Should I buy a c43?
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Thank you too zayed. I have no idea how big I was able to open the TB and intake. But I did use the stock parts. The intake got a lot of porting for sure. Not just the opening, but many other areas as well. Car breathes like never before.
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awesome work as always from you!
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if you're cracking open the throttle body, you could look into intake velocity stacks.
user "speedybenz" had a 55 swapped C43 and he somehow custom fabricated velocity stacks inside the throttle body, and he said it made the biggest improvement over all the mods he had (and he had done them all).
according to him, his car was beating M156 C63 AMG's in the quarter mile, no supercharger required!
user "speedybenz" had a 55 swapped C43 and he somehow custom fabricated velocity stacks inside the throttle body, and he said it made the biggest improvement over all the mods he had (and he had done them all).
according to him, his car was beating M156 C63 AMG's in the quarter mile, no supercharger required!
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if you're cracking open the throttle body, you could look into intake velocity stacks.
user "speedybenz" had a 55 swapped C43 and he somehow custom fabricated velocity stacks inside the throttle body, and he said it made the biggest improvement over all the mods he had (and he had done them all).
according to him, his car was beating M156 C63 AMG's in the quarter mile, no supercharger required!
user "speedybenz" had a 55 swapped C43 and he somehow custom fabricated velocity stacks inside the throttle body, and he said it made the biggest improvement over all the mods he had (and he had done them all).
according to him, his car was beating M156 C63 AMG's in the quarter mile, no supercharger required!
But I believe speedybenz added these to the intake manifold. Can't see any velocity stacks fitting in the small throttle body. I could be wrong though....
Last edited by speed43; Jun 29, 2017 at 06:32 AM.
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Individual throttle bodies (stacks) can probably be made. That would be interesting. You could take this kit for a V12 Zonda 
and cut off two throttles to adapt for the V8... 
Just kidding, but I imagine if you have deep pockets the sky is the limit
and cut off two throttles to adapt for the V8... Just kidding, but I imagine if you have deep pockets the sky is the limit
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I don't think we can go over (380hp) with N/A M113 5.4l..!,,
i heard many guys reached (395hp), don't know how..!?!,,
with my previous "C43/55", i reached (375hp) with MAX overload performance parts..?!?!?!?!
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i heard many guys reached (395hp), don't know how..!?!,,
with my previous "C43/55", i reached (375hp) with MAX overload performance parts..?!?!?!?!
-;ZAYED;-
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i believe 90% of gains is in intake/exhaust.
share with us your special upgrades
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Can one of you guys make sense of what speedybenz wrote long ago? I found a thread he started which he added the velocity stacks to the inside of the intake manifold. Sad that the pics expired, would love to have seen it. But below he said this and I would like to do this to my second intake mod.
Here's what he wrote:
"I found through trial and error and back to back testing that disabling the two stage runners and removing the bottom, long section of the manifold runners opened up the plenum area greatly and seemed to almost eliminate most of the lost low end torque."
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Dd share. Ive heard from a few people who work on these cars that the exhaust and intake are major restrictions.
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And thanks for wanting to read Jeff's post.
http://www.club202.com/forums/showth...anifold-Photos
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C43 has been one of the most solid cars ive ever owned and Im sure people here will agree
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These're all mods. list:-
1) 5.4l Engine, with special ECU/RE-MAP,,
2) Kleemann cams,,
3) Kleemann headers, with direct pipes & driver side C63 muffler,,
4) Evo-sport U/D pulleys,,
5) Injectors from stock (217cc) to (283cc) from "C55/CLK55/SLK55",,
6) Magecor KV85 ignition wires, with NGK laser IR plugs,,
7) S/SL600/65 Bi-Turbo "A900Nm" gearbox, with upgrade (S2) V/B,,
8) SLK55 Engine oil cooler,,
9) Power Steering oil cooler,,
10) Ported Head, with Titanum valves & springs,,
11) Phenolic spacers for head & TB,,
12) 77mm TB ported,,
13) 3.07 ASD/LSD diff.,,
14) 55K air box with AFE filters,,
15) 80° T-stat,,
16) VPH 35Ah (3.8kg) battery,,
-;ZAYED;-
1) 5.4l Engine, with special ECU/RE-MAP,,
2) Kleemann cams,,
3) Kleemann headers, with direct pipes & driver side C63 muffler,,
4) Evo-sport U/D pulleys,,
5) Injectors from stock (217cc) to (283cc) from "C55/CLK55/SLK55",,
6) Magecor KV85 ignition wires, with NGK laser IR plugs,,
7) S/SL600/65 Bi-Turbo "A900Nm" gearbox, with upgrade (S2) V/B,,
8) SLK55 Engine oil cooler,,
9) Power Steering oil cooler,,
10) Ported Head, with Titanum valves & springs,,
11) Phenolic spacers for head & TB,,
12) 77mm TB ported,,
13) 3.07 ASD/LSD diff.,,
14) 55K air box with AFE filters,,
15) 80° T-stat,,
16) VPH 35Ah (3.8kg) battery,,
-;ZAYED;-
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These're all mods. list:-
1) 5.4l Engine, with special ECU/RE-MAP,,
2) Kleemann cams,,
3) Kleemann headers, with direct pipes & driver side C63 muffler,,
4) Evo-sport U/D pulleys,,
5) Injectors from stock (217cc) to (283cc) from "C55/CLK55/SLK55",,
6) Magecor KV85 ignition wires, with NGK laser IR plugs,,
7) S/SL600/65 Bi-Turbo "A900Nm" gearbox, with upgrade (S2) V/B,,
8) SLK55 Engine oil cooler,,
9) Power Steering oil cooler,,
10) Ported Head, with Titanum valves & springs,,
11) Phenolic spacers for head & TB,,
12) 77mm TB ported,,
13) 3.07 ASD/LSD diff.,,
14) 55K air box with AFE filters,,
15) 80° T-stat,,
16) VPH 35Ah (3.8kg) battery,,
-;ZAYED;-
1) 5.4l Engine, with special ECU/RE-MAP,,
2) Kleemann cams,,
3) Kleemann headers, with direct pipes & driver side C63 muffler,,
4) Evo-sport U/D pulleys,,
5) Injectors from stock (217cc) to (283cc) from "C55/CLK55/SLK55",,
6) Magecor KV85 ignition wires, with NGK laser IR plugs,,
7) S/SL600/65 Bi-Turbo "A900Nm" gearbox, with upgrade (S2) V/B,,
8) SLK55 Engine oil cooler,,
9) Power Steering oil cooler,,
10) Ported Head, with Titanum valves & springs,,
11) Phenolic spacers for head & TB,,
12) 77mm TB ported,,
13) 3.07 ASD/LSD diff.,,
14) 55K air box with AFE filters,,
15) 80° T-stat,,
16) VPH 35Ah (3.8kg) battery,,
-;ZAYED;-
I know you know your stuff man but thats some major mods. If you are not doing 400 at the crank with those something is wrong :/
Even with 5hp per mod thats still like 30 extra hp but im sure some of those will give you extra
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I'd like to be an Honest with a Real base line of HP..!,
i can tell with big smile that i gain more than (400hp),,
but love to be in FACT of Real HP than something i desired, or wish to reach..
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i can tell with big smile that i gain more than (400hp),,
but love to be in FACT of Real HP than something i desired, or wish to reach..
-;ZAYED;-
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what happened? someone offered you more money than you can refuse? lol
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Is this answer even in the right thread? Have you ever owned a C43?
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