Steve owns a C63S himself.

 

"Bro"
"Holy shi*."

Those are the two texts Digitalnav sent me after he picked up his newly Dinan'd C63S.

 

lol. The texts after pickup are always the best. I remember the owner of our development BMW X5M texting the engineering head 5 minutes after he picked up his car and it just said "1. HOLY ********!, 2. Thank You.". Anyhoo--- Enjoy, Digitalnav. =)

 

Just bought my kit in person and will install tonight, give some feedback as well

 

Quite busy with work till the weekend so I'll hold off on the full review till then... but...

As stated above... HOLY!!!

This thing is stupid fast now. Car just keeps going and going and going... im speechless.

 

Looking forward to feeling it myself. Pickup tomorrow.

 

Hi, I just bought my coupe and looking to buy this tune. Where did you purchase from?

 

There's two vendors who've posted in this forum specifically advertising this; 3WD and AutoTalent. You can find their posts on the first page of threads too.

 

Can anyone who has the Dinantronics installed post pics of the underhood installation. How did you route and secure harness and individual sensors?

 

I never thought the day would come that I would say this, but does this car really need more power? I can break the tires loose in 2nd gear with my C63 S and it already cant put the power down terribly well on launch...I feel like it needs AWD to be able to take advantage of 609hp and 660 lb ft of torque.

Wow...I must be getting old.

 

No, but it's damn fun.

 

Drove home from the 17 (those local to norcal will know what I mean).... these new tires + this tune... lets just say I never made it home that quick before.

 

Wow this tune pulls hard. Thanks Dinan for a great product! Amazing power!

And thanks to Sean and the SD Autotech (now Carbahn Autoworks) San Jose team for the great install on the tune and the suspension goodies.

 

Anyone planning to go to the strip to see what kind of 1/4 mile and trap speeds they’re seeing?

 

+1. Also a dyno before and after (should be easy enough given the bypass plug).

 

The dyno Dinan posted is of my car.

 

If Mercedes does an ECU software update will this have any effect on the Piggyback??

 

It should not have any effect on a piggyback unit. Only on ECU flashes.

 

Nope.

 

Yep, looks good. I'm getting one soon.

 

Any updates or reviews from those that have installed the unit?

 

$2200 for what is effectively a chip!@? It's more like $700 for the chip and $1500 for insurance. I've had Dinan chips in my old E36 BMWs back long ago when it made sense. For $2200, if I wanted to have a faster car...I'd get a faster car! I'm more likely to upgrade to the new E63S AMG than chip my C63S. Just my opinion.

 

As someone who tracked the new E63S and C63S.... i disagree.

The E63S is a straightline rocket but feels like a boat compared to the C63s. You're paying for the insurance AND the R&D that goes into the product and the brand. If youre spending $84K on a car, $2K on a tune with the piece of mind is relatively cheap IMO factoring in you keep warranty.

 

You can totally disagree for your purposes assuming that you track the car a lot. For most folks that will not track either car, it's potentially a waste of money (relatively). If I were tracking anything, it'd be the 911 or other car that is more "track worthy". The C63 and the E63, are both too heavy.

 

I don’t think there’s a single C63S owner here who is chasing lap times. But that doesn’t mean an extra boost in power and torque from a tune can’t be enjoyed on the street daily driving.

If you don’t like Dinan’s price and warranty, there are plenty of other piggybacks that will make as much power for a fraction of the cost. Just don’t expect any tuner to back the warranty the way Dinan does if something goes wrong with the drivetrain.