And Yet Another NEW CLk55 Kleeman Owner
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And Yet Another NEW CLk55 Kleeman Owner
I have had a couple Mercs and many other cars, My second AMG, First Coupe I have ever owned. I have always been about the 4 doors so this is a change up! I have had it for four weeks. I have a huge Excel and Word Document on upgrades, and things I am planning to do with it. I spend about 2-3 weeks minimum on research for each part before commiting... so it takes me a while for any type of modding.
Kleemann AutoRotor Installed
Cheers!
Kleemann AutoRotor Installed
Cheers!
Last edited by OverDrive; Mar 3, 2012 at 09:17 PM.
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Haha, Its Stands for OverDrive Edition 
Couple Things about the car, since people are pming me about it:
Engine:
- Engine rebuilt with
CP Pistons and Rods
- Kleemann AutoRotor S/C (Full Kit, including the Heat Exchanger)
- Smaller Pulley
- Bluetops added to Tranny
- Rebuilt Diff, Quaife lsd
Full Bilstein Ps9 Suspension, (Need to do sway bars)
Only has 54K miles
I need to do a bunch of maintenance items on it still, Spark Plugs, Radiator, a few other things. Once completed I will resume the quest for preformance, with headers, exhaust....ect...
Couple Things about the car, since people are pming me about it:
Engine:
- Engine rebuilt with
CP Pistons and Rods
- Kleemann AutoRotor S/C (Full Kit, including the Heat Exchanger)
- Smaller Pulley
- Bluetops added to Tranny
- Rebuilt Diff, Quaife lsd
Full Bilstein Ps9 Suspension, (Need to do sway bars)
Only has 54K miles
I need to do a bunch of maintenance items on it still, Spark Plugs, Radiator, a few other things. Once completed I will resume the quest for preformance, with headers, exhaust....ect...
Last edited by OverDrive; Mar 3, 2012 at 06:57 PM.
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Did the orig pistons/rods bite the dust? why the rebuild at such low mileage? Just a safeguard?
I'm curious about longevity of these klee motors..... I'm at 36K miles 7K of those blown.
I'm curious about longevity of these klee motors..... I'm at 36K miles 7K of those blown.
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Welcome to the club! 
How much did the rods and pistons set you back and did you sleeve the block or are these compatible with alusil bore? Why did you do this?
Betrezra I'm closing in on 50k boosted miles and 100k on the motor!
I know a local guy with more miles than me on his Kleemann blower. These things are well built
How much did the rods and pistons set you back and did you sleeve the block or are these compatible with alusil bore? Why did you do this?Betrezra I'm closing in on 50k boosted miles and 100k on the motor!
I know a local guy with more miles than me on his Kleemann blower. These things are well built
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they were 1700-1900 around that range. Engine was totally fine, It was put in as a Safeguard. As far as I know the compatibility, it was a direct swap.
The story that goes along with these mods are
The shop that did this had every single part and the entire S/c kit brand new and unused(Including the CP pistons and rods) Apparently a guy with an SLK55 had the shop order all this stuff, then never feel through with it, so it was sitting in there shop for a while, so when my clk came along..........and now thats where we are
The story that goes along with these mods are
The shop that did this had every single part and the entire S/c kit brand new and unused(Including the CP pistons and rods) Apparently a guy with an SLK55 had the shop order all this stuff, then never feel through with it, so it was sitting in there shop for a while, so when my clk came along..........and now thats where we are
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they were 1700-1900 around that range. Engine was totally fine, It was put in as a Safeguard. As far as I know the compatibility, it was a direct swap.
The story that goes along with these mods are
The shop that did this had every single part and the entire S/c kit brand new and unused(Including the CP pistons and rods) Apparently a guy with an SLK55 had the shop order all this stuff, then never feel through with it, so it was sitting in there shop for a while, so when my clk came along..........and now thats where we are
The story that goes along with these mods are
The shop that did this had every single part and the entire S/c kit brand new and unused(Including the CP pistons and rods) Apparently a guy with an SLK55 had the shop order all this stuff, then never feel through with it, so it was sitting in there shop for a while, so when my clk came along..........and now thats where we are
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Overall the manual 6 cylinder 190es are rarer than the Cosworth ones which is surprising. I built the motor on for the 190 thinking I would turbo it since I done a standalone on it, but ya never happend so it's just used as the DD. I bought it from 100.00 Bucks haha, Been restoring it ever since. I painted it Black in my garage
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Yes, The car was originally manual 5sp Grey color ( 1989 190e 2.6 Manual ) It has the real leather, and the very rare heated seats
Overall the manual 6 cylinder 190es are rarer than the Cosworth ones which is surprising. I built the motor on for the 190 thinking I would turbo it since I done a standalone on it, but ya never happend so it's just used as the DD. I bought it from 100.00 Bucks haha, Been restoring it ever since. I painted it Black in my garage
Overall the manual 6 cylinder 190es are rarer than the Cosworth ones which is surprising. I built the motor on for the 190 thinking I would turbo it since I done a standalone on it, but ya never happend so it's just used as the DD. I bought it from 100.00 Bucks haha, Been restoring it ever since. I painted it Black in my garage
Yeah the 5speed 6cyl was definitely harder to find. A friend of mine has a 2.6L 5speed with the leather recaros. Not sure if it's heated though.
Yours is a keeper.
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