Dear forum,
I might be asking some silly questions but here it is
I own an old 2005 w203, 220 CDI Automatic, It drives beautifully though, no mechanical issues. But I always fantasized about doing some tunning to my cars, but never got to actually do it as I was worried not to ruin them.
This one however is so old and basically costs nothing now, that I think I could risk it. If it works out - great, if not - well not big deal.
So basically I'm looking for advise on what is worth doing and what is not. Here is a list of what I'm thinking to do. I'm mostly interested about the mechanisl performance upgrades than the exterior visual mods, if it is worth doing them at all or not?
1. A better air filer, such as some K&N. This seems like a simple job even for myself. But I probably need to chenage the intake pipe as well, one of those stainless steel?
2. A bigger turbo, nothing to big though. Are there any companies that can take my old turbo and completly change the internals so that it could be fit back without other modifications? Obviously new membranes, seals etc. If not, how do i even approach sourcing a turbo for it. Would one from a 270CDI fit ?
3. Cleanup the catalyst, so that the exhaust is as free flow as it can be. It is not cloged and does not register any faults, so might be a stupid idea, don't know. Is it worth it ?
4. Once the above is done, perform an ECU remap. My car has a Comfort mode and a Sports mode (sport at 150HP, hillarious, always make me laugh when people talk abot sport in cars ). So wonder if the ECU can be remapped such that under Comfort mode it would provide better MPG, while the Sports mode could be tunned for more power?
5. Assuming some of the above can be done and I gain some 50hp and some torque, do I need to change any other stock mechanics so that it can cope with the added power? Flywheel? Anything else?
There are a few external mods, I'm thinking as well:
1. Xenon but better still LED headlights. There are a lot of projector headlights on ebay, not original obviously as LED was not a thing back nin 2005, but it is really hard to say if they are good quality or not. Is it possible to fit LED into a projetor headlight? Anyone has done this before safely and with no errors registering on the board computer? Or will i need some computer adjusmtments for LEDs ?
2. Bigger Callipers, I'm thinking AMG from a C32.
3. Coil overs.
4. Different grill and flat badge.
Looking at the list myself, I think this can easily cost £3-5k for which I could probably get a w204, but then I will be back to my always wanting to modify a car and not have done it
Thanks all and please be merciful
I might be asking some silly questions but here it is
I own an old 2005 w203, 220 CDI Automatic, It drives beautifully though, no mechanical issues. But I always fantasized about doing some tunning to my cars, but never got to actually do it as I was worried not to ruin them.
This one however is so old and basically costs nothing now, that I think I could risk it. If it works out - great, if not - well not big deal.
So basically I'm looking for advise on what is worth doing and what is not. Here is a list of what I'm thinking to do. I'm mostly interested about the mechanisl performance upgrades than the exterior visual mods, if it is worth doing them at all or not?
1. A better air filer, such as some K&N. This seems like a simple job even for myself. But I probably need to chenage the intake pipe as well, one of those stainless steel?
2. A bigger turbo, nothing to big though. Are there any companies that can take my old turbo and completly change the internals so that it could be fit back without other modifications? Obviously new membranes, seals etc. If not, how do i even approach sourcing a turbo for it. Would one from a 270CDI fit ?
3. Cleanup the catalyst, so that the exhaust is as free flow as it can be. It is not cloged and does not register any faults, so might be a stupid idea, don't know. Is it worth it ?
4. Once the above is done, perform an ECU remap. My car has a Comfort mode and a Sports mode (sport at 150HP, hillarious, always make me laugh when people talk abot sport in cars ). So wonder if the ECU can be remapped such that under Comfort mode it would provide better MPG, while the Sports mode could be tunned for more power?
5. Assuming some of the above can be done and I gain some 50hp and some torque, do I need to change any other stock mechanics so that it can cope with the added power? Flywheel? Anything else?
There are a few external mods, I'm thinking as well:
1. Xenon but better still LED headlights. There are a lot of projector headlights on ebay, not original obviously as LED was not a thing back nin 2005, but it is really hard to say if they are good quality or not. Is it possible to fit LED into a projetor headlight? Anyone has done this before safely and with no errors registering on the board computer? Or will i need some computer adjusmtments for LEDs ?
2. Bigger Callipers, I'm thinking AMG from a C32.
3. Coil overs.
4. Different grill and flat badge.
Looking at the list myself, I think this can easily cost £3-5k for which I could probably get a w204, but then I will be back to my always wanting to modify a car and not have done it
Thanks all and please be merciful