pulitzer

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

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

appreciate the help

AH1W-COBRA

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.

i_am_amused

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

Oxygen

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

Reckless

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.

pulitzer

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

Oxygen, what other tuners would you recommend?

Gondon

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

Vadim @ FD

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!

MR.J

+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

Iceman

RennTech...you get what you pay for.

scarybary

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.

Reckless

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.

benzking

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

Vadim @ FD

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.

i_am_amused

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

Vadim @ FD

Yes.

i_am_amused

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.