A45 AMG tuning or gearbox mod?

[CorvetteConvert]

Has anyone gained some extra bhp from their car yet and if so, how much more and who did it and how? Thanks.
Also i was told there was a mod for the gearbox which makes it less reluctant to do what you ask it than as standard? Is there anything out there for this as i can't find it?

[ecain63]

Plenty of info here for you: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Regarding the gearbox. The latest MB TCU software is as good as you could wish for. Ive never had an issue with the box not doing as i ask of it. That said, i drive in Manual mode 90% of the time (i advise you do too) so i never really rely on the gearbox to think for me. The times when i have used C or S mode it has been faultless. Some of the early model reviews are a tad misleading and paint the A45 as a bit of a hard riding, lumpy boxed oaf. No such thing!! Enjoy

Eddie

[CorvetteConvert]

Yeah, some of the reviews said it was very laggy, had a gerarbox which often would not give you the gear you wanted, even in manual mode and that the ride was filling-removingly hard.

[ecain63]

CorvetteConvert said:

Yeah, some of the reviews said it was very laggy, had a gerarbox which often would not give you the gear you wanted, even in manual mode and that the ride was filling-removingly hard.

All rubbish in my opinion. The ride is absolutely fine for 90% of the uk's nackered roads. And the box is great. It's not quite BMW's DCT or a DSG but it's still very very good. Just drive it as it was intended and it'll reward as it was designed.

[ecain63]

Oh, and laggy?? No such thing. This is 2015, not 1980! LOL