Mercedes Sells their cars with only 70% of the cars real perfomance.
Hey all, i came across this interesting article, about Mercedes Benz from 1983/84 till present, that mercedes and bmw actually sell their cars with 70% of the cars actual performance.
In simpler terms, A 560SEC might actually have like 350HP?, and tts with the engine's maximum output. However, with this full performance, the car may be at great risk of overheating, and many engine faults tt my surface after buying the car. Also it would be somewhat unmanageble for a 70yr old grandma to drive.
Thus they lower the cars max output rate, for safety reasons, as well as something about the emissions test. Our cars may not actually be at 70%, but mercedes benz sttugart claims that each model has its own personal safety perfomance level.
That means, that many of us, if interested, may actually be able to get much more out of our cars then we have now!
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RE: Mercedes Sells their cars with only 70% of the cars real perfomance.
i've always thought it fairly common knowledge that the german's performance figures are conservative..although under rating by 30%..I doubt that. My bone stock SEC w/ 120K managed 209 at the rear wheels which I was quite pleased with.
If you want to know what you car makes, don't guess..take it to a dyno and find out for sure:)
RE: Mercedes Sells their cars with only 70% of the cars real perfomance.
To change the performance of your car, or get more bang for your buck.. Get an after market ECU from a performance company.. Only goto a reputable company, or you could spend a buncha cash not only on the new ECU, but to repair your car after the new ECU trashes it..
Good Luck on your quest for more preformance...
The Mercades is good enuff stock to take out just about anything on the road!!!
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RE: Mercedes Sells their cars with only 70% of the cars real perfomance.
Umm..yea, they don't make crap for any 560, just as I suspected. The ECU's on these cars are very expensive and I'll repeat myself, there is no provision for chipping these units..they are sealed.
RE: Mercedes Sells their cars with only 70% of the cars real performance.
I prefer a conservative estimate rather than the overly optimistic ones the marketing department pushes at most car manufacturers.
I guess the worst offenders were the late 60's muscle cars where the stated engine output was in many cases overestimated by more than 100HP.
Or what SAAB did for a while; state power output for their turbo engines from a system operating at a higher pressure than the standard system.
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