Stock vs Aftermarket Tune - 1/4 mile performance - Eurocharged Stage 1 Tune
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I never heard ears of Canadian gas being any different than US lol
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I've got a European 71 Benz that recommends 96 octane. What does that mean? Here's an excerpt from an article:
In Europe, the octane rating on the pump is simply the RON figure. America, by contrast, uses the average of the RON and the MON figures, called the AKI (anti-knock index). Thus, 97 octane “super unleaded” in Britain is roughly equivalent to 91 octane premium in the United States.
https://www.economist.com/babbage/20...-needs-premium
My guess is that Canada copies this model and the number you see is just the RON, so 94 Canada is likely 89 US.
In Europe, the octane rating on the pump is simply the RON figure. America, by contrast, uses the average of the RON and the MON figures, called the AKI (anti-knock index). Thus, 97 octane “super unleaded” in Britain is roughly equivalent to 91 octane premium in the United States.
https://www.economist.com/babbage/20...-needs-premium
My guess is that Canada copies this model and the number you see is just the RON, so 94 Canada is likely 89 US.
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I've got a European 71 Benz that recommends 96 octane. What does that mean? Here's an excerpt from an article:
In Europe, the octane rating on the pump is simply the RON figure. America, by contrast, uses the average of the RON and the MON figures, called the AKI (anti-knock index). Thus, 97 octane “super unleaded” in Britain is roughly equivalent to 91 octane premium in the United States.
https://www.economist.com/babbage/20...-needs-premium
My guess is that Canada copies this model and the number you see is just the RON, so 94 Canada is likely 89 US.
In Europe, the octane rating on the pump is simply the RON figure. America, by contrast, uses the average of the RON and the MON figures, called the AKI (anti-knock index). Thus, 97 octane “super unleaded” in Britain is roughly equivalent to 91 octane premium in the United States.
https://www.economist.com/babbage/20...-needs-premium
My guess is that Canada copies this model and the number you see is just the RON, so 94 Canada is likely 89 US.
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If you are wanting to improve your 0-60 times you need to be considering a TCU tune. The ECU tune, regardless of brand, is really hog tied in the lower gears due to the stock TCU torque management. To improve times you need to raise the limits in the lower gears. Even cars with stock ECU see benefit from a TCU tune.
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If you are wanting to improve your 0-60 times you need to be considering a TCU tune. The ECU tune, regardless of brand, is really hog tied in the lower gears due to the stock TCU torque management. To improve times you need to raise the limits in the lower gears. Even cars with stock ECU see benefit from a TCU tune.
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Originally Posted by emazens
Eurocharged canada also have tcu tune ?
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Ah... I run 3.5 0-60, but I'm on a custom tune and TCU tune. Stock Sedan is 4.5 sec 0-60. not sure what stage 1 or 2 times are, I didn't have a Draggy back then...but if I had to guess, without a TCU tune, I'd say probably 4.2-4.3 at stage 1 and 4.0-4.1 for stage 2??? But like I said, those are guesses.
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Ah... I run 3.5 0-60, but I'm on a custom tune and TCU tune. Stock Sedan is 4.5 sec 0-60. not sure what stage 1 or 2 times are, I didn't have a Draggy back then...but if I had to guess, without a TCU tune, I'd say probably 4.2-4.3 at stage 1 and 4.0-4.1 for stage 2??? But like I said, those are guesses.
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When we were exploring TCU tunes originally we put a ECU tuned E63S up against a stock ECU but TCU tuned equivalent E63S, and the stock TCU tuned car walked the ECU tuned car. It was ridiculous the difference in performance. After witnessing this performance gap I changed my opinion of the order of modifications which were "best bang for buck", with the TCU coming out on top over the ECU as a first mod...
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When we were exploring TCU tunes originally we put a ECU tuned E63S up against a stock ECU but TCU tuned equivalent E63S, and the stock TCU tuned car walked the ECU tuned car. It was ridiculous the difference in performance. After witnessing this performance gap I changed my opinion of the order of modifications which were "best bang for buck", with the TCU coming out on top over the ECU as a first mod...
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So true, I've been to the track with my e30 tune and tcu tune and the numbers are real. 60ft times are 1.6x
