Jim Banville

http://www.mbwerks.com/osc/catalog/p...products_id=64
Who gonna get it first?
Evosport says 2 to 3 more months for their's

mig888

but that engine picture that kit's under doesn't look like our 4 bangers =(.

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Jim Banville

Looking at the renntechmercedes.com page makes me want their stage 3 kit for $2200

Outland

Its a C32 engine.

ctC230K

yeah i know, why not just get that, it includes an exhaust and chip too!!!!
I emailed them about it but they didn't reply?? wtf? they don't want business?

Buellwinkle

That's even better, a C32 for $2,200!

Jim Banville

I really don't think that muffler is good for the HP they claim. Kleeman says a "performance" muffler won'y give any additional HP on this car. They say you need a better exhaust manifold (HEADER).

I want a pulley kit, chip and header that compliment each other!

ctC230K

NO! dude you just get the C32 ENGINE for $2,200 not the whole car,

nlpamg

yeah right, they've been saying that since November.

mbny

it pretty much looks like you can get their stage 2 for the same cost as carlsson and get the ECU as well.

mbny

wow, for some reason i thought renntech was in Cali. looking at their site i spotted florida then the 561 area code, same as my house in royal palm beach. did a mapquest and renntech is only 17 miles from my house down there! leaving may 31st to spend two weeks down there, so i'm definitely gonna take a ride there, and who knows, maybe get their stage 2 if i can

ctC230K

but the stage 3 includes exhaust right?

mbny

correct. i prefer keeping the exhaust stock however.

BrabusW203

Maybe if you stop yapping about it and actually buy something, you'll figure get somewhere.

Jim Banville

Huh? I don't fully understand your sentence. But if I get the gist of it, I'm trying to spend my money as wisely as possible. $1700 is a LOT of money to me. I certainly don't want to waste it.

ctC230K

how come? stock exhaust is better? or just quieter?

Capt Nemo o2

With 2.5" Piping from the manifold all the way to the tip for a 1.8 liter SC... I would say that is plenty big. My Jeep with a 5.2 liter V8 only had 2.25" exhaust... The only area where the '05s lack in the exhaust department is the manifold and cat... Changing anything else will maybe pick you up an extra pony or two, its merely for sound, which I feel the 05s sound great as it is!

mbny

quieter. I feel that in order to make hp improvements through an aftermarket exhaust, it goes beyond just a muffler which will probably be one loud exhaust. I personally don't feel that this little 4 cylinder can produce an aggressive growling exhaust note that I would enjoy listening to on a daily basis. If it were a V8 however, it would probably be my first upgrade. just my opinion

mbny

just out of curiosity, will a pulley kit change the sound of the engine? someone had told me that I should look into it b/c I could have an annoying loud ticking. any truth to this?

ctC230K

idk but that's a good question. i'm sure a chip changes the engine sound. my 323i sounded completely different at all RPMs after the chip.

Jim Banville

I think the whine of the supercharger is more pronounced
Maybe we need to imbed a wav file of the superchager whining in the multitude of c230 vs c240 threads to overpowering all that "whining"

Capt Nemo o2

I wouldnt say more pronounced but more of comes on at lower RPMs, gets louder sooner.

mbny

sorry, i should have been more specific with my question. at idle will you hear any difference with pulleys? like when you put an aftermarket flywheel, you sometimes get a chatter? sorry if it's a dumb question. I'm new to modding benz's. I had rogue engineering pulleys in my 330 and it still sounded like stock, but i'm not sure what affect this will have w/ a supercharger.

mbny

hmm, i had the autothority chip in my 330 and didn't really notice a change in sound. but the gruppeM intake sure did!

ctC230K

i got the shark injector from turner motorsport. yeah my short ram intake changed the sound the most.