swedepat

I tried to PM this guy 'PTE'.
Seems that i can´t get it touch with him.

I am very very curios about the camshafts.
Anybody got data on the cams he sells for NA C55?

And main question, does he still sell them?

Rgds
Patrick (My name is Patrick aswell as PTE)

91RS

He no longer has any in stock. I talked to him about them a little while ago. Your only chance to get some would be to find used ones. Or go with a slightly more mild cam and go with the Kleemanns.

Justsaymo01

I put kleemann cams in my c32 and was very pleased with them (I better be for $2,500) they even come with new rocker shaft bolts, and cam gear bolts. I know these are two totaly different beast but I figure any input could help. Oh, and if you plan on doing it yourself ebay has the cam wrench and line up tool, it realy is'nt that bad of a job if it's anything like a c32.

dre5373

He had 2 100% new cam sets left as of last February when I picked up my crank pulley from him. Guess 55K guys grabbed them up.

As for the PTE/VRP cam specs, they have never been released. The most aggressive factory cams for us are the SLRs...(search for former member "C55 Asleep?"s posts) others have compared the SLR/55K/PTE-VRP's and the PTE/VRP cams appear to be the most aggrssive we have available. Like 91RS and mo01 say, looks like your best bet, now that all of the original production run appear to be gone, is to go Kleemann or SLR or wait for a set of PTE/VRP cams like I did.

Best of luck however you go!

91RS

I just looked at my messages and PTE said the last two sets were sold to Evosport last fall.

Havoc

Hehe!! Sorry, my bad!

My SLK55 loves them!

And my SL55 soon will!!

swedepat

Ahh.. too sad then.
But i´ve got an 'replacement' for PTE.

Theese ones:
http://imotecgmbh.de/LeistungsTeile/..._mercedes.html


they´ve got 260 duration in and 270 out.
and valvelift is 0.9mm at tdc
and total lift 11.0 mm.
Lobeseparation is 114 degree.

I found theese a bit more aggresive than Dr.Schrick and 'kleeman' and suitable for N/A engines, and maybe 'all out' compressorengines.

C55er

Have you installed them yet?

swedepat

no..

I think my swinglish might have maken a blobb.

as i wrote 'i got',, i meant that have found.

sorry.

Rgds.

betrezra

Huh???

macbryanie

swedepat

You don´t understand this?
Blobb = plump
Swinglish = bad English blended with Swedish.

there.. move on!
An other road has been taken,,, long ago

blackbenzz

Which cams did you go with?

swedepat

std so far.. i went with an 2.2 litre kleeman setup instead

blackbenzz

Awesome! I ran a Kleemann sc for many years with great results. Enjoy it. Cory is da man when it comes to customer service

swedepat

My enginebay

blackbenzz

Wow Pat that looks AMAZING!

I love how you painted it black along with valve covers etc. Looks really good. Interesting placement of the FPR. Did you run the return back to the stock line?

This was my old setup but now I have a bigger SC and the same blacked out theme as you. Needs a few more touches until the look is complete.

swedepat

Your´s look pretty hardcore, Nice!

I mounted the fpr there as i wanted to have more control of the fuel.
easier adjustment and quicker response on pressurealtering as a long vacuumhose all the way to the tank will have some 'reactiontime' due to friction inside the hose.
As you might figure i don´t run the kleeman setup with injectors and dc inverter.
I mounted a bigger fuelpump inside the tank and blocked off the std regulator in the tank.
I drilled a hole into one of the lids to be able mount new returnline that´s coming from the aeromotive fpr in front.

return line:



blocked off std return:


New fuelpump:


The fuelpump is a Walbro GST400 and will support fuel all the way up to about 800hp.

EDgineered

Nice work.

blackbenzz

Nice! My car has different factory fueling setup with external pump. I'm running dual Bosch 044s with Weldon FPR and stainless lines.

swedepat

yes,, your´s a lot more 'classic' as i got this new mumbojumbo.
As i´m not going to compete in any dragracing i don´t need to have AN couplings everywhere.
I got this new hose rated for ~200psi as returnline and i´m using std feedline as ... feedline
I welded a couple of bungs into the fuelrail, one on each side and connected those to the fpr.
seems to work flawlessly, but i have only tested car for about 10minutes cause as we speak Sweden is covered in snow, so i have to wait until late march at least before i can have the car dyno´d.

I´m happy with 550-580hp in engine with the bost i´m running now, this because of std pistons.
This coming fall i will decide if i want to max out the supercharger or sell the car and buy an C63.
As maxing out i need to upgrade bottom end, a lot of money that i could spend on a c63

swedepat

Since the last pic of enginebay was taken i have welded a expansiontank for the intercoolersystem, this to get it standalone from engines own coolingsystem totally.


as i got an uprated heatexchanger in front i got more water, i felt that an expansiontank was needed.
needed? dunno,,, but can never be wrong

swedepat

Another 'cool' mod i made:



Softer bend, no junk inside to straighten out the flow.

This will flow far better as is