W211 AMG Discuss the W211 AMG's such as the E55 and the E63

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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Glad to hear that everything is working out well. BIP
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 10:32 PM
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Sad to hear this happen, hope you get on the road soon bud!
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by 320 dreamer
glad i could help curt. stay in touch and let me know how the car finishes up. oct 27 at beech bend will be a great time to test the new pulley out! dont forget to ask jason about fine tuning the headers while the car is there

will do bro and if will see if i can make 10/27 as would be great to finally get a 1/4 run outta this car and see what it does...

after seeing that 65amg at bip really started looking at the cl65's too since i can get one with 41K miles and warranty... might just want to get my car back on the road, sold and into a v12tt slap a tune on it and some intercoolers and no more worrying about pulleys and s/c belts lol
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by novae500
gaspam, are you planning to install a different pulley or pin the 172??
different pully, not going to reused current one as EC told me to send it to ASP and they will send me a new one... but i dont want to wait for it so i will probably use one of BIP's pulleys that they get from ASP so i can be back on road asap and then when i receive the new 172M pulley from ASP, i will just sell it since i wont need it
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by gaspam
will do bro and if will see if i can make 10/27 as would be great to finally get a 1/4 run outta this car and see what it does...

after seeing that 65amg at bip really started looking at the cl65's too since i can get one with 41K miles and warranty... might just want to get my car back on the road, sold and into a v12tt slap a tune on it and some intercoolers and no more worrying about pulleys and s/c belts lol
Nope, you'll only have to worry about the hundred other things that fail in those cars...lol.
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 12:21 PM
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Nope, you'll only have to worry about the hundred other things that fail in those cars...lol.
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 12:25 PM
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Nope, you'll only have to worry about the hundred other things that fail in those cars...lol.
yeah but if its under warranty i let the sucka's at the warranty company pay for it
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 12:53 PM
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yeah but if its under warranty i let the sucka's at the warranty company pay for it
I believe not many warranties will pay for ABC components.
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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I believe not many warranties will pay for ABC components.
good to know, i will def have to research that first before i decide to buy or not
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 01:29 PM
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First drive a V12 TT, it does not give you that feeling like you have been violated from behind

They are way more tame down low than the M113K motor, but pull like a train up top. The other thing that you have to think about is, if you think we get heat soaked quickly, that platform is like a virgin seeing Brad Pitt for the first time, over heating ovens and extreme temps after a couple pulls.
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 12:02 AM
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First drive a V12 TT, it does not give you that feeling like you have been violated from behind

They are way more tame down low than the M113K motor, but pull like a train up top. The other thing that you have to think about is, if you think we get heat soaked quickly, that platform is like a virgin seeing Brad Pitt for the first time, over heating ovens and extreme temps after a couple pulls.
yeah i will def have to get some seat time in a tuned v12tt before i take the plunge and who knows, maybe i will actually like my car when the s/c belt isnt falling off all the time

plus i will be running a 180 welded ASP pulley now so maybe the extra 8mm will keep my happier with my car
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Old Oct 16, 2012 | 11:37 AM
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Bummer this happened man. Another example to stay away from crank pulleys if you ask me. These cars still rip with a good tune and some LTHs.

Hope the 180mm stays on.
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 07:59 PM
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Here you go brotha, we rubbed on your girl some the past couple days: welded ASP 180mm pinned, and stretch bolt tq'd to MB factory spec

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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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Here you go brotha, we rubbed on your girl some the past couple days: welded ASP 180mm pinned, and stretch bolt tq'd to MB factory spec

sweet! will be glad to get it back as i keep almost getting killed in this rental car as i forget i cant just pull out in traffic and take off like in my e55
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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i hear craig in the background!! go get that car curt beech bend next weekend!!!!!!
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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Gotta love a happy ending! And kudos to all the helpful gents on our forum. :y
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Old Oct 17, 2012 | 10:35 PM
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Here you go brotha, we rubbed on your girl some the past couple days: welded ASP 180mm pinned, and stretch bolt tq'd to MB factory spec

Nice running car, good parts, good people, and some good beer to top it off.
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 320 dreamer
i hear craig in the background!! go get that car curt beech bend next weekend!!!!!!
wish i could bro, gotta go to FL to close on a condo, but def gonna make it to one of those bowling green days you were telling me about
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 12:25 AM
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Gotta love a happy ending! And kudos to all the helpful gents on our forum.
amen to that! guys at BIP, craig and steve (320 dreamer) are all class acts!!!
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Originally Posted by gaspam
wish i could bro, gotta go to FL to close on a condo, but def gonna make it to one of those bowling green days you were telling me about
google beech bend raceway in bowling green ky. only date in oct is the 27 but theres 3 dates in nov and ill be at them all
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are people not using loctite on the crank bolts?
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 12:12 PM
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google beech bend raceway in bowling green ky. only date in oct is the 27 but theres 3 dates in nov and ill be at them all
cool deal, i just looked and might shoot for the 11/3 or 11/10 one and see what my car can do
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So good to see a positive ending on this one.

Did you re-tune for the bigger pulley?
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Old Oct 18, 2012 | 01:48 PM
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yep, jerry sent BIP the base file yesterday and they are going to put it on dyno today i am told... should have a few horses more going from the 172 to the 180
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 04:53 PM
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drove the car about 1000 miles this weekend after getting it back from BIP and so far so good! def feels a little stronger since going from the 172m to the 180M. the guys at BIP were awesome!

BIP dyno'd it on their dyno dynamics dyno and numbers were 455hp/ 540tq which i think would put me at about 510hp / 600tq on a dynojet which seems about right for the increased pulley size since last time i dyno'd on a dynojet with the 172M i was at 495 hp/ 540 tq.

they did a few back to back dyno runs and on the last hottest run i lost about 23hp so not to bad for just a larger heat exchanger in terms of my cooling upgrades.... might be time to look at getting a killer chiller



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