I believe somewhere on this site that it claims a company in Germany writes the ECU program for the GM upgrade. The outrageous cost of the kit includes a premium paid to that company.

 

The entire DI and ECM system was contracted to Bosch by GM.

 

The outfit that did the programming is a subcontractor of Bosch. The price isn't outrageous at all. It reflects a great deal of development time that isn't free. After the new calibration is worked up, GM must test it to insure that things like engine internals, clutch, transmission, halfshafts, etc are still able to be warrantied with the increased power and meet GM's reliability standards. This is a fair amount of development cost for a product that will only sell a few thousand units at best. If you only look at the cost as a markup on the cost of a couple of TMAP sensors, then you really don't understand what kind of work goes into calibrating and testing engine and drivetrain properly.

 

i think mine was made after cinco de mayo

 

Not only engine from Germany....... I just rotated tires and cleaned the insides of the rims.... The jack is from Canada and the stock Alum wheels from Taiwan. Don't we make anything anymore????