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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 10:59 AM
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ML63 AMG M157 Engine Upgrade by BlackBoost

Hello to all ML owners,

We are currently building an M157 engine for one of our clients cars ML63 AMG. I will update the photos on my first post here. Hope you guys enjoy to see such work, if yes let us know and we will be happy to share it with you.

Like always we are using Darton MID Sleeves, on this project here we are running a slightly bigger bore, 98.5mm (+0.5mm vs OEM)
to give an idea of the quality, the weight difference in the internals all 8 x Rods all 8 x Pistons is 0.1gr to 0.2gr only.

- Block with Darton MID Sleeves
- Connecting Rods Golden Line by ItalianRP (Connecting Rod Bolts L19 by ARP)
(Material: 35NCD16, 10% stronger than 300M, Material Strength 1.900Mpa, Hardness 52HRC)
- Pistons Platinum Line by ItalianRP
(Material: Billet, machined from 2618Al

Modification List:

Build Engine
Turbo Upgrade
Air 2 Air Intercooler System
Catless Downpipes
Methanol Kit
Cold Air Intake System


ItalianRP Platinum Line Pistons (Billet)


Bore: 98.5mm


Cylinder Head ready for installation


setting timing


If you want more details, view our free content videos or get in contact with us and / or our exclusive distributor for the USA and Canadian market. Jose from @boostedbenz.com / BlackBoostUSA.

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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by BlownV8
Cost?
Prices vary.

We have the following options
1) build engine plug and play solution, remove your engine install the engine that you are getting from us
2) you will receive short block by us

Internal Options:
1) ItalianRP Connecting Rods, Silver Line, Golden Line Platinum Line
2) ItalianRP Pistons Golden Line, Platinum Line

MSRP on a plug and play solution with ItalianRP Golden Line Internals, excluded turbos
31.140USD
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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 02:43 PM
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Thank you @TK_BlackBoost and cant wait to see results from this build, looking very good.
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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 08:04 AM
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Interested to see the rods compared to stock. Same wrist pin design as OEM on the small end?
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Old Nov 20, 2020 | 08:12 AM
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Interested to see the rods compared to stock. Same wrist pin design as OEM on the small end?
stop looking at my engine
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Old Nov 20, 2020 | 10:23 AM
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Old Nov 21, 2020 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by BlownV8
Any 1/4 mile results from the engine builds?
Hello there,

season is starting slowly now. weather is not perfect yet.

Right now we are finishing our new setup on our GLE63S Coupe, ML63 AMG and an E63 AMG all M157 platform, all of them with different setups.
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Hello there,

season is starting slowly now. weather is not perfect yet.

Right now we are finishing our new setup on our GLE63S Coupe, ML63 AMG and an E63 AMG all M157 platform, all of them with different setups.
Where is the business located? The weather is perfect in Florida.
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Old Nov 21, 2020 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by BlownV8
Where is the business located? The weather is perfect in Florida.
I wish to be in Florida now too. :-)
We are in UAE located. 8months +50degree in the shadow with +80% humidity and 4 months +20degree in the shadow with 30% humidity
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Old Nov 24, 2020 | 07:30 PM
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any prices on the heat exchangers for the ML63
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Old Nov 25, 2020 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Roverron
any prices on the heat exchangers for the ML63
Hello there, its not an heat exchanger. We have been the first company to implement an air 2 air intercooler kit system to the M157, M275 and M177 engines.
No pricing yet kit is not yet fully done. One thing that I can tell you can race your car 10 times after each pull without any cruising in between.

Logs on our M177 kit showed, before and after: +0.1bar boost and waste gate duty -18points in %.from 93% to 75%.
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Old Sep 6, 2021 | 01:39 PM
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Darton MID Sleeves

Thanks for sharing your engine rebuild. I recently bend a rod in my M157 and need to sleeve one cylinder in my block. I am doing this myself (limited cash), so I was wondering if there is a part number for Darton sleeve or do you custom order it? Any help would be really appreciated.

Originally Posted by TK_BlackBoost
Hello to all ML owners,

We are currently building an M157 engine for one of our clients cars ML63 AMG. I will update the photos on my first post here. Hope you guys enjoy to see such work, if yes let us know and we will be happy to share it with you.

Like always we are using Darton MID Sleeves, on this project here we are running a slightly bigger bore, 98.5mm (+0.5mm vs OEM)
to give an idea of the quality, the weight difference in the internals all 8 x Rods all 8 x Pistons is 0.1gr to 0.2gr only.

- Block with Darton MID Sleeves
- Connecting Rods Golden Line by ItalianRP (Connecting Rod Bolts L19 by ARP)
(Material: 35NCD16, 10% stronger than 300M, Material Strength 1.900Mpa, Hardness 52HRC)
- Pistons Platinum Line by ItalianRP
(Material: Billet, machined from 2618Al

Modification List:

Build Engine
Turbo Upgrade
Air 2 Air Intercooler System
Catless Downpipes
Methanol Kit
Cold Air Intake System


ItalianRP Platinum Line Pistons (Billet)


Bore: 98.5mm


Cylinder Head ready for installation


setting timing


If you want more details, view our free content videos or get in contact with us and / or our exclusive distributor for the USA and Canadian market. Jose from @boostedbenz.com / BlackBoostUSA.
I bent a rod on my M157 and need to sleeve a cylinder. Do you have a part number for the sleeves you use or do you custom order them? I have a limited budget and have to do this work myself. If you can help I would really appreciate it a bunch. Thanks
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Old Sep 6, 2021 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Kirkolson1
Thanks for sharing your engine rebuild. I recently bend a rod in my M157 and need to sleeve one cylinder in my block. I am doing this myself (limited cash), so I was wondering if there is a part number for Darton sleeve or do you custom order it? Any help would be really appreciated.



I bent a rod on my M157 and need to sleeve a cylinder. Do you have a part number for the sleeves you use or do you custom order them? I have a limited budget and have to do this work myself. If you can help I would really appreciate it a bunch. Thanks

Hello there,

unfortunately you will have some issues doing that. installation of 1 darton sleeve wont be able to make it reliable. additional you will have to use different piston rings on that particular sleeved cylinder. you will end up paying more money doing this job than getting either an used engine or an new engine for like 15k to 18k USD.

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