xyzpl

I've read all the reviews and all the specifications, but when it comes right down to it, I want to know just how much faster is my $16K gonna get me....

so what I really want to know is how fast will my CLK430 be 0-60 and 1/4 mile after I install the Kleeman kit with stock everything. ( tire, suspension, ect..)

Thanks.

Mach430

I can quote you numbers, like 0-60 in the 4s, or qtr miles in the 12s, but numbers just don't come close to actually being in the car. I you'd like, we can meet up some time in Huntington Beach, and I can show you first hand.

Ben

xyzpl

Are you guys open on Saturdays? if so I will definitly drop by to see your car. Do you normally keep the kits in stock? or do I have to wait a few weeks/months? and what is the down time for installing the kit?

Again, thanks for the help Ben.

Mach430

We are open weekdays only, but I can meet you sometime on the weekend. Send an email with your contact information to ben@evosport.com. I will call you and explain in detail any questions you may have.

Thanks

Ben

linh

Ben,why don't you give them real spec.? 0-60 4s and 1/4 12s?
There's alot different between 4.0s and 4.9s...buddy !! I just think that it a misleading info when you said 0-60 in 4s instead of 4.9s.

Mach430

Linh,

Real specs vary depending on the traction. I am currently using 275s in the rear, and can get much more traction than someone with the stock 245s. If I were to switch to a stickier compound tire, I could get much lower acceleration times than currently.

How would I be misleading him if he is physically in my car to see for himself?

linh

Ben,

Read his Q's again please !!!



and here's is your responsed.



Ben, he want the spec. with stock everything like tires, suspension etc. and you give him the spec. with....


My friend, don't even think that you can improves your 0-60 time by almost a second even with slick tires on, on a car that put out 350-400 hp at the wheel. I just read my "BENZO Magazine" that Kleemann extensively advertises in this magazine that quote, the Clk55K 0-60 in 4.6s !!! So how can your Clk43K is faster then the Clk55K??? Oh...i'm sorry, is those tires that make it faster. Can you tell me where i can get a set.....??? Ben, the Clk43K is one F#$CKEN fast car the Kleemann produces and so there's no need add any kind of spices to it. Ben repeat business is base on honesty and knowledge.

Petie

easy there killer..... haha ben has other performance modifications other than his Kleemann, so is say a 4.9 0-60 that impossible? and if he says in the 4s and he can put up a 4.9, then that is not misleading, just vague, am i correct?

Eric

mmgrad

linh: you are right. the straight forward approach is the cleanest approach. although, i do think you need to calm down just a bit and just CHILL... thats So Cal lifestyle... Just CHILLIN'

we can't blame Ben. in sales, its natural to 'tease' a little, and the best way to make a sale is to get the customer to come in to physically see and touch.

and considering that Ben is even offering to give the customer a ride in his car, that is a great selling point.

Ben, if you have the numbers, i think we'd all like to know and for the sake of keeping sanity/control within this thread

Mach430

Linh:

Your logic is missing one key factor. If the 0-60 on a CLK43k is limited due to the rear wheels spinning through 45mph, wouldn't a faster CLK also be limited for the same reason? Yes, the 55k has 100HP more than the 43k, and yes it is faster. And the 0-60 on both cars is limited due to traction.

If one car is getting traction, while the other isn't, then the car with the traction has an advantage that may result in a faster time. Now, if you take the 43k with a published average of 4.9 seconds vs the 55k with a published average of 4.6 seconds and add traction to the 43k, it will result in a much better speed. But wait, in your example you forgot to add traction to the 55k. If the 55k has the same tires, it will accelerate faster. Where did I say otherwise?

If you take a 7 second drag car, and put all-season 245/45/17s on it, it will not come close to 7 seconds. On any car, once the tires break loose, the 0-60 will be affected by the traction.

Now .3 seconds goes by very fast. Even with 275s, I can peel out for over 3 seconds. Please do not take this as me saying that better tires would take 3 seconds off my 0-60, but think about it... Traction is a KEY FACTOR in 0-60 times on high HP cars.


My car does not yet have cams, headers, or any other performance modifications other than a cat-back exhaust. Anyone who goes for a ride in my car will have the same experiences as they would in their own 43k, except that I have larger tires.

Now in your constant attempts to attack Kleemann and myself, you failed to realize that the original poster of this message is being helped, as he is planning to come by and see firsthand what the car can do.---How can that be misleading?

Thanks

Ben

LowRydeR

I've raced Ben's CLK43K off the line and actually be in the car before, that thing is a killer! It's definately a 12 second car(0-60 in 4s).

P.S. This is my personal experience.

-Bruce

Accord

linh, the only way that Ben is misleading is that there will be two people in the car, rather than one during the test drive, however to the untrained person, you cannot even tell the difference. I don't know of any other tuner who would invite someone to come in and test drive their product.

fudger

Guys, it's good to have a healthy debate and this one is just that.

However, I am sure we can all say what we think in a constructive manner even if we disagree with what's being said.

Personally, I don't like it too much when it gets like this.

Just my 2c's...sorry.

linh

Ben, a 7 second drag car put out at least 1000 hp at the wheel and even with big slick tire they has on can still break loose at the starting line but most of the time they don't and can't effort it because then they would lose the race 4 out of 5 times. So to prevent the car from break lose at the start line, they has a computor that pre-set the engine rpm when the first stage light turn on and all they do is release the brake and the car take off perfectly.

