Ted Baldwin

............many people on this forum pwn very nice cars. I particularly like Jame55's car. Here is mine.

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Ted Baldwin

.............more pics.

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Evolution Marine

Ted - Great looking car and it must perform quit well also! I love the Red accents on the interior, and what Drive Train Mods are included in the S7 Package? - Bob

Alexbenz

looks much better then before........i like the wheels and interior........you got some style that looks close to what i did as well.........only thing i'd change is on the tail lights, i think you smoked the top too dark and doesn't look like it has a clear coat on it or maybe its the pic

BenzoBoi

Car looks definitely hot!~!

Ted Baldwin

............best 1/4 mile so far is 11.9 @ 116mph from 2nd gear. This was before the new stall converter.
http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Be...slip-7222.html

Performance Mods:

............kleemann s/c, intercooler, headers, high flow CAT's, ECU re-map, LSD, Kleemann speed sentive suspension, 3.06 gear ratio, custom stall converter, custom true quad exhaust with spare tire well delete, GruppeM carbon fiber intake.

Ted

Ted Baldwin

thanks............the clear part of these lights are so transparent that you can see the bulb through the glass. I tried several shades and only the darker shades hid the bulbs from being seen from the outside. The clear coat thing is just the pic.

Ted

Alexbenz

post some better high res. pics ...............also what kind of wheels did you get?? they look bery GT style

nendo

hey r u the same ted baldwin that had that vf34 wrx and then the legacy?

Ted Baldwin

............nope.

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Ted Baldwin

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JamE55

Looking good Ted! What exactly is a "custom stall converter"? What kind of benefit do you get from it? Where did you get it and how much?

vrus

That is one beautiful W210 you have!! Very tastefully upgraded!

lowphat

You're definitely hooked in Ted - nice car man, I'd have a hard time deciding which Kleemann to drive every morning if I were you - congrats...

Ted Baldwin

..................a stall converter AKA torque converter is designed to improve your 60ft time at the drag strip. This is what these heavily modified mustang owners do to their car to get 60ft times of 1.3 and 1/4 mile times in the 10's. It essentially allows your car to rev up to its "sweep spot" befor you launch. Our cars have peak torque in the low range say 2500rpm. My torque converter was designed to have the car quickly rev to about 2600rpm before the tires begin to move, so the acceleration is brutal. Hopefully at the dragstrip this will give me a better 60ft time and better 1/4 mile time. The job was done by a local mechanic who I've worked with for years. I do not know how much that portion of it was since I did other things to the car. I believe mine is the only stall converter modification in a benz outside of the factory. To give full credit, Jim cannon had an sl55 stall converter transplanted to his W210 E55 with Renntech s/c. To date he has the fastest w210, with mine second. Here is a link to his posting at dragtimes.com. http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Be...slip-3169.html



.............stall converters are not always a good thing for daily driving. On a mercedes, it really needs to be done by someone who knows what they are doing so as not to hurt daily driveability. If you don't drag your car much, you may not wish to pursue the headache.

Ted

JamE55

Got it. Thanks for the info Ted.

Ted Baldwin

............thanks for the compliment. I am glad you got to see this thread because you were planning on doing the custom suede headliner. As you can see the grip handles can also be covered in in suede and mirrors and other trim pieces stained to match the color of the suede you choose. so go for it.

Ted

dragonAMG

awesome w210... love it!

Ted Baldwin

............thanks from a former fellow S7 owner.

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Ted Baldwin

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billatroadkill

Hey Ted in your interior photographs, are you playing a DVD in your Comand system?
If so, how did you do it? I popped one (Fight Club) in just to see if it would read and play it but all I got was.......... "CD reading error"

Bill

Ted Baldwin

..........your question might be the single most discussed topic on the board. You may wish to do a search for additional info. There are multiple vendors for this including MBDOCTOR.COM, NAV-tv.com, MBenzNL, tvandnav2go. I believe the last two are sponsors.

Ted