Help With E55 Mods
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From: Lubbock,TX
2006 E55 AMG
If I can get my 60' down to 1.8-1.9 I'd be happy with that lol.. People on DR's were cutting 2.0's.. It's just not ideal conditions or prep haha
Thanks for the advice though! I'll definitely keep those mods in mind when it comes time!!
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'06 E55, '15 Jeep SRT8, '94 Mustang GT
You have to ask yourself how far you are willing to mod. From what I have seen there are 2 thresholds of modifications the distinction between them being fueling system upgrades.
Scenario 1 no fueling mods needed
-SC pulley or 168mm or 172mm, boost generated will be about 12 psi
-Heat exchangee and bosch pump
-Kleemann Headers
-Belt Wrap Kit
Scenario 2 FUELING MODS WILL BE NEEDED FOR SAFETY
-180mm and up crank pulley, or any crank pulley bigger than factory compounded with a SC pulley
-kleemann headers or long tube headers
-with the above mentioned setup the stock 74 mm throttle body will be the bottle neck in the system so you would have to upgrade to 80 mm or 82 mm throttle body.
- if the car has more than 70k miles change the fuel filter and fuel sending unit.
Scenario 1 no fueling mods needed
-SC pulley or 168mm or 172mm, boost generated will be about 12 psi
-Heat exchangee and bosch pump
-Kleemann Headers
-Belt Wrap Kit
Scenario 2 FUELING MODS WILL BE NEEDED FOR SAFETY
-180mm and up crank pulley, or any crank pulley bigger than factory compounded with a SC pulley
-kleemann headers or long tube headers
-with the above mentioned setup the stock 74 mm throttle body will be the bottle neck in the system so you would have to upgrade to 80 mm or 82 mm throttle body.
- if the car has more than 70k miles change the fuel filter and fuel sending unit.
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No sir. Maybe 475 with the right tune and temps.
IMO a 82 tb with long tubes, HE and pump, would be a perfect daily driver. Trunk tank and pulley would be needed for track use. But the tune IS important. Stock boost is fine. But once you up the boost, you need to up the fuel( injectors). No need for the looped rail, I never had one. Air box and intake tubes do help, a lot. But not needed for DD.
My car with just the upper pulley and tune hit 459rwhp on an extremely hot and humid summer day- and I am on a very conservative tune now. I am willing to bet with a nice set of long tubes, like MBH, I could pick up another 40-45rwhp with a nice retune. 500rwhp is definitely achievable with just those mods.
I'd NEVER recommend a TB to someone who daily drives their car. Sure, some have no issues, but the majority have had/still have issues.
Just my .02
Last edited by ArmoE55; Mar 29, 2014 at 09:19 AM.
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A few have hit 500+rwhp with the combo mentioned - 'AMGEPower' did it recently with the addition of the upper pulley. His mods are Kleemann headers, Kleemann tune, upper pulley, trunk tank. He's over 500rwhp.
My car with just the upper pulley and tune hit 452rwhp- and I am on a very conservative tune now. I am willing to bet with a nice set of long tubes, like MBH, I could pick up another 40-45rwhp with a nice retune. 500rwhp is definitely achievable with just those mods.
I'd NEVER recommend a TB to someone who daily drives their car. Sure, some have no issues, but the majority have had/still have issues.
Just my .02
My car with just the upper pulley and tune hit 452rwhp- and I am on a very conservative tune now. I am willing to bet with a nice set of long tubes, like MBH, I could pick up another 40-45rwhp with a nice retune. 500rwhp is definitely achievable with just those mods.
I'd NEVER recommend a TB to someone who daily drives their car. Sure, some have no issues, but the majority have had/still have issues.
Just my .02
I've seen people lie about their numbers just because they were close to a certain number. 
But good luck to you either way. 
And if your running 14+psi, you should have injectors. And the tb issue is all in the tune.
