LSD or Tune?
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09 C63, 11 Cayenne S
Tune all the way. Lsd if you plan on tracking the car. The biggest mod you can get and the cheapest too, unless you get a charger. Especially now, you can get the tune with the handheld at basically the same price as the tune alone
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The only track it sees is Tire Rack's when in switching tires. Other than that I am a stoplight to stoplight kind of driver. I think I will start with the tune.
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With all due respect, IMO 80% of C63 owners would not be able to tell whether the car has LSD or not if they were given a random C63 to test-drive.
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In the end, you'll want both. Decide which one is easiest for you to do first, then do that. Tune will be relatively painless and easy. LSD will require 8 - 10 hours of installation labor (by someone who knows what they're doing).
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I'd pick LSD. If the C63 has a dynamic fault, it's the inability to smoothly modulate the application of power on corner exit when close to the limit of adhesion. An open differential isn't such a big deal in cars with more modest torque output. My Cayman S didn't have a LSD, but it didn't have anywhere near the grunt as the C63. Why didn't MB equip the C63 with LSD as standard? I'm guessing that the marketing folks expected the majority of owners to not care about on-limit corner exit behavior, or even to lack awareness of the function of a LSD.
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08 Vette Z51 6MT, 07 Z4M Coupe, 12 G37 coupe
my C63 will see a tune before LSD hands down
i usually do my spirited straight line blasts on the freeway anyways, this car is too quick for local roads
i usually do my spirited straight line blasts on the freeway anyways, this car is too quick for local roads
#23
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i got +100rwhp over stock and no lsd...i dont think it matters at least not noticeably or significantly. Ideally I would;ve done both, just dont have any local shops.
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