The Porsche 981 Cayman GT4 is a animal that only gets better with performance parts and a ECU Tune. Â VR Tuned is able to flash the new SDI9 Cayman GT4 3.8L via the OBDII port to allow customers worldwide to take advantage of our tuning. Â The 981 GT4 receives a custom tune that provides the car with faster throttle response, more low end torque, and harder pull through the revs. Â This is not a “off the shelf” map from a handheld but a unique calibration for your vehicle. Â Utilizing the DimSport handheld unit, we take a matching software ID to custom tune your car to the modifications you have. Â With gains of 20 horsepower, the overall driving performance you feel on the road and the track cannot be replicated from a basic dyno run. Â If you are looking to truly enhance your Porsche 981 Cayman GT4, then a ECU flash is definitely recommended.
Our customer had his reflashed as pictured below. Â When writing the large file, it is always recommended to use a battery charger or tender. Â After flashed, he immediately took it out and show some acceleration videos. Â His reviews on the Cayman forums and Facebook groups give a perfect first hand representation of the performance increase. Â If you are interested in ordering this ECU flash, view the Porsche 981 Tuning Here.
The Agency Power headers and exhaust are probably one of the best gift to the Mercedes C63 AMG world. Â With our debut of this exhaust system on our old Project C63, that video has racked up over 1.6M views! Â Recently our customer Philip, took his 6.20185642378L AMG to the strip where he launched and flogged his down the pavement. Â It was all sounds and compliments with the roar of his car! Â Check out more on this amazing exhaust which is available for both the sedan and coupe C63 from 2008-2014 at www.vividracing.com/c63.
The Porsche 991 GT3 delivers with the new Agency Power Headers and Valvetronic exhaust system for the Porsche 991 GT3 & GT3RS. Â Since 2007, Agency Power has been dealing with Valvetronic exhaust system from Porsche, BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes, and other. Â As new cars come out, the desire to have the audible control over your vehicles sound continues to be a hot seller. Â Our friends over at Eurocharged Canada recently installed this full system on their Porsche 991 GT3. Â Check out the initial start up and revs of this beautifully sounding exhaust.
For pricing, to order, and more information, give us a call at 1.480.966.3040 or email sales@vividracing.com.
IPD (Innovative Pro Design) was founded in 2004 by Mike “Turbo: Kirakosyan. The IPD Plenums are all designed, tested and manufactured in Southern California – the heart of the Porsche tuning capital. Their plenums and thermal blankets are the best performance upgrade for Porsche. Aside from quality products that hold a great warranty, IPD has the best dyno proven bolt-on power in the industry.
IPD Porsche Plenums: The revolutionary and patented design of IPD’s Plenums improve intake air flow by replacing the factory plastic “T”-style design with a more efficient, cast aluminum “Y” design. These plenums distribute the air flow more effectively by using a true merge collector and reducing pressure drop at the throttle body inlet. This innovative “Y†diversion area splits and channels intake air flow reducing air flow turbulence and increasing air flow velocity. This superior and proven design ultimately results in better power gains throughout the horsepower and torque curves.
IPD Performance Thermal Blankets: The new IPD Thermal Performance Blankets (TPB) are specifically manufactured to increase power and boost response by insulating and containing critical exhaust energy that expedites exhaust flow through the headers and turbos. Thermal blankets are designed to contain heat inside the exhaust system, where it is most effective without exceeding critical EGT thresholds. Wrapping the headers and turbine hot housings decreases convective heat transfer from underbody air, which is crucial for your vehicle’s performance.
Watch the video below, as Greg Martin of IPD provies us with a detailed tour of the manufacturing process at the machine shop. You can follow IPD on Instagram @ipdplenums and on Facebook, where they post all kinds of plenum and Porsche-related content. Be sure to also check out Vivid Racing’s entire lineup of IPD plenums here.
The Mercedes AMG GT-S coupe is a pretty awesome car. Â For the longest time I was more of a BMW fan than Mercedes. Â When we got our Project C63 my eyes were awoken to what Mercedes did. Â The CLS63 we built was fun but a little to cush. Â Our CLA45 is a reminder of the days driving the Mitsubishi EVO and Subaru STI. Â But this AMG GT-S is right up Porsche ally and its a monster! Â This car is a little special because of the owner. Â Personally, it does not matter if you are a celebrity, sports star, or joe schmoe. Â What is important is that you are down with cars and get it. Â Car guys are car guys. Â Scott Disick is a true car guy on the higher end of the car scale. Â Having owned cars like the Ferrari 458, Mercedes SLR, Lamborghini Aventador, and even Bugatti Veyron, he is in touch with speed. Â Over the years we have talked about different vehicles and finally we got together to make his new AMG GT-S boosted up.
