heinkmeister

I'm pretty new to this forum, but I've been lurking on mbworld for a while now... I've been thinking of making some upgrades to my '02 CLK430, albeit not many (I very much believe Mercedes-Benz did a phenomenal job with engineering the vehicle for performance, despite the CLK55 AMG being naturally better).

Some ideas I've had but been unsure about were slapping in a turbo/supercharger and adding NO2. I've seen on some other threads that the W208's V8 engine cannot handle the boost that a turbo or a supercharger provides, yet I've seen some videos out there of people drag racing and dyno testing their W208 430's with a supercharger in it. Yes, I'm aware that Kleemann makes a supercharger designed specifically for the CLK430, but I don't have $10k on hand for the part alone. I have at most $2k...

This in mind, I'm wondering if anyone has experience putting NO2 in their CLKs. Can the V8 handle the combustion pressure that the NO2 adds? If so, should I go dry or wet NO2? I'm leaning more towards dry NO2 because of the horror stories about wet NO2 backfiring and I know the repair costs for that greatly outweigh the benefits of it.


If it helps, my CLK430 has ~189k miles on it, mostly commuter/stop-and-go miles.

2MERKS

S/C or Turbo on a 190K engine? with 2k to spend....keep it in your pockets.

exhaustgases

The best up grade is to detail the heck out of the car, and keep it stock if you ever want to recover on the investment. Modified junk ends up as junk yard queens.

sick430

save another grand or two and swap in a low milage 55.

lowphat

^ What he said....

burgca

With the mileage on the car and your budget can you afford blowing your motor? I agree with Sick430 that saving for a CLK55 is your best bet. Good luck!!