Active Autowerke sale

[m3f_drtwofish]

Hey all, looks like Active is having a decent sale the next few days, including tunes for $200. I haven't seen much discussion lately on them - worth it relative to Dinan et al?

[m3f_unimpressed]

I always wanted a custom tune for the parts on my 328, but $200 for a tune is a smoking deal! Not sure how much an off the self tune would optimize my hp/tq figures, though.

[m3f_Schalldampfer1]

That's cheap! I got an Active tune and was really pleased with it. They will customize it based on what mods you have (if applicable). For me they tailored it to my M50 manifold, AA Intake, & B&B exhaust. Felt a lot more powerful in the upper band and helped get back some of the torque I lost with the manifold.


I say get it!

[m3f_westopher]

Is a tune with no supporting mods worthwhile at all? I know in the VW world it certainly was, but part of that is probably to do with how terrible of a job VW engineers do.

A raised rev limit and a couple HP for $200 doesn't seem like a terrible idea. Any thoughts?

[m3f_drtwofish]

Is a tune with no supporting mods worthwhile at all? I know in the VW world it certainly was, but part of that is probably to do with how terrible of a job VW engineers do.

A raised rev limit and a couple HP for $200 doesn't seem like a terrible idea. Any thoughts?

They're claiming about 10-15 hp, which seems in line with what I've heard elsewhere. I'm not sure it's worth it for me at the moment since I'm dumping a ton of money into the trans swap. And call me crazy but I'm not sure I *want* the rev limiter raised, especially on an S52 :-)



OTOH, it does include the programmer (I checked), and future software upgrades are $100 a pop if you get other mods. Seems like a good deal.

[m3f_unimpressed]

I keep asking if they will remove the speed limiter, delete rear O2 sensors and what the new redline will be, but haven't received an answer. Do you know anything about that?

[m3f_david99340]

Can we get a group buy ? For maybe cheaper ?


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[m3f_unimpressed]

I'd be happy with a group buy at that price, but with some customizability with the tune for the different modifications everyone's car has. I didn't end up getting one since I never received a reply on what could be changed on the tune.


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[m3f_Jeff_DML]

Is a tune with no supporting mods worthwhile at all? I know in the VW world it certainly was, but part of that is probably to do with how terrible of a job VW engineers do.

A raised rev limit and a couple HP for $200 doesn't seem like a terrible idea. Any thoughts?

tunes for turbos make sense to me since you usually get big gains, not worth if for NA engines IMHO.

[m3f_Eclipsetrbo420A]

I have a 328I w s52 cams, m50 mani, K&N fipk, stromung and shark software for those mods. Def a noticible difference if ppl were thinking of getting mod specific tunes.