Re: Turbo Kits... How Much Is To Much?
Originally Posted by BlackBeauty
No one said that it was easy... I am not doing the Kit. FTW Motorsports here in wichita is and They are 100% sure they can do the mechanical part of it. And a nig name tuner that works on mercedes told us how and where to place the sensors and they said they can take the oem computer flash and tune it to run the turbo like oem. And i am running an automatic. So no need for clutch or flywheel.
Sounds like you have quite a big project in mind and a fun one at that. It takes some big cajones (and a few $$) to attempt a project like this - due to the confined space under the hood and at the exhaust manifolds.
Once you get into it and if you really feel like you are going to have this turbo tackled - don't be afraid to spend a few extra $$ to make it right. Make sure you take good notes and make detailed lists of materials. If it works - you will have one heck of a hot conversion kit on your hands and it will soon pay you back for the extra investment.
I returned from a little trip to Nor Cal to help a friend move (in my SRT6) and when I arrived - this guy walked up and said he had just (last weekend) came back from Vegas in a twin turbo Crossfire. I asked if he meant an SRT6, and he said no - it had the electric spoiler and huge air-to-air intercooler and turbos on both sides. I asked him to call his buddy and bring his XF by (he lived about an hour away) but no joy.
Could have been a story but...I'm sure not all Crossfire owners live and die on this forum.
Good luck my friend and feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
BB
Originally Posted by TVT_DESIGN
Is Speed Innovations even in business anymore?
We just hacked apart one of their ECUs. $500.00 custom tune, only change was 3 degrees advanced timing across the board. Same AFR as stock.
SpeedInnovations has an awesome shop - state of the art Dyno-Dynamics chassis dyno, several lifts and work bays. A full on N/C mill and machine shop.
They were doing a custom dyno tune on a bad-as$ BMW when I got there and had finished on Porsche earlier.
He probably did a good 5-7 ecu flashes on various MB's while I was there getting my dyno-tune. Saw his twin-turbo project on a Ferrari as well as many different turbo / intercooler kits they designed and install for Mini's. Very nice stuff.
I haven't seen your garage TVT-- or your equipment -- but I'm willing to bet yours is pale in comparison with SI's operation. You can only dream of having the skill to tune so many different type of cars. SI has been tuning and modding euro cars long before you even heard of the Crossfire.
The reason most of the serious MB/AMG platform guys don't bother with this forum is the wae you folks treat them.
Wouldn't it be nice to see companies like Brabus, Kleeman, Renntech, or even ASP, VRP and Code3 discuss thier product or gauge our need on this forum?
Last edited by BrianBrave; Nov 25, 2008 at 09:56 PM.