Originally Posted by Bob G
My thoughts! Before I spent $17K on a turbo, I would look at Kleemans Super charger for $9K and get 350 hp with the chip, warranty and dependability. They do not run more than 7 lbs and keep all the stock internals. Our little Benz engines can handle 400 ft lbs of continuous torque and they have had zero failures on the SLKs according to Kleemans shop manager.
Just my 2 cents.
valuable input. Wish they had this option here in Hawaii. We are fortunate enough to have a mercedes dealer. All of the performance shops here tailor their products to the 21 year old crowd driving hondas and acuras. There are two VW/Audi tuners on island, and one fuel management specialist. I would love a 400 ft/lb supercharged car, but I would have to add an additional 3K just to ship the car back. I see twin turbos in my future. probably something mild like an audi S4 (previous model) to start with and take it up from there.
~ Jess