Give a note if you pass copenhagen! (Btw the biggest car show in North Europe take place in the area in the weekend )

 

Any update on this yet?? Been waiting

 

The month long vacation was extended. I should be assembling this weekend. Transmission arrived today from Weistec and hoping I can get the charger by the end of next week. So timeline is to have everything done by next Sunday.

 

I'm waiting for ya. Excited.

 

One month later no news!!??

 

Oh the suspense!

 

Hi guys. I awaiting on Weistec to ship the charger so I can install it with the motor out the car. There have been some delays with the fuelnsystem on their side. Will do a single update once the car is started.

 

Home town S.A, this is a moooi build

 

Do you have the engine built??

How did that go?

 

Can't wait to see it completed.

 

It was relatively straight forward.

 

How much it coast to get all the necessary parts?

Im interested as Well to have a c63 supercharged!

 

To get a estimate the best thing is to go to Weistec website and get costing or emailing the with your power requirement and they can tell you what the requirement and costs are relative to your power demand.

 

George, Hows the build coming along?

Have you got it running yet?

 

I too would love to hear an update on this amazing propject, thanks mate

 

Weistec delayed with the upgraded fuel system. I was told that everything is boxed up and ready to ship so hopefully by Monday the kit will be in the air. It's been quite a wait so hopefully soon I can start enjoying the car.
I am not sure on the details of why it took so long and in retrospect I should have used this time to do the body work and widen the rear but I guess this is how these builds go. Let's hold thumbs that there aren't any RHD variances.

 

Did you go beyond the basic stage 3 fuel system upgrade?

 

The fuel system is the same as in the 1000hp CLK's. Aiming for the same power.

 

Any idea what additional parts are needed? I remember Steve mentioned something about a large fuel line..

With the kit I have for stage 3, there is injectors and fuel rail.

Do you have to upgrade the fuel pumps as well?

 

The pumps are upgraded. Not sure about the lines since I didn't ask. Also not sure if the same injectors are used which I doubt.

 

George we apologize for the wait on the fuel system parts. Many things are custom one off and require time to manufacture.

The upgrades include 2 high flow fuel pumps specially made for the MB system, larger lines and fittings and a high flow fuel filter. We still use the same injectors as our Stage 3 system, as well as the fuel rails. The other ingredient is a smaller pulley for more boost as well. Hope this helps.

George parts are on the way!

Weistec Engineering

 

Ahh makes sense.

can't wait for this to be on the road.

 

I havent done a update on this site for a long time so I have decided to update everything at once till pre-start. I will first post some pictures that are self explanatory.

We first washed the block outside. Then we washed and we washed it can never be clean enough.





Weistec piston and rods, one to go.



All the toys ready.










We got around to installing the Weistec ARP head studs and putting the heads on.



Pic of motor plastic wrapped to do the cam timing with a clear mind. No Merc tools where used in this build just old school mechanics.




Then it went like a flash. Note the SLS valve covers that are part and parcel of the Weistec race breather system.



We then decided to fit the gearbox outside the car. This would save a lot of hassle in tightening the torque converter to the flywheel which is a 3 stage process and requires the motor to be turned several times. As you can see in the pics we also mounted the LTH outside of the car. I had noticed leaks in the front runners due to lack of space to tighten properly in car. This was a balsy manouvre.



In this picture the motor is stuck and wont go in. We where short of 4cm clearance on the left of the motor where the LTH was catching. Solution we removed 6 bolts dropping the sub-frame on one side and jacking the car till we had clearance and she swung into place. If someone tries this at home like me make sure to support the weight of the sub-frame and it shouldnt dangle from the bolts on the other side in case it bends.



We fitted the belt in the car.



At this point with the radiators in we made our first mistake. When connecting the oil feed to the oil cooler which sits behind the charge cooler we noticed that we put the charge cooler to far to the right. Lucky for me this was picked up and we relocated the 1cm and the kink is gone.



We are now connecting all the hoses etc. Still need to wire injectors and crank her up. I have decided to run the straight Stage 3 tune for running in purposes and will upgrade the pumps and fuel feed once the car is ready for the high boost pulley.

I do not really have a lot of spare time to work on the car but I have a lot of patience and I am sure the result will be as worthy as the fun I have done conducting this build myself.

Next update will be of the car running and on the way to the panel shop to get the Prior Design widebody.

Hopefully by then I will have the suspension and wheels sorted so I do not have a widebody on stock wheels or a 4wd looking car.

 

Awesome thanks for updating!


Do you know how the timing is set in regards to the cams? How are they placed, is there dots to line up or some kind of markings?

 

This is nothing short of amazing!

Great job and best of luck to you!