Rather than sell my car I've decided to have some fun with it, [if I can]. The only real thing Brabus does apart from exhaust is a 15 thousand dollar engine displacement upgrade [for my model]. No thanks but I'd rather buy another car than spend almost 20k right off the bat.

I live in San Diego area, if you guys know anywhere reputable who will "tweak it up" a little bit [other than Brabus], please do let me know.

the car-

97 c280 ~45k miles
2.6L straight six engine [I believe]

A little more torque would be nice and a little better throttle response [akin to the supercharged c230's which seem to have a lot livelier accelerator response]. Im assuming a chip upgrade and some other minor things would help, but I know little about cars and im not afraid to admit it.

thanks in advance. p.s. Ill probably be taking it in to Brabus for some exhaust fun unless you guys know a better place...