Morendi ECU Tune Giveaway
Tuners
How to choose a tuner
Choosing a tuner and performance parts suppliers are important decisions, unless the car is a true project car. There are a few questions you may want to consider before choosing. Who are you dealing with? What is their post/social history? What is their bad reputation? Can you deal with their […]
Morendi
In my search for TCU tuning I found a tidbit from MBworld.org, a user there suggested Morendi for TCU tuning and to reach out to them by Instagram. Well I did. The price is great at $750 for a TCU tune plus the cost of a tactrix 2.0 openport. […]
Solo Motorsports
I came across Solo Motorsports from a recommendation on the TunedMercedes and other tuner fb groups when looking for who has TCU tunes and was pointed at the usual suspects, plus Solo Motorsports. I started looking into them and they offer very competitive pricing and compelling products. I have not […]
Meet your Transmission Tuner: Southern Hotrod
Southern Hotrod LLC offers upgrades to various factory transmissions for reasonable prices with transparent processes. For about $4600-4800 in 3-5 days after receiving your 722.9 transmission, they will rebuild it into a “war viking” using upgraded components. They note perhaps obviously that the transmission must be calibrated to the car. […]
Meet your Tuner: Eurocharged
If I had to pick one tuner with the best reputation on the internet it would be EuroCharged. Everyone has nice things to say about being tuned by Jerry. They are super easy to work with, and apparently over 60,000 cars have been worked on by them, check out their […]
Meet your Mercedes Tuner: DTK Motorsports
I first started hearing about DTKM on MBworld.org where they were discussing the DTK1000 kit which iirc is around $8,000 for about 1000 hp out of an m157 engine. (I do wonder if this kit could be made to fit an m278 engine, and if you could get 800hp. Talking […]
What to do if you don’t like your tune and don’t have the original ECU file?
I was recently talking to Paqo who runs a tuned 550. He didn’t have the stock tune to go back to and wasn’t really liking the current tune. I thought it was a good question so when I connected with Jake owner of Eurocharged; I hit him with that question. […]
Meet Your Mercedes Tuner: Weistec Engineering
Weistec Engineering is a California based high-end automotive tuner. I have heard they got their start from racing Mustangs. They are rooted in pragmatic performance, that is very high-end. Their products are finished well, look great, and are expensive compared to VRP Speed, and in line with prices from GAD, […]
Meet Your Mercedes Tuner: Victory Road Performance VRP Speed
Victory Road Performance, or VRP Speed, is a different entity than VRPtuning.com. VRP Speed is an American Mercedes Tuner based in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO. Colorado Springs is steeped in automotive history: Close to Pikes Peak, home of one of the most dangerous (and fun) hill climbs. Colorado Springs is […]
Meet Your Mercedes Tuner: RennTech
For the first of our Meet Your Mercedes Tuner series, I decided to go with RennTech. I’d like to do a write-up and maybe interview these tuners in the future. RennTech if you’d like to send me any information to correct anything, or do a quick zoom interview. I’d love […]