Originally Posted by
32krazy!
apples to oranges. any tuning shop worth its salt would do a pre dyno to form a baseline then dyno to see the inc. and tune accordingly. as always every car tunes differently and they need the data to sell kits.
john i think you read more into the kleeman file plans then were actually there. the PLAN was to use kleeman but it never materialized so in reality begi has no idea how kleeman tunes their cars.
finally for anyone who thought this would be an easy build the time it has taken to just fit the kit speaks volumes!! no way to know how long it will take to tune the setup. iirc they will be remote tuning from a shop in germany so it could be very tough
I am really glad you brought up the tuning aspect of this build. I feel it is the most important part and I thought it might have been discussed earlier. A lot of Companies can put a tune on these but very few companies can comprehend the complexity of the data and tune it.
We don't know who is tuning our cars, and if they have considerable experience in understanding the data then any problem would be just a small bump in the road for them to sort out. If not it could be a rough ride. Now for the time frame it could be a long wait depending on the tuners schedule. I know you have knowledge of these tunes from talking to other MB owners and your own experience. Anything you would like to share of your experiences with the tuning I would be more than happy to read about.
Now the time stuff..I can't by into it, the amount of time since this has started has no bearing on the actual time spent on this car. That would equate to 900 hundred man hours by now and we know that can't be. Even half that would be stretching it.
Just multiply those hours by his operating costs and it will be obvious.