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Mar 13, 2012 | 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by rcrosby

I bought a 2008 18K GT Silver/Black 6 speed and am looking at APR, AWE, GIAC etc. Any recommendations on tuning? The APR appears to yield nice power gains and programmability for different octane/boost modes.

Thank you in advance for recommendations

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Mar 13, 2012 | 09:19 PM

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Thanks everyone for all of the productive feedback. One of my big concerns is clutch slip and it seem I may as well do that at the same time.... I want the best combination of power gain, drivability and overall refinement. Sounds much more simple than it is obviously...

Mar 14, 2012 | 04:56 AM

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I ended up with Softronic and Sachs 764 clutch with GT2 slave conversion. That seems to be a popular clutch combo and there are plenty of happy customers with a bunch of different tuners.

Mar 14, 2012 | 05:29 AM

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We got 3 GT2's killed thier clutch shortly after Proto tune.

Mar 14, 2012 | 05:59 AM

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Spoke to Softronic yesterday and it was a news to them that their tune is making the clutches slip

What ever that means

Mar 14, 2012 | 06:15 AM

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I went with APR. Did a 6.3 100-200kph with PBox on 93 oct.

Mar 14, 2012 | 06:19 AM

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I would think that it is common knowledge that increasing the power may wear out the factory clutch quicker! LOL. I went with the Sachs 2.5 from AWE in advance and colder plugs to prep from my tune.

Mar 14, 2012 | 08:14 AM

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rcrosby

My car is Proto Todd.K tuned and am Dallas based, pm me and we can meet up.

I am off to TX2K12 this week though.

Mar 14, 2012 | 09:45 PM

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Thanks

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rcrosby

My car is Proto Todd.K tuned and am Dallas based, pm me and we can meet up.

I am off to TX2K12 this week though.

Have fun at the mile, I have been and wish I could get back down there. I need to update my profile as I now live in Nashville. I will be in Dallas tomorrow on business though. Thanks and good luck on the airstrip.....

Mar 14, 2012 | 09:47 PM

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Impressive

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I went with APR. Did a 6.3 100-200kph with PBox on 93 oct.

That appears to be a pretty impressive gain for just reprogram, What does the car run this in stock form. In the mid to low 8's I would assume?

Mar 15, 2012 | 05:44 AM

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Yes, I believe mid to low 8s. I ran the car once on the stock map and did a 8.1, but that's with an exhaust so maybe it made a small difference. 6.3 is with the tune and exhaust.

Jul 14, 2012 | 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom@Champion

AWE uses GIAC software, as do we. We believe that there isn't a better, more reliable, and safer software option for the 997TT on the market. Depending on the other hardware mods you have on the car, you could see power gains of anywhere between 60-100hp at the wheels with a simple flash. GIAC also offers switchable programs for pump fuel and race fuel, as well as valet and kill programs.

We're so comfortable with the GIAC software that we back it with our own Champion Motorsport warranty. How many other tuners will stand behind your factory warranty with their software?

This is why I'll go with GIAC or FVD when the time comes. Like he says, warranty really? Back it up. No one can "hide" software on a car unless you burn an ECU up in flames and your car has a replacement. Champion says If you have Porsche digging hard and they find ours then we will cover it. NOT give you the original model that came with it but they will cover your problem

Jul 14, 2012 | 06:36 PM

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i was running softronic from stage 1 to stage 4

very nice gain

also you can retune for custom tune ..

do not forget that all the remote tunning company are useing SOFTRONIC ODB port cable

be safe

Jul 14, 2012 | 07:09 PM

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i was running softronic from stage 1 to stage 4

very nice gain

also you can retune for custom tune ..

do not forget that all the remote tunning company are useing SOFTRONIC ODB port cable

be safe

Someone better tell that to Durametric.

Jul 24, 2012 | 11:38 AM

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Champion is certainly one of the best dealers you can go through, if not the best. And for those who wish for more power down the road, we offer software for the Champion Billet Turbocharger upgrade.

If anyone has a tiptronic transmission, we also offer 3 levels of transmission software.