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Unless you are just wanting to tinker and money is no object, my advice would be to a more powerful car. Tunes do very little good on these engines and aftermarket superchargers will require custom ECU tunes.

 

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Unless you are just wanting to tinker and money is no object, my advice would be to a more powerful car. Tunes do very little good on these engines and aftermarket superchargers will require custom ECU tunes.

I love the w209 platform, im building a custom 1/1 all metal widebody for the car. I have it lowered on eibach springs, and 19inch 2piece rotiform rims (lhr-m2 finished in bronze). Im also working on a custom interior project and all what's left is the engine. Should i turbo? Should i supercharger? Should i procharge? Not so sure here.... at the end of the day the best solution is to engine swap it but idk :/

 

Just understand that you're not working on 1970's Chevy. These cars are completely computerized and some of the parts have encrypted firmware. You can't easily swap things like ECUs and TCUs. You can't just drop in a different type engine without some serious electronics work.

 

Mercedes M113K supercharger is not a simple addition to a M113.
An aftermarket supercharger with professional tune and headers ( like RENNtech ) , would be the best option...otherwise buy a late model W209 CLK550 with the M273.

 

Not worth the hassle. You will spend much more than the car is even worth. The best thing to do is get a simple ECU Tune from a reliable tuner and call it a day. Kleemann did my CLK55 and it made a difference. I had Kleemann also do my CLK350 with ecu tune and the works. While you may love the CLK just understand the CLK C209/W203 C Class is not tuner friendly unless you drop major coin.

 

I want to put a M113K in my clk500 I'm pretty sure I need to change my transmission correct and just do some coding after install?

 

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I am always amazed that someone wants to hack apart a perfectly tuned, perfectly balanced Mercedes and out-think the factory by draining their savings account on performance parts. All you end up doing is RUINING the vehicle, enriching the executive bonus, 401k plan and Holiday parties for those aftermarket "performance" companies. It is truly all show and no go. Barney, George and Elmer cannot out-think the MB engineers in their garage on 23rd street SE.

Imagine the fortunes that have been made by convincing people that the magic part will add horsepower. I would encourage you to ignore what Barney, George and Elmer tell you because they'd never admit that they wasted their money, instead, they'd insist that they cracked the code.

When I had the dealership, we had to unravel more than a few of these messes including "cold air induction" systems that set codes for airflow. As mentioned above, this is not a 1972 Chevy Nova that you can install a 4-barrel intake and carburetor to add horsepower.

Beware of fancy labels on these cars that show that someone has magically "tuned" it as well.

 

I believe MB and most other OEMs design and build cars for the mid range of a particular targeted group of buyers. For MB, if it isn't an AMG, it is probably not tuned/designed for optimum pergormance in areas that may be more desired by some enthusiasts. There are a number of reasons why one would not have an AMG and still desire some of its performance levels. So, there are those who have businesses centered around making those adjustments for those who seek increasing some performance area/s of THEIR car.

My clk550 received Kleeman headers and ECU tune at about 50K miles many years ago (I bough it new). I installed H&R lowering springs and sway bar, I repaced the exhaust (headers to exhaust tips), added a CF rear diffuser and several other cosmetic things just because that is the way I wanted it..... I have, in the past, considered forced induction and cam shaft change but decided it is not what I wanted.

The car spends most of its run time moving to or at 2000 RPM... I love it.. It has 253K miles on it. So I love it some more..

I believe there is a range of modifications one can make to THEIR car that are within the design considerations of the OEM, in both a positive and negative direction. i.e a car on H&R sport springs and Bilstein sport struts may handle and hold the road better/different and closer the the owners liking but not ride as smooth as sold by the OEM.

So, not all tuners and after market manufacturers are scam artists.

Just my opinion; and we all have at least one.....

 

I feel like putting an STP sticker on my side window or maybe Marvel's Mystery Oil for better performance.

 

Sell it, get CLK 55 or 63 AMG. The only way to get more power.
Maybe if you get KN and stage 1 it or drop racing cams with cat delete, it can make little more horses. not an impressive number tho.

 

Totally agreed. ^^

Everyone wants to build their car into something it isn't . I say let them do it and spend their days trying to figure out why nothing is right.

If you want the AMG model, buy the AMG model.

 

For me, everything 'is right" with my car. I guess I really don't understand why people changing things on their cars is such an irritant.

And for me, when I bought the 08 550, there was not an 08 55 and I believed the 550 to be a better buy for me than the 07 55. Choices and decisions are good things.

 

No one is irritated. For me, this is more of an amusement. Swapping engines, etc. on newer cars is a serious engineering challenge. Sometimes, you'll never get it right because the rest of the vehicle thinks it has another engine.

Maybe install dual Holley 4-barrels?

 

Or just put something lighter, M113 ASA-Kompressor Umbausatz
55 cams is drop, and big different in engine behavior

 

For most add-on performance upgrades, you can accomplish the same thing by the driver losing 20 lbs. I watch endless discussions on the Chevrolet board where George, Barney and Elmer put a set of headers on their 1982 Chevy pickup and magically the horsepower doubles, or so they claim.

 

CLK63 is way to go.

I don't have one but maybe some day. If I turn off the traction control on my 500 I can get sideways in an instant. Don't need more power in LA.

And a little cautionary tale. I loved the look of CLK63 rims. They're bigger and wider than CLK500 ones, so I got them.

Look AWESOME !

Probably handle better, but I DON"T NOTICE. What I do notice is the much harder ride and I have popped a couple (EXPENSIVE) tires due to the low profile sidewalls. Love the look, hate the reality.