Matutino

Looking to upgrade my C32, would like to bump the HP. I was looking at Eurocharged kit, any other vendors/kits that i should check out before pulling the trigger?
Thanks
Matt

Gramma_Benz

CANNOT go wrong with Eurocharged....

C_DirtyTwo

agreed.


Gramma have you got a 1/4 mile time on that beast?

Matutino

Thanks guys, I will call them Monday
Coming from my turbo M3 440RWHP, this C32 stock is as slow as my wife's SUV

320 dreamer

the nice thing about owning a m series is your halfway to owning a real Mercedes!!

Matutino

Lol, you wish! Both cars are so different. I have owned M5's, M3's, CLK500, CLK430, C32 and I tell you... al MB feel like driving gramma's car! BMW feels so much more connected to the road... is more of a driver's car while MB is more of a boat feeling car. Flame suit on

reflex92

There is a reason the AMG is called the M3 killer.....year for year stock the AMG beats out the M3....I love smoking M3's on the road, especially brand new ones when you know they just spent like 60K on there slow P.O.S....

Matutino

I dont think your stock C32 can beat a brand new stock M3

reflex92

Who said mine was stock.....

Matutino

Well you said stock for stock.
Back on topic
Any other tuners?

Newzchspy

Unless your wife has a ML55/63 or a Cayenne Turbo, I doubt it!!! The C32 is very modifiable and with a SC pulley and a tune and some cooling mods (Johnson and HE) , it"ll be close to that ole M3.

You sure you're not trolling here bud. Do a search and there's thousands of threads on the mods to the C32....... You can easily make it a mid 12 second car with the right mods. If you love the E46 so much, why didn't you just keep it and smoke our old C32s/55s??

Matutino

I'm not trolling, mine was not an e46, was an e36 M3. I'm asking so I can get advise from owners with experience about the right mods so I can do it once and do it right. I wasn't the one that started the trolling, if you look up the other started stating that owning a BMW is half way owing a mbz. I respect and like both brands...

trbo2nr

Eurocharged is a good place to start. I have only done a few mods with the SC pulley (another vendor), Jerry tune and intake.

I actually stopped the car mods and modified my bikes. Not to go off the topic but I fixed my need for speed on my bikes. I wish I had a car as quick as my sport bike.....if I did, I couldn't afford it.

430

Having owned both BMWs and Mercedes/AMGs I will tell you they have their strengths and weaknesses.

In general the BMWs have handled better and are more of a drivers car - the driver feels more connected to the car.

The MB/AMG on the other hand tends to be faster in a straight line and hold up much better.

The BMWs I have owned do not wear well and at least interior wise look much older than they truly are.

If you think the throttle/transmission programming is poor in a Mercedes it is worse in a BMW (at least in my experience).

It is also worth remembering that BMWs seem to have more serious issues than MBs - think I6 M3 engine problems, 335 cooling and fuel pump issues, etc.

320 dreamer

well first i was just poking fun so a thicker skin is in order. coming to a mercedes forum c32 specific and throwing stones will get you a thrashing. i know i poke at these guys all the time! after that tuning a c32 is limited. your choices are eurocharged, inmotion, kleeman, renntech, buckhead imports, or speedriven, or oetuning. each tuner has their own following and fans alike. mods will be intake (limited choices) pulley exhaust tune.

i will tell you i know very little about the m series bmw . what i do know is that each m i have raced looks very nice in my rear view mirror! the fastest 5 series i have seen had a ls1 motor in it.

mikekuriger

Why would you buy a c32? An E55 would have made you much happier. After reading what cars you used to drive, makes me wonder...