I own a 2002 black C-coupe, with a 2.3 liter 4cyl sprcharged engine. ~190hp?
It is entirely stock.
To be entirely honest, I received this car as a gift, being a teenager I had wanted something a lot cheaper, like an integra or civic.. but I had somehow ended up with a car much, much better.. and again, to be honest, I want to make this car not only stand out from stock c-coupes, but to perform better then stock c-coupes, I really dis-like the fact that a beefed up civic or integra can own me...
It doesn't really take much to make my car look different, I hope to install an amg body kit & a lorinser rear wing spoiler + a rear lip spoiler.. ( I'm open to suggestions though xD )
Performance wise, I really don't know where to start, I am looking for a list of engine upgrades or just anything that would help make my coupe fast enough to compete with newer cars and/or beefed up japanese cars..
I never intended or even wanted to drive a mercedes, I don't like being branded SPOILED or RICH, I just wanted to drive a fast car.
You can check my website, I've done somethings to my coupe when I had it. The coupe by itself will never be fast unless you do something radical like Brabus did and put a V8 in there. You maybe be able to get a motor from a wreched C55, E55 or SL55 and drop it in, then it will be fast.
( I live in California. )
1. where can I search for engines recovered from wrecked cars?
2. how much would an engine swap cost at most auto shops...
3. what kind of engines can I use? I read from somewhere that some guy ordered an amg engine from somewhere in europe and had it shiped and installed here for around $25k.. ( I definately cannot afford that.. =P )
4. What kind of engines can I use? I don't know what kind of engines are compatable with a c coupe...
5. Is there no way to improve my 4cyl with tweaks? ( I've heard that engines could be both turbocharged and supercharged.. )
I saw that the c55 amg engine has 362 hp stock... 460 with performance package #3.. :surrender:
Bullwinkle, I've visited your site, did you add asbpulley/ITGfilter to the 4cyl engine to gain 30hp? I've also checked out renntech performance packages, it gives you a larger crankshaft pulley ( is this the same as asbpulley? )
C32 is a V6 with a S/C, C55 is a V8, E55 is the same V8 with an S/C. Where in CA are ya? My daughter, 16, has an SLK, same motor as yours but I won't let her hop it up, she's a speed demon as it is. If I was going for performance, I would get a Mustang GT convertible, throw a s/c kit on that 400+ HP, how can you go wrong? Now that's fast, more than that and it's too hard to hook up.
You are in luck, there is a company that makes a turbo kit for your car, it's about $15K and forgot the name of the company, something like Harmann. One person did his own, removed the s/c and added a small turbo for 300hp but he dissapeared from the forum a long time ago. If you go to a ricer tuning shop that does good fabrication work you can probably get it done for half that price. The problem with his is he had a manual trans and it can't handle 300HP but the auto can.
Does replacing a s/c with a [small] turbo really increase to 300hp alone? or did he keep the s/c and add a turbo? cause I think the engine alone without the s/c is only about 130..
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