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    Eurocharged ECU Tune: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

    Just had this done on C43. It's a different car now. Absolutely amazing! Can't recommend these guys enough!
    May 2010 - July 2012: 2000 C230K, Highly modded, 142xxx miles, SOLD
    July 2012 - Present : 98 C43, 109xxx miles, H&R Springs, Eurocharged ECU Tune, AMG style pedals, aftermarket CD player.

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    are they in North Carolina?
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    They are in Houston, they do online tunes however which are fantastic because you don't have to remove your ECU. www.eurocharged.com
    May 2010 - July 2012: 2000 C230K, Highly modded, 142xxx miles, SOLD
    July 2012 - Present : 98 C43, 109xxx miles, H&R Springs, Eurocharged ECU Tune, AMG style pedals, aftermarket CD player.

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    online tunes? 0.o how does that work? do you plug something into your obdii port and they do tune it from a remote location? It doesn't seem like their website explains it very well. Is that what you did?

    I'm looking at the spec differences for a c230k...201 hp and 227 lbs foot of torque looks like a a pretty amazing jump!
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    Yes it's what I did. Very easy, and very powerful stuff.
    May 2010 - July 2012: 2000 C230K, Highly modded, 142xxx miles, SOLD
    July 2012 - Present : 98 C43, 109xxx miles, H&R Springs, Eurocharged ECU Tune, AMG style pedals, aftermarket CD player.

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    Do they offer tweaked maps or just canned tunes? I'd like it to take advantage of my mods.
    Completely mad.
    '99 C230K, intake and exhaust more on the way.
    '86 MKIV Escort RS Turbo, stock for now, chip and more boost on the way
    '75 Fiat 124 Spider, koni shocks, bigger carb and drilled/slotted brakes
    to tune and hoon the mbz master race.

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    Tell em what mods you got and they will customize it to that. The owner Jerry is a freaking wizard I swear. Plus you get FREE retunes the life of the car if you add more mods.
    May 2010 - July 2012: 2000 C230K, Highly modded, 142xxx miles, SOLD
    July 2012 - Present : 98 C43, 109xxx miles, H&R Springs, Eurocharged ECU Tune, AMG style pedals, aftermarket CD player.

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    It seems that the only w202 that they would work on is the C43, would they work on other w202s?

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    Send them an email, they will get back to you real quick. I'm pretty sure they will do other W202's
    May 2010 - July 2012: 2000 C230K, Highly modded, 142xxx miles, SOLD
    July 2012 - Present : 98 C43, 109xxx miles, H&R Springs, Eurocharged ECU Tune, AMG style pedals, aftermarket CD player.

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    Shawn Dirtywhiteboy Long Jerry I got some W202 friends on a forum who want their cars done, do you do C230 Kompressors and C280s?
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    Eurocharged Jake sorry keith, you became less cool as a vette owner lol. Shawn Dirtywhiteboy Long yes we do. We can do a group buy
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    Hop on it boys!
    May 2010 - July 2012: 2000 C230K, Highly modded, 142xxx miles, SOLD
    July 2012 - Present : 98 C43, 109xxx miles, H&R Springs, Eurocharged ECU Tune, AMG style pedals, aftermarket CD player.

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    Tell em what mods you got and they will customize it to that.
    Someone clear this up for me, how do you replace maps on a modified car when you have no real world feedback as it is being done?...or do you?

    If you were say to take it for a drive at multiple loadings/RPM and varying ambient conditions and datalog the whole lot than maybe...but is that being done?.

    If they are providing maps based soley on what mods you have told them they will be far from ideal.
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    >>99 S202 RED 250TD Daily.
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    As a rule of thumb, I've never believed the hype for ECU tunes. I would be very pleasantly surprised if I could be proven wrong, though.
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    we should organize a group buy. Count me in.

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    It all depends on the motor. An ecu tune will get you more power because most cars form the factory are mapped conservatively to balance power, economy and emissions. You can get more power at the expense of the other two. A modified car will obviously benefit more and as a general rule forced induction cars at least in my experience will benefit a lot more with a tune and no mods than NA. That's because boosted factory cars have very conservative ignition and fuel maps to ensure reliable operation. With the stock output the C230K doesn't really need 93 octane, tuned right it could probably get by on 91 just fine. Because we use 93 though you can crank the ignition timing way up and gain a good 20hp or so with no mods.

    Now I'm already making close to 20 over stock as it is and I am not running even close to a good map, you've seen my afr. Correct that shit and you will get a nice bump in power.
    Completely mad.
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    '86 MKIV Escort RS Turbo, stock for now, chip and more boost on the way
    '75 Fiat 124 Spider, koni shocks, bigger carb and drilled/slotted brakes
    to tune and hoon the mbz master race.

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    I am not running even close to a good map
    This is what you will get with a one size fits all tune,how do you correct that? =)

    I would imagine the biggest benefit would be a sharper throttle responce.

