[Malmby]

Performance Packages - AMS Performance

www.amsperformance.com

Red Alpha Stage 3 is less than $8,000, even with installation.

Also, I have Stage 3 and more -- it is a completely different car.

 

[Malmby]

How much was the total cost for stage 3, if you mind me asking?

I do not recall, as it has been quite a while since the work was performed (and honestly, I am too lazy to dig up the scan of the receipt at the moment). What I will say is that I was pretty shocked at AMS Performance's hourly service rate; it was lower than I was anticipating.

 

[Malmby]

$5k, $6k, $7k? Rough number would help big time!!

A rough guess is about $1,000.

Dug up my invoice; pre-dyno inspection, heat exchanger installation, lower downpipe installation, and driveshaft installation was $1,000. The hourly rate was $125 at the time (looks like I got a different rate on other services I had performed at a different time.)

Dyno tuning was $300 + $599.95 for Q60 calibration service + $100 EcuTek USB license key + $250 for EcuTek flash license + $300 for EcuTek Bluetooth interface (cost for the tuning service: $1549.95).

 

[Malmby]

So about $6k after everything

It should be about $4,284.75 less taxes (Stage 3: $3,284.75 + labor: $1,000).

 

[Malmby]

What's the benefit of adding the CBE on top of the RA package

The largest bottleneck to improving the performance is the secondary catalytic converters (lower downipes); the second largest bottleneck to improving performance is the exhaust after the catalytic converters (Y-pipe, mid-pipe, and axle-back muffler). A cat-back exhaust combined with upgraded downpipes reduces the exhaust bottlenecks and allows the tuner to push the calibration further.