Chedeng_05

what's the best out there to increase your horsepower?

does adding hp chip void your warranty?

Guest0001

blower

Chedeng_05

blow her? i don't even know her.

amdeutsch

Then you must search for her on here. She is just waiting to be discovered by you. She told us all.

CitronC230K_03

depends on who you ask whether a chip, will void your warranty. ive heard yes an dno. they are working on a pulley right now for the M271, that would be the best way to get an increase in hp IMO.

Guest0001

Turbo2

Noble C320-
The C230 has a "blower", adding another one isn't really an option.

BabyBenz6spd

High flow Air filter, light weight Puelly, Chip, thats about it

BlackC230Coupe

The ECU wont void your warrenty. For the C230 your best bet is the pulley and ECU. I go renntech. Talk a look at the site in my sig for the gains from renntech.

evilgabbie

ECU won't void warranty ? doesn't it play around w/ ur engine's default numbers or somethign mixing air and gas and stuff ?

i kept thinking it will overstress your engine.. even slightly.. but still more than by default.. thus voiding warranty...

do pulley's void warranty then ?

tyro

More chipmunks under the hood???

Outland

You guys are soooooo timid.

KOMPRESSORnSC

I assure you that if you have a major engine problem, and MB figures out that the car is chipped, the repair won't be covered under the MB warranty. Will they figure out it's chipped? Maybe, maybe not.

Not a very responsible statement from a sponsor/dealer, IMHO.

Outland

Again, Timid.

Its up to the MFR to prove the mods caused the problem. This is law, not speculation. If that weren't the case, we wouldn't have SEMA.

KOMPRESSORnSC

Since a chip changes the parameters of almost every engine function (including timing, rev limiter, etc.), it would not be hard for them to show that almost any problem engine related was caused by the chip.
'Proving' it is not that hard. All they have to show is that you are running at parameters outside the original specs. For example, let's say you chip it and raise the rev limiter to 6400 and your s/c goes ka-boom. I don't care why it went ka-boom, all they have to do is show that the chip put more stress on it than it was designed by the factory to handle (which it clearly did). Warranty denied.
Magnusson-Moss is great in that it protects the consumer from MFR's denying warranty across the board (i.e. "Your engine is modded, so we won't cover the electric seat not working."), but if you mod a 'system' and it fails, it is a lot easier for them to show that the mod was responsible than for you to show that it wasn't.