*** VRP 5.7L Engine Build ***
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Was there a final price released for this build?
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Victor should release the final price for the 5.7L soon...
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I am waiting on a quote on what it will take to reproduce this motor in shortblock form...
Right now my concentration is on getting Havoc's car running and seeing what kind of power we can get out of it. Once that is done, I'll figure out the numbers.
Right now my concentration is on getting Havoc's car running and seeing what kind of power we can get out of it. Once that is done, I'll figure out the numbers.
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2003 E55 AMG
We suffered a bit of a setback on the engine build. THANK GOD we checked the motor by hand and turned it over manually without firing the car.
Vadim was manually turning the engine over and there was binding.. he pulled the sparkplugs and found that the sparkplug hit the valve.. (@!*&#(!*@&#(*&!@#(*&!@(*&#(!*@&#(*!@&#(*!&@ (excuse my loud cursing).
After he fired the car, we discovered that it bent the valve.. NO DAMAGE (THANK YOU GOD ALMIGHTY) anywhere on the head except the valve.. I rushed out a replacement for it, and now the valve is being swapped out.
What we discovered is that MB has 2 different Part #s for the sparkplugs. 1 is shorter than the other.. We took the plugs out of his stock heads and transferred them over (too long). That's what caused the problem.
Sometimes you learn things the hard way.. Like I say, we will always share our experiences with the community and we learn from our mistakes.
CLOSE CALL!! But it set us back a bit.. The engine should be back together tomorrow and hopefully break-in happens...
Wish us luck... I worked my way through 1 bottle of hard liquor already.
Vadim was manually turning the engine over and there was binding.. he pulled the sparkplugs and found that the sparkplug hit the valve.. (@!*&#(!*@&#(*&!@#(*&!@(*&#(!*@&#(*!@&#(*!&@ (excuse my loud cursing).
After he fired the car, we discovered that it bent the valve.. NO DAMAGE (THANK YOU GOD ALMIGHTY) anywhere on the head except the valve.. I rushed out a replacement for it, and now the valve is being swapped out.
What we discovered is that MB has 2 different Part #s for the sparkplugs. 1 is shorter than the other.. We took the plugs out of his stock heads and transferred them over (too long). That's what caused the problem.
Sometimes you learn things the hard way.. Like I say, we will always share our experiences with the community and we learn from our mistakes.
CLOSE CALL!! But it set us back a bit.. The engine should be back together tomorrow and hopefully break-in happens...
Wish us luck... I worked my way through 1 bottle of hard liquor already.
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I'll never take my car to another MB Stealership for that reason alone...not to mention you guys built this motor and I'll never let anyone else touch it.
I can see it now, the Service Manager at MB telling me.."your car was running very lumpy so we changed the sparkplugs and Kaboom!"
Victor, you might have killed 1 bottle of hard liquor, but I killed...well, never mind...
Vadim, this makes 3 bottles of "F-N Vodka" I owe you!
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Thanks to Vadim, George and the VRP crew in Costa Mesa for a job well done!!
And cheers to Victor for the long awaited 5.7L to come alive!!
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Don't forget about my car! I know Havoc's car is high profile but I need my car back today pleeeeaaaassseeee!
Although I want Havoc's car to tested and successful since I am in line for the next major upgrade.
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Looks like the engine is purring and running well.. so far so good.. its on boost right now (stock boost).
We are going to get a baseline dyno with the heads, cams, 5.7L bottom end and stock pulley and exhuast to see where we are at.. then the big pulley goes on and we start tuning for the big numbers.
Next week we'll have the baseline numbers.
We are going to get a baseline dyno with the heads, cams, 5.7L bottom end and stock pulley and exhuast to see where we are at.. then the big pulley goes on and we start tuning for the big numbers.
Next week we'll have the baseline numbers.
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Looks like the engine is purring and running well.. so far so good.. its on boost right now (stock boost).
We are going to get a baseline dyno with the heads, cams, 5.7L bottom end and stock pulley and exhuast to see where we are at.. then the big pulley goes on and we start tuning for the big numbers.
Next week we'll have the baseline numbers.
We are going to get a baseline dyno with the heads, cams, 5.7L bottom end and stock pulley and exhuast to see where we are at.. then the big pulley goes on and we start tuning for the big numbers.
Next week we'll have the baseline numbers.
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She is a sweetheart. Runs strong, here is a baseline dyno with stock boost, stock software, intake and exhaust.
Blue run is stock E55, Red - Havoc.
TQ limiting cuts in and dumps fuel and pulls timing, so both cars make the same HP, but 5.7L has 40 ft.lbs. more TQ from extra displacement and better flowing heads.
Long tube headers, X-pipe, opened up exhaust, more boost, 80 mm TB and tuning are next.
Blue run is stock E55, Red - Havoc.
TQ limiting cuts in and dumps fuel and pulls timing, so both cars make the same HP, but 5.7L has 40 ft.lbs. more TQ from extra displacement and better flowing heads.
Long tube headers, X-pipe, opened up exhaust, more boost, 80 mm TB and tuning are next.
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It's been 15 days what's up w/TUNING progress?
Were all curious? I'm sure Havoc is going nuts w/anticipation, this thread has fallen back to page 5. 
I wanna see some big dyno #'s
I wanna see some big dyno #'s
