Considering an ECU Powerchip upgrade for '06, S 600. ( $ 2400)

Anyone done this? Does it work as advertised? Any downside?

appreciate the help

 

did you get the car you were considering buying?i saw you were worried about depreciation.$44k for an 06 S600 with 18k miles for $44k is allready taken the hit and you should have that car in your garage allready!.i would not worry about "chipping" the biturbo until the warranty expires.

 

but what if the OP wants to make the already ridiculous power really, REALLY INSANE???

 

There are many other tuners besides Powerchip that I would use. But yes, it "works as advertised"...

 

I don't know much about powerchip, I would recommend Kleemann or Renntech (I am doing Renntech next week). Chipping usually doesn't affect the warranty unless your dealership is a bunch of *****s.

 

I have looked into Renntech.........it is $ 3400 Vs $ 2400 for powerchip. Is it worth the difference?

Oxygen, what other tuners would you recommend?

 

Dont they have a special now and its 2400 contact them and ask for a deal.

 

I use Powerchip software for my company's tuning.

Here are the results of simple software upgrade:

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ml#post3004797

Enjoy!

 

+1
on the renntech that what i would rather use ..

i had a powechip on my avalanche .. messed it up then again i wanted to find out how much can the truck take lol

 

RennTech...you get what you pay for.

 

I just got the kleeman ecu and tcu tunes plus the sprint booster on the 2004 s600 and it is so fast that its scary. literally so much g force that the passenger is pinned into the seat and for the first time in my life my head actually hit the head rest. , no mus no fus no codes and a car that is superfast.

 

scarybary: Do you think the sprint booster was worth it? I am contemplating this upgrade but having a hard time understanding how useful the device is if it doesn't add horsepower/torque.

 

Yes it works as advertised but i have heard that they cause transmission problems

 

I have yet to hear about any transmission failure due to software upgrade.

S600 has one of the strongest 5-speeds MB builds. Many clients drag race them without any problems.

 

does it share that 5-speed with the S55, specifically 2004? thanks

 

Yes.

 

i thought so. thanks. now I have one less reason to not get down to Old Dominion and time the darn thing in the quarter mile.