Tuning and Customization
Recently I have been hearing reports of broken timing guides from owners of M177 C63 and GLC63. These manifest with a tek tek tek sound that goes away after several minutes. Fixing the issue is approximately 8k from a dealer and 4k from an indy. If you let this go […]
customer video of m157 calibrations by tunedmercedes
After flashing your ECU or TCU you will want to make sure that the computer has a chance to exit programming mode and restart with the new calibrations loaded. In this case it is important to unhook everything, turn off the car, and close the drivers door for 2-3 minutes […]
TunedMercedes partnered with Haider to deliver a custom tune on a m156 sc, check it out vs a weistec cls55
when the top cars do not run the “best” air intakes are they really the best? Can CFD show the effects of deformation of silicone in the rear world? Some people are claiming their silicone air intakes are the “best” but without numbers that clearly show they are different from […]
While there are many people who are better at this I thought I would provide some ideas on how to design air intakes and other items. The first is to mock up things using old school techniques, cardboard, measuring tape, pen and paper. Then you can start to move to […]
The operational cost has increased as I get better tools to work on more cars. For this reason we will have to stop discounting as deeply and as a result our pricing may increase for orders in 2025 vs 2024. Some of the tools acquired in 2024: hexprog ii garage […]
I made a video about a year ago covering some commonly reported M177 issues. In this video I update this video with better presentation of existing data and new data.
In this video I talk about some steps we have taken to get better quality 3D prints. One thing to note is that this video does not address the physical maintenance on machines which is perhaps even more important than the topics covered here. This video assumes you have a […]
I realized reading some posts that many people believe the ideal air intake for a turbo car to be the same as a naturally aspirated engine, and there are some differences. On a naturally aspirated engine the ideal air intake will provide a balance of cold dense air and work […]
Today I modified our existing C43 revision 2 based on our test print and we will make a third revision from there. This I believe is a good solution and I will send these out to everyone who ordered the C43 air intake prior. The C63 air intake I specced […]
People can now schedule service for Easton MD shop using google. We will take a $99 deposit toward service at time of booking to be applied toward service. I believe this is going to be helpful for mb enthusiasts who want to stay on top of maintenance. However, I could […]
Scanmatik 3 just released and we have doip, ethernet, wifi, some various protocol updates. It should be able to handle things that only multiplexers could do before. For example headlight coding.
Right now we are using a nicely equipped 2 car home garage and upgrading it for servicing cars and building vtol. We recently went out and ordered a mid-rise scissor lift for this purpose. Today I’m announcing from convertible-gift we are upgrading the garage to being fully heated and ac […]
This is an STL for a harbor freight jack stand adapter. I do not want to recommend it for legal reasons but something like this is useful to have between a jack and the Mercedes Benz. Link here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4913108