Hi all, I have a website dieselblog.net and after updating my blog software my header images went byebye, so now is as good a time to change it as any. If anyone has a nice looking diesel MB and you want your car shown to the world please either email me the picture or post it here (I've been a lurker for quite a while). Keep in mind the header is 790x233 so the pictures should be pretty large. Also list any modifications you have. Thanks.

Erik
erik (at) dieselblog (dot) net

My blog is purely informational about diesel, and not competition for mbworld but if this is wrong to post here I apologize, and feel free to delete it.

Nice. I'll take one of those 200MPG cars. Yeh. 20HP but that's fine. I don't want to go fast, just wanna go.

Eric,
hope I copied your e-mail address right. :-) Do you still want a nice Diesel picture? This is an 87 300D Turbo, 20 years old and in near perfect condition! It spent most of its life in the San Diego and Palm Desert, CA areas. Still runs great and gets over 30 mpg in suburban type driving.
Friedolin

Here you go, download as many pics as you desire... it's a 2005, I6 CDI, with a RennTech chipping.. 1/4 mile in 14.91

http://homepage.mac.com/sjsamaha/PhotoAlbum37.html


Just right click and save them.

Nice pictures CE750. I'll be working on the header soon. Fritz your header is up there now. Feel free to keep them coming guys

Did you say there is a header set for the 2005-2006 E320 CDi?

I just bought this e300 with the intention of running as my "Bio-Benz". Here are a few pictures.

Here is a link to a simple page with some images - use what you want.e300-Bio

that's very clean, what year is it? 2001? ... the original owner must have been an a-type sob like me.

Go back and read his post for content!

Those vehicles (E-300 DT) with the turbo were only imported to N A for the years 1998 and 1999.
Approximately 6000 units total.

Most look that good even though many have in excess of 200K miles.

As far as going to larger and heavier wheels and lower profile and also heavier tires, a person
is therefore defeating the very purpose of having an economical diesel in the first place.

As far as using Biofuel, what is the price of that now at the supplier?
With the widespread availability of ULSD at prices that are now the
same or even lower than regular unleaded, I fail to see the point.

To each his own I guess.

Mr. Green,

Those wheels look like the same as mine. 17 inch knock-offs from China wearing 245 tires. Nothing wrong with those. I was lucky enough to buy an extra set of take-offs from E-Bay, from a CLS 500 for about the same money, so I am running around in these huge 275s and getting 10 liters/100 km or 28 mpg. Not too shabby.

I traded my 20 year old 560 baby for a rice. Too much oil on the drive and too much nagging from my wife.

The point, at least for me, is to lessen our dependency on foreign oil. On top of eventually saving the lives of our ( and the rest of the world's) soldiers - bio is neutral. Meaning that the plants that are grown to create the bio generate an equal amount of good clean air as the burnt bio puts back out as bad. Helping to reduce smog and the green house effect.

This was my deciding factor for buying (another) diesel. The Bio I use is made from crushed walnut shells ( the trash from a walnut shelling factory ) mixed with soybeans. The cost around here is $3.35 a gallon and has not changed in a year. Gas costs more!! If I made a $2k investment I could make the bio in my garage for around $.70 a gallon.

Not meant as a rant, but you asked

-Dylan

No I have not weighed the rims / tires against stock, but one of the reasons tuners and racers upgrade their rims is to SAVE weight. The larger the rims the less tire sidewall. Rubber weighs a lot. The point ( other than looking cool ) of putting on new wheels is to reduce your rolling weight - increasing both off the line speed and brake efficiency - as well as reducing tire roll in corners. Now, that is NOT to say that these wheels weigh less that the stock rims. In truth I don't know what they weigh - but considering that the backs are 275s - well I doubt that they weigh less, and I'm sure that the extra contact area = greater rolling resistance = less mpg.

i guess my point is that you blanket statement that bigger tires and wheels = bad is just not true. If I wanted to spend $5k on wheels I'm sure I could get nice big aftermarket wheels that weighed MUCH less than the stock wheels.

- Dyln

Sorry had a busy couple of weeks at work. I should have a chance to get some of you guys headers up soon.

harkgar: I haven't really made any headers for the 2005+ CDi's except for the stock photos I got from MB's press site. I'd rather show actual owner's rides then some stock pics though so the more the merrier. It's just getting the time to make them.

Green E-300 DT: Nice '99!

CE750: Haven't forgotten about you just trying to make some time to put them together.

CE750: Here's what i came up for you. I hope you don't mind I kinda photochopped your speedometer.

Did you run your car at the drags?

If so, what was your E T for the 1/8 mile and your speed for the eighth mile?

