TJ55K

So Jose and his crew at Evosport in Huntington Beach, CA finished their work on my SL55. The result is a beast of a car. The car has close to 700hp and is louder than your wife. Lol! In short, they did an amazing job and although there were a few hickups on the way (some delays due to them getting some wrong parts) it was well worth the wait. I've attached some pictures (not the best I know, but I'll do a photoshoot once I have new rims) but I wish you guys could HEAR it. It just sounds incredible. Headers, pulley, air filter, ECU tuneup, the whole enchilada. I went with the evosport 3 package but with modifications to that. We blacked out the emblems, painted the mercedes star red, painted the calipers, put custom graphics on it and they did a beautiful red engine cover. Smoked tail lights, painted the center console glossy black and did the grill in matte black finish. It now outruns my gallardo EASILY. It's a little sad in a way but..

...overall I'm one extremely happy customer and strongly recommend these guys for people looking to do theirs.

Cheers!

TJ55K

Quick note about the horsepower figures. It's 675hp at the crank, 550hp to the wheels. However you look at it, it's an incredible achievement from Evosport.

CHP_H8_ME

Very nice. Looking forward to more pics. I just finished a 180mm pulley and ECU upgrade, and now it sounds like a beast and pulls like a freight train! Can't imagine what yours sounds like with headers and your mods...Nice selection.

rlh23

What exhaust mods besides shorty headers? Still have cats? I only ask because I've got cams, headers, race cats, and Meisterschaft Race exhaust and it's not terribly loud at idle or cruising. Full acceleration is a different story though

RonnieRenaldi

Some pics of front and interior?

amx1397

can't wait to see the 1/4 mile time. 10's maybe?

the track is where it counts.

cal1

Very nice. I have a set of EvoSport shortys and a few misc. items from them. They are great to work with.

Benz-O-Rama

What brand dyno?

cal1

Hey Benzo, I know you don't have the dreaded lean #8 issue from high HP like us 55k guys, but does it strike you odd that RT, Kleemann and EvoSport seem unconcerned about it with engines producing 500 + WHP and all the modding guys on the E boards and EC are big advocates of fuel rail and injectors for protection?

rlh23

I asked Cory @ Kleemann about this before I bought my modded SL and he said that as long as I was running the Kleemann tune w/ Kleemann mods, I shouldn't be worried. Maybe its a conservative tune?

cal1

^ Yeah, I am in a quandary about it myself. I have a mishmash of mods from RT and EvoSport plus a European 80 TB, but I have an EC dyno tune which I am told is conservative. Still, I don't do a lot of hard pulls to the top of 3rd which is were many old number 8s have become toast.

By the way, apologizes to the OP. It looks like I inadvertently high jacked the thread.

the head

Very cool. I hope you enjoy the car.

Havoc

Congrats with your new found power! Enjoy that Beast!

Can't wait for them to finish my SL55!