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SIBLING RIVALRY; Renntech's E500 takes it to AMG's E55.(News)(Product/Service Evaluation)

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Byline: ANDREW LUU

If we have one complaint with Mercedes' autobahn-storming E55 AMG, it's the almost 200 extra pounds the car carries over its E500 sibling. The AMG's supercharged power may rattle your internals, but the chassis lags a few steps behind when you arrive at a corner.

The same can't be said of the normally aspirated car: In our AutoFile tests, the E500's lighter mass helped it to slalom and stop quicker than the E55. In a perfect motoring world we'd combine the AMG's massive output with the athletic reflexes of the 500. Thankfully, Hartmut Feyhl, owner of Florida-based Mercedes tuner Renntech, thinks just like us.

Feyhl-AMG's former technical director and a 10-year veteran of Mercedes' in-house performance arm-takes an E500 and bolts on a lighter, custom-tuned version of the E55's supercharger. The blower pumps 10 psi into the 5.0-liter V8. Renntech reprograms the engine management system and installs a set of stainless pipes, which help the motor crank out 443 hp and 447 lb-ft en route to an unrestricted 186-mph top speed.

Renntech revises the E500's air suspension software to stiffen bump and rebound, and drops the ...

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