makedon

Hi everybody,
I own 2006, C230,with 26K miles, first owner, and my question is if there is any of you with same, 2.5L naturally-aspirated engine who has installed supercharger or turbo. What are the other modes I may consider? At this time the only thing I have installed ( soon as I bought the car) is the Speed Booster...Any one with Kleemann supercharged system?!!
Thank you.

makedon

Anyone...........?!!
No comments?

Blake P

Seems like the answer is pretty obvious based on the lack of responses.

mig888

A call to Kleemann to ask them if they've K'd any C230s would've been most beneficial..?

jagsy

I have called myself with no response. I was waiting on one for someone here fo a used one, but I may just get ASP by the weekened. Good will hunting.

johnand

Buy a C32. Much easier, and probably cheaper in the long run.

jagsy

I actually want the slk320 or slk280. that will probably me my next benz.

C230 Sport Coup

There's very few Kleeman SC'd cars out there.
I kept hoping someone would do it to there C320 Coupe.
There one guy here, Dr. Sunil who did his C320, and his car is the Shnizzle!
No one has done any of the newer engines that I've heard of.

kompressor85

the reason noone is really replying on this thread is because the threads about photoshopping a stupid set of wheels or "how will my car look with tint" or the "i just washed my car, look at the pics!" are busying getting a thousand worthless replies. so few on this board are true car fanatics.

makedon

Thank you COMPRESOR85.
I feel better that someone shares my opinion. I almost quit checking this site.
Anyway, it's easy to buy the AMG, but don't you all (even the owners of the C32's and C55's) wont more out of your cars? I believe the challenge is to be “better” in your class...I see many of you with C230-compressor have done the pulley and things like that...why? I also see some of you being very conservative about any mods related to the engine/drive train. I respect that...to a certain point. I don't want to start a “war” but, driving our cars without the Speed Booster is like playing an old video game - you are always 2 seconds behind your thoughts. I respect all of you that “convinced” me to do it. Thank you.
That is what I was asking when I started this thread, hoping someone shears my idea and the way I feel about my car, and maybe has done something about it.

drexappeal

Considering that the 230 and 280 NA v6 engines only had 2 years of production, I'm not sure how many of the 230 owners after the 2005 owners have dove into performance mods.

I know that many of us m271 owners have been on a mission to get the engine to perform more efficiently and produce more power. My car has had extensive R&D work, but is still not complete and that's been over the past 1-2 years.

No matter what, there are many on here that do prefer the "bling bling" route than talking about performance enhancements. A lot of it has to do with not wanting to delve into unknown territories (i.e. if it's not readily available for a cheap price, I'd rather spend my $200 on cheap wheels).

That being said, if you read some of my stories, mig888, nuclearhappiness, emrliquidlife, sunman (can't remember his new username) etc, etc, etc (I apologize if I forgot anyone), I'm sure you'll see how people have attempted upgrades and tested different things for different engines. Most of the ones mentioned on here are for the m271 engine, m112 engine, and m111 engine.

Furthermore, I'm sure you are "unsatisfied" with the fact that the NA v6 230 is not discussed that much, but what I found (even after there being partial info about the m271) was that if you want to try something, you gotta just go for it, do some research on your own, talk to people on your own...and eventually you'll run into a path that you can take your car with regards to performance upgrades.

I honestly can say that I was looking for more products that were already available and "tested", but when a few people had mentioned testing certain things, I had 100% faith that they knew exactly how much I wanted to find out what the m271 engine could do and we moved forward with a lot of R&D that still continues to this day. Ultimately, the "big" tuners did not devote any time to our engines because time and costs for development would not present a very high return. That's why most of the focus is on the bigger engines and AMG engines.

Good luck with your search. I'm sure it will be just as challenging as I found it to be and still do with the m271.

kompressor85

drexappeal, that was a fantastic reply, not being sarcastic..... i hardly check this site anymore because noone here adventerous to try strapping a turbo onto this thing (okay, there was ONE GUY. hardly counts)

but apparently he was around 300HP? i mean, think about it. it wouldnt take much to really upgrade our engines. in my personal opinion- and let me admit that i've got an extremely limited knowledge of this particular motor- however i'm probably one of the most knowledgeable people about cars on here- (youch, can i say that without seeming like a total jerko**?) i think that with a reprogrammed ECU to handle larger injectors, a rising rate FPR coupled with larger fuel pump, and a turbo strapped onto this car, s/c eliminated, this car could and would be rediculously fast. 300 HP is wild! especially for a small car.

anthuny85

not a lot of 272 engines with mods yet, most of us have only done k/n/exhaust/ecu tune, i plan on doing the ecu tune to go along with the filters/exhaust, kleemann headers wouldnt be a bad idea good gains, but costly.

id like to get my car in the 250hp range. its attainable but you have to spend some cash.

ecu tunes can fish out 20hp, kleemann headers another 25-30hp, these are supposed dyno numbers, so i can hope for some good feel in increased power.

kompressor85

now if those numbers are suposed to be real dyno numbers, then i'm running one crazy *** benzo.....not..... i've got the ASP s/c pulley, intake, i replaced my muffler (didnt bother with cat back cause the pipe diameter is just fine), i have a team green air filter, and i have pure methanol sprayed right into the throttle body anytime i hit 8PSI of boost.

i'm not going to spend $2000 or $1100 on the full exhaust cause i refuse to be ripped off. headers should be $500-$600 MAX, and the mid pipe $400, if that. the sprintbooster thing sounds like a good deal, but only increases throttle response, i suppose its hard for me to justify $300 and zero horsepower increase, even knowing that a better throttle response is almost the same thing as more horsepower. an ecu tune pulling 20-25 hp? if that damn pulley is supposed to give a solid 20 hp, my car should easily smoke most street cars of any nature. i mean. i suppose when i punch it, it does ripmy head back.... but i drove a 05 6 speed 350Z the other day, and forgive the language, but i walked away with a stark erection...... my benz just cant come anywhere near that.

i wonder how much a auto>>>stick conversion would be. it'd probably cost more than its worth.

anthuny85

you should tune your ecu with all the mods you have, it might make a world of difference to you.

drexappeal

yeah, it's a constant necessity in my mind to continually try new things to get more power out of the m271, especially since nobody has really done it. You've actually mentioned one of the potential ventures i've considered, but need another daily driver for that.

Regardless, i will b doin some sort of project in the near future. And as always, will report all progress. It's been a long process, but time is worth it to be individualistic and unique.

Tangerine

I check this site for the classified

Reason I went show and not go on my car was because, it was the slowest Mercedes at the time and I already have a go car to satisfy my needs. Because the Mercedes engine is more complex then the other engines I've tinkered with I rather keep my warranty. Just sharing my side.

I've not made a thread about what my car will look like with these wheels, please photoshop etc but whats wrong with showing off something your proud of?

Are you sure you are the most knowledgeable on cars here? LOL j/k or am I?

Why just reflash the ECM when you can go standalone and tune more parameters? Reflashing the ECM does not only add more fuel but does other as well (ie. timing). FPR are never ever recommended for a FI'ed car, especially not on one making high boost/power. Just some thought.

If I have learned anything about cars, is that its cheaper/more efficient/better to just choose a better platform to work with. You can be original and make do with what you have but eventually your gonna be at a standstill since you can only go so far.