My goal Is to achieve 0-100 kays in 7 sec's on my C200k. I have bought a Kleeman pulley kit but havn't had it fitted yet. My plans are as follows: Kleeman kit installed, K&N airfilter, 3.67 diff conversion from C180 and a good set of headders. In theory this should give me the times I'm looking for but the reallity is that I will prob only see 8 seconds. I have asked around about intercoolers and people have told me that with a factory intercooler should be sufficient. I have also heard that an exhaust will be a waste of money. I'm not keen on chipping the car as it is my partner who drives the car 95% and she wouldn't know how to put 98 octain fuel into the car, and I dont want it to ping. What does everyone recomend?

 

take out spare tires, all lurxy setup, all those stuff that u think would make the car heavy. cheap and easy

 

Thats what the Suzuki's for!!!!

 

is that why suzuki is good on motorbike??
lol

 

I can't kill the Suzuki no matter what I do, It's why I keep it...It's simple, but It always makes me smile....or laugh!!!

 

Going down a steep hill should achieve your acceleration goals.

 

NOS! lol, go for a direct port system or something, i prefer NX

 

Forgive my ignorance but what is a direct port system and what does it do?

 

Burns holes in your pistons in a short time.

 

I guess that wouldn't be a good idea then!!! I'm still curious to know what it is and what it does though?

 

Get Exaust ... even ppl say it might not do much ...

it still does something .. stock pipe is 2.25 inches.. u can get a bigger pipe..
take out resonator. stright pipe it 3 inch. with a eisemenn catback or somthing ...

get lighter rims...
like that guy said.. every pound adds up to ur speed and time..
spare tire is very heavy. u can pull off 7 sec if ur car lose some weight...


u prolly live in the states so u ahve 91 octane max... i live in canada so we get 94. and thats a difference tooo..

 

Thanks for a serious answer, I may have to reconsider an exhaust. The only reason I dished the idea was because most people I know only achieve 3-4 kw max, but I guess it all does add up. As my partner drives the car most of the time, I don't know about removing the spare but lighter rims are on the way, although they prob wont be much lighter than the CLK rims on it now.

 

You could try pulley upgrades, computer chip, and exhaust, maybe some green air filters.

 

This thread reminded me of this:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=776885

LOL!

 

Hi thanks for your response, and a serious one too!

I have the Kleeman pulley kit but as yet havn't had time for install. I expect a good result from this but not quite the 7 sec mark.
As best as I know a computer chip will require me to run premium unleaded at 98 octain to avoid pinging, however my partner drives the car 95% of the time and despite constant reminders, will only use standard unleaded (90 octain) so a chip can't really be used unless I want engine problems.
I have been pricing K&N filters but can you tell me more about green filters?
The C200 takes off painfully slow, allot slower than my W202. I believe this may be because the W202 has a 3.91 diff and is manual, so I am waiting for a price back from the mechanic for a W203 C-180 3.67 diff conversion.
I have had Australian built performance cars in the past and have found that the exhausts really didn't make huge amounts of difference in performance but rather the note, however these cars were naturally asperated???
A previous car of mine had a GM TH700 tranny with a larger stall converter and a shift kit, allowing me to take off at a higher RPM when my cam was opening so I had good use of my torque range and faster shifting between gears to hold that curve better. Is there is an aftermarket brand that can do this to a Benz?

 

What engine diference between the c230 and c200

 

4 psi of boost but the kleemann kit will take care of that...

 

do eisemenn exhausts drone on the freeway? Also, btw, filled up with 98 octain fuel and reset the trannsmission (assuming that really works), felt a huge accelleration difference. Taking off at 2000 rpm has the car wheelspinning before the lights turn green. Pulley kit installed this Thursday

 

can't believe they waste all those time for that

 

whats with the whole smart **** answers on this site......i'm sick to death of pretending to kiss ur *****, i just want answers......i mean who helped all you learn overtime....oh wait were you all born with all the technical data of merc's imprinted into your heads......oh.....no.....i see.....so when you all needed to know how to and what to you asked questions and people answered.....but now when someone asks you all what you cant answer unless its smart **** ****. whats the point of having a forum if you all just want to stick to yourselves..........

 

first of all, how fast is your car now
post it
and how much money you plan on to spend for it, there are all kinds of performance you can get, but again that really depends on ur budget.