The AMG GT-S was picked up and delivered to our shop in Gilbert, Arizona by our friends at Desert Eagle Auto Transport. Â The car had just 3000 miles on the clock and our plan was to give it some more power with Agency Power and VR Tuned. Â We wanted to show our capabilities against some of the other well respected Mercedes tuners. Â In addition to the performance, we discussed giving the car a new exterior look inspired by some random google searches. Â Where the Prior Design Widebody would be awesome, we went a little subtle with a wrap and wheel coating. Â The first thing we did was a baseline test to see where the car was at. Â We ran the car on our Mustang All Wheel Drive Dyno with 91 octane fuel and outside temperature around 50-60F. Â Our baseline test yielded 416 awhp and 430 ft/lbs of torque. Â Even though the car was rear wheel drive and we ran it in awd to avoid crazy dash lights with dyno mode, it had trouble keeping traction in 3 gear pulls.
Our first step in this build was to do downpipes.  The new 4.0L V8 engine is very strong and what we have seen from the past with our CLS63 and other turbo cars is that the downpipes give the most performance.  We chose to do catless downpipes which gave the twin turbo M178 engine no restriction and even faster turbo spool then what Mercedes designed with the “hot inside V” configuration”.  Turbocharged engines really don’t need backpressure, however if no restriction, the cars can get very loud.  So our fabrication team with Agency Power begin the develop of building the downpipes off the car and then jigging them up.  Now another part we decided to do for fun would be a straight pipe race exhaust.  Newer cars such as the Mercedes GT-S have a good flowing valved exhaust to be comfortable at cruising speeds yet aggressive when in race mode.  With a straight pipe system, this would be geared towards the track guy or those with #nocare!  It does save a ton of weight off the back end since there is no muffler.  While the downpipes were under way, we also began building this exhaust system to later jig up as well.
With the exhaust system underway, we did some testing of our VR Tuned ECU Flash for the Mercedes GT-S on our dyno.  Typical gains are rated for higher octane such as 93oct or up.  But in Arizona and California we have 91oct so the performance is slightly less.  With a drivetrain loss of 20-25%, we usually guess at around 22% from stock.  However the estimation is not always spot on so we look for what are the gains from our baseline to tuned.  The ECU flash allows us to adjust boost, fuel, and timing, as well as other parameters including that for catless downpipes.  Stock power is rated at 503 HP with 479 lb-ft(600 N-m), where once tuned goes to 615 HP | 585 lb-ft(664 N-m).  Thats a very strong gain and grows even more with the exhaust components.
With the package all put together, we did a final dyno and tests on the car. Â The first impression is the insane sound that now comes from the 4.0L V8. Â The straight exhaust is intense and makes the Mercedes sound like a mean GT3 race car. Â When on the dyno the torque difference is menacing and makes the turbos come on extremely quick. Â Our baseline run had the peak torque at 3300rpm making 430ft/lbs where now 3300rpm makes 510ft/lbs and peak torque goes to 526ft/lbs at 3700rpm. Â 3700rpm has a gain of 100 ft/lbs of torque over stock! Â This gain in torque continues which tapers down to redline while still making 60ft/lbs of torque even at 5000rpm. Â 6100rpm is making around 50ft/lbs. Â Horsepower is a very linear increase starting at 3300rpm with 40awhp and climbing up to a peak of 70awhp over stock. Â This is about a 90bhp gain on 91octane which is very good.
Thanks to our friends at EAWraps in Scottsdale for this full satin charcoal wrap they did. Â Having had cars wrapped by other companies in the past, this is one of the best jobs I have ever seen. Â Its flawless and goes great. Â Even down to the emblems and center caps were touched. Â We also added a little flavor by powdercoating the stock wheels a bronze color to pop out. Â Check out the videos and pictures below and let us know what you think!
The Porsche Macan S tuning box has been one of the best things to come for the 3.0L Turbo mini SUV. Â Very sporty to race around town, the power it can achieve from a little boost is pretty impressive. Â Our Tuning Box kit plugs into the cars boost, manifold, and camshaft sensors as well as a power and ground terminal to deliver 60 horsepower and over 100 nm of torque. Â The Tuning Box kit features a dial on the back to change the setting based on your pump octane and from there is really no maintenance. Â If need be, the tuning box can be easily unplugged and removed for warranty purposes. Â Our customer Chuck, part of the Macan Forums, recently installed his and did a couple videos for us.
The first video is of his Macan S using Launch Control.  You can see the ferocity in how hard the 3.0L turbo pulls with the new tuning box kit.  The second video shows a comparison of taking his Macan to 130 mph.  One is a start at 70mph and one is a start at 84mph.  Enjoy the pics and videos and order your Macan S 3.0L Turbo Tuning Box Here.
 
 
 
