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Old 11-05-2009, 10:37 PM #1  
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Any S55 mods?

I have a 2001 S55 AMG, before the supercharged 2003 of course. It puts out about 354hp/391tq at the moment - any reasonable mods that can be done to it that increase performance, within a reasonable price and difficulty? Like an ecu chip, or something of that nature? Or are only the newer versions able to be modded?
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Old 11-05-2009, 11:31 PM #2  
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You can look in to Ecu tune, headers, filters, intake, exhaust, cams list goes on. You can use the big boys like kleeman, brabus, or domestic Evo, Let, c3 etc....
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Any idea on price to HP gain ratio? For example, spend around $2k gain 50hp, etc. (Just throwing something out there - any type of tune that would yield the best results for the dollar)

For those tuners, do they have shops or resellers that I take the car too? How does it work? I've never modded before! (I'm in the NY area)
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I bought from LET and C3 performance... from what i know, these two company merge. Its call LET eurocharged now, they are now located in Chicago !?! google it. The tune can gain a easy 50+ on 03 V8 SC motors. Since yours in NA... i have no idea what your be getting from the TUNE. LET reps flew to Cali SF area to tune our cars in person. yea... you can choose from stg1 2 3 packages. Hope this helps enough to get your foot wet, happy tunning ! Oh almost forgot cost less than 2gs for the tune plus dyno time.
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I would leave it alone, you wont get much by bang for the buck on your platform. I had a 2000 E55 for 6 years (same motor as your S55) and theres just not much out there for that motor to really wake it up unless you put a Kleemann supercharger on it.
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Yeah, I guess there isn't too much you can do - I know evosport has a few mods that can increase the HP by almost 30, though - so that's OK.

This is still a fast engine right? Even if the heavier s class? I am picking up the car this week, and drove it but not extensively yet.

It's a good step up from my C280, I'll tell you that much! Maybe after this I'll get a CL55 with a supercharged 55 engine - let me enjoy this S55 for 2 years at least though.
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