M278 to M157 turbos and AMG fuel pumps?
I will have my final custom ECU tune session in mid. September. Lets see how much power the shooting brake can produce then. After that I can also Dragy 0-60mph, 100-200km/h and 1/4 mile again.
Have u think about the TCU tune? I think it would be must to your set up too.
I will send you a PM later.




But at least on my 2011 the wiring is very different and I did not manage to run AMG fuel pump yet
hence I bought the second part, too, to swap altogether.












Invalid Dragy (too much slope/downhill times were 10.94s and 129.42 trap, Second 10.97s and 130,74 trap.
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Heres a picture on this spring.




Also my intake temps were 7-10c above ambient on cruising speeds before BB intake. After BB intake temps are 4-6c over ambient! So on longer pulls I assume the temps are really lower with BB.
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Special thanks go to Blackboost intakes and my great tuner in Finland Motorbit! What a tuner that man!
i have recently had a pair of M157 turbos Built with bigger turbines ,
did you upgrade any of the cooling in your car or has it just been , the 1 "in tank" fuel pump. intake and turbos? are you using your factory down pipes and the bridge pipes from the m157 turbos.
congrats on the numbers man




i have recently had a pair of M157 turbos Built with bigger turbines ,
did you upgrade any of the cooling in your car or has it just been , the 1 "in tank" fuel pump. intake and turbos? are you using your factory down pipes and the bridge pipes from the m157 turbos.
congrats on the numbers man
Yes I did add extra heat exchanger (E63 original) on passenger side bumper and connect that on center IC heat exchanger line after IC pump, with custom hoses. You can find some part numbers etc. on this topic. Replace IC pump on same time, my old one was not working good at all.
M278 factory downpipes can't be used in this combo. They are just 60mm (2,36") too tiny. Yes you can use M157 downpipes if you gut the cats. M157 downpipes are 70mm (2,75"). I have Redstar 3" downpipes and E63 AMG cat back now, but I will upgrade that with full 3". I will upgrade extra heat exchanger soon also.
I think bridge pipes are same on M278 and M157. And they are restrictive. If you can, upgrade those. If u have 4 matic then u must upgrade engine mounts also..bigger bridge pipes don't fit if you don't modify/get different engine mounts on 4 magic.
You need to think TCU tune because torque will rise a lot if you go M157 turbos. After TCU tune Firmer shifts, increased line pressure, increased hold pressure etc. And u can't use your new power on 1-3 gears because original TCU limits torque.
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