SL55K

Regardless of what I achieve, Im really happy to have decided to go with Weistec, been a kleemann fan for over 6 years now, and they've treated me well. Car produced well over 550rwhp back in its days. Lets see what Weistec can do with Kleemann, my special goodies and the custom work and parts.

SL55K

All parts have been installed. The DME, S/C Pulley and Belt have just reached, hopefully by today they will be sent to the workshop so we can run this thing!






We used the OEM Air Intake pipe and modified it for the WEISTEC filter. It might not be necessary for the US but its important to get as much air as we can to the engine and intake in our hot climate. Already have the Ice-Tank from Weistec planned for this summer.





The Heat Exchanger was being installed yesterday, will be posting pics of that build too, some minor modifications were needed as well for the H/E

SL55K

The boys started to work on the radiator, OEM heat exchanger kit. Cleaned most of the engine bay and parts, lots of leaks here-and-there but fixed 90 percent of the problems. The last remaining part is left, the ABC Steering Pump hose, it was slightly damaged so I decided to get a new one before any problems happen.




OEM Radiator, heat exchanger, PS Oil Cooler assembly


And here she is





Speedriven Heat Exchanger lying beneath oem radiator (which was flushed and cleaned)


Speedriven Heat Exchanger installed and piping extended and modified by the Allen and 0-60Motorsports



Speedriven Electric Water Pump plumbed in but we'll be removing the OEM pump and connecting the piping up so that both the OEM and Speedriven Heat exchangers work together


Some great innovation of piping fitment and custom made bracket


Weistec Supercharger Piping for cooling installed.

hpV12

Definitely looking forward to some vids! Please get some from the inside!

DCMETRO22Z

Goddam !!! You've put a lot of passion into your project !!
I have a question :

The Weistec SC kit is supposed to work with the Stock heat exchanger and pump ? and you decided to upgrade to Speedriven components ? What was you intercooling setup before the weistec SC ? thanks .

0-60Motorsports

I am the one doing the build for SL55K, he was stock cooling components, our temps in bahrain reach up to 125f so it was necessary to upgrade cooling with this project.

SL55K

Well You guys must be thinking what happened to the update. Well once we had everything installed we started the car and started right up with no issues. The problem came when we pressed the gas and the car started hiccuping, the gas pedal wouldn't respond and dash showed ESP and other errors. Ejaz contacted Weistec and we thought that the Brand new, factory wrapped 82mm throttle body they had sent us had a factory fault. This is because when we would put the 79mm oem throttle body back car would work fine. Well it turns out the problem wasn't the 82mm Throttle body.


Here you see the cable for the Throttle body coming from the firewall direction below the SC, well you can see it has a connection in between.


Weistec were so fast to respond and se
nd another TB so when it arrived we installed it immediately but same issue. So when we were standing there thinking and trying to figure out what the problem could be. thought why is there a second cable connected to the cable pictured above. Ejaz had disconnected the extra length of cable and connected the plug into the TB. Started the car and We have throttle and NO Errors in the display!

Car idled gorgeously and revved with no issues whatsoever


Here you can see the plug that Ejaz connected to the TB


Then we had to plug the hole on the side of the 82m TB, the plug was supplied in the kit.....Here we are preparing the hole in the TB for the plug


All done, Factory hole in TB Plugged up


Fabricating the bracket for the Speedriven electric water pump


Speedriven Electric Water Pump All Installed and nice and neat using Half of the OEM Mounting plate


Intake Filter Reinstalled with Weistec logo facing right way up


Fabricated a bracket for the Big Resistor so its nice and neat

SL55K

Test drove the car yesterday, the car is absolutely nuts.
All parts have been installed, the interior NAV screen will be installed today. Hopefully by tomorrow I get the beast!

Will keep you all updated.
Here's a short teaser video

Mercedes R230 SL55 K4 + WEISTEC 3.0L SC Upgrade. First Start Up and Reving - YouTube

cm60k

Excellent Joooooob,, you are the MAAAAAAN......

ZAYED,,

RaFFi ///AMG

mashalla

sounds sick

theintelligent1

Very interesting build....nice work....will be following with interest once the weistec is in your hands fully!....

shame im not still travelling to Bahrain....haha would love to see it....

Do you mind reposting your interior shots?.....

SL55K

Ok So we got about with the full fluid swap today. Having done the cooling system already during the SC install we put the car on the lift and started by draining the engine oil first and changing that out

Motor
Draining the Oil


Oil Filter Removed


Old Dirty Oil Filter


Brand New OEM Oil Filter


All fitted with new O Rings and going back in its place


All Done


Putting in fresh Royal Purple Motor Oil


Transmission
Up on the lift


Draining old OTF, brown and dirty as hell


Old Trans Oil Filter and Oil


New Transmission Filter Installed


New gasket for Trans Cover and Trans Cover Installed




Pouring in fresh OEM Mercedes Trans Oil


Differential
Changing out Diff Fluid, again very sludgy. Replaced with new OEM Trans Fluid


Cars almost done, installation of the rear view camera will be done by the afternoon today.
Picking up the car at 5 today:smilie:

Special thank you to 0-60Motorports and Weistec for making this happen

SL55K

Thanks brother

Thanks bro, I'll be posting up more videos soon. Picking up the car in a few hours

You'd love Bahrain, quiet place lots of supercars you'll see here

Sure, the moment I pick up the car today, i'll take some interior shots

overZealous1

can ya get a better pic of the resistor? or the numbers on it? i may try to bypass clutch on the stock supercharger at one point.

Hulk

+1 for that and talked to Jeremy at OE tuning and said he can tune for clutchless

0-60Motorsports

I will ask WEISTEC if I can post the pic. I'll let you all know. Cheers.

overZealous1

lol. did weistec give you permission on the previous shots so far?

no worries, when i do it i will post up the resistor values in my thread to help the rest of the forum community.

so sl55k, any plans for built motor or running more boost?

0-60Motorsports

I'm just trying to be polite. I guess its no big secret so here you are....

overZealous1

thanks. it is only simulating the load of the magnet to trick the comp. it saved me a call to radio shack. lol

Hulk

Nice!!

hpV12

SL55K, can we get some fly by shots of the car? Maybe a bid from inside too driving under normal conditions just so we can see/hear how the new blower sounds?

0-60Motorsports

Will try and get videos this weekend

cal1

Great idea. I would love to hear it under a load.

SL55K

Yep i do have plans actually, more power. Maybe a 1000hp upgrade but not for the time being, im happy with my setup, so much torque i can even get the power to the ground till about 140km/h.

So far the car running perfectly, im justing waiting for my spark plugs from Weistec to reach Bahrain, then i'll be dynoing the car.

For sure brother, Im just waiting for the spark plugs to come, car has been detailed completely and is sitting at home.

Car was tuned for 91 octane, but ive been using 103 octane for the past week and WOW IS THE CAR FAST.

Im actually in the process of making Weistec a 2 or 3 minute video, we'll see how that goes!


The whine the car makes is very and i mean very loud, i'll take some cold start-up vids today and post them here today, what do you guys think?

SL55K