B&B has been hard at work on Audi’s latest rendition of the Q7. They have created tuning packages for three of the turbo diesel motors that it comes with.

The 3.0 TDI motor is treated with three power levels. The stage 1 tune raises output to 280 hp and 585 Nm, The stage 2 tune cost about 100 euro more and provides 300 hp and 600 Nm. Stage 3 maxes the 3.0 TDI out at 325 hp and 640 Nm.

Although the 4.2 TDI motor only has two stages of tuning, they both create immense amounts of power and torque. Stage 1 raise the Q7 to 375 hp and 850 Nm of torque and Stage two reaches 400 hp and 900 Nm of torque.

6.0 V12 Turbo Diesel owners should not feel left out, B&B has two packages for you as well. Stage 1 raise the car to an amazing 565 hp and 1,220 Newton-meters. I am not sure who would need any more power than this but the Stage2 is also available providing 595 hp and a maximum torque of 1,270 Nm.

[source: automobile review]

APS has released its stage one upgrade for the new VW mkVI GTI. Consisting of just an ECU upgrade, the stage one tuning jumps the stock 210hp to 250hp and the stock 207 ft/lbs of torque to a strong 292 ft/lbs. The APS stage one ECU upgrade is also said to drop the 0-60 time from 6.9 sec to a quick 6.2 sec and increases the cars max speed from 149mph to 155mph. The ECU upgrade goes for around £599 or approx $870.00.

[Source: Carscoop]

If you are v8 R8 owner, currently you maybe weighing your options. Luckily, German tuner MFK Autosports has recently become another option for those looking for modifications. Currently, they are providing an ECU reflash that raises the horsepower output 30HP to a round 450HP. MFK Autosports has also thrown another exhaust option into the ring with the release of their “flap-controlled sport exhaust system”; from the naming we assume that at upper RPM range the driver will be treated to a symphony of V8 goodness.

[source: carscoop]

Superchips has released their Superchips Bluefin Tuning chip for the BMW 123.  The tune produces a 50 bhp increase as well as a 68 ft/lb increase in torque. Bluefin uses an easy to use plug and play design and has over 30 years experience in vehicle tuning and performance.

Specs after the jump.

Available from Graham Goode Racing

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AC Schnitzer has had their engineers and designers in the kitchen this year, they have been cooking up some marvelous stuff. The newly redesigned Z4 is the most recent center of their attention with new aero and ECU tuning. BMW’s  twin turbo inline six Z4 from the factory is a decent contender, the AC Schnitzer raises the bar raising the car’s output to 360HP and an under 5 second  0-60 time.

AC Schnitzer’s aero package allows the looks of the car to reflect the unleashed power.  The kit contains the following: chrome front grille, lower front valance,  sports fenders with integrated air outlets for improved cooling of the front brakes, and a two-piece rear spoiler.

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In a move that I believe embodied the “21st Century of Tuning”, the members of RH9 have come together to create and amazing tune for the R35 GTR. This is significant in a number of ways; the first being the group has leveraged all of their equipment and tuning experience to put this package together, the second is that in my opinion the consumer has an un-compromised product.

“The results achieved are interesting. Over at Phoenix Power’s workshop a test car was donated by Decide 226 workshop as a test mule. Originally tuned by Decide, in standard trim, the car made 513ps with 68.6 kgm of torque up from a baseline of 459ps. Tweaked with the RH9 collaboratively built map, it went on to make 550ps and 72kgm of torque.

Later, the same map was applied to the Phoenix’s Power GT-R, which is modified with a Blitz SBC-iD boost controller and SARD high-flow exhaust and results were 614 ps and 96.1kgm orf torque.”

The upgrade maybe be obtain at any RH9 shop in Japan.

[source :gtr blog]

audi tt rs

Sportec has recently released a new ECU flash for the already amazing Audi TT RS. Audi’s  force induced direct injection motors are a thing of beauty, Sportec has taken it to the next level. Performance has transformed from 335-bhp and 328 lb-ft of torque to 400-bhp and 401 lb-ft.

[source: autoblog]