Exhaust and a tune adds 32 horsepower and 44 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels of this Mercedes.
The video above comes to us from the ARMYTRIX YouTube channel and it features a Mercedes Benz C250 Coupe stretching its legs on a dynamometer before making a couple soft pulls on the street. The premise of this video is to showcase the sound of the exhaust and the impact of the tuning process on the C250, and that impact is pretty impressive.
Mercedes C250
The Mercedes-BenzC250 in the video above comes from the factory with a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine that delivers 208 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque. The Benz in this video has an aftermarket exhaust system from Armytrix and a performance tune from Hitz Supercar in Thailand, so we know that it is going to make more power than stock, but how much more?
The Dyno Run
The video begins by giving us a quick panning look at the Mercedes-Benz C250, but we get right into the action, as the car runs up through the gears on the dyno. Based on how the car sounds, that is just some random footage, as it doesn’t sound like any dyno pull we’ve ever heard.
In any case, after we watch and listen as the Mercedes-Benz C250 works out on the dyno, we get a look at the results. Based on the sheet, this Benz made 209 horsepower and 289 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels when stock. With the exhaust and tune, the car laid down 241 horsepower and 333 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels. Those numbers represent gains of 32 horsepower and 44 lb-ft of torque at the wheels just from a new exhaust system and a tune.
Really, the tune likely plays the biggest role, but the exhaust is surely helping a bit as well.
On the Street
The video ends with a look at the Mercedes-Benz C250 as it accelerates rather gently away from the camera, followed by a low-speed flyby and another series of panning shots of the car from every angle.
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