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ttroestl · Nov 7th, 2002, 01:13 PM

if you look on the German tuning market, there are a several professional tuners providing tuning kits. Through pulley modifications and chip tuning they achieve between 190HP - 210HP, plus a torque increase to 255Nm. These modifications cost approx EUROS 1.400,- plus guarantee for one year. Good example is www.digi-tec.de. The performance increase has been tested by Gemany car magazines.

My question is why specifically US or UK tuners are currently not providing similiar packages within the same price-perfomance relation? Is this only a regional marketing and price issue? or may be I am not updated.

Thomas
Austria

MCS Dark Silver/WR
Corvette Sting Ray, Coupe 1964

BruceK · Nov 7th, 2002, 01:44 PM

Thats a very good question.

€ 1,400 = US$1,405 = £900 = AU$2,500 = CAN$2,185 !!!!

That really is CHEAP for that much performance (and with a warranty, too).

How much is labor to install the kit?

minimc · Nov 7th, 2002, 02:35 PM

This has been a long time coming. Let the tuner battles begin.

You seeing this JCW?

QQQ · Nov 7th, 2002, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BruceK
Thats a very good question.

€ 1,400 = US$1,405 = ₤900 = AU$2,500 = CAN$2,185 !!!!

That really is CHEAP for that much performance (and with a warranty, too).

How much is labor to install the kit?

According to Digi-tec fitting takes approx. 3,5 hours. I do believe that labor costs are included in their price of euro 1,250.

Hamann and Hartge informed me that labor costs would not exceed euro 200, which would bring the total costs of their upgrade at respectively 1,350 and euro 1,400 (excl. 17% VAT). A two year warranty costs another euro 235 at Hamann. Don't know about Hartge but normally they do take over the BMW warranty, so I presume the same goes for MINI.

Still not sure which one to pick, but it's probably gonna be one of these three (leaning a bit to Hartge at the moment).

Nov 7th, 2002, 01:13 PM	#1
ttroestl MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vienna Local Time: 09:12 PM Posts: 12 Offline	MCS - 200HP - German tuners vs UK/US tuner if you look on the German tuning market, there are a several professional tuners providing tuning kits. Through pulley modifications and chip tuning they achieve between 190HP - 210HP, plus a torque increase to 255Nm. These modifications cost approx EUROS 1.400,- plus guarantee for one year. Good example is www.digi-tec.de. The performance increase has been tested by Gemany car magazines. My question is why specifically US or UK tuners are currently not providing similiar packages within the same price-perfomance relation? Is this only a regional marketing and price issue? or may be I am not updated. Thomas Austria MCS Dark Silver/WR Corvette Sting Ray, Coupe 1964

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BruceK Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio, Texas Local Time: 03:12 PM Posts: 3,758 Offline	Thats a very good question. € 1,400 = US$1,405 = £900 = AU$2,500 = CAN$2,185 !!!! That really is CHEAP for that much performance (and with a warranty, too). How much is labor to install the kit? + 2002 MINI Cooper S - Dark Silver / White roof, Sport, Premium, Lapis blue leather + 1965 Mini Traveller - Tartan Red / White roof, 1275, Cooper S discs, fully restored/renewed Last edited by BruceK : Nov 7th, 2002 at 10:03 PM.

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Nov 7th, 2002, 02:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
minimc MINI2 Senior My Classifieds Join Date: Feb 2002 Local Time: 04:12 PM Posts: 457 Offline	This has been a long time coming. Let the tuner battles begin. You seeing this JCW?

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QQQ MINI2 Master Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: rotterdam Local Time: 10:12 PM Posts: 2,421 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by BruceK Thats a very good question. € 1,400 = US$1,405 = ₤900 = AU$2,500 = CAN$2,185 !!!! That really is CHEAP for that much performance (and with a warranty, too). How much is labor to install the kit? According to Digi-tec fitting takes approx. 3,5 hours. I do believe that labor costs are included in their price of euro 1,250. Hamann and Hartge informed me that labor costs would not exceed euro 200, which would bring the total costs of their upgrade at respectively 1,350 and euro 1,400 (excl. 17% VAT). A two year warranty costs another euro 235 at Hamann. Don't know about Hartge but normally they do take over the BMW warranty, so I presume the same goes for MINI. Still not sure which one to pick, but it's probably gonna be one of these three (leaning a bit to Hartge at the moment).

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