Forged internals?
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Forged internals?
Who knows for sure what parts of a W208 CLK55 are forged inside the motor? I've heard a whole bunch of different answers. Anyone that knows for sure please chime in. Forged pistons, rods, etc?
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blackbenzz, I can't meet your standard of proof (sorry) and you may have already heard this, a few of the 2001 CLK55 car magazine articles described some of the engine parts this way:
"The CLK AMG is powered by a hand-assembled 5.5- liter V8 engine. The hardware list reads like that of a race care: super-stiff forged billet steel crankshaft, forged, weight-matched connecting rods and pistons, lightweight AMG-specific camshaft churns inside the pressure-cast aluminum block of this chain-driven single overhead-cam V8......"
If the article writer was correct then the crankshaft and connecting rods and pistons would be forged.
"The CLK AMG is powered by a hand-assembled 5.5- liter V8 engine. The hardware list reads like that of a race care: super-stiff forged billet steel crankshaft, forged, weight-matched connecting rods and pistons, lightweight AMG-specific camshaft churns inside the pressure-cast aluminum block of this chain-driven single overhead-cam V8......"
If the article writer was correct then the crankshaft and connecting rods and pistons would be forged.
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Want to bet? I have a CLK55 that just today is having its engine removed due to no compression in the #6 cylinder. NO ENGINE IS BULLETPROOF! Parts fail and there is nothing you can due to eliminate it.
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Sorry to hear it. Of cource there have been failures but they are few and far between.
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blackbenzz, I can't meet your standard of proof (sorry) and you may have already heard this, a few of the 2001 CLK55 car magazine articles described some of the engine parts this way:
"The CLK AMG is powered by a hand-assembled 5.5- liter V8 engine. The hardware list reads like that of a race care: super-stiff forged billet steel crankshaft, forged, weight-matched connecting rods and pistons, lightweight AMG-specific camshaft churns inside the pressure-cast aluminum block of this chain-driven single overhead-cam V8......"
If the article writer was correct then the crankshaft and connecting rods and pistons would be forged.
"The CLK AMG is powered by a hand-assembled 5.5- liter V8 engine. The hardware list reads like that of a race care: super-stiff forged billet steel crankshaft, forged, weight-matched connecting rods and pistons, lightweight AMG-specific camshaft churns inside the pressure-cast aluminum block of this chain-driven single overhead-cam V8......"
If the article writer was correct then the crankshaft and connecting rods and pistons would be forged.
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...........the problem is not forging. The cylinder walls are extremely, I mean really really extremely thin. The rods are very thin. The cylinder walls have a special coat that is incompatible with aftermaket rods and pistons. As a result you cannot just get upgraded pistons and connecting rods. Best to stay with your engine as is, or rebuild everything including the cylinder walls.
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...........the problem is not forging. The cylinder walls are extremely, I mean really really extremely thin. The rods are very thin. The cylinder walls have a special coat that is incompatible with aftermaket rods and pistons. As a result you cannot just get upgraded pistons and connecting rods. Best to stay with your engine as is, or rebuild everything including the cylinder walls.
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...........the problem is not forging. The cylinder walls are extremely, I mean really really extremely thin. The rods are very thin. The cylinder walls have a special coat that is incompatible with aftermaket rods and pistons. As a result you cannot just get upgraded pistons and connecting rods. Best to stay with your engine as is, or rebuild everything including the cylinder walls.
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Not too sure if your 100% correct but I could be wrng!
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..........Yes. The pistons and the cylinders have a nicoseal coat. You can bore the cylinders. That will get rid of the nicoseal coat. You can then get larger after market pistons which do not have a nicoseal coat and you are good to go. You cannot just get non nicoseal coated after market pistons and use them with your stock cylinder wall. I have taken apart my W210 engine block and the cylinder walls are extremely thin. The oter wall of the cylinders are no reinforced. Boring it to get a larger displacement for NA maybe ok, but for FI will be crazy. Maybe the W211 block is different.
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What about using the 4.3 or 5.0 M113 to build up?? Using the same M113 block and having a smaller discplacment would usually mean smaller cylinder bore and thicker walls correct?? Which would leave more room for opening things up?? I'm no expert, just a thought.
