Black_CLK

Have any of you guy seen anybody that has this type of exhaust? id like to make my clk a quad exhaust without spending so much My friend is a mechanic so he will install with me, i just have to pick which type of exhaust i want. Feedback?

dynomite05

I saw a 500 with it the other day at my mechanic. Car sounded sick but I think he had some motor work done and a tune from speed tuning. Exhaust looked good but was hanging a little low IMO

2MCHCAR

Hey Dynomite, did the guy mention any noticable improvement with the Speedtuning ECU tune?

dynomite05

I believe so, he said it was worth the money.

M-bENZ

Are you guys talking about speedingtuningusa ? I have had my ECU tuned by them awhile back but that was for my 320 not 500. Im planning to do that soon to my 500.

Andy

2MCHCAR

Yep, Speed tuning USA; I remember when you got it on your 320 Andy! This is the first case I heard anyone with a M113 5.0L engine get the ECU tune from them. I always wanted to get it, but I'm the type to wait until someone tries something and post their feed back. Let us know if you decide on getting it! I bet you'll see a noticeable bump in performance since you have recently deleted your secondary cats and have K&Ns installed!

M-bENZ

its gona be awhile bro..just not ready yet but if i do will post some feed back here but I can tell you now you wont regret with $300 (not sure the price is still the same or not). And if you call talk to Oliver he was the one tuned mine last time.

Edit: how's the projector fogs treating you ? how was the installation ? Are u still using the stock grill around the fog ?

Andy

dynomite05

+1, Installing mine in 2 weeks. Should still be using the stock grill Andy.

2MCHCAR

You can beat that price! The CLK is my daily driver, so it will have to wait until the car can be down for 3 business days (car goes to the shop or I go on vacation). If I get it, I will make sure to post my review!

As far as your questions:
*The Projector Fogs are great! They are good quality, comparable to the OEM headlamps. As a matter of fact, they look 100% OEM (the reflectors on the inside are mirrored/chrome like the headlamps and the projectors line up perfectly to the low beam projectors).

*Installation was simple. Get under the car and remove the splash guard (10 screws). Remove the two bolts holding the fog lamps and swap the units.

*Since these fog lamps are direct replacement (from the OEM fog lamps), I was able to retain the OEM ///AMG grills (no modification necessary).

Hey Andy, did you feel any noticeable bump in horse power since you deleted the secondary cats?

M-bENZ

Do me a favor...take some pics while u do the installing. Could you please ?

Andy

2MCHCAR

Don't forget to post pics!

FastDonzi

i have the speedtuning tune in my car.well worth the money.130mph limiter sucks really bad.thats the main reason i did it.i always wondered about the HP increase.not too long ago i had a chance to run another stock 2003 clk500 that my friend had sitting on his used car lot.we did 4 80-120 runs, all with the same results.i had him by 3-4 car lenghts.

M-bENZ

[QUOTE=FastDonzi;4064328]i have the speedtuning tune in my car.well worth the money.130mph limiter sucks really bad.thats the main reason i did it.i always wondered about the HP increase.not too long ago i had a chance to run another stock 2003 clk500 that my friend had sitting on his used car lot.we did 4 80-120 runs, all with the same results.i had him by 3-4 car lenghts.[/QUOTE]

no sh***t lolz. what else did you do to your motor beside ECU tuned ?

Andy

guofan

Is it bad for your motor when you tune the ECU guys?

2MCHCAR

Thanks for the review FastDonzi! I have a Vegas trip coming up and I think I'm going to take the plunge then (car will be at home, flying to Vegas).

Besides the horsepower increase and the speed delimiter, are there any other improvements (throttle response, MPG increase, etc)?

Any Cons with the upgrade (shaky idle, Smog issues, etc)?

$300 is too good to pass up!

guofan,
There are always risks when it comes to modding your car (especially ECUs). Brabus, Renntech, Kleeman, Powerchip (big name tuners) charge $1000 plus for their tunes (to pay for R&D costs, liability, etc). I believe you get what you pay for, so you can't go wrong with those tunes. But I don't think there are big risks going with Speed Tuning USA since our motors are NA (verses boosted engines like the E55 or SL65); plus I haven't heard anyone complain about blown up engines (Andy and FastDonzi still have their motors intact) or reliability.

FastDonzi

exhaust and filters

M-bENZ

that I can tell you its improved too...and not sure about the MPG. Im not too worry about that cause the benz is only a weekend car .

Andy

guofan

Thanks!

dynomite05

Just finished painting the shroud glossy black. Bad iPhone pics sorry, should be installing soon

2MCHCAR

It came out great! Do you also plan on painting the headlamp shroud glossy black?

M-bENZ

the projector fog looks good dynomite05...I might do that next after I customed my quad...dang my pocket is already empty .

Andy

dynomite05

Thanks Guys! I plan on doing the headlights eventually but that's a PITA

FastDonzi

hey dynomite05, i met you at bergen imports that day when i was picking up my car a couple of weeks ago. how is everything?

dynomite05

HAHA Small world! I'm good man hows everything wit you? I'm dropping my car off at harry's in a week to get some more work done. You running smooth now after changing the MAF? I wouldn't of recognized your car, in the pic it looks pewter not silver..

FastDonzi

it is pewter. it's running great,thanks.i had harry change the oil and the rear diff. fluid yesterday. i stopped this morning at meineke and had the guys there fix my exhaust.it was hanging low.what r u doing to it next?