picking up the E55 this weekend - Seattle to Sacramento - travel ideas?
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The tuning I can understand as they have to crack the Mercedes coding and figure things out and they will sell less tunes.
Where I think the RAPPPEEE!!! is is in some of the exhaust components. $2500-6500 for headers?
Couple grand for an X pipe setup. Couple grand for a catback?
Where I think the RAPPPEEE!!! is is in some of the exhaust components. $2500-6500 for headers?
Couple grand for an X pipe setup. Couple grand for a catback? and yes, exhaust systems costing $4-6k is insane... its stainless tubing
sure, some call it art - but you can't see it under all that engine (but you sure can hear it!)
Toadster how r u going to mod or any of u for that matter doesn't it void the warranty?
You can get a tune for $500 or so (at least from Eurocharged).
I don't think the $500 charge includes both ECU and TCU though - correct?
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Originally Posted by BlkE55K
No. The TCU tune is extra.
I could see $800 including dyno tuning for TCU/ECU.
the EFI-Live guys fly all around the country for 20-person meets - pre paid and get a butt-in-the-seat tune on the road for < $500 including ECU and Tranny
he even tuned his Corvette Hertz Rental
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Congrats on finallly snagging one!
Heads up that the Nav is from the stone ages. Most smart phones are better but other than that, make sure Sat is working and listen to Stern 100 all the way down.
Not sure what size guy you are but for long drives I just let all the air out of the bottom seat cushion or my butt hurts. Its the bottom switch...press it down to deflate. I am linebacker built so big butt though.
Heads up that the Nav is from the stone ages. Most smart phones are better but other than that, make sure Sat is working and listen to Stern 100 all the way down.
Not sure what size guy you are but for long drives I just let all the air out of the bottom seat cushion or my butt hurts. Its the bottom switch...press it down to deflate. I am linebacker built so big butt though.
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If the ECU on these was anything like the ECU's in the Chryslers (Daimler Chrysler?) of the era they were pretty hard to crack for quite some time. Couple years before someone was able to actually tune the Hemi's after they came out from what I remember. I suspect this maybe had something to do with the technology Chrysler was pillaging from Mercedes at the time.
The last few comments to the "turdster" are pretty entertaining.
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do yourself a favor and the rest of the community on the W211 forum: Quit talking about it already, And post some pictures when you get it. Then maybe you will earn a little bit of street credit on here instead of your current status
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My god..... 401 post still don't have the car yet ! I think you will have 5000 posts in 1 year ! Do us a favor, stop posting so much. We all know you are here like Seven11 but don't you have to work ??? have a life instead of be in this forum all the time ? I am here only 9-6pm since i am connect to internet but i don't post and clicking refleshing button all the time !
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