Veloce Performance Memorial Day Event!

[IngenereAMG]

It's that time of year again... Memorial Day! That means summer IS here! ... And when summer is here that means dusting off the ride and going for a drive. As great as your car is I bet you are thinking, "It would be nice to have a bit more power"! Veloce Performance to the rescue! To celebrate the start of summer Veloce Performance is having a Memorial Day event that will run now through Monday May 25th. If you order and pay for your ECU tuning before 5/25/09 we will take 15% off our already great pricing, throw in a FREE Veloce Performance hat, and Fedx Ground shipping. If you tune a second car for you or a friend, we will give you the same deal AND give you a FREE Cheetah Speed Camera Detector to boot! We have some of the best software writers in the business and some of the happiest clients. Take a look at our testimonials page, and make the decision to let some of those horses out of the barn, and go have some fun! http://www.veloceperformance.com/testimonial.htm Have fun and be safe and don't eat to much BBQ!

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[PTE]

Back in the last week of March,09 My Girl friend & I went car shopping. She is a little frail with lots of Rhumatroid Arthritis, I had to lift her into the Truck & Help her get down to the ground, And getting in & out of Her work car, Honda Civic was a real task! We ended up with a Smart 4-2. It was of her chose.Totally. I finally drove it and said Patty , we have to do something her. This thing is a pooch!!! The lag between gear shifts was not exceptable too me. Patty seem to have it down, and was much smoother.
I did some looking on ECU performance Flash's. There was several Tuners out there offering an ECU performance update / flash's.

I chose Veloce . Why? Dino , Offered, removal & Install Instructions. Always answered E-mails & returned Phone calls, Great Communications Dino!!
I took the car to the local Chassis Dyno Shop. McDonald Performance in Stuart , FL.. The car pulled 63 RWHP. I then removed the ECU ( Real easy , even for a novice) And sent it off to Dino.
When I got it back , I installed it back into the car. I turned the car over to Patty, ( I never drive the car 1st) She did the road test!! And came back with a Big Smile Then I drove it about a week later. I got to say. The car responded to throttle input , Shift lag was Minumized. & motor pulled through the RPM Band much faster. The Butt dyno saya Yeah. I 'll be posting the dyno sheets soon. I just have to get back McDonalds Performance.
Dino!! I'm very Pleased Regards ___PTEngineering

[tbone]

Originally Posted by PTE

Back in the last week of March,09 My Girl friend & I went car shopping. She is a little frail with lots of Rhumatroid Arthritis, I had to lift her into the Truck & Help her get down to the ground, And getting in & out of Her work car, Honda Civic was a real task! We ended up with a Smart 4-2. It was of her chose.Totally. I finally drove it and said Patty , we have to do something her. This thing is a pooch!!! The lag between gear shifts was not exceptable too me. Patty seem to have it down, and was much smoother.
I did some looking on ECU performance Flash's. There was several Tuners out there offering an ECU performance update / flash's.

I chose Veloce . Why? Dino , Offered, removal & Install Instructions. Always answered E-mails & returned Phone calls, Great Communications Dino!!
I took the car to the local Chassis Dyno Shop. McDonald Performance in Stuart , FL.. The car pulled 63 RWHP. I then removed the ECU ( Real easy , even for a novice) And sent it off to Dino.
When I got it back , I installed it back into the car. I turned the car over to Patty, ( I never drive the car 1st) She did the road test!! And came back with a Big Smile Then I drove it about a week later. I got to say. The car responded to throttle input , Shift lag was Minumized. & motor pulled through the RPM Band much faster. The Butt dyno saya Yeah. I 'll be posting the dyno sheets soon. I just have to get back McDonalds Performance.
Dino!! I'm very Pleased Regards ___PTEngineering

What are the post-tune Dyno numbers?

[PTE]

Hello All: I'm headed to the dyno tomorrow morning. The weather here in Florida has been Quite rainy. I'll Post the Dyno sheets of the before & after In a overlay style . and attach some car pictures. I also made some simple axle tube cover caps / plugs out of some 6061-T6 I had in the shop. See you Tomorrow _PTEngineering

[IngenereAMG]

I just noticed this thread.... I am glad to see that things are working well, and that you and of course the gf are enjoying the 'little guy' and his new found power!

[PTE]

Hello All: I got to the dyno shop , Got the car all strapped down. Then Bang Crash Boom. The sky fell out. Raining like crazy. 100% Humidity. & 84 Degree F air temp. All the oxygen was locked up. The SAE correction factor was @ .99. We called it a day. UGH
Attached is some pictures of the dyno platform and one of the axle tube covers.
I can tell you this . even in this crappie weather , the 999 CC motor gained 6 rw Foot Lbs of Torque from 3800 RPM to 5300 RPM. Thats 9.5% gain where you do most of your driving. This car stills feels peppier and shifts a lot better than the Stock Tune .I promise I do another Dyno when the weather drys out a bit. Cheers _PTEngineering

[tbone]

Does the tune affect the lag between gear changes?

[PTE]

Hello Tbone. It does minumize the lag. About 80% improvement. I found now ,that if I just lift my foot slightly at mid rpms , let it shift ,then reapply the throttle it shifts smoothly. Now at WOT with the shift paddles , it shifts pretty darn quick , without throttle lift. Cheers _PTEngineering

[tbone]

What are your experiences with the lag when driving in auto mode and not lifting off the gas during shifts?

[PTE]

Hi: I got to believe that there are 2 things ( issues) that stick out. #1 is transmission Shifting Lag & #2 is the weak engine. Shifting in Auto mode with The Veloce Tune is 80% better . And the engine performance increase is a matter of personal experence. It Feels dramaticly better in the seat of the pants. Even with 9.5% increase of rear wheel torque over the stock Factory OEM Tune. The Veloce tune helped both Issues. Dino is easy to deal with & returns e-mails & Phone calls. He also offer a 100% satisfaction or return your money policy. I have or should I say My Girl friend ,has no reason to go back to the OEM factory Tune
Cheers _PTEngineering