1987 AMG 300E TURBO PROJECT
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88-300CE TWIN TURBO, 99-C43, 05-G55K, 71-280SL, 94-E320 CAB, 08 CLK63 BLACK SERIES
guys, lets be straight about one thing, there are no documents that relate to individual cars pre 1992 that can 'prove' anything, in fact when i hear that a 1987 car has 'all the docs to prove' i think it is deffinaltly suspect, because someone has made up documents that didint exist. ( unless the guy has the original sales invoice that says 3.2 engine conversion , which also may or may not be a forgery)
Original documents still exist with some cars that were modded by AMG North America at one of their four locations.
It's this documentation along with the stickers on the cars that maintain the provenance that make the individual vehicle valuable.
This particular vehicle has been vetted over the years as a Westmont build.
Hartmut Feyhl was the AMG NA Technical Director who now is at Renntech in Florida...
There have been instances in the past where he has confirmed builds of some of the Westmont cars !
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1987 AMG 3.2 (5spd manuel), 1981 240D (4spd manuel)
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1987 AMG 3.2 (5spd manuel), 1981 240D (4spd manuel)
between a rock and a hard place. I have close to 16K-17K in this car thalready ie. new paint, suspension frt and rr, 5spd conversion. What this car would be really worth in 10-20 years who knows. not only i love this car it has sendimental value to me. my mother bought a 1986 300E brand new from germany and had it shipped to the states. she always wanted the HAMMER but wanted any AMG. she passed a few years ago and so with a part of the inheriantce i bought this AMG for her and hopefuly keep it until im an old fart or hand it down to my kids so as far as resale probly not BUT everything does have a price like it or not! so im not worried about that, im more concerned of the little things that might break the bank like head gaskets pistons rings that nature. so thats why i want it to have plenty of longevity out of it. so if i do it im gona do it right. so how much will tis little project will break me?
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300E W124, 300E W124 3.4 AMG, Audi S3 2002
doing it right...100% right, with dyno time and all the stuff...
i say 10 000$.
When i turbocharged my regular M103 it costed around 5000$ and the labor was damn cheap, and it wasnt a 100% job at all and no dyno or tuning at all.
i say 10 000$.
When i turbocharged my regular M103 it costed around 5000$ and the labor was damn cheap, and it wasnt a 100% job at all and no dyno or tuning at all.
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88-300CE TWIN TURBO, 99-C43, 05-G55K, 71-280SL, 94-E320 CAB, 08 CLK63 BLACK SERIES
Not sure if you've read the thread when POS first purchased the car...gives you a bit more history.
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w124...-300e-3-a.html
I wouldn't turbo it, keep it original...
Very few shops in the USA are able to successfully turbo a M103-12V.
Biggest problem even with the period kits from TurboTechnics and Mosselman was and still is the fuel enrichment.
Even more important with the higher AMG CR.
You need a dyno to establish the AFR map.
Run lean and you trash a valuable engine !!!
If you are serious and in the Atlanta area then you should contact Jonothan at Blue Ridge MB...
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w124...-300e-3-a.html
I wouldn't turbo it, keep it original...
Very few shops in the USA are able to successfully turbo a M103-12V.
Biggest problem even with the period kits from TurboTechnics and Mosselman was and still is the fuel enrichment.
Even more important with the higher AMG CR.
You need a dyno to establish the AFR map.
Run lean and you trash a valuable engine !!!
If you are serious and in the Atlanta area then you should contact Jonothan at Blue Ridge MB...
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300E Turbo
As I said before dude. There is a Russian VIN site but I'm not sure if it is up & running......very unreliable wackers! If you did manage to look it up though, being a 92' it should have some interesting facts. Per-merger, it's pretty useless I'm afraid.........
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300E Turbo
I managed to authenticate mine some time back last year before it went down.........
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1987 AMG 3.2 (5spd manuel), 1981 240D (4spd manuel)
thank you so much for all the feed back, I am gonna leave this beauty alone, I do have a question
QUESTION: how do you adjust th lifters in my AMG i wannamake sure i am still with in the right full perforance
QUESTION: how do you adjust th lifters in my AMG i wannamake sure i am still with in the right full perforance
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124 320ce amg widebody twin turbo, the nail