Reason for asking: I want to compare your cars' times to my older '99 times.

Where I ran mine, it was only an eighth mile course.

Thanks

WOW! dude.. don't mind at all, way cool..

my wife does pro-photo (part time) and just bought CS3, but I can never get her to do any of my stuff, she's too busy with hers.. www.jenifersamaha.com

let me PM you my email address and send me a copy of this image if you don't mind..

here you go bro... btw the guy who owns this site is a member here actually.

http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Be...slip-6916.html

Thanks for the quick response.

Do you suppose your larger heavier wheels and wider tires are hurting your performance?

My older less powerful '99 ran a 10 second flat at 70 mph
on the original wheels and stock Michelin Energy tires.

Mine was chipped also, but I would have thought that the newer more powerful 2005/2006
E-320 diesels especially when modified would have been much quicker and faster.

I wonder what the 2007 Bluetec V6 stock and when chipped will run? Anyone know?

CE750: Glad you like it! It's in rotation on my site now. The headers are done randomly so you may not see it the first time you go. If you want to grab it the easiest way is to just right-click on it, in the above post, and go to "Save as" in IE or "Save image as" in Firefox. If you still have trouble let me know and I'll send it to you. Your wife does some excellent photography.

Green E-300 DT: I'll be getting to your header shortly.

Anyone else: Any other cool shots are still welcome I just may not be able to get to them immediately. If you're good at photochopping you can make your own too just leave me room to put "dieselblog.net" somewhere. (790x233)

Check that statement for a typo there friend.. 10 seconds for a 1/4 mile? That's better than a McLaren F1, or pretty much every production sports car made..

15 second 1/4 mile like I ran is better than many sports cars actually.

http://www.dragtimes.com/Mclaren--F1-Drag-Racing.html

Please stick to flying freight my friend as I would not like to
have you at the controls of any flight that I might be on!

Go back to my original question posted above (04-17-2007, 11:20 PM, Post number 15) and
Read my post for content.

Typo my ***!

Remember, The devil is in the details.
As far as a 15 second quarter mile is concerned . . .
For your straight six, if it were box stock and wearing the original wheels and tires, that figure would
indeed be good, but it is not good when you consider what you spent on that Renntech tune!
With those dyno figures you posted, your times should be much better even with those
heavy wheels and tires that appeal to you. Something just does not add up.
My '95 Impala SS did that when it was brand new and not even broken in over 12 years ago.
It weighted 4300 pounds with me in it and did not begin to have the power you have stock.

In 1989, there was a factory stock Pontiac Trans AM (V6 3.8L) that would do the quarter mile in
13.2 second ET at 102 MPH box stock right off the showroom floor on stock original rubber.

Have you read what a stock 'Vette turns today?

I am not trying to put your fine MBZ down.
There aren't any quarter mile strips around Southern California any longer.
Guess the real estate is too valueable here for that!

Next time you run, try mounting your original wheels and
tires just so you may be able to see the difference.

Ok, got it, 1/8th, I didn't catch that.. no need to get upset.

anyway, I don't know if those wheels are all that much heavier, not enough to make that much of a difference. I saw a few Mustang V6's (2006-7), and other supposedly sporty cars run worse than 15, so I didn't feel that it was all that bad for a 3.2L diesel. Diesels like this are not made for fast runs, the torque is useful at low speed, but it's hard to get the high speeds you need to get a good run.. my goal with the Renntech wasn't to turn it into a rocket, but just to add a bit more pep..

And that you did I am sure. Really makes it feel much stronger.

ET is what is important; Not the miles per hour!

I'm not upset. In fact, had a bothered to read your times where you have 'em
posted on that website, I wouldn't have needed to ask now would I?

What track did you go to? Was it the usual hot AZ weather? That can and do make a big difference.

I well know what you are talking about with the high torque that is available stock, and when you
have them 'chipped' it seems like they are even stronger than your track times will indicate.

You have noticed I'm sure, that no matter your speed, you are always right there in that fat
torque curve. There is in most cases, no need to make the tranny drop a gear, and in some
cases, if you were to force a downshift, your acceleration might actually be slower.

What size are your rear tires BTW. Perhaps being wider, your traction out-of-the-hole is improved?

I was simply wondering about any change is diameter which might be a factor in your overall gearing?
Are they larger or smaller in diameter?

So keep on trucking, or in your case, flying.

Thanks for the response.

It was at Firebird and the temp was 90 degrees at 7pm, so it was hot indeed.


245/45/17 all around... these are stock E500 rims/tires

there should be a net 0 change as I went from 55/16's to 45/17's..



thanks for your tips though..