royalcrs

Just to clear a couple of things up my car has 290 horse power with the Turbo, Tuning, racing pulleys & exhaust. The reason I did it was to do something no one else has & be original, which I think I accomplished. Most of you wouldn't even fathom it, if you don't like it at least now you can say you've seen it done, so in my own way i am contributing to the Benz world something unique. For those of you who are always trying to out do your competition imagine if you put a turbo on a C320? That's why I did it because the possibilities are always endless( by the way I wasn't shooting for the fastest C in the U.S. or I would have done that myself).I know it started as one of the most "underpowered C's" but now it is one of the most overpowered C's. I am as humble as they come but for those skeptic C owners we can take it to the track.
By the way I did build this car intentionally for the import crowd as some of you stated which is why I get so many praises & trophies at those shows. Think about it I have it slammed, Turbo, fully kitted with graphics, so naturally it wouldn't appeal to all or any classic Benz owners so I understand your gripes. You could say we're on opposite sides of the spectrum for that matter, but still shine light.
Remember everyone has their own style which is why there is so much diversity on this site and almost no two cars look alike. So if you don't like something on the next mans car you should simply suggest not bash him for it cause at the end of the day it's just that, the next mans car.
With that said I'll try to get some better pics up soon..... Oh and pogijeffrey I'll take you at a show or on the track any day!

Midnight Koop

well said... goodluck with the sale

SickSpeedMonte

Apply the same formula that people have been doing for 25 years, to imports and minitrucks, to a german car and all of a sudden you are some kinda pioneer.

royalcrs

You know what I did apply the 25 year old formula to convert this german car for the import scene, but until you(SickSpeedMonte) can find me a C with a racing custom turbo then yes I am some kinda pioneer. Don't hate participate.

HellsAngel

im not criticizing your taste, obviuously the wheels are extreme and the body kit isnt my style....
but i dont agree with you when you say you wanted to be special, you want to be special be it with your wheels, body kit, sound system and ...
but you cant say you are special because you put a turbo on the 240 instead of a 320.. your saying you started with the least powerful C (us market), thats right, but of course you debaged your car so the 240 info is GONE....
now your are getting ONLY 290 hp (as you say).... id rather get 250 with a pulley/exhaust/ecu tuning on a 320.... then 290hp with a turbo....
Still waiting for high res pictures.

royalcrs

I understand your point but we're butting heads on the "special" part. If you install a custom turbo on any car not intended to have one then that car is special or unique in that way. There's no going around that, which is why you must agree that I am the only one with it. And whether you would probably go with the C320 with the mods which is perfectly fine, I am still putting out more horse power. It just boils down to personal taste which is never a wrong thing. And by the way I de-badged my emblem for a cleaner look at the shows but always enter it & state it's a 240.

SickSpeedMonte

Cute...

How's this... quick 30 second search popped up two, and I didn't even venture outside of the non-AMG W203 forum.

http://autospeed.com/cms/title_Insan...7/article.html

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...-complete.html

Supafly

just curious, what kind of ecu system are you running?...and do you have a better pic of the engine bay?

TruTaing

Like I said before. The car is not to my taste, but I can definitely appreciate the work you've put into it. With that said, wheres all the info/pix on this turbo setup?! :P

royalcrs

Nice homework SickSpeedMonte!

The only thing is one of them is the coupe C230K & the other one is the real deal built & owned by a Sultan in Dubai. Which brings us right back to I am the only one with a turbo C sedan that I know of in the states. But the two you did find were built to perfection with no discredit. I have to take new & better pics to post them up, when I do I'll give you guys more specs just bear with me.

SickSpeedMonte

Its no big deal man, there's always someone out there that has tried just about everything you can think of. TruTiang said it best, I can appreciate the work in your car, but it's just not my taste. If you know all of the specs on the turbo we would love to see them.

Is the turbo just for show more or less, or are the internals built up, and cams chosen and heads worked for boost?

04C320

Nice friendly bunch here...

BKLYN_C

Guys, most of you call it piece of crap, but i am sure there are whole lot of people who will see it as ideal. Unfortunately, those who will like it are either cant afford it or will choose escalade with 24" blings.

To the OP. Man this is wrong crowd for this car. You will have more luck and appreciation if you list it on craigslist

HellsAngel

or maybe its not his car (since hes not posting pics)

pawe

I wouldn't put a turbo on my slow a-s-s W203. Why? Because it's still gonna be slow, its gonna be impractical and its time consuming and did I say its still going to be slow.
That's probably why you're the only one in the US that put a turbo in a C. Whatever floats your boat I guess.

amanonfire

There is a reason you do not see a lot of modded W203s, and you're reading all the comments here.

Most claim "classy", "elegance" cause its a "Benz". This same car is sold with a taxi option in other parts of the world. Its just another car, despite the "luxury" ignorance North Americans have branded it with.

Check the sigs of the people responding to see their list of "OEM mods", cause much outside of that risks the "class and elegant" of their entry-level "luxury" car. Plus most people on this forum are cheap since they stretched themselves financially to get into their "luxury" car. The number of "wish I could buy that, so broke, waiting for next paycheque" posts are hilarious.

Personally, the wheels are awful, yet the rest of the ride is nice. Many people here have Reiger bumpers as Frank mentioned, yet they didn't get the side skirts, cause well, they look out of place. Awesome work on the bags and turbo, please post more pics!

As Frank said, people have done this before, yet what he didn't say is you could count them all on one hand.

I do agree with the others, it won't sell here. When I posted pics of my car it got similar reactions, yet when I've taken it to MB meets/shows I've gotten nothing but praise from MB owners with much deeper pockets than the cheap W203 owners. Or when I've been at shows and the Honda kids say "man you ruined a Benz" while the Porsche owner comments "I like what you've done, you don't see many MBs like that".

amanonfire

300 hp isn't slow

Besides, true car enthusiasts do it for their own interest, posers do it for others. Time consuming and impractical is part of the fun.

MercedesFTW

Wheel?

The C32, C55, and especially the C63 beg to differ.

HellsAngel

yes 290 isnt much.. your getting that much with a 98 c43... but then it depends on the cost of the turbo... we have no real high res pictures, no dyno's, no costs..

W203E35

an overpowered C is what MercedesFTW said "C32, C55" and if you want to talk about real overpowered that would be the C63 with the Carllson ECU (550HP)

C230 Sport Coup

Yuk!

FrankW

well, the 06-07 C350 gets around 290hp with a simple ECU tune. no turbo needed.

I don't agree with people that says they shouldn't bother modding a slow C-class because it'll still be slow btw. YES, if they're buying the W203 now as used cars there are obviously better choice in the C350/32/55 if you want to have the "go". However for many of us that got the W203 brand new may or may not want to change their cars after they have already started modding it and a lot of the people did their power mods before the 32/55 took the depreciation hit. No one did turbos because there isn't a easy pre-made kit, but quite a few of the OG members here did find themselves getting Kleemann s/c and other ways to make power out of their car. They also went all out in installing the Lorinser kit, Expression kit, Brabus, and Carlsson that costs $3000-4000 instead of dwelling on if they should spent $300 on a replica front lip for the AMG kit. Like amanonfire said, a lot of ppl on this forum now are cheap, but that wasn't the case few years back before the arrival of the w204 and before the w203 became old and cheap. This is very much like the E46fanatics.

ECBAOBAO

lmfao moneyyyyyyyyyy

FrankW

WOW...I love your signature. Korean model FTMFW! although there's always the mystery on what did they look like before and after. LOL

kirax2

I COULD WATCH THIS ALLL DAYS!!!!!