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Has anyone had any experiences with this company? I've hear both good and bad. For those who have purchased this product, please give me some input. The ecu chip's price is rather affordable, therefor catches me eye. 
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run away! its cheap for a reason look at there website. its not in hp its in euro and when you con. to us theres no gains at all. its down the street from my house and nothing you want to do to your benz stay away and save you $$$$
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Originally Posted by benztec
run away! its cheap for a reason look at there website. its not in hp its in euro and when you con. to us theres no gains at all. its down the street from my house and nothing you want to do to your benz stay away and save you $$$$
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Obsidian Black C43, Silver C43, Silver Carlsson E-class wagon, Brabus G-class
I've had the speedtuningusa on my obsidian black C43 and have put it over 50K miles now and no problems. Results are definitely great with EVO pullies. Big difference with my stock silver C43. I also have it on my 2001 E55 and soon to get it on my 2002CLK55 and 2003 G55.
Highly recommended and fast and easy turnaround.
Highly recommended and fast and easy turnaround.
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I know Oliver very well, if anyone wants to get the ECU tuning form speedtuning just tell him your're calling about the benz group buy and Ahmad with the silver clk referred you and he will give you an even better price 
I also have this on my car and felt a difference (butt dyno). I bough tit cuz its cheap and I was happy with results. Powerchip may add more power (not sure) but at 4 times the price is it worth it? Somebody should dyno before and after to see the results.
I also have this on my car and felt a difference (butt dyno). I bough tit cuz its cheap and I was happy with results. Powerchip may add more power (not sure) but at 4 times the price is it worth it? Somebody should dyno before and after to see the results.
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I have posted prior on this. I just got back from a 3,500 mile trip and the top speed was 135MPH down hill. This was with my 03 CLK 500. Olivar told me he removed the speed limiter, false. On the first 3 runs it felt much stronger and then settled bact to where it was prior. within a week I called Olivar, he told me it needed to learn the new setting. This was over a year ago, it must be a slow learner, as it ran & runs like it did prior to the chip mod.
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I have it on my CLK500. Theres no major difference in power like a supercharger upgrade or something, but you can definitely feel it. The car also just drives and responds better. About the governor, I'm not going to say that it worked but I was racing and my friend in back of me has a Cobalt SS and he said he was doing 130 and I was way ahead of him, he said I was probably doing 145. So not sure if it was removed or not. But as in power, there is definitely an increase in power and torque. For $300 I think its awesome. Oliver is great too, very helpful and he optimized my ECU for 93-99 octane for free (he said custom stuff was an extra $200 but he let this one slide). Sent it out on a Thursday night, got it back Saturday morning. I highly recommend them for the price. Like someone else said, maybe PowerChip will give you slightly better results but for over $1000 its not worth it.
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I purchased a tune from Oliver at speedtuningusa.com and would not recommend his product to anyone. You will just be wasting your money.
Oliver's ecu tune was put on my 2004 E55 and received no measurable gain in hp.
I would strongly recommend Kleemann first, then Renntech as a 2nd (this is just my personal preference). I went with Kleemann after Speedtuningusa.com and got wicked power gains from their ecu tune.
I have dyno charts of before and after speedtuningusa and before/after Kleemann.
Please don't waste your money. The seat of the pants dyno (butt dyno) is heavily flawed. I have real dyno charts to prove it. Don't waste your money on speedtuningusa/Oliver.
Cheers,
Darren
Oliver's ecu tune was put on my 2004 E55 and received no measurable gain in hp.
I would strongly recommend Kleemann first, then Renntech as a 2nd (this is just my personal preference). I went with Kleemann after Speedtuningusa.com and got wicked power gains from their ecu tune.
I have dyno charts of before and after speedtuningusa and before/after Kleemann.
Please don't waste your money. The seat of the pants dyno (butt dyno) is heavily flawed. I have real dyno charts to prove it. Don't waste your money on speedtuningusa/Oliver.
Cheers,
Darren
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Originally Posted by darren_dallas
I purchased a tune from Oliver at speedtuningusa.com and would not recommend his product to anyone. You will just be wasting your money.
Oliver's ecu tune was put on my 2004 E55 and received no measurable gain in hp.
I would strongly recommend Kleemann first, then Renntech as a 2nd (this is just my personal preference). I went with Kleemann after Speedtuningusa.com and got wicked power gains from their ecu tune.
I have dyno charts of before and after speedtuningusa and before/after Kleemann.
Please don't waste your money. The seat of the pants dyno (butt dyno) is heavily flawed. I have real dyno charts to prove it. Don't waste your money on speedtuningusa/Oliver.
Cheers,
Darren
Oliver's ecu tune was put on my 2004 E55 and received no measurable gain in hp.
I would strongly recommend Kleemann first, then Renntech as a 2nd (this is just my personal preference). I went with Kleemann after Speedtuningusa.com and got wicked power gains from their ecu tune.
I have dyno charts of before and after speedtuningusa and before/after Kleemann.
Please don't waste your money. The seat of the pants dyno (butt dyno) is heavily flawed. I have real dyno charts to prove it. Don't waste your money on speedtuningusa/Oliver.
Cheers,
Darren
