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Old May 25, 2020 | 03:59 PM
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Best Tune/Catless/Intake options?

Hey everyone,

My car: 2018 C63S Coupe

There seems to be quite a few options, but I can’t really find any serious feedback. Price isn’t much of a problem, but I’d like the best quality tune, catless, and intake options I can get. I’ve read Renntech tunes have top end issues - though they’re incredibly reputable, I don’t want to run into issues like that.

I’ve been looking at DME, are the tunes plug
and play? Are there better options than DME?

Lastly, regarding intake, looking for performance in carbon fiber.

Thanks for your feedback!
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Old May 25, 2020 | 04:11 PM
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The JB4 is the top piggyback based tune out for the platform: https://www.burgertuning.com/product...1df437c9&_ss=r

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Old May 25, 2020 | 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by JBV8TT
Hey everyone,

My car: 2018 C63S Coupe

There seems to be quite a few options, but I can’t really find any serious feedback. Price isn’t much of a problem, but I’d like the best quality tune, catless, and intake options I can get. I’ve read Renntech tunes have top end issues - though they’re incredibly reputable, I don’t want to run into issues like that.

I’ve been looking at DME, are the tunes plug
and play? Are there better options than DME?

Lastly, regarding intake, looking for performance in carbon fiber.

Thanks for your feedback!
Where are you?
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Old May 25, 2020 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JBV8TT
Hey everyone,

My car: 2018 C63S Coupe

There seems to be quite a few options, but I can’t really find any serious feedback. Price isn’t much of a problem, but I’d like the best quality tune, catless, and intake options I can get. I’ve read Renntech tunes have top end issues - though they’re incredibly reputable, I don’t want to run into issues like that.

I’ve been looking at DME, are the tunes plug
and play? Are there better options than DME?

Lastly, regarding intake, looking for performance in carbon fiber.

Thanks for your feedback!
Can't go wrong with Dme...via Obd and done. performance exceeded my expectations (non s) daily driven and hard. No issues whatsoever. For pipes I went catted gesi...negligible gains for catless vs a quality catted pipe...arguably the best cat out there but about 1k more than catless....and 0 smell. Sound is is about 90% as loud but not as raspy as catless...they are LOUD.

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Old May 26, 2020 | 10:42 AM
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Old May 26, 2020 | 11:16 AM
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Old May 26, 2020 | 01:27 PM
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If youre in Hershey, I highly recommend a trip to kevin at labworx development in cherry hill NJ. He is one of the best tuners in the world and he specializes in amg and M model bmws. He can write a map however you want it, and Ive had him tune my last 2 cars. His tunes are reliable and issue free.

As far as DPs are concerned, theyre all pretty much the same, as they are with most platforms. I did the SSR catless and Ive had zero issues with them, I would also consider the Modal Works DPs.

I also just installed the Modal Works CF intakes and the power increase at the top end was as advertised. The build quality and sound are top notch.

Hope that helps!



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Old May 26, 2020 | 02:35 PM
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If youre in Hershey, I highly recommend a trip to kevin at labworx development in cherry hill NJ. He is one of the best tuners in the world and he specializes in amg and M model bmws. He can write a map however you want it, and Ive had him tune my last 2 cars. His tunes are reliable and issue free.

As far as DPs are concerned, theyre all pretty much the same, as they are with most platforms. I did the SSR catless and Ive had zero issues with them, I would also consider the Modal Works DPs.

I also just installed the Modal Works CF intakes and the power increase at the top end was as advertised. The build quality and sound are top notch.

Hope that helps!


Perfect! That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the direction.
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Originally Posted by Pete H
Can't go wrong with Dme...via Obd and done. performance exceeded my expectations (non s) daily driven and hard. No issues whatsoever. For pipes I went catted gesi...negligible gains for catless vs a quality catted pipe...arguably the best cat out there but about 1k more than catless....and 0 smell. Sound is is about 90% as loud but not as raspy as catless...they are LOUD.
Do you have a link to your DPs??
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Can't go wrong with Dme...via Obd and done. performance exceeded my expectations (non s) daily driven and hard. No issues whatsoever. For pipes I went catted gesi...negligible gains for catless vs a quality catted pipe...arguably the best cat out there but about 1k more than catless....and 0 smell. Sound is is about 90% as loud but not as raspy as catless...they are LOUD.
Thanks, everyone! I talked with Lalit at DME this afternoon and went SSR Catless and the DME Tune.
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