BI-Performance

We are running our Spring FSP Pulley and Tune Special for $599.00 We do recommend our split cooling kit if you have not already done so for this performance upgrade which runs an additional $115. Gains to be expected are around 70-80rwhp and similar tq, let me know if you have any questions fellas.

Craig.Hawkins@Buckhead-Imports.com
404-641-7595 call or text anytime

B Feelgood

Great timing ☺

Can you please comment on this thread?

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...estions-5.html

Will your off the shelf tune that comes with this package be problem free? What size pulleys are you offering?

chawkins2001

Yes, we have this tune on the owners cl55 now for months with no issues. That pulley size is a 77mm I believe. We just finished up a customers today with a 74mm, I will ask him to comment in our thread.

A.M.

So no hiccups, no idle rattle?

menace2sobriety

How much to ship to Auckland, New Zealand

chawkins2001

Pm me your exact addy brotha for a accurate quote.

I will get a idle vid up shortly.

hank55

Damn craig That's awesome. U guys are making it very hard for me to trade in my car for a ctsv. Maybe I can have more fun with this car before I see it go next year. Lol

A.M.

I'm buying if the tune is clean. Seems like euro has been having many issues with the fsp. Those two threads are littered with bad feedback.

StarvingArtist

I thought the rattle was unavoidable? It sounded like gear slap in the SC. No?

Crissus

Excellent. I have some questions here as the opening post is very rare with informations about your version of a FSP tune.

1. Can you (and have you) also adjust the bypass flap mappings like a competitor can do? I ask this because in the latest version of a competitors canned FSP tune, the user say there is a tremendous improvement in driveability and lower IATs over previous known FSP tunes. Quote:

2. Is the so called "2000RPM Glitch" solved in your tune aswell?

3. Hiccup-mode and "cold-start issue" free?

4. No Resistor needed in clutch connector?

5. Safety features? Timing retard/fuel dumping/whatever at extremely high IATs? (when stock SC clutch would disengange)

6. Safety features 2: If Point 4 == true, is it a tuned backup map or something in the line and if so, what will happen if a sensor fails or reads non plausible values and the stock ECU would switch to another backup map? Can this tune still do it?

7. Is the idle rattle gone? After a competitors assumption, it might be solved with a bit more closed bypass flap at idle RPM. For this i suppose Point1 must be "true" aswell.

Thanks for all your answers to my questions. I believe they are for the good of all potential customers and FSP concept lovers like myself.
I would really love to buy it but it must work for daily driving for me. Thanks

chawkins2001

Thanks for the feedback fellas, I am talking to Tony to get some specifics for you Crissus sit tight brotha!!

kp89gt

What all comes in the split cooling kit? I've looked on your website, but there is very little info on this item.

Thanks!

chawkins2001

The split cooling has the:

Little return reservoir
Split fittings
Additional split tubing needed
Stainless clamps

B Feelgood

Everyone's in here waiting for the answers to these questions

Jaki

I am the customer that Craig mentioned here


First off, I'd just like to give a big thumbs up to Craig, Jason, and Tony. They're a great group of guys that really know their stuff, and made everything a very pleasant experience!

After reading numerous great things about Buckhead Imports, I decided that I wanted to take my E55 the next time I went up to Atlanta and get some work done. Once I knew I was going, I got in touch with Craig to see if they could get me in on a fairly short notice. They were able to schedule me in, and off I went from Miami to Atlanta with the E55.


My E55 is a 2004, and was pretty much stock. All it had when I drove up was K&N filters, X-Pipe, secondary cat delete, and resonator delete.

Before doing anything, they first gave the car a look over, and dyno'd it to get a baseline. The car got 370 rwhp and right around 450 rwtq.

Then they went to work. The following is what they did to my E55:

FSP 74 mm
Split Cooling
Heat Exchanger
Custom dyno tune

After installing all that, they then started fine tuning. The final numbers were 448 rwhp and right around 575 rwtq.

That's gains of 78 rwhp and 125 rwtq

Keep in mind Buckhead Imports uses a Dyno Dynamics dyno, which is known to read lower HP than dynojets. I will let you be the judge of how much lower it reads, as that's not something I'm concerned with. My only concern is the before and after numbers on the same dyno, and in the same conditions.

With that being said, I am very happy with the gains that I saw on the dyno!!! I will try to take it to the track in the next 2-3 weeks and see how it performs there


As soon as I got in the car, I could immediately tell that there was a lot more power


I can't compare the FSP or their tune to anything else, as I was practically stock before, but I can say the following:

The torque feels instant!! Just a light touch of the gas pedal, and off you go. Before, I could push the gas pedal with a decent amount of pressure and accelerate at a solid rate. Now that is no longer the case. If I want to accelerate slowly, I really have to be very light with the pedal

The extra power is something that I still have to get used to. The car just pulls and pulls with no letting down in sight! Overall, it feels very solid, very smooth, and very powerful. I'm not saying that the E55 wasn't a fun car before, but it is so much more fun right now

As soon as Tony and Jason finished my car, I jumped in and drove straight back to Miami. When I tried to pass people on the highway, I had to pay attention not to step on the pedal too hard


The trip home (just under 700 miles) went very smooth. No issues, everything felt great. It was a pleasure to drive!

I haven't had too much of a chance to drive the car around town, since I just got back last night. However, I did drive the car around town briefly this afternoon, and it felt good from the very start. Felt just as good around town as it felt on the highway yesterday.

For anyone that cares, when I put the car on cruise at 74 mph, I averaged 21.8 mpg for a very long stretch. The mpg's aren't a concern to me on this car, but it was nice to be able to cover a decent distance between fill ups.



Again, many thanks to Craig, Jason, and Tony!!! They even came in very early on Saturday (normally closed on Saturdays) to finish off my car!!

shardul

iTrader: (1)

Those are some impressive gains!

shingevo

subscribed! my 77mm is just catching dust...

Crissus

About the tune "feel":
This sounds jusst like the "older" EC FSP tune, bypass-flap adjustment wise, and sounds contrary to
Jaki, yes those numbers are impressive indeed. Especially the Torque. WOW. After reading other BIP reviews it seems that its known already that their dyno is some sort of a "heartbreaker" or whatever the fitting term was - means it reads rather low.
So when someone makes 500RWHP on their dyno, its like 550RWHP on other dynos i assume.

I have a question to you all: I often read that without a TCU tune, the Torque reaching gearbox/wheels will be limited on our cars, there is a torque management in the TCU, is that true or not?

99lightning

I cleared some codes on glianez's car yesterday due to exhaust leak, he has the fixed pulley bip tune for some time now. when starting the car to me it just sounds like a normal blower car that im use to.

Crissus

Same as in this video? : https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...ml#post6299723
At exactly 0:04 to 0:09 you can hear that "rattle". And again between 0:16 and 0:24 even louder.

99lightning

I don't think its like that his hood was closed maybe we will grab video of his car I need to get it on my dyno to redyno it anyway.

BI-Performance

Here is Victors Graph from this weekend:

black06c230

No fair. I haven't sen my new graph yet!!!! But then again I only care to drive it when I get back.

DVC

Jaki- I think you'd really enjoy some MBH headers with that setup.

BI-Performance

Your car broke the dyno, the rollers could not keep up