I said Header will be good, as well as Underdrive pulley, sprint booster...etc

 

You bought wrong car for this purpose at the first place. If you wanted MB so much then get C63. If you can't afford it then get Civic and mod it for a couple $.

 

my answer to you is no way you can take it to 7sec. I have c200K with all the mods possible. I tested it last night at 23C my best time is around 9.5sec from stand still without torque breaking (which is impossible to do with the 265-30 in the rear the car just bog!). However, I do got a big sound system and full load of **** in my car. Plus a 265-30-18 rear isn't helping it going faster in straight line. If i use lighter wheel I might achieve 8 secs. Anyhow, there is a lot of work for you before reaching 7sec. However keep us posted, I would love to hear the update from you.

 

O.K. First let me say sorry for doing my nut, I don't normally but It feels like unless you have 1000 posts you are a nobody....Ever walked to the shops in just a track suit with no jewellery, no wallet just cash and been ignored?

Here in Australia it is all trial and error for modifying this car because no one does it and therefore it is expensive!

In terms of budget, well It's a chip away thing, bit by bit, a 20k engine rebuild is out of the question but a bigger cooler today and a hi flow cat tommorow and so on is ok If that makes sense.

My problem Is this. I have had fast cars in the past, these were locally built. I spent good money with great advise and the best workmanship to achieve what I got. The reason is because people knew about the make of car and could advise me what to and what not to do. I would have spent double If I didn't have that advise. I don't want to trial and error a car and spend a packet on things if they dont need to be done, I'm sure everyone can understand.

My car runs stock standard at the moment, all It has fitted is CLK rims, the pulley kit has not yet been fitted. I have today agreed to do the diff conversion and at the same time an AMG exhaust, this will be done hopefully late Jan after x-mas hollidays.

BKLNC, O.K. between my work and my social circle I have driven and brought home for weekends, or been out in so many expensive, luxury, and exotic cars that a Honda would really be out of the question. I think you were meaning a W202 c36 when you said a C63? A C36 is worth AUD $30-45,000( Aus dollar worth around 80 cents U.S.). No offence to C36 owners but to me I see a 10 year old car with high millage, and because It offers 206kw of power, no doubt a few hard hitters. Over here a car Is repaired based on It's market value, for example I was driving a Ferrari 360 the other day that had a $180,000 insurance claim because of a serious accident but this was repaired because the car was insurered for $300,000. So I see an old thrashed car that will be a headache. If I had the money.........well I would buy a C32 AMG....these are worth $100,000+ Australian or around 80k+ U.S. Actually I think I would buy an E36 M3 just to hear it rev!
I did however buy a C200k 02 modell for $40k AUD and if i spend $5k and have it looking and performing how I want then I'm happy, but I dont want to spend $10+k and not achieve results.

If the car wasnt supercharged I would lay back and admit defeat, but the reality Is that there must be simple bolt on ways to get these cars to move, I just want to know the best method.

Once again sorry for doing my nut and thankyou for a serious response.

 

Not sure about Eisenmann and all those HC brands,,,, since exaust dont do much as recall... i dont rely on them fo paying $1000... so i just got a magnaflow.... Remus and Borla could be a good price range aroudn 500CAD..
obviously payin for Brabus and Carlsson product all adds up...

well 98 octain is just way toooo much ... but 94 is perfect....sicne its legal to buy in gas stations.... but 98 is almost Jet fuel .. which is gonna be way to expensive even for a 1 time use... ur thinking at about 200bucks or more for a tanks probably... when i used to have a STI.. travelling from Canada to the States was a big difference gass grade drop from 94 to 91.. you can easily feel it if you love your car......

If your using drag or a one day head to head fun... Buy NOS Octane booster..proably 30dollars CAD for 3 bottles.. adds about 30hp just for that tank of gas.. .....Every pound on your car slows you down 0.1 secs..or less

tell u the truth.... stock is running about 9 secs 0-100K or less.....i calculatedd..

soo hmm .. u actualy dont need to add so much ...

PULLY, filter and exaust can get you to 7 secs...

i smokes a V6 mazda 6.. when he had a 1 sec start..and my car was stock...so. no need for so much product... my buddies C class is runnning a 7 with a ASP pulley and intake....