Excelerate Performance is a full service speed shop that offers an extensive range of different automotive services and repairs. Whether you need a tune-up or a turbo kit installed we have the ability and knowledge to complete the job. We have extensive experience with European, primarily Audi, BMW, Porsche, & Volkswagen; and Japanese, including Acura, Honda, Infiniti, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, & Toyota, vehicles and therefore our specialty lies with those vehicles. However, we also can service exotic and newer domestic vehicles.
In order to serve our customers more fully we moved in Dec. 2012 to our current location of 12 Sycamore Way Unit 1 in Branford, CT. This location houses our 5000 sq ft facility where we have designated almost 75% of our building to service-related work. Our service area boasts a 3300 sq ft service area with five 2 post 10k FORWARD low-profile lifts, a waiting room for our customers with TV and comfortable couches, a break room for our employees, an inventory room, a LANAIR Waste Oil Burner, heating and air condition in the office and showroom, ample parking, and much much more. . We also have an extensive array of mechanic’s tools, including specialty tools for many German and Japanese vehicles. Additionally, we have a Miller MIG and TIG welder, Blue Point smoke machine, SNAP On Verus, Autoenginuity Scan Tool, VAG Com, Durametric, and many many more tools. Each of these tools allows us to diagnose and repair your vehicle more efficiently. This saves the customer money and time. In order to improve the performance of vehicles we have various tools for flashing: APR Cheetah cable, APR CPD programmer, APR Universal Programming Device, APR Computer Clamping Device, Active Autowerke Flashing Station, HPA ECU and DSG flashing cables, Hondata Flashpro, Softronic cable, HEXFlash, and more.
Give us a call (203-483-6100) so that we can discuss your installation needs and schedule an appointment. We can take care of your service needs and your performance wants.
Also, here is an idea of just some of the services we can perform:
Air Induction – Intake Systems, Manifolds, Piping
Brakes – Rotors, Pads and Big Brake Kits
Engine Building
Exhaust Systems and Fabrication
Forced Induction – Turbo and Supercharger Kits
Gauges, Electronics, Boost Controllers, Turbo Timers
Software – Custom and APR Tuned
Suspension – Springs, Shocks, Coilovers
Transmission – Clutch, Flywheel, Limited Slip Differentials, Rebuilds
Shawn Colon
i have a 2004 mazda rx8 4speed automatic. i have a leak at the header and deemed it pointless to put new stock parts on a car. i have a racing header and cat delete i need installed and its about a 2 hour job. i lack the proper equiptment to do it my self and have no one to assist me. i was wondering if its a task that you can do and what to cost of the services would be?
Jared
I wanted to know how much you charge to do the APR stage I tune on my 2012 gti. I believe i buy the program from APR and you can install it? Thanks.
Michael
Hello,
I am an owner of a 2010 Mazdaspeed3 and there were a few things I was looking to do to my car and was wondering if your shop performed them. One I am interested in blacking out the taillights on the car. Secondly I am also interested in painting the brake calipers. I would appreciate more information on these two services if they are available through your shop.
Robert
I currently have a 2012 Acura mdx – I’ve owned several high performance autos and am looking to upgrade the performance on the mdx fairly significantly! Probably including lowering the car approx. an inch or slightly more. I knownit’s not your typical auto to upgrade, but I was interested in seeing if you had any ideas or have done previous work on any mdx’s – I’m interested in getting your response.
Thank you,
Robert
tony
HI I HAVE A 2006 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER SUPERCHARGED 4.2 AND I WANTED TO INSTALL A PERFORMANCE SHIP STAGE III OR OTHER PERFORMANCES THAT I CAN DO TO IT THAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND,,,,
Fernando Guimaraes
HELLO, I HAVE A 12 AUDI A4 QUATTRO. IT IS A LEASED CAR AND I WAS TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION AROUND HAVING A STAGE 1 TUNE FOR THE CAR? I WAS CURIOUS IF IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS TO THE DEALER FOR NORMAL SERVICE IF I HAD THE CAR TUNED? ALSO I WAS CURIOUS ON THE RELIABILITY AND COST.
THANKS IN ADVANCE,
FERNANDO
Joshua
Fernando, thank you for contacting us. The APR software is visible to the dealer if they look for it. However, during routine service the dealer typically does not check for software. Also, if you choose to purchase multiple programs you can choose Stock programming as one of your programs so that you can switch back to stock programming when returning to the dealer. This way the dealer cannot feel any difference in how the vehicle drives.
APR’s software is highly reliable. It maintains all OEM and Tier 1 safety measures so that your vehicle and motor last as long as possible. I personally have APR software on two of my vehicles, a 09 GTI with APR Stage 3 and an 12 TT RS, and both vehicles were flashed within 500 miles on the odometer.
The cost for software depends on how many programs and options you want.
http://www.goapr.com/products/ecu_upgrade_20tsivl_long.html
A single program is $599 but if you want to be able to switch back to stock it would be $149 extra. If you want to be able to lock the program in place so that the dealer cannot change it then it would be $59 extra. Audi added ECU encryption to many of the newer ECUs so the ECU does have to be removed to be bench flashed. The cost for that is $150.
Please let me know if you have any other questions or would like to set up an appointment.
V
I bought parts from xlr8 for my 07 TL. I Highly recommend the Xlr8 Coilover kit. The whole car feels different from eibach springs that I had on there before. Everything came on time and in perfect condition. The service is very good and prices are even better. Josh helped me in the right direction to go with the intake, the camber kits and also the engine mounts. If you ever call in ask for Josh. I thank you guys again and im extremely happy with all the parts i have installed on my car. Ill be seeing Xlr8 soon for more upgrades.