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Old 02-08-2015, 07:21 PM   #130
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Originally Posted by BigRedChief View Post
What does "tuning" exactly entail in the Mercedes and BMW?
It's done to turbos.

They reprogram your ECU - which works your turbo's air flow. Well they open them up by doing what's called re-mapping - When BMW offers the twin-turbos from the factory - they're already pretty beastly - however a little tweaking by getting your car re-mapped - It's astonishing the difference. To get an onboard type - such as Dinan or Cobb it's about $2600 or so. But like I said - it's amazing - I even beat a 911 turbo in that one that was tuned, the one w/ the cobb on it (2nd 335 I owned 'the black one) ...
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