E65 possible.
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E65 possible.
Anyone know of any w211 e55's fitted with a 65 series engine? Is it possible without redoing the firewall?
Would be a one hell of a sleeper.
Sorry if the title made it sound like an e65 was coming out.
Would be a one hell of a sleeper.
Sorry if the title made it sound like an e65 was coming out.
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it is possible. and it is probably easier then most think. the engine will fit, the mounts can be made or borrowed from other platforms that have both 55 and 65 engines. i would love to do something like that, but then you have the ECU, tc, the can-bus network etc to deal with.
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I think the Brabus GLK v12 is something stupid like $500,000.
I mean yes, if you have enough money you can do almost anything...but at some point do it become excessive...
Although I would love to see an E55 w/ a 65 transplant.
I mean yes, if you have enough money you can do almost anything...but at some point do it become excessive...
Although I would love to see an E55 w/ a 65 transplant.
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Now available in Europe in the sporty Golf GT, Volkswagen's Twincharger system consists of a highly economical 1.4-liter direct-injection four-cylinder engine equipped with both a supercharger and a turbocharger. The supercharger, belt-driven off the crankshaft, compensates for the engine's small displacement by forcing air into the cylinders at low revs to bolster torque. As the tachometer climbs, an exhaust-gas-driven turbocharger further boosts the horsepower. The GT hits 62 mph in 7.9 seconds and goes on to 136 mph, while returning an impressive average of 39 mpg.
Someone toss a turbo (or perhaps two?) on a 55K and let's see if you can get 39 mpg
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VW has a European-market vehicle that is both turbocharged and supercharged (apologies for the Popular Science link, but Google didn't pull up any fancy-pants car links )
Imagine doing this with 5.5 liters instead of 1.4
Someone toss a turbo (or perhaps two?) on a 55K and let's see if you can get 39 mpg
)Imagine doing this with 5.5 liters instead of 1.4
Someone toss a turbo (or perhaps two?) on a 55K and let's see if you can get 39 mpg
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My thought is to ditch the SC system all together. Build a sheet metal intake manifold, two turbo manifold, two 35R turbos, front mount air to air IC. That right there should be more than enough for most of us. Building stuff is the easy part, but I have no clue of any one can tune such set up. May have to resort to Motec or Fast stand alone ECU to tune. Gosh dang it, I'm gonna turn my family cruiser into a track car again!!
100-120k for SE 6speed or E-Gear + 100k for UGRs Race Kit.
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If Benz didn't make these ()*&()&)in ECU's near impossible to ()&)*&()in mod, we'd all be having a field day with these engines.
I would totally be willing to take a whack at a turb system!
To bad to program these ECU's you gotta fight off the agents and make it to machine city. Programmer after programmer I have talked to says it's a nightmare to try to get all the programs in the matrix to play nice together.
I would totally be willing to take a whack at a turb system!
To bad to program these ECU's you gotta fight off the agents and make it to machine city. Programmer after programmer I have talked to says it's a nightmare to try to get all the programs in the matrix to play nice together.
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If Benz didn't make these ()*&()&)in ECU's near impossible to ()&)*&()in mod, we'd all be having a field day with these engines.
I would totally be willing to take a whack at a turb system!
To bad to program these ECU's you gotta fight off the agents and make it to machine city. Programmer after programmer I have talked to says it's a nightmare to try to get all the programs in the matrix to play nice together.
I would totally be willing to take a whack at a turb system!
To bad to program these ECU's you gotta fight off the agents and make it to machine city. Programmer after programmer I have talked to says it's a nightmare to try to get all the programs in the matrix to play nice together.
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I would love to see what Undergroud Racing could do to these motors with a turbo. Even dual intercoolers open up the way for 700hp with the stock SC from what I've gathered.
