SL55_Forever

Is it possible to take a CLK500/550/55 500hp+ with $10K budget (parts + labor)?

Fatz

500hp+ would probably require ECU tune, headers, cam shaft, supercharger, and maybe some exhaust and intake work. My guess is somewhere between 15K and 18K, depending on the base model.

Maybe you can contact a few of the vendors on this forum directly.

SL55_Forever

Comparing the CLK500/550/55 with the route of going with a C32/SLK32 with $10K (parts + labor) to see if it would be easier to obtain 500+ hp.

Fatz

Kleeman has supercharger, ecu, and cam packages for the M113 (500/55) but not for the 550. I looked into a supercharger and different tune(required) once for my 550. It was way too expensive, I would have to retune annually to get emissions testing, and I would be a "one off" setup.

gaazmon

For 500hp you'd have to supercharge and tune a 55 and on a 500 supercharge, tune, cams, headers:

http://catalog.kleemann.dk/catalog/c...5-amg-v8-m113/

omega48er

man, if you were looking earlier you could have purchased betrezra's clk.

take a look at his thread.

https://mbworld.org/forums/clk55-amg...ann-build.html

tw2

You could get kind of near with the C32 or SLK32 but once you max it out you either need to go to engine swap, turbo's or centrifugal supercharger... expensive and difficult. Starting with a larger displacement engine would be better. Can you do all the labor yourself? E55 of course would be the easiest way to go.

2MCHCAR

+1 on what the guys said above. I have almost all the mods you listed and just the parts alone will go for around $10K. It would be easier to get a W211 E55 or buy a CLK that has those mods installed.