Chicago Area CLS 550 needed for a free AMS/ALPHA ECU tune

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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 04:28 PM
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Chicago Area CLS 550 needed for a free AMS/ALPHA ECU tune

We are looking to develop a tune for the SL,E and CLS 550 platform and we need you to help us with that. In exchange for letting us use your CLS 550 for about a week to develop and test the tune we will in turn give you the car back loaded with that tune FREE OF CHARGE.

If you are local to Chicago and are interested in taking us up on this offer please email sales@amsperformance.com

To be clear we are looking for any 2012+ CLS 550 that carries the 4.7L Twin Turbo engine.

Our tuners are some of the best in the world! In fact we are the first company to put the 2014 E63 4matic in the 10's on stock turbos



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Old Aug 12, 2014 | 03:17 PM
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We have our car! Thank you everyone.

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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 12:47 AM
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This is great news for M278 owners. Please post your results whenever you guys are done. I am glad to see a well known reputable tuner offering products for these cars.
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Old Aug 23, 2014 | 11:57 PM
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Any updates folks?
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Old Sep 3, 2014 | 10:51 AM
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Testing went great. I will wait for Gene to post up his experience and feedback

70+whp and 100ftlbs of tq gained and that was during a VERY hot day as the dyno room was reading over 100 degrees.

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Old Sep 3, 2014 | 11:46 PM
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Eric,

Thanks for the update and congrats for offering a tune for this engine platform (M278). Is Gene a customer or one of your AMS team employees? Was the result done on 93oct? and did you guys read any AFR or boost? what I am trying to get is that I would like to know a small description of what the tune gets, ie: raises rev limiter, raises top speed, enables launch control, increases boost..blah.blah.blah.

Also, when are we going to know the pricing?. Thanks in advance from a Evo/STI owner(yours truly) that have been following your success stories for over 10 years.

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Old Sep 8, 2014 | 10:31 AM
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!

I am the lucky customer who was able to get a tune from AMS Perforamnce. I first off want to thank Eric and the rest of the team there as I have never seen and worked with a more professional, state of the art and customer oriented performance shop...EVER!!

The gains from the tune are amazing. As Eric stated about 70WHP and 100+ lbs torque. The car reacts much nicer and is amazing to drive with better acceleration as well as smoother shifting.

After having it for 2 weeks i can honestly say that the MPG has not changed and possibly gone up a little after the tune, so that shouldnt be a concern for anyone.

The shop does amazing work and checks every aspect of the tune before they get the car back to you. I recommend anyone looking for a high performance car shop to reach out to AMS Performance and Eric.

Thanks again AMS,
Gene
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Old Sep 8, 2014 | 11:56 AM
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Thank you very much Gene for the kind review! We are thrilled you like the tune.

For the rest of you we should be revealing the tune to the public in just a few days.

Eric
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Gene,

Take the car to local track(dragstrip) and report to us what she runs..
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Sounds awesome! Live in Chicago, dying to get your tune, but worried about the warranty/dealership...
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