stock c32 amg
07-04-2008, 08:27 PM
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hi everyone,im from the united kingdom..brought a 2002 c32 a few months ago,its a great car but i personally think that it could be better eg
1.better response when slamming down the gas,
2 a bit more power
3 brakes are not that good
apart from these few things,its bloody brilliant...would like to modify it in the coming months,looked at the code3 supercharger pully and induction,saw a clip on you tube,very impressed...you guys had this mod done to your cars???any good???also would like to know if its ok to get the code3 stuff done to my car without a ecu tune,we run on minumium of 95 octane over here in the uk,also would like to know about the phoelibic spacers+heatexchanger you can buy for the c32,i also thinking of buying the eurotek cf front splitter..overhere in the uk you dont get much choice of modding the merc,only wheels+exhausts,looking forward to all your replys and opinons.........................danny
1.better response when slamming down the gas,
2 a bit more power
3 brakes are not that good
apart from these few things,its bloody brilliant...would like to modify it in the coming months,looked at the code3 supercharger pully and induction,saw a clip on you tube,very impressed...you guys had this mod done to your cars???any good???also would like to know if its ok to get the code3 stuff done to my car without a ecu tune,we run on minumium of 95 octane over here in the uk,also would like to know about the phoelibic spacers+heatexchanger you can buy for the c32,i also thinking of buying the eurotek cf front splitter..overhere in the uk you dont get much choice of modding the merc,only wheels+exhausts,looking forward to all your replys and opinons.........................danny
07-04-2008, 08:34 PM
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a quarter mile at a time
1. You can try the ECU reset (do a search here) or some people have good results with Sprintbooster
2. There can never ben enough power.
3. Try aftermarket pads. The 4-piston calipers are already made by brembo and should provide more than adequate stopping power for street use.
I believe europe uses a different method to calculate octane so I don't believe 95 octane there is 95 octane in the US.
2. There can never ben enough power.
3. Try aftermarket pads. The 4-piston calipers are already made by brembo and should provide more than adequate stopping power for street use.
I believe europe uses a different method to calculate octane so I don't believe 95 octane there is 95 octane in the US.
07-04-2008, 11:38 PM
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e1000's correct. Here's some info from another forum
In Europe 98-octane gasoline is common and in Japan even 100-octane is readily available at the pumps, but this octane nomenclature is misleading to Americans as foreign octane ratings are derived entirely differently from our own... So, like every other measurement system it seems that everyone else uses a different scale than we do, but unlike most other instances where we have had the good sense to create different units of measure in this case we all use the same name...
Japan and Europe use a system called RON or Research Octane Number to determine the octane rating of their gasoline, while stateside we use a system called AKI or Anti-Knock Index to determine gasoline's octane rating... Interestingly, to further complicate things it would seem that our own AKI system is actually derived from the average of the RON system and another more complicated system referred to as MON or Motor Octane Number... So, to recap our methodologies for measuring gasoline's octane rating are different, but share some common elements...
So, with the commonality of RON in mind a good rule of thumb is as follows, multiply the foreign RON Octane rating by 0.95 and you will have the US AKI equivalent.
( RON Octane Rating x 0.95 = AKI Octane Rating )
98 RON Octane x 0.95 = 93.1 AKI Octane (US measure)
100 RON Octane x 0.95 = 95 AKI Octane (US measure)
So, as you can see the 93 or 94 octane fuel we are all paying an arm and a leg for is actually quite comparable to the higher octane fuels found in Europe and Japan. The people whom have to worry about low octane rating are our friends out west in places like California that are subjected to substandard 91 octane.
91 AKI Octane (US measure) = 95.5 RON Octane
Japan and Europe use a system called RON or Research Octane Number to determine the octane rating of their gasoline, while stateside we use a system called AKI or Anti-Knock Index to determine gasoline's octane rating... Interestingly, to further complicate things it would seem that our own AKI system is actually derived from the average of the RON system and another more complicated system referred to as MON or Motor Octane Number... So, to recap our methodologies for measuring gasoline's octane rating are different, but share some common elements...
So, with the commonality of RON in mind a good rule of thumb is as follows, multiply the foreign RON Octane rating by 0.95 and you will have the US AKI equivalent.
( RON Octane Rating x 0.95 = AKI Octane Rating )
98 RON Octane x 0.95 = 93.1 AKI Octane (US measure)
100 RON Octane x 0.95 = 95 AKI Octane (US measure)
So, as you can see the 93 or 94 octane fuel we are all paying an arm and a leg for is actually quite comparable to the higher octane fuels found in Europe and Japan. The people whom have to worry about low octane rating are our friends out west in places like California that are subjected to substandard 91 octane.
91 AKI Octane (US measure) = 95.5 RON Octane
07-05-2008, 01:07 AM
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Not only that but they're cutting our gas here with ethanol too, which means lower energy content per gallon, and subsequently lower MPG.
07-05-2008, 06:33 AM
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welcome to the forum.
the biggest fault of the C32 is not the response, the power or the brakes. those are secondary. it is the suspension that's the biggest fault on the car.
the biggest fault of the C32 is not the response, the power or the brakes. those are secondary. it is the suspension that's the biggest fault on the car.
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07-05-2008, 08:35 PM
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no you dont need one. but you will get more power if you do. If you add the asp pulley or let pulley in addition to the code3 one then yes you do need a tune.
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1. You can try the ECU reset (do a search here) or some people have good results with Sprintbooster
2. There can never ben enough power.
3. Try aftermarket pads. The 4-piston calipers are already made by brembo and should provide more than adequate stopping power for street use.
I believe europe uses a different method to calculate octane so I don't believe 95 octane there is 95 octane in the US.
2. There can never ben enough power.
3. Try aftermarket pads. The 4-piston calipers are already made by brembo and should provide more than adequate stopping power for street use.
I believe europe uses a different method to calculate octane so I don't believe 95 octane there is 95 octane in the US.
