CHADisBAD

My SL55 has been out of commission about a month now, I've been adding a few power mods, new gaskets, new paint, etc, etc.

Got the spark plugs changed, and valve covers painted this weekend. Also got the lower crank pulley on, and the SC painted as well. Bigger injectors, with looped fuel rail, larger 82mm TB, 5 piece pulley set, and several other items.

First pic below is before I painted the valve covers. The rest are after, I'm doing pretty much everything in black. I decided to hold out on any brighter colors for now.

amok55amg

Looking good .... big job ...... I would know

Could you put some more light over "5 piece pulley set" - I have some in aluminium but only three ....... the ones used on the SC serpentine belt .......

CHADisBAD

Yes I should have more pics before the EOW, just waiting on some more gaskets to arrive.

CHADisBAD

Finally got the SC back on this past week, and been getting the pulleys, belts, and oil catch can installed today.

fxrs1955

Did you have your S/C rebuilt?

CHADisBAD

no i did not, i just painted it black, and added a few mods.

CHADisBAD

few more pics, just trying to figure out what intake setup i want to go with...

fxrs1955

What mods did you add?

CHADisBAD

larger crank pulley, smaller SC pulley, colder plugs, larger throttle body, looped fuel rail, bigger injectors, 5-piece pulley set, belt wrap kit, HE, split the cooling system, oil catch can, ecu & tcu tune. headers and wideband will be next.

fxrs1955

I need to add another heat exchanger to mine and split the cooling. Any videos on splitting the cooling that you might recommend?


Thanks in advance

CHADisBAD

the ones on youtube (2 of them that i know), and write up's here on the forum are for the E55's, and there cooling systems are slightly different then our SL's. there is another write up on the SL's and 2 other class's cooling system, but honestly it didn't really help me. i just pretty much research the forums, studied diagrams, and figured it out myself. it's an easy, but still somewhat PITA job, bleeding it can be a b!tch too.

CHADisBAD

changed up the colors a bit...

Repainted the Surge Tanks - Changed to Red

SpiritR230

now you need my headlights to complete the look ,

fxrs1955

Vey nice.

Viper98912

All blacked out would look hot....

CHADisBAD

spirit, those are badass. i just have some other things planned on my SL before i change the headlights.

Gray_fox_843

hey nice setup just bought mine, but what do you think about 1 step colder/ ngk LFR7AIX on a stock 2004 sl55 amg? Thx

euphoriaDSM

Thread revival from 2014. The colder plugs will only be beneficial if you have any performance mods.