Uhm... no.

Maybe tomorrow.

And maybe, just maybe, I know how to cut the line...

>cough< I'm getting the transmission upgrade before you >cough<

Josh

Awesome stuff! your C63 is a beauty!

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Yup. My baby also got all new exhaust studs, gaskets and nuts, as well as new head bolts and gaskets, too:



Josh

Not to mention intake valve adjusters (plus bolts and washers), cam cover gaskets, tappets (not pictured), valve adjuster cover gaskets, and screws:



Josh

did you just win the lottery ?

ugly rims

Could I possibly be seeing an intercooler hiding in there? Or doth my eyes deceive me?


Oh and Josh I saw your car out on Montana a few months back, I still can't stop staring at it.

Intercooler? Wouldn't that be nice?

And I live on Montana, so yeah. Thanks!

Also, more parts that AREN'T going back on the car:

Fog lights and headlight washers...


Old busted plastic...


And, what's that... A fuel rail??


Hmmm... The plot thickens.

Josh

New Twin Turbo set up??
You are killing us all!!
Maybe a new six speed T56??

Yeah, the manual is never going to happen unless I go full racecar with it. I've looked as far into it as any normal person should. And then I looked 20% farther. This thing is wired together like a fakking F-22. When you yank the TCU you lose everything from ignition control to interior lights, and so far no one I've found has been able to spoof it in the CAN system. I thought maybe a cleverly programmed Arduino could replicate the data, but still, how much programming would that entail?

Yah, I'm going twin turbo. That's a faceful.

Maybe pictures of the final setup tonight. Maybe tomorrow...

Josh

can't wait to see the final product and numbers

In for the Epicness!

Well?? Pick it up??

Got here late. In for Epic!

And the changes keep-a-coming...

So. Some people get blue *****. I got blue heads instead (Testa Azurro?). Painted by Steve @ evosport to match my calipers (that he also did earlier in the year):



And while they were off, I went from this (remember kids, 65k miles):



To this:



with the help of a little ATF, some patience, and a stainless wire cup brush on my Snap-On die grinder.

Oh, and the reason they were off in the first place is because I went all batty and did this:




Yep. Weistec ported heads. I should have taken before pictures. They were a proper mess. Steve said they even had to straighten some of the valves. The finish work on them is a thing of beauty. They looked factory new when I picked them up.

Oh, and the best is yet to come. But it's not coming tonight...

Josh

I think we all know what the so called "best" is since you've already gone this far in the engine.

The question now is are you getting the 2.0L or 2.9/3.0L huffer?

Well, if I WAS going that route, it'd have to be the 2.3, because I'm on a stock bottom end...

But I was actually referring to this:



Yeah, I'm making centerlock upgrade spindles for the C63. It's a direct replacement for the factory spindle and SOOOO BADASS, if I do say so myself. I patterned it after the Porsche 996/7 spindle upgrade, but beefed it up for the Benzo, and designed it to be compatible with all the factory hardware. Except the wheels, duh. So, yeah... I've got 4 epic slugs of cro-moly, most of the programming done, and I'm having them broached locally (27 spline) but I'm still looking for a place to have them heat treated and ground.

That happened.

Josh

GOD DAMN!!
Josh, my hats off to you good sir.

that trunk spoiler is HUGE
love it

I think Josh is about to take the award for the most bad *** c63...

That's the goal! jsp's car is pretty damn epic, and so is Keith's... And I'm mashing 'em all together and seeing what happens.

Also, I just picked up jsc1234's Dads63 hood because I did, in fact, put a full Weistec kit on the car(!) and I want to keep the underhood temps down (also why I coated the headers).

I know some of you had figured it out already, but yeah, it happened, and I'm soooo stoked on it! First time I drove it, it broke my 315s loose on the 2-3 shift. Not chirped them, BROKE THEM LOOSE! This thing is retarded fast. And that's being quite complimentary to retards... Special people. Differently abled. Whatever. No harm intended, so don't freak. Anyway, the transmission was acting a little funky on launch with all that power so I decided to leave it with them for the tranny upgrades and WOW. It's face melting.

So, I'm going to do some v-box runs tomorrow morning and I'll post the results in the afternoon. A big thanks again to the Weistec guys, and pictures to follow.

Taking a step back, though, I've got a couple more renderings of the centerlock setup for your viewing enjoyment:


The exploded assembly...


...And the wheels photoshopped onto the Dragon (getting the rendering perspective right was a biatch, so back off!):

BTW, I built and rendered the whole wheel assembly in my CAD package. Lighting to match daylight wasn't happening for me...

Ok, it's late. but there's going to be lots of good stuff in store for you kids over the next couple days...

Josh

WOW, thats amazing what you are doing!!!!

Very Nice

how many sets of wheels have you had on the dragon?