To get headers or not ?
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CLK 55 AMG 2005 and CLK 63 AMG cab.2007 - 2009 EVO - 2013 ML63 AMG - 2018 G63 AMG
I say go for it if you got the cash !
It's the best mod $ / HP there is. and the sound is going
to be AWESOME !
What header company are you looking at?
It's the best mod $ / HP there is. and the sound is going
to be AWESOME !
What header company are you looking at?
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well so far i only know that AMS makes V8 headers dunno if anyone else makes em for the 5.5V8.. Links are welcomed to other companies.
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+1. I don't know how the Smog laws are where you live, but in Cali; headers are a no-no and you're car can be impounded (and sold in some cases). If the laws weren't so strict, I would do the MBH Longtube headers (for maximum bang for the buck). With these headers, plus the intakes you showed on the other thread (https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...5-intakes.html), and a custom tune; you should be in the 450+ Crank HP range
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'05 C200K SS, '05 Kleemann CLK500K, '08 Hummer H3 & '92 Z34 5sp (track car in Canada)
kleeman makes em http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/k...9-p-56210.html
If I were you (chasing raw power for acceleration - drag racing) I would go with a set of Kleemann headers. I chose the AMS because in my intended application, ones the revs get up, they will stay up (roadcourse racing).
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Since his car is very new and don't have to think about smog check (if he's from the US), this is the header to get. The gain is hard to believe but they got dyno proven. When I get mine Slk55, this is the head I'm gonna get....
https://mbworld.org/forums/slk55-r17...ming-soon.html
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'05 C200K SS, '05 Kleemann CLK500K, '08 Hummer H3 & '92 Z34 5sp (track car in Canada)
Since his car is very new and don't have to think about smog check (if he's from the US), this is the header to get. The gain is hard to believe but they got dyno proven. When I get mine Slk55, this is the head I'm gonna get....
https://mbworld.org/forums/slk55-r17...ming-soon.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/slk55-r17...ming-soon.html
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Yeah......they did alot of good stuffs like retrofited the AMG Kompressor to works on the the NA C55 engine. I meet both of the guys when they came over Cali for the 1/4 mile track meet. They were doing 11s flat in 1/4 miles.
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Bad, buy the Kleemann headers and be done with it mate, they are about half the price of Renny's.
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what do you think you're driving a honda? half the ***** done to these cars does nothing fyi besides a little extra air flow, unless you're gonna add forced induction, engine swaps, or something that really produces power, bolt on modifications are the biggest waste of money as it is. i just did an exhaust on my car so i can growl and did a renntech ecu tune from a guy who has all the software and used to work for a mercedes tune shop. both of those together were under $500. headers, intakes, blah blah blah won't produce anything worth while. and i'm all for modifications, i've had a chunk of fully built cars before including two m3's, a fully built 240sx, etc etc.
just my pointOHtwo.
just my pointOHtwo.
