John 99CLK430

I think it's about time....

DropTop208

Ive done work to the car, but never got a chance to run it on a dyno. Thats the next thing im gonna do before I do anything else to the car.

deyainrdy4ds

wut kinda performance work hav u dunnnn?

DropTop208

performace ive got ported and polished heads. C4 cams. custom made airbox with green filters. powerchips ecu upgrade. custom quad exhaust with the secondary cats and resonator removed.

bm1984

polished heads make your car faster ?

DropTop208

yeah you port and polish the exhaust ports on the cylinder heads for better airflow. better airflow = better performance.

John 99CLK430

and not only that he's got cam work done bro, cams help much of the car.

Now I just await you adding on a Supercharger DropTop, to put those engine mods to "real" work

DropTop208

yeah thats what I wanna do. saving up for a supercharger and headers.

Josh K

Porting/polishing is quite different from polishing them to make them shiny lol

Ghostrider

Where did you get your cams? And when you had them installed did you change the valve springs?

bm1984

where would you go to get them ported/polished. the reason im asking is cuz my dad owns a metal polishing company and id like to make his *** do it.

DropTop208

The cams I got from a friend, he bought them for his car, but his car got wrecked 3 days before we were gonna install it on his car. I did get new valve springs because I pretty much did a complete valve job. Just regular springs, nothin special.

DropTop208

Got them done at a machine shop out here in LA

Ghostrider

I am trying to decide between AMG valve springs or just the regular ones... But do stiffer springs really give you better performance?

DropTop208

Depending on the cams. If the cams u have are gonna have a larger lobe for a longer duration, then yeah I would go with stiffer springs. If the duration is not much more dramatic than the stock, then stock springs should be fine.

Ghostrider

Thanks I got it figured out...

DENNIStheMENACE

Shiny makes you go faster? Haha good one.

Hary Gahtoe

A good "port job" will definetly help. Blending the ports,removing small bumps and matching mating surfaces But polishing has recently proven to hurt performance.It'll slow down airflow. Hi-tech head companies now CNC tiny grooves/cuts into the port walls instead of polishing. It causes the air to push into the center flow increasing airflow speed. Another way to increase power thru out entire rev range is to mill the head and increase compression. If.. there's clearance between the piston/valves.

coldestleon

ex bmw boy now gone to the big leauge need some tips on how to get more power. now own a clk 320 sport auto amg spec pics to follow !!!

DropTop208

Upgrade to a 430 or 55

DevilsAngel

I second DropTop208. V6=Vslow

John 99CLK430

To each of their own, if you like the sound and performance of the V6s then damn rest asure the V6 CLK is just for you, but when you wanna squeeze some juice and feel it in your booty, then you go with the big boy CLK430 or the big daddy CLK55 AMG, plain and simple.

coldestleon

Its my first merc im still havin fun so far the guy who had it before me spent alot of dollar on it £42000 pound to be exact

CLKCLK

I don't want to be in the war, I respect those V8, but don't look down the 320 supercharged. Until those 430 / 55 meet one, they figure it out.
And remember C32 can beat CLK55

Topic is done!

John 99CLK430

Oh nah, nobody said nobody looked down on V6 I was saying it's not the same as driving a 430 or 55 no matter what you do, 430 / 55 s/ced are beasts as well, until a 320 meets one they find out why
but the 320 can hold it down, there are some 320s rolling around with some power as well as the 430 / 55s.