Wanted: W202 C55 AMG, or a C43
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I was off track - I was thinking about a more mundane 5.0 motor not an AMG motor. But it was Speedybenz that made a comment about his 5.5 not revving past 5K rpm like the C43 motor. I guess that's a bit surprising to me....do you find that also?
I'm sure your car is bloody fast...because the C43 is not too shabby.
I was off track - I was thinking about a more mundane 5.0 motor not an AMG motor. But it was Speedybenz that made a comment about his 5.5 not revving past 5K rpm like the C43 motor. I guess that's a bit surprising to me....do you find that also?
I'm sure your car is bloody fast...because the C43 is not too shabby.
The thing that does impress me about the performance of my car is how it's able to compete with some of the popular 400 to 400hp+ cars topend. I have a set of cylinder heads coming so when that's tinkered with we'll really see how she likes that.
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project you have some sick *** cars lol, and i didnt even notice your hp numbers were followed by awhp lol, duh, unless you tucked a front diff under your c class should have known it was the talon lol, still those are some good numbers out of a 4 cyl how much boost you runnin? and fuel management? just curious :-)
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project you have some sick *** cars lol, and i didnt even notice your hp numbers were followed by awhp lol, duh, unless you tucked a front diff under your c class should have known it was the talon lol, still those are some good numbers out of a 4 cyl how much boost you runnin? and fuel management? just curious :-)
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I WANT THOSE SEATS!!!!! Holy SH*t! I have Recaro's in my other two cars, Are they custom? I NEED info please, If I can buy , I WILL!! Super Nasty Seats!!!! WOW. (im a sucker for nice interior!) The controls are modern and the seats are pure gold.
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These are two entirely different motors.
but both swap into a c43?
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21 psi, pretty high, you run that on the street on pump gas or is that like track only, and stock pistons and block, NICE! still some bomb *** numbers dude, i am honestly jealous.
i do like the Recaros but i really like the 2 tone interior you could get the C43's with, now the Recaros 2 tone, . . . . . . . now that would be SICK!!!!!
i do like the Recaros but i really like the 2 tone interior you could get the C43's with, now the Recaros 2 tone, . . . . . . . now that would be SICK!!!!!
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21 psi, pretty high, you run that on the street on pump gas or is that like track only, and stock pistons and block, NICE! still some bomb *** numbers dude, i am honestly jealous.
i do like the Recaros but i really like the 2 tone interior you could get the C43's with, now the Recaros 2 tone, . . . . . . . now that would be SICK!!!!!
i do like the Recaros but i really like the 2 tone interior you could get the C43's with, now the Recaros 2 tone, . . . . . . . now that would be SICK!!!!!
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C55 conversion isn't worth the extra money. Why so interested in the w202? What's wrong with the w203 C55? It's got everything a C43 has and more... Even if you get a C43, I wouldn't mod it to get C55 specs.
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Why wouldn't you?? the 202 is lighter then the 203, and by putting an E55 engine (which has more torque then the C55 engine) in a C43, it would definitly beat the C55 anyways!! Makes totally more sense...
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The main point in my argument against the swap would be the amount of money you would ultimately have to pay for such an engine swap. The price of the engine plus labor will cost someone well over the price of a nicely used w203 c55.
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I definitely do not see the W203 interior as an upgrade. Feature wise, such as having navigation, it would be better, but not at all in terms of fit and finish or materials. Some people also prefer the W202.
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