My new coupe
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My new coupe
Hi and hello from South Africa
I have bought my self an 03 c230k coupe with 86000km(53000mi) on the clock.
I have wanted one of these for a very long time and have finally found the right one there are a few very small issues with it but nothing mayor. I am hoping too keep her for a very long time.
Here are some quick photos i took.
I have bought my self an 03 c230k coupe with 86000km(53000mi) on the clock.
I have wanted one of these for a very long time and have finally found the right one there are a few very small issues with it but nothing mayor. I am hoping too keep her for a very long time.
Here are some quick photos i took.
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So thought i will give quick update on the coupe. I have now had it almost a year and have had no issues with it what so ever. I haven't had the funds to really mod her but I am saving up for a pulley and tune.
I had done one mod so far and that is to make a custom concrete gear lever. I know not a lot of people will like it but I wanted something different.
I will be taking her to local car event soon and will have some professional pictures taken of her.
I had done one mod so far and that is to make a custom concrete gear lever. I know not a lot of people will like it but I wanted something different.
I will be taking her to local car event soon and will have some professional pictures taken of her.
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Ahh the memories.
You parked right outside the door.
When I bought my coupe it came out those doors....right off the showroom, in Carlsbad, CA and then sat for an hour or so right there while they went over all the features, all the way back in 2002.
Drove her to Lake Tahoe and back this past weekend...mostly a flawless journey,
after replacing the shifter due to a P0705 error, which is related to the PRND sensor, and a new MAF. Still getting an occasional problem with the recirc air valve,
did the reset (search 'learning in recirculating air valve', yours has the same part)
and ok now.
The other glitch was a horrendous noise from the sunroof, which I think is a matter of replacing some bolts to make the gear line up, posted somewhere around here....
232K miles and still going. New MAF boosted my mileage significantly!
Your car is very clean! How many miles on it?
btw running a pulley on 2003 is a little iffy.
People tried it, and since it's already spinning at capacity, the car tends to run out of
fuel around 5K rpm if memories serves me.
Kleeman made a box (The Kbox it was called) that somehow helped to compensate for the fuel starvation. Some people replaced the fuel injectors with larger ones and higher pressure fuel pump, but no one really posted how they did that or exactly what parts etc.
Maybe the tune you mention addresses these issues.
You parked right outside the door.
When I bought my coupe it came out those doors....right off the showroom, in Carlsbad, CA and then sat for an hour or so right there while they went over all the features, all the way back in 2002.
Drove her to Lake Tahoe and back this past weekend...mostly a flawless journey,
after replacing the shifter due to a P0705 error, which is related to the PRND sensor, and a new MAF. Still getting an occasional problem with the recirc air valve,
did the reset (search 'learning in recirculating air valve', yours has the same part)
and ok now.
The other glitch was a horrendous noise from the sunroof, which I think is a matter of replacing some bolts to make the gear line up, posted somewhere around here....
232K miles and still going. New MAF boosted my mileage significantly!
Your car is very clean! How many miles on it?
btw running a pulley on 2003 is a little iffy.
People tried it, and since it's already spinning at capacity, the car tends to run out of
fuel around 5K rpm if memories serves me.
Kleeman made a box (The Kbox it was called) that somehow helped to compensate for the fuel starvation. Some people replaced the fuel injectors with larger ones and higher pressure fuel pump, but no one really posted how they did that or exactly what parts etc.
Maybe the tune you mention addresses these issues.
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Ahh the memories.
You parked right outside the door.
When I bought my coupe it came out those doors....right off the showroom, in Carlsbad, CA and then sat for an hour or so right there while they went over all the features, all the way back in 2002.
Drove her to Lake Tahoe and back this past weekend...mostly a flawless journey,
after replacing the shifter due to a P0705 error, which is related to the PRND sensor, and a new MAF. Still getting an occasional problem with the recirc air valve,
did the reset (search 'learning in recirculating air valve', yours has the same part)
and ok now.
The other glitch was a horrendous noise from the sunroof, which I think is a matter of replacing some bolts to make the gear line up, posted somewhere around here....
232K miles and still going. New MAF boosted my mileage significantly!
Your car is very clean! How many miles on it?
btw running a pulley on 2003 is a little iffy.
People tried it, and since it's already spinning at capacity, the car tends to run out of
fuel around 5K rpm if memories serves me.
Kleeman made a box (The Kbox it was called) that somehow helped to compensate for the fuel starvation. Some people replaced the fuel injectors with larger ones and higher pressure fuel pump, but no one really posted how they did that or exactly what parts etc.
Maybe the tune you mention addresses these issues.
You parked right outside the door.
When I bought my coupe it came out those doors....right off the showroom, in Carlsbad, CA and then sat for an hour or so right there while they went over all the features, all the way back in 2002.
Drove her to Lake Tahoe and back this past weekend...mostly a flawless journey,
after replacing the shifter due to a P0705 error, which is related to the PRND sensor, and a new MAF. Still getting an occasional problem with the recirc air valve,
did the reset (search 'learning in recirculating air valve', yours has the same part)
and ok now.
The other glitch was a horrendous noise from the sunroof, which I think is a matter of replacing some bolts to make the gear line up, posted somewhere around here....
232K miles and still going. New MAF boosted my mileage significantly!
Your car is very clean! How many miles on it?
btw running a pulley on 2003 is a little iffy.
People tried it, and since it's already spinning at capacity, the car tends to run out of
fuel around 5K rpm if memories serves me.
Kleeman made a box (The Kbox it was called) that somehow helped to compensate for the fuel starvation. Some people replaced the fuel injectors with larger ones and higher pressure fuel pump, but no one really posted how they did that or exactly what parts etc.
Maybe the tune you mention addresses these issues.
