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Old 10-07-2011, 10:33 AM
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Where are you all purchasing your tunes from?
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Why do you say "guaranteed safe" versus other tunes?
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Ok, I'm both glad for you and jealous that you are running strong out of the gate. I started with a K-1 tune, had issues and unremarkable gains (seat of the pants, no dyno). Went for the K-2 with short tube headers, big problems with ECU and car in limp mode. After weeks of visits, Kleeman and FunKtion Auto (DC area) diagnosed the problem, re-flashed the ECU and now car running great. All said and done, worth the money and the pain. Finally, car wouldn't run a week ago with flashing ECU, towed to the dealer, they replaced valve cam solenoid (right exhaust) under warranty despite seeing the headers and suspecting a tune, back to running great. Great support from Kleeman, Walid at FunKtion Auto and American Service Center in Arlington, VA. Now flying CAP in search of GT500s.
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Kleemann doesn't try to squeeze every hp out of your engine. Its been proven that they provide conservative tunes that don't stretch the limit of your car (and they admit to that too in previous threads that they might leave some power on the table at the price of added safety, longevity, reliability). plus there track record proves that across different models.
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Nothing is "guaranteed" safe. And what track records??
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Originally Posted by Leon Bacon
Ok, I'm both glad for you and jealous that you are running strong out of the gate. I started with a K-1 tune, had issues and unremarkable gains (seat of the pants, no dyno). Went for the K-2 with short tube headers, big problems with ECU and car in limp mode. After weeks of visits, Kleeman and FunKtion Auto (DC area) diagnosed the problem, re-flashed the ECU and now car running great. All said and done, worth the money and the pain. Finally, car wouldn't run a week ago with flashing ECU, towed to the dealer, they replaced valve cam solenoid (right exhaust) under warranty despite seeing the headers and suspecting a tune, back to running great. Great support from Kleeman, Walid at FunKtion Auto and American Service Center in Arlington, VA. Now flying CAP in search of GT500s.
I like your history though I think is absurd to read that your dealer changed your exhaust even though they identified that you were running headers..that along is stupid on their end. Your exhaust warranty should had been avoid right there and then.
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K2 for over a year and never regetted it for a second (K1 is where the biggest bang for the buck lies). Drove a a friends stock C63 and they are two different cars above 4k rpm.

Congrats on the tune, nice numbers
I based my K2 purchase on your review.
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I like your history though I think is absurd to read that your dealer changed your exhaust even though they identified that you were running headers..that along is stupid on their end. Your exhaust warranty should had been avoid right there and then.
They didn't replace the exhaust. They replaced a solenoid.
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Correct, solenoid. Also I wonder if the fact that I bought my last two cars new from them (C55 & C63) had any impact.

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