RBYCC

Always a surprise by some of the Japanese AMG stuff

http://www.geocities.jp/w124ridaz/page070.html

A LHD 1995 AMG E400 for sale on EBAY UK

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/95-MERCEDES-E4...1%7C240%3A1318

Some countries have all the luck...

YNVDIZW124

Chris should get those wheels and make a e420 AMG. I really want those plastic flares too...

RBYCC

And Zorro could paint the windows black....

Only kidding

rusher

AMG Germany says:

"we never made A E420 AMG and there were never offered a tuning kit for 4.2 engine"

taxi driver

Hi , yeah maybe so , but if it was commissioned by AMG Japan as a cheaper
E500 let alone the E60 it's a bit like crossing the river to get some water.

The horsepower rating leaves you thinking what has to be done to make
the 4,2 perform 500 style offcourse with lower torque but anyway confusing
WHY . Hope someone has the answer.. Roger

viperuk1

what rims were they?? never seen them before not to my liking anyway.

CDP

haha I would but I really doubt they would clear my front brakes?

2PHAST

The statement is correct sort of, AMG of Germany didn't build these cars, they were built by AMG of Japan. I have numerous JDM magazines that cover many of the cars that AMG of Japan built, the tuned 400e happens to be one of them. Judging by what is in the magazines and the vehicles listed in the links, they would appear to be genuine AMG of Japan built vehicles

The plastic fender flares are not Mercedes/AMG parts, I looked for these several years ago scouring the EPC and I never could locate them. Couldn't locate most of the decals either.

Garagecurrent.com had one of these for sale not long ago, don't see it there now, but here are some more AMG of Japan built cars they have for sale

http://www.wintel.co.jp/wintel/owa/p...in_shop_disp=1

http://www.wintel.co.jp/wintel/owa/p...in_shop_disp=1

http://www.wintel.co.jp/wintel/owa/p...in_shop_disp=1

YNVDIZW124

If you get the wheels from the s-class they do clear your front brakes. I had those wheels before in chrome but they where in pretty bad shape and sold them on vwvortex. I remember there was a seller selling a new set of those for as low as $799 brand new.

dernt

I wonder what was done to get the additional 40HP.

batangx

maybe a less restrictive exhaust? I think they don't have strict emission rules there... and maybe a more aggresive tuning? cause I believe they use 100+ octane fuels there..

rusher

I can imagine they changed the catalytic converter and optimized the ecu.
And maybe they pushed the revline for more hp.

Carbooks

Maybe they used their computer keyboard....

Seriously, anytime someone claims high HP gains I always ask for a dyno sheet. Usually they back down on the claim then.

To get some cheap extra HP you can put the euro (non cat) system as well as removing the center resonator. That alone will probably free up around 15 horses as well as drop about 40 lbs on the 420.

I'm not questioning their honesty but I have seen some chip manufacturers make wild claims in their ads but have nothing to back them up.
Maybe more important is where the HP comes in at. HP gains at 3000 rpm is worth more in real life than HP at 6000 rpm.

Ron - Destroyer of 500Es