Ben, your car only add an extra 100 plus hp at the wheel and it an automatic. !!! You should have traction problem like the way you make it sound out to be. If you do, then that all in a driver problem not knowing how to drive it....buddy! So you can do the same thing too with your foot at the starting line. Don't rev that damp engine to 5000 rpm at the starting line, of course you will have traction problem. Even my little CRX Si will have traction problem if i drop the clutch at 5000 rpm. Do you understand my point?

I remember that Merc/Bmw meet at Ervine Sprectrum in the parking lot when Kleemann driver was showing off doing the dognut burn out... .etc and he smoked the **** out of those tires, which is very easy to do. But when the race started between the C32, E55 and Clk43K. All three car take off beautifully with no tires spin in first gear at all and all three car was still dead even in first gear until second gear then the E55 started to pulled ahead of Clk43K and the C32 just pulled right past the E55 and the Clk43K. Ben, any car can have traction problem if you don't know how to drive it.

linh

Wow....you can actually tell a 12's car with "BUTT" dyno? I have nothing more to say about that !!!


Ben is not misleading? Kleemann don't even claim the Clk55K (with put out more then 100 hp at the wheel over the Clk43K) can do 0-60 in 4s and 1/4 in 12s in "BENZO Magaizine" and here come his retailer with a STOCK Clk43K claimed 0-60 in 4s and 1/4 in 12s. He claimed that he has traction problem that's because he doesn't know how to drive the car at the starting line so he figured to throw in a "second" to his claim thinking that if he can get the tires to hook up....lol. I'll bet you, Ben, for a $100 if you can prove it to me of your claim (0-60 in 4.0s and 1/4 in 12.0s)at the 1/4 track. Any track buddy and i'll be there. Carlsbad is not too far from you....lol. You wouldn't dare to do !!! Enough said, just take on my bet !!

FrankW

Please no fighting

just read here Car and Driver test on CLK43k and C32k Kleemann

The Clk43k by Kleemann is only fraction of second faster than the STOCK Clk55 running 4.9 0-60 and 13.3 at 108 for 1/4 mile. Impressive, but not that impressive.

linh

Exactly, that's my point !! Not 0-60 in 4.0s and 1/4 in 12.0s. There's alot different between 4.0s and 4.9s in term of car performances.

Ted Baldwin

...................We have been down this road before. I have driven a CLK 32k(mine), a CLk55K and a CLk43k. This is the bottom line. Supercharging a CLk55 does not really greatly improve the 0-60 time and quater mile time as much as you would except given the huge increase in HP. A has been mentioned, this is because most of the HP is wasted in wheel spin due to inadequate traction. The car however is a monster to drive. So, when you supercharge a CLK 430, you gain 0-60 and quate mile times that approach that of the CLk55k because the CLk 55k simply does not have enought traction to blow away the CLK43K. So for both cars, a 0-60 time of in the 4's is really the best way to describe them because the times will vary considerably depending on traction. For te CLk55K, traction is the limiting factor. For this reason, an argument can be made that putting a Kleemann in a CLk 55 may not be worth it since most of the HP gain is wasted in tire spin. But wait till you drive this car. You actually get the biggest boost in usable HP by supercharging a CLK 320. None of the 345HP goes into wheel spin. the difference is like night and day. The percentage change in performance is greatest for the CLK32k compared to CLK 43k and CLk55k. So, a lot of the power of these cars is not in the 0-60 times, because it is simply not possible to improve the 0-60 time of a CLK 55K that much, so a CLK 43k approaches its numbers, but when you drive both cars..........the difference is obvious. TRACTION IS a BIg PROBLEM FOR THE CLK 55K, less so for the CLK43K and no problem for the CLK32K.

Ted

FrankW

read please Car and Driver test on CLK43k and C32k Kleemann

I don't know about how much extensive mods did Ben do to his car, but the one CD put in the test is provided by Kleemann. Traction won't be much of a factor if the driver knows how to ease the throttle. If high torque result in wheel spin wouldn't the Viper's 500hp/500lbs of torque slow it down. Same goes for SL55, 360, 996 Turbo, etc.

btw the 3.2 Kleemann engine is rated at 330 hp, not 345 hp. Unless you have some other mod to go with it?

Pffelan

so what your saying ( and car and driver) is that a kleeman 4.3k is the cheapest way to get real grunt out of the box ?

and bens car must be sodding quick as it has the supercharger plus so many other mods?

hence the 4sec / 12sec is enitrly possible dependent upon track surface/tyres and driver ability?

or does linh have a grudge?

Accord

linh does have a grudge, this is why he is trying to start trouble.

anthem

Guys, you're twisting Ben's numbers here. He didn't claim 4.0 seconds and 12.0 seconds. Read his quote, actually here is the quote "like 0-60 in the 4s, or qtr miles in the 12s". You see the 'in the' sentence structure which indicates that he is claiming it to be in the 4's, not 4.0 seconds. That means 4.0-4.9 which I don't imagine to be a claim that can't be backed up in a 43k. . .

Give it a break - I don't see anything he's done wrong, and even offered a ride. If I was in SoCal, I'd go take a ride to see what improvements there was, and whether it would be better than my CLK55.

Ed

linh

Can't say any better that !!!!



If you can claim it like that then why Kleemann just don't claimed the Clk55K 0-60 in 4.0s but instead they said 4.6s? You know what meant?

awiner

Here Here ! Exactly correct and what I was going to state myself.

To answer FrankW, Ted is running a slightly higher boost in his car (.7 bar vs .5 bar), that is probably where the extra hp is getting generated from.

This thread is going nowhere, therefore, I am closing it.