W202 komp... New to this forum, I have a couple questions.

[RicardoW202]

hey I just got my 99 c230 kompressor about two months ago, I was looking at my pullies and I think its the supercharger pulley looks like it has a clutch or something but the clutch doesnt spin lik as fast as its supposed to its starts off slow then it picks up, also I want upgrade alot of stuff, where should I start???

[zmatt]

is this during startup? the car engages the supercharger at startup to warm the engine faster, also it spins at a ratio to the crank pulley and spins faster the higher the revs.

As for mods, I would start with a basic intake and exhaust, these motors react well to opening them up. From there, a tune, pulley, headers (supersprint or custom). You for more power than that you are getting into custom work, if you keep the motor you can either fit a large supercharger or go turbo. There are two turbo cars so far and both owners are members of the forum.

[RicardoW202]

Ok so when the car first starts the clutch should be spinning without having to give it gas??? Anyways it looks like the clutch its starts off slow and it picks up late. And thanks for the mod advice any website recomendations for parts???

[zmatt]

ASP Racing (http://autospecialties.com/import.html) makes a 15% overdrive pulley for our cars. I emailed them back in July and they said its good for 2 more psi. Supersprint (http://www.supersprint.com/en/prod-72-6271-mercedes_w202_c_230_kompressor_sedan__sw___95_E280 93E280BA__99.aspx) makes a set of headers as well, however they aren't cheap and i think you can do just as well with a cheaper custom set if you know a fabricator. As for the intake and exhaust those are custom, but pretty simple for any real fabricator.

[RicardoW202]

About how much money am I gonna spend on the pulleys??? what website for any upgrades for these cars??? By what ive explained do you think the supercharger clutch is messed up???

[zmatt]

links are in my last post.