the supercharge for CLK
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..........I think HPS has bought itself siome credibility by offering a 4year/48,000 mile warranty. However its superchargers without intercoolers produce less HP than Kleemann. See latest Benzo magazine. My opinion is that HPs is best suited for CLK 55 or CL55 etc because these cars already have a lot of HP and you do not need another 200HP because all you get is wheelspin and no traction with the excess HP. By adding an additional 100HP to a CLK 55 for $8500, you can get really incredible performance that non of it wasted for wheelspin and poor traction and you save quite a bit of cash from the $20K it costs to get a Kleemann, plus you get a warranty. I still prefer Kleemann superchargers. HPs is wise not to make their system for CLK 320 or other V6 MB's because with a CLK 320, you do need and can use all the additional HP you can get. Wheelspin and traction issues are non-existent. So with a Kleemann for under $10K, you can really get the huge boos in HP that you need which will not be available with HPS.
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