Akber

Hello all.
Spoke with my mechanic yesterday and he gave me some good news. My C240 which was slightly modded when first bought did a 0-100 Km in 7.8 seconds. Now my mechanic told me that the car now did 0-100 in 7.5 seconds. A difference in 0.3 which is alot to me. He said that the ECU has been chipped and reprogrammed, he changed the "17 AMG rims to light weight "16 alloys. Removed the Airbag completely (Took him long) and he removed the spare tire from the trunk. Wow I didn't know it would change the cars outcome that much. The stock C240 would do a 0-100 in 8.5 seconds and my C240 does it in 7.5 secs!!! I'm so proud. Now im getting the following from USA.
1- AMG bodykit
2- Carbon fiber Front lip
3- Carbon fiber diffuser
4- Eisenmann Race exhaust
5- Carbon fiber Rear spoiler
6- Sl65 Amg fenders (Iono why)
7- Sprint Booster
8 - B&G S2 Lowering Springs
NOTE: The items above are for cosmetics only. Except for the exhaust and springs, don't know about the SL fenders.
And
Lotta patience.
Im planning on taking my car to the 0-100 in 6's. But I think I need a super charger and new headers prolly.
But atleast my car isn't a slow luxury C240.
Heck, I can now call it a C320.

Akber

Btw my car is in Pakistan.

Xhale707

0-60 times in a 240... wow why even start.. Uh u can't call it a c320 because i will still fly right past u
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When u crash and have no air bags ur mercedes will be ur coffin

LILBENZ230

King320

Your mechanic is either painfully ignorant or blatantly dishonest. The only thing that will even remotely increase your times on that list is the exhaust, and not by much at all maybe 5 hp.

The C32 does 0-60 in just under 5 and it has 350 hp. If you want to get to a faster car, save the money and just trade up in a few years.

Akber

I'm not trying to race yet buddy. I'm just making a aggressive C240. I hate the stock C240, it's slow and even a 230K can beat it.

LILBENZ230

This thread is epic fail in the making.

Akber

Lol my mechanic is not dishonest, he just loves challenges. He finds the underpowered V6 a big project and aims to make it as fast as an AMG and dude in my country there are no C32s or C55s. There are only 2 C240s and a couple of C230Ks. The rest are all C180Ks and C200Ks.

Akber

Why u say that? Another disbeliever in the C240s performance enhancements

LILBENZ230

Your English is broken in one post and quite good in the next.

Troll alert!!

Xhale707

The spare tire was the first thing i removed. a long with that plastic circle thing. Less weight = a little faster If you can't think of anything else to remove next go on a diet. Driving down hills is a big no no

cpbeasley

yikes.

if you can afford to import all that into pakistan, you really should save for a faster car, Akber. BTW - your list is full of body parts and suspension. how do you reason this to make it faster?
Seriously, save up for another car, or have your "mechanic" help find you the engine out of a wrecked c320 with the ECU and guage cluster and swap it in.

Akber

Wtf is a troll. Ur of no help

Akber

Ya I'm tryna make the car as light weight as possible. I'm prolly gonna remove the back seats completely. That should make a difference.

King320

Ok, well just so you know its not cost effective. You said you wanted a 0-60 in the 6 to 5 second range so thats what i'm going on (by the way 0-60 isnt a great way of judging a car's performance because it has a lot to do with gearing. You'd be better off judging it on a 1/4 mile drag race). To get that kind of power you're either going to have to turbocharge, supercharge, or rig a LOT of nitrous. The first two are expensive and the second is not going to help your engine life. How bad would it be to import a C32? I bet there are some floating around in India or Russia

Akber

Dude the C240 we got for real cheap because it was illegaly modified in Japan and shipped to Pakistan. There are no C320s in my country, I want to leave my 240 engine in. Going for a super charger if nothing else pushes it to 5 secs.

BigBodyBenzC240

Twin rear turbos on the C240 will help out but the internals on the 2.6L M112 engine will not hold up for long if you boost it. The 240 engine is a non-sport engine and doesnt have much upgrades. Better of getting a different engine or a different car. Your mechanic is trying to make your car look like an AMG but with the exhaust and sprintbooster it will still perform like a C240. Trust me I know. Save yourself the headache and find a different car. Just my 2 cents.

Akber

That's a good idea, a 1/4 drag but I dont wanna make it look silly if the results are bad because in my country ppl laugh at you of your car fails at things and they are alot of 350 Zs and RX8s on the track which will clown in me if my car is underpowered. So I wanna power it as much as I can before doing a track test. Well my mechanic who only specializes in Mercedes says that with the above items my car can do 7 seconds and as for the 6's I think ur right, if nothing else makes the car fast, then a super or turbo charger is the way to go. And our country charges 200 % import tax on all cars. So if I got a C32 for 40,000 USD (yes all Mercedes regardless of year or model are costly) then I would need to pay 240,000 USD to bring it to Pakistan. Not many ppl import themselves, cuz of high prices so thats why they rely on private dealers for discounts.

Akber

Sorry for bad typing. I'm typing from my iPhone.

Akber

Ya but there is hope because if I brought my car from a 0-100 in 7.5 secs, then with all so many mods it can be an AMG type. My engine won't blow right if I install twin turbos? How about removing everything luxurious items from the car? Like all tape, cd players, Acs, seats ? What other W203 I'll find? A C180K, C200K ? Hell no because those are even weaker than the 240s and I don't like the C230K because it's only faster than the 240 by .8 secs and they are easy to modify. The 240 is a challenge so I want to tackle it.

King320

Turbos put more pressure on your engine. Your engine was not built to handle that pressure, so yes, it will explode eventually unless you upgrade the internals. That doesnt even get to all the software issues you would have. Turbos mean more air, which needs more fuel or the engine will explode.

As for stripping everything out of the car, if you're looking for a lightweight racer, Mercedes is the LAST car you should consider. I would get a 350z and turbo or SC that. You'd spend the same money, it would be more reliable, and you would end up with probably 500 hp.

Akber

U gotta be kidding me? Wht about those Kleeman super chargers? Or Brabus package? Or putting in a C230 supercharger in the 240? Just curious how much Hp will I gain from my current 205 Hp ?if I mod it very well (without a super or turbo). And I hate 350s and Evos. I have race scheduled on June 2011 against some evos, rx8s and 350s. So that's why I'm tryna power up my car by then as much.

Akber

Some told me to put in an electric super charger. Said it gains 20-30 Hp but is it reliable? They give a guaranty on eBay.

splinter

Is this the same mechanic that couldn’t determine its provenance?

King320

an eBay guarantee doesnt carry much weight, unlike an electric supercharger which is probably just a heavy vacuum cleaner motor someone is trying to pawn off as a "supercharger" That is not the way to tune a Mercedes. That is the way to break a Mercedes.