Hi all, I have been lurking here for a while and figure I should make an official introduction post and a little info of my car.
First off I am in Vancouver Canada.
Back in May I bought a 2018 C63s AMG after hunting for a while.
I test drove a facelift but wasn't totally sold on paying the premium for a car I wanted to do a bunch of stuff to - obviously the dash and features were tempting, but just didn't justify the price for me. Also I wasn't a HUGE fan of the 9 speed just felt the in city shifting was alot... But either way..
Ended up buying a 2018 pre facelift - had a little over 30k miles (53k km's Canada). This is my first MB, wanted a C63 for a long time, have owned a few skylines and the toss up was between a R35 and a C63, but I went C63 because I wanted something different.
I wanted a very specific spec.
30k miles or better
Must be diamond white
Must be a coupe
Must having racing seats/premium package
Found a lease buyback in fantastic condition that ticked all the boxes.
So far have done some stuff myself, and a few things done by some local shops... Much more planned.
ZAC Carbon intakes
ZAC downpipes (catless)
ZAC cold air scoops
ZAC Mechanical BOVs
Vader Motorsports Stage 2 Tune (Ryan is great)
Eurocharged TCU tune (getting this done asap here)
CSF Heat Exchanger
Full night spec wrapping done
Chrome delete
Roof wrap
Side skirts
Custom lip installed on front
Blacked out rear bumper diffuser
Front and rear light smoked
5% tinting done
Calipers redon in AMG Magno Hell Green
+20mm / +15mm H&R Spacers
DMP interior lighting
Android Auto install
Car is making about 510 rwhp currently.
Plans are to take it up to about 700-750 with water meth, 900 turbos and stage 3 tuning over the winter.
Before and after pics below - let me know what you guys think.
Love the build, I have been considering getting the CSF heat exchanger. How have your temps been so far, and was there a big difference?
Haven't got specific numbers - yet - but overall the quality of the unit and size is definitley a major difference. I feel like the csf numbers are quite accurate though.
Biggest difference I've noticed is in the upper end of the powerband after driving hard - the intake temperatures definitley "feel" very much improved as the car continues to pull through whereas previously I felt like timing would get pulled as temps got quite a bit higher.
These engines run so hot with the setup, really anything we can do to cool IATs down can't be a bad thing haha.
Nice build. We have a similar look except mine is FL.
I'm in Seattle and I used to go to Vancouver once or twice every month before covid.. I guess once boarder is open I might have to go visit you
Haven't got specific numbers - yet - but overall the quality of the unit and size is definitley a major difference. I feel like the csf numbers are quite accurate though.
Biggest difference I've noticed is in the upper end of the powerband after driving hard - the intake temperatures definitley "feel" very much improved as the car continues to pull through whereas previously I felt like timing would get pulled as temps got quite a bit higher.
These engines run so hot with the setup, really anything we can do to cool IATs down can't be a bad thing haha.
Thanks a lot for the info , I definitely need to get my hands on one of them 2 or 3 pulls put me at around 105-107 degrees Celsius, and I can definitely feel the car losing power as that happens.
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