG; Samoa Orange R8 GT 115/333
Renntech Stage 2 Ecu?
My car dealer was just talking to me about some renntech upgrades... So I'm wondering if anyone has done the renntech Ecu upgrade or if there are any opinions of it... Thanks!
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If you go with the RENNtech package, you may want to join in on the RENNtech airbox group buy ASAP since the price reduction is fairly big. Here is the thread for it:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...intake-gp.html
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Not to rain on your Renntech parade, but why would you go through a dealer to get this upgrade? You will be paying dealer markup on top of the high markup of renntech? There are soo many tuners out there that can get you what renntech can get, if not more, but for much cheaper.
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There's no Dealer markup... And I already bought the Akro evo exhaust so while my car is at renntech I thought I might as well get the tune... Are renntech Ecu tunes really underpowered?
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RENNtech is very conservative with their claims, but their stuff does make the power as you will see on the dyno and on the track.
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Having experience with RENNtech myself and seeing stage 2 tuning a truck load of times. Its good. However I have not seen tuning coming from their new tuner. Since their old tuner left, a few months ago. From what I hear they only have a contracted tuner, named Dion.
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Having experience with RENNtech myself and seeing stage 2 tuning a truck load of times. Its good. However I have not seen tuning coming from their new tuner. Since their old tuner left, a few months ago. From what I hear they only have a contracted tuner, named Dion.
"Dian" has been apparently tuning cars at RENNtech for a very long time; he did not just take over or start tuning cars when the previous tuner left, and (more importantly) he is not somebody new. So many of the stage 2 tunes we've seen have actually been produced by both guys. Also, they now have 2 additional guys working on tuning and general software development, which will make things very interesting once their new "secret" tuning is released
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Actually that's not entirely accurate.... (at least from what I hear).
"Dian" has been apparently tuning cars at RENNtech for a very long time; he did not just take over or start tuning cars when the previous tuner left, and (more importantly) he is not somebody new. So many of the stage 2 tunes we've seen have actually been produced by both guys. Also, they now have 2 additional guys working on tuning and general software development, which will make things very interesting once their new "secret" tuning is released![naughty](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/naughty.gif)
"Dian" has been apparently tuning cars at RENNtech for a very long time; he did not just take over or start tuning cars when the previous tuner left, and (more importantly) he is not somebody new. So many of the stage 2 tunes we've seen have actually been produced by both guys. Also, they now have 2 additional guys working on tuning and general software development, which will make things very interesting once their new "secret" tuning is released
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Can you please tell us who exactly is tuning cars at RENNtech right now besides Dian? Who the other two employees are? I assume you do not even know their names let alone their qualifications. But if that is so, then how the heck can you pass judgement on them so blindly/quickly?
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Back on topic, here are some results from the op's project:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...pics-soon.html
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Wow, you think that low of Dian? You think he needs 2 more guys helping him in order to become as good as Jeff?
Can you please tell us who exactly is tuning cars at RENNtech right now besides Dian? Who the other two employees are? I assume you do not even know their names let alone their qualifications, so then how in the heck can you pass judgement so blindly?![nix](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/nixweiss.gif)
Back on topic, here are some results from the op's project:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...pics-soon.html
Can you please tell us who exactly is tuning cars at RENNtech right now besides Dian? Who the other two employees are? I assume you do not even know their names let alone their qualifications, so then how in the heck can you pass judgement so blindly?
![nix](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/nixweiss.gif)
Back on topic, here are some results from the op's project:
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...pics-soon.html
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^ this.
There's paying more, and there is paying MORE for no reason. Sometimes you pay more to buy from a reputable company with staff, a building, employees, etc. that you know will be around in a year or so in the event that something goes wrong and you need support. You can always pay less to buy from a 1-man show, and that's not a dig on their talent or abilities, it's just that - should something go catastrophically wrong - a lone entity can dissolve their LLC and "simply" reappear under a different (company) name or at another facility, whereas a larger shop has a greater obligation to support their product long-term.
So, a few hundred $ more to get some additional security? That can make sense, depending on your situation. An extra $1000 or $2000 to help pay for your tuner's vacation villa in Spain? Not so much.
There's paying more, and there is paying MORE for no reason. Sometimes you pay more to buy from a reputable company with staff, a building, employees, etc. that you know will be around in a year or so in the event that something goes wrong and you need support. You can always pay less to buy from a 1-man show, and that's not a dig on their talent or abilities, it's just that - should something go catastrophically wrong - a lone entity can dissolve their LLC and "simply" reappear under a different (company) name or at another facility, whereas a larger shop has a greater obligation to support their product long-term.
So, a few hundred $ more to get some additional security? That can make sense, depending on your situation. An extra $1000 or $2000 to help pay for your tuner's vacation villa in Spain? Not so much.
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^ this.
There's paying more, and there is paying MORE for no reason. Sometimes you pay more to buy from a reputable company with staff, a building, employees, etc. that you know will be around in a year or so in the event that something goes wrong and you need support. You can always pay less to buy from a 1-man show, and that's not a dig on their talent or abilities, it's just that - should something go catastrophically wrong - a lone entity can dissolve their LLC and "simply" reappear under a different (company) name or at another facility, whereas a larger shop has a greater obligation to support their product long-term.
So, a few hundred $ more to get some additional security? That can make sense, depending on your situation. An extra $1000 or $2000 to help pay for your tuner's vacation villa in Spain? Not so much.
There's paying more, and there is paying MORE for no reason. Sometimes you pay more to buy from a reputable company with staff, a building, employees, etc. that you know will be around in a year or so in the event that something goes wrong and you need support. You can always pay less to buy from a 1-man show, and that's not a dig on their talent or abilities, it's just that - should something go catastrophically wrong - a lone entity can dissolve their LLC and "simply" reappear under a different (company) name or at another facility, whereas a larger shop has a greater obligation to support their product long-term.
So, a few hundred $ more to get some additional security? That can make sense, depending on your situation. An extra $1000 or $2000 to help pay for your tuner's vacation villa in Spain? Not so much.
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Renntech is a very reputable tuner for Mercedes-Benz. However, I really can't justify paying 3k for the same tune other tuners are offering for 1k don't ya agree? They are very overpriced IMHO and there really is no difference except for the name.