C63 Brabus / Renntech Upgrade

[Kid Charlemagne]

I just read about the release of C63 upgrade packages from both Brabus and Renntech.
Does anyone know if these are available in the UK and who the dealers are?.

i know DMS were working on something too but not sure how far they got

kc

[amg master]

had my c63amg done by dms they done a great job, got 550bhp and 550lb torque and derestricted.

[Kid Charlemagne]

any chance you could post a small report on the major changes to power delivery post-remap please.
many thanks

[amg master]

what can i say apart from it was mental. the throttle response was razor sharp just no stoping of the power delivery. my mate has a porsche 997turbo and he reckons it feels faster than that when he drove it. hope that helps.

[Callughan]

amg master said:

what can i say apart from it was mental. the throttle response was razor sharp just no stoping of the power delivery. my mate has a porsche 997turbo and he reckons it feels faster than that when he drove it. hope that helps.

More torque so it would 'feel' faster, but it's not.

[BrabusK8]

hi

Just got my E55 Done today by DMS got a extra 50 bhp out of it. Good people know what they are on about, been using them for a few years to do our cars.

[GT2man-2]

hehe.. no C63, Brabus, or Renntech content in that response !

[BrabusK8]

hi

My E55 is a K8 Brabus, running on 530 bhp, all they have done was upgraded the pulleys and then remaped to 570-580 bhp via dms. i have always been a brabus man, but there not cheap lol.

[BrabusK8]

hi

forgot to mention, Medway mercedes in Kent are UK Brabus Dealers.

thanks

[Kid Charlemagne]

Had a long chat with DMS about the C63 last week.

I was curious how their remap got another 100bhp out of the V8 - given the most they could get from an RS4 was about 50bhp - until they told me the power at the wheels was nearer 500bhp than the stated 451bhp.

Anyway, it seems they use the same software from the SL, bringing it up to approx 550bhp and a shed load of torque.

Seduced by the numbers, I signed up. But then Mike told me the engineer would come to my house rather than me go to them. Has anyone else had this experience?- I have always taken my car in and hooked it up on the rolling road. I guess you just have to trust the quoted figures.

To be fair, Mike said I could pop down and do a run on the dyno whenever I liked and would offer a full refund if i was at all unhappy. Faultless customer service and a nice guy.

Will report back once I've had it done.

KC

[Mrlol]

Kid Charlemagne said:

Had a long chat with DMS about the C63 last week.

I was curious how their remap got another 100bhp out of the V8 - given the most they could get from an RS4 was about 50bhp - until they told me the power at the wheels was nearer 500bhp than the stated 451bhp.

Anyway, it seems they use the same software from the SL, bringing it up to approx 550bhp and a shed load of torque.

Seduced by the numbers, I signed up. But then Mike told me the engineer would come to my house rather than me go to them. Has anyone else had this experience?- I have always taken my car in and hooked it up on the rolling road. I guess you just have to trust the quoted figures.

To be fair, Mike said I could pop down and do a run on the dyno whenever I liked and would offer a full refund if i was at all unhappy. Faultless customer service and a nice guy.

Will report back once I've had it done.

KC

sorry to drag up an old thread, but how did this go ? and if you did go through with it, how much is the conversion roughly ? there arent any prices on the DMS website.

Im reasearching C63 conversions at the moment, and interested to know how you got on. From my understanding, the main reason why the C63 is so easily tuned, is because it uses a deliberately de-tuned 6.2 engine as found in the other AMGs. In the E class, this makes 500 bhp + plus, but AMG de-tuned this to 450 in the C class. For tuners its very easy to undo this work, resulting in a very easy 100 bhp gain

Edited by Mrlol on Thursday 12th March 21:32

[DAZAMG]

Spoke to DMS a couple of months ago about conversion for my c63amg,they also put in the gearbox maps from CLK BLACK,only thing that concerns me is if the map is traceable by Mercedes incase of warranty clame?

[cho]

Does anyone know what Brabus do that DMS aren't able to do with regards to just a power upgrade? I know Brabus can put all sorts of bells and whistles on the car but i also heard that they use DMS to upgrade power. True or not?

[croydon]

DMS..The C63 wil be taken to around 520 BHP and increased torque by 45 lb/ft. We remove the top speed limiter and also insert the throttle mapping from the CLK Black series which provides for far better mid range response. The upgrade is undetectable by Mercedes service and diagnostic equipment and can be carried out at your location. Cost £1200+vat. (24/03/2012)

[teen_cerbera]

croydon said:

DMS..The C63 wil be taken to around 520 BHP and increased torque by 45 lb/ft. We remove the top speed limiter and also insert the throttle mapping from the CLK Black series which provides for far better mid range response. The upgrade is undetectable by Mercedes service and diagnostic equipment and can be carried out at your location. Cost £1200+vat. (24/03/2012)

I must have one of these, with PP and this upgrade, in red with cream interior, one day!!

[red uk]

Hi.

I have looked in to C63 performance upgrades and received the following info:

VARTH
Stage 1 (525hp) ECU re-map and air filters €2,290 + VAT.
Stage 2 (565hp) same plus range manifold and sports cats €7,700 + VAT

DMS
ECU re-map 520hp and +45lb/ft £1,200 + VAT

BRABUS
Stage 1 (520hp) ECU re-map and air filters circa €5,000 + VAT.
Stage 2 (530hp) same plus sports cats circa €9,000 + VAT

Not surprisingly the names are more expensive, but the difference is dramatic, when the product with regards to the ECU re-mapping seems to be exactly the same.

I was hoping to go for Varth, but based on the above will be heading to DMS as the differnce in price can't be ignored.

Regards
Rob

[markbe]

red uk said:

Hi.

I have looked in to C63 performance upgrades and received the following info:

VARTH
Stage 1 (525hp) ECU re-map and air filters €2,290 + VAT.
Stage 2 (565hp) same plus range manifold and sports cats €7,700 + VAT

DMS
ECU re-map 520hp and +45lb/ft £1,200 + VAT

BRABUS
Stage 1 (520hp) ECU re-map and air filters circa €5,000 + VAT.
Stage 2 (530hp) same plus sports cats circa €9,000 + VAT

Not surprisingly the names are more expensive, but the difference is dramatic, when the product with regards to the ECU re-mapping seems to be exactly the same.

I was hoping to go for Varth, but based on the above will be heading to DMS as the differnce in price can't be ignored.

Regards
Rob

Also look at Kleemann 535-575bhp.

Mark.

[Munkeyfeet]

Just to add - DMS guarantee for 3 years that the remap is undetectable to MD dealers so it wont invalidate your warranty.

Taking my C55 to them and that was my main concern as it has a tier one warranty!

[chiefski26]

friend had a 535d dms told him the dealer would not be able to tell it had been modified,turns out the dealer did,cost him a lot of money when they declined some major under warranty work!

[kilarney]

Can always tell on a turbo because the boost presure goes up an thats easily monitored.