moparrbust

Gotta love sleepers. Anybody can have a sports/muscle car that's fast...........but it's sooo much more fun when you fly by that guy in something unexpected and generally looked down upon. That's why I drive a lowly Crossfire

spifffs

AMG1 we gotta meet up sometime in vegas, you have to take me for a spin in the carrerra gt. ill buy you lunch at the four seasons, i go there about twice a month anything to get out of the laughlin area, where my business is.

SPIFFFS

AMG1

SPIFFFS, I frequent the four seasons, great place, always take my mother and grandmother there on Mother's day for lunch at the Verandah. Great place to relax and enjoy the elegance of that pleasant resort which has a design vocabularly that is far from the Vegas norm. If you ever see a Black GT there, you know who it is.

John V.

For Lowering you can also check out www.adjustableairride.com. Fully adjustable Links so you can lower the vehicle to whatever height you like.

rosswell

Actually I think the number is closer to 80 to 100 - but that's worldwide.

Nice car - if it were me I'd keep it bone stock due to low volume of production. Enjoy.

spifffs

just drove back into az tonight and snapped some pics, its halfway there. i blacked out all the chrome, all the taillights side markers etc sueded the headliner like all 63's should come from the factory, and tinted the windows. i ceramic coated the exhaust, but i need some serious wheels, the stock wheels will NOT make the grade, so any ideas on wheel manufacturer? should i go all black or a satin or brushed look? enjoy the crappy pics.

spifffs

a few more

AMG1

Looks awesome! Made the R63 even more unique than it already is!

princemarko

I was thinking of purchasing an R63. What mods are out there to boost the HP up just a little more? I think Renntech can do the ecu since they have one for the ML(should be interchangeable), that will get it up to 530.

But do you know if there is anything else?

spifffs

yes evosport, is where the car will go next, i will do a tune that will add roughly 75hp check it out at evosport.com they can do the same to almost any 63 engine.

kip

Congrats!

No matter what anyone says, I think it looks good!

krisv420

Damn man nice car,

I love to see a minivan smoking corvettes anyday!! so hook me up with a ride =D ^_^ Ditto

Have a great time with your rare car =D

princemarko

My next question is about the 7 speed transmission.

Once you are getting up to 550-600hp, is the transmission a concern? I know they left it out of the S65(5 speed) and G55's because of the power keeps eating up transmission.

spifffs

thats a great question.... i dont know the answer, my hope is that i will be able to handle the extra 75-90hp i plan on giving her, but only time will tell. i do know they continue to use the 5 speed on the much higher Hp mBZ's. good looking out.

bigben320e

Awesome pics...

princemarko

Spiffs,

I would ignore the engine mods after you are up to 550hp and get some carbon fiber hood, doors and get the car to 0-60 in 4.2 seconds in automatic mode.

Shaving 175 lbs would be much more effective to speed.

spifffs

thats a good idea, im now contemplating wheels now, because i think they will add weight instead of get rid of it. i dont know of any carbon manufacturers that will make a carbon hood for that car unlesss i shell out over 1600 bucks

princemarko

Lorinser has lightweight metal wheels.

No one said it would be cheap for carbon fiber. Also, they have lightweight rotors that cut 35 lbs or so off the car.

35 here, 35 there, would be a huge jump. I'm currently trying to find an R63 also. Not an easy task.

kip

I still think this kind of weight saving is really of marginal value. We usually carry an equivallent amount of useless stuff in our cars, which we should first get rid of.

Good luck on finding one, as there are now only 29 available in the US...

I think the black tinting looks good. Sadly weve got strict laws against tinting...

By the way spiffs, we didnt get only a nice picture of your car, but you also posted a pic of yourself

princemarko

175 lbs of weight reduction does more than adding 50 horsepower to a vehicles 0-60.

only 29? damn it. I thought there was 80 or so in the US.

gsirota

Are you thinking about expending to the East Coast with your fiber optic venture? PS: Congrats on a Very unique vehicle, you will enjoy it, I have been enjoying mine since November of 06 when I bought one of the first examples in NY. Also, I am surprised that yours is lacking options that to my knowledge were absolutely standard such as bi-xenons -I checked my window sticker. I have every option one could get, as I ordered my car almost 9 months before delivery. Distronic, 3-zone climate control, keyless go, heated seats rear/front, Ipod integration, rear entertainment system, Bluetooth were the extras. Anyway, good luck and enjoy!

spifffs

Car is finally DONE!!! got the wheels on the lowering module, painted all the interior wood a matte/gloss black combo. got the 22 wheels on and added the extra 90hp i wanted. i will dyno her soon, and see if i can get around 500hp on the dyno. thoughts?????

spifffs

last ones

princemarko

Well, MB has the R63 at 503hp... so dyno would probably give you 465-475 at the wheels. After your mods up to 590hp, you are probably getting 550hp at the wheels.

Just a guess.

Regardless, with 590hp, you are looking at 4.3 0-60 speeds in automatic mode.

Akademiks

550 at the wheels? Sorry, not going to happen. Even chipped 65s/600s have a hard time getting that much horsepower to the wheels-- no way the R63 is going to push out 550 to the wheels, I would say 420-460 is more reasonable. Also, you must consider the massive 22s the R63 is sitting on which definitely robs the car of hp.

FWIW, stock 63s dyno in at roughly 390-420 to the wheels.

SPIFFS, if you want 18rwhp horsepower FREE, remove your charcoal air filters which can be located next to your stock air filters in your air box. PM me if your not engine savvy and I'd be glad to help you. If you remove the charcoal air filters and replace your air filters with K&Ns, you will see a significant gain in power. Free mods? Why not!