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Old Aug 26, 2003 | 11:35 AM
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According to the pricelist that I have from Renntech, 47BHP gain with a 65lb-ft gain will run you $9,500 from RennTech. That will bring the Crossfire's yield to 262hp @ 5600 and 294lb-ft of torque between 3,000 and 4,600RPM.

It involves an ECU pgrade, carbon fiber air box and a 3.8L Torque Conversion
hmm.. what's a 3.8 torque conversion?
I believe they actually bore out the cylinder to make it wider and add new pistons, but I'm not positive on that. The carbon fiber air box also isn't available for the Crossfire yet, but I believe they are working on it.
 
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Old Aug 26, 2003 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by mightyjlr
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According to the pricelist that I have from Renntech, 47BHP gain with a 65lb-ft gain will run you $9,500 from RennTech. That will bring the Crossfire's yield to 262hp @ 5600 and 294lb-ft of torque between 3,000 and 4,600RPM.

It involves an ECU pgrade, carbon fiber air box and a 3.8L Torque Conversion
hmm.. what's a 3.8 torque conversion?
I believe they actually bore out the cylinder to make it wider and add new pistons, but I'm not positive on that. The carbon fiber air box also isn't available for the Crossfire yet, but I believe they are working on it.
interesting they call it the 3.8L torque conversion.. i guess they don't have a good german to english translation.. they could just call it the 3.8l stroker kit.. oh well...
 
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Old Aug 26, 2003 | 10:09 PM
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And what does any of the aforementioned performance mods...the ECU only or the different stages of Renntech performance, do to the factory warranty?

Also, to the emissions? In my state all cars are dynoed and sniffed @ 2 years by the state.

Maybe I'll drop 3 grand on a driving school. Will not only make my Crossfire go faster than it would if I dropped $10K on a Renntech mod, but it will make ALL my cars go faster too!
 
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 03:29 AM
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In a seperate thread, a fella from Renntech said that the ECU upgrade would nail your warranty.

They apparently modify Mercedes for customers right from the dealership, so Mercedes dealers do work with them directly apparently.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by kusheen
Maybe I'll drop 3 grand on a driving school. Will not only make my Crossfire go faster than it would if I dropped $10K on a Renntech mod, but it will make ALL my cars go faster too!
I HOPE it wouldn't make you go faster than dropping $10K on a Renntech upgrade. You would have to be a REALLY bad driver, which I don't think you are. No driving school will make up for 50 hp...
 
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 12:22 PM
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Try hitting www.MBWorld.org for modification info on SLK and Cclass(w203).
I found your forum while searching for differential ratios. A 3.69 is available from a C240, but none higher in US, so far. I imagine that many of the popular mods are possible.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by hobie
Try hitting www.MBWorld.org for modification info on SLK and Cclass(w203).
I found your forum while searching for differential ratios. A 3.69 is available from a C240, but none higher in US, so far. I imagine that many of the popular mods are possible.
any word on a lsd?
 
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Old Aug 29, 2003 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by krooner
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Try hitting www.MBWorld.org for modification info on SLK and Cclass(w203).
I found your forum while searching for differential ratios. A 3.69 is available from a C240, but none higher in US, so far. I imagine that many of the popular mods are possible.
any word on a lsd?
Check out Evosport and these threads (if the threads are bad just try using the thread ID eg.49785 from the forum search.)

http://www.evosport.com/product/driv..._mercedes.html

http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/sho...threadid=49785
http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/sho...threadid=49838
http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/sho...threadid=49078

I'm looking forward to "Breatstroker"'s comments upon installation of the 3.67. LSDs just too $ for me.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2003 | 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by krooner
Does anyone make any higher lift cams?

Another thought is having your intake manifold sent out to extrude hone to have them smooth the runners out.. here's the link to check out the whole process.. http://www.extrudehone.com/powerflow.html , you might be able to free up a couple ponies this way.. it all depends on how restrictive the stock manifold is..

chip tuning seems like a great idea also..
We can get some performance cams for the 3.2L, however the gains are about 10hp. The cost is quite expensive around $2000.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2003 | 10:05 PM
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does any one want exhaust for the car.
 
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Old Sep 10, 2003 | 10:43 PM
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does any one want exhaust for the car.
Yes, as long as it retains the stock look, and doesn't sound like a muffler you would find on a civic...
 
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