    If you guys do go ahead please post before and afters.
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    >>00 C43 Black w/birch Black. Immaculate
    >>99 C43 Silver w/CLK55 package
    >>99 S202 RED 250TD Daily.
    >>89 2.6 RED w/16vkit. POS
    >>Old Turbo 2.3 History >>Old Turbo 2.3 Video

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    lol thats what I get for having a stock ecu and being lazy. If they can tailor the maps thats awesome. I have friends who have done similar things on other cars before and the results highly depend on your access to a dyno and the skill/patience of the tuner. If you can get some dyno time and send them the data then they can make a good tune.

    right now I need to get my 202 patched up. still fighting state farm over that bitch who hit me.
    Completely mad.
    '99 C230K, intake and exhaust more on the way.
    '86 MKIV Escort RS Turbo, stock for now, chip and more boost on the way
    '75 Fiat 124 Spider, koni shocks, bigger carb and drilled/slotted brakes
    to tune and hoon the mbz master race.

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    Now if they could tune my C36 Ecu for the addition of a turbo instead of running an aem piggyback that would be cool....
    Obviously remotely while the cars on the dyno ect... Not sure if the stock Ecu has enough room to play with...
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    I doubt its a room thing. The ecu has plenty of space for a map. The issue is probably 2 fold. 1 the HFM ecu likely uses a rom which has to be swapped out, you can't write to it like flash memory and 2 since most euro cars use Bosch ME I doubt if anyone has written software that can actually work with it.
    Completely mad.
    '99 C230K, intake and exhaust more on the way.
    '86 MKIV Escort RS Turbo, stock for now, chip and more boost on the way
    '75 Fiat 124 Spider, koni shocks, bigger carb and drilled/slotted brakes
    to tune and hoon the mbz master race.

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    What zmatt said is why you never see the same kind of ECU tuning on a MB like you do with other manufacturers. MB uses ROMs for their ECU's. A ROM cannot be modified. It must be replaced.

    I live in West TN where all premium pumps deliver 93 octane. If I could get my hands on an MB diag/star tool, I'd absolutely change the fuel trim setting to RON93 or RON95 (or whatever tells it I'm using 93 octane gas). Otherwise, I don't see an ECU tune really doing anything.
    94 C280, 250k miles, 1999-2011 (gone, never forgotten)
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    040 Black 98 C43 AMG, 190k miles, 2013-

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    Sulaco you sound like all the other nay-sayers, just stop it. An ECU tune on any car is going to help, even most 100% stock cars. Plug and play 2.0T engine I have in my daily was tuned (not on a dyno) and it is a 30-40whp gain.

    Eurocharged has experience in this arena and has proven to get horsepower out of benzes with tunes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gakz View Post
    Sulaco you sound like all the other nay-sayers, just stop it. An ECU tune on any car is going to help, even most 100% stock cars. Plug and play 2.0T engine I have in my daily was tuned (not on a dyno) and it is a 30-40whp gain.

    Eurocharged has experience in this arena and has proven to get horsepower out of benzes with tunes.


    How do you know it was 30 to 40 whp increase?
    94 C280, 250k miles, 1999-2011 (gone, never forgotten)
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    040 Black 98 C43 AMG, 190k miles, 2013-

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    You know what a dyno is? There are dyno tune setups for a reason. You ever race? I dont mean just stop light racing. I can see its better to just ignore you
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    If you'd read the thread and noticed my first post where I said I'd be very happy to be proven wrong, perhaps you wouldn't default to internet fight mode.

    Relax mate. I'm just being very, very inquisitive. I'm not the type to drop $500 on a "software upgrade" that's supposed to get me such a big increase in hp/tq. Am I a "racer"? No. And you're not a Mercedes Benz specialist. I'm simply stating things that are verifiable facts about older MB cars that I have proven from my own personal experience.

    If I was so quick to go out and blow a weeks pay over a sternly worded testimonial on a forum from a total stranger online, I would have already done it.

    As I said, I would LOVE to drop $500 on another 20 hp with zero labor. All im after is some verifiable data that it's not one of the many, many cases of automotive snake oil online these days. If anyone can post before and after dyno results I would happily pour over them.

    And if you're claiming such a jaw dropping increase from an ecu tune, post the dyno results to prove it. But if it's not a pre-2002 MB, its a moot point anyway.
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    040 Black 98 C43 AMG, 190k miles, 2013-

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    May want to talk to Eurocharged then. Ive been working with them for quite a bit for my SLK... with the pre-2000 M111 engine. With the M111, i would consider myself well educated. Just continue being a nay-sayer.. I can tell why all the benz modders don't hardly post on forums

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    Wow. That would also suggest this could be of benefit on my m104 1994 e320. Since you work for/with them, do you recall having ever done any m104's?
    94 C280, 250k miles, 1999-2011 (gone, never forgotten)
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    744 Silver 99 C43 AMG, 260k miles, 2011-
    040 Black 98 C43 AMG, 190k miles, 2013-

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    *facepalm

    I almost couldn't muster the energy to respond to you... since you can't read,
    Ive been working with them for quite a bit for my SLK
    I see why this site died for a while

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