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C43 with 209,XXX miles. how many does yours have?
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2002 CLK430
Mixing old with the new, are any of you C43 guys running the late 430 throttle body? If so, care to comment? - specifically, how much vacuum are you seeing on the dyno @ 5800 RPM
For those that don't know, in 2001 when Bosch ME 2.8 was introduced, throttle body size was increased. Those engines were equipped with the AMG 55 sized throttle bodies (before the flame wars begin, the AMG E55 TB itself is a different part, but the "size" of the non-AMG part was increased to match it in 2001). The larger TB was a closer fit to "the optimum" TB size for a 430.
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1995 C 36 AMG; 1992 W124 300E (M103 Ex Mosselman TT KIT) was 320hp @10psi now stock :(
Alusil has been around since the 1920's. The problem has always been that there are less expensive ways to make silicon aluminum parts.
Mixing old with the new, are any of you C43 guys running the late 430 throttle body? If so, care to comment? - specifically, how much vacuum are you seeing on the dyno @ 5800 RPM For those that don't know, in 2001 when Bosch ME 2.8 was introduced, throttle body size was increased. Those engines were equipped with the AMG 55 sized throttle bodies (before the flame wars begin, the AMG E55 TB itself is a different part, but the "size" of the non-AMG part was increased to match it in 2001). The larger TB was a closer fit to "the optimum" TB size for a 430.
Mixing old with the new, are any of you C43 guys running the late 430 throttle body? If so, care to comment? - specifically, how much vacuum are you seeing on the dyno @ 5800 RPM
For those that don't know, in 2001 when Bosch ME 2.8 was introduced, throttle body size was increased. Those engines were equipped with the AMG 55 sized throttle bodies (before the flame wars begin, the AMG E55 TB itself is a different part, but the "size" of the non-AMG part was increased to match it in 2001). The larger TB was a closer fit to "the optimum" TB size for a 430.
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Wow, I'm suprised I have never heard of Alusil before. It that the generic name for the alloy? I cast mostly Silicon Bronze all the time and have never been exposed to an Aluminum-silicon alloy as of yet. How are the strength characteristics compared to a general cast aluminum, might switch my melting metals! Thanks Marcus
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C43 AMG & E55 AMG
jesus, i think you are the only 2 in the world thinkin' c36 is better then a c43.
oh, btw, my friend just got a c43 too after drivin' mine..why you think?
( this friend is marko )
now sell your c36 and get a c43.
will be the best mod you can do ROFL
oh, btw, my friend just got a c43 too after drivin' mine..why you think?
( this friend is marko )
now sell your c36 and get a c43.will be the best mod you can do ROFL
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95' AMG SeeThreeSix
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Wow, I'm suprised I have never heard of Alusil before. It that the generic name for the alloy? I cast mostly Silicon Bronze all the time and have never been exposed to an Aluminum-silicon alloy as of yet. How are the strength characteristics compared to a general cast aluminum, might switch my melting metals! Thanks Marcus
I’ve got a couple of press blurbs about it, and they claim Alusil is much stronger than aluminum. Kolbenschmidt Pierburg AG (the developer of Alusil in it’s current state) claims that Alusil is so strong that Audi main cap threads are cut directly into the block. When the bolt is overtightened, the bolt snaps but the threads are still good. Alusil is supposed to have twice the tensile strength of aluminum (the exact wording was "100% stronger", but I think that's the German to English translation for "twice").
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I said they are both good in their own ways.
And yup I drove his, very different,, but remember I said "different" not better...
""now sell your c36 and get a c43.""
Ummmmmmmm NOPE!! thanks anyways though. I bought a C36 AMG because I want a C36 AMG, not because I want a C43.... lmaoooo
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You are an idiot. No one here even remotley said the C36 is better than a C43, rather the C36 is a much truer AMG than your C43 the other things metioned are facts that you can ignore if you choose to be ignorant, your move there. You do realize that you are using conditional statments that represent exactly what you are accusing "us two" of. I simply stated the C43 is a lesser AMG than the C36, again just research how much more modified the AMG M104 is compared to the M113 and then proceed to feel stupid. I said nothing about one car being better than the other. Reread your posts. You are a hypocrite. BTW I could sell my C36 and buy a C43, funny part is they are cheaper than the C36s around here, besides that I'm happy with my C36 but the additional ftlbs of the M113 would be nice. Stop being so confused and hypocrytical, I'm sympathetic for you though....
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1995 C 36 AMG; 1992 W124 300E (M103 Ex Mosselman TT KIT) was 320hp @10psi now stock :(
Why, well first there is the characteristic of the I-6 it feels like a V8 low down but screams all the way to 7000RPM. and the sound track it makes is really sweeet.
Secondly there is the way the car feels on the road, proper sports car, C43 is more refined, isolated.
Thirdly, C36 feels faster (prolly is not) but it feels more responsive.
In the end both are sweet rides.
MARCUS
Do u know what TB size an AMG36 1995 with ASR has? and is there any larger one that might fit from the other mercs of that time?
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Nahh there were two MINT ones with 80+k on them one for 5500 and the other asking 6250. I drove them about 4 months back, the owners were desperate to rid of them because of A) Gas Mileage, both commuted 40min (one way) to work and B) Because they had three cars in the garage and another 3 parked in the driveway. Some of the ones up now are crap.
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2002 CLK430
I can tell you how to tell if you will see any benefit from a larger TB though. Run a vacuum line from the intake manifold to a vacuum gauge – one that your passenger can see while you drive. Do a few WOT passes in second or third gear and post the reading.
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right now I have a '95 c36 AMG with 214k miles on it and it doesn't appear to have had a transmission rebuild, it is a theft recovery with a salvage title and I don't think any owners since the recovery would have done anything like that to it. It shifts a little hard sometimes but it still works, since it's a '95 it has a transmission fluid dipstick, I will probably flush the transmission fluid and see if that helps with the jolty shifting.
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99 w/ 216K miles, perfect compression, no problems, trans replaced by MB at 155K miles.
BTW, what about the AMG engine description for the C43 describing tuned intake plenum and lightweight connecting rods (hand built AMG) for those than can't read. These docs came with my car.
BTW, what about the AMG engine description for the C43 describing tuned intake plenum and lightweight connecting rods (hand built AMG) for those than can't read. These docs came with my car.
