Macht schnell E55 project
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Yes sir! Its Steve's (mindbend) old car from Pennsylvania. We made the trip down the coast last week.. I wish we had more time to take the scenic route.
Aside from being the exact car i was looking for when I bought my E, it already had some of the hardware I have so now theres extra parts to improve upon with
Hit me up if yall ever come to Orlando I'd like to see that car of yours in person
Aside from being the exact car i was looking for when I bought my E, it already had some of the hardware I have so now theres extra parts to improve upon with
Hit me up if yall ever come to Orlando I'd like to see that car of yours in person
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Yes sir! Its Steve's (mindbend) old car from Pennsylvania. We made the trip down the coast last week.. I wish we had more time to take the scenic route.
Aside from being the exact car i was looking for when I bought my E, it already had some of the hardware I have so now theres extra parts to improve upon with
Hit me up if yall ever come to Orlando I'd like to see that car of yours in person
Aside from being the exact car i was looking for when I bought my E, it already had some of the hardware I have so now theres extra parts to improve upon with
Hit me up if yall ever come to Orlando I'd like to see that car of yours in person
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Thank you. I always loved this body style and am exited to get some videos of it racing friends with liter bikes in Mexico.
Thank you! Mental health escaped me quite some time ago, but I masquerade as normal most the time
Yes this car has the same blower and headers I have for the engine built for the E.
No suh! The built engine is most definitely going in this CLS along with every CFM that blower can scrounge up!
The E is most likely going to a friend of mine. I wasn't sure what to do with it when a buddy called me wanting me to go and check out a 6 cylinder CTS with him. It turned out to be a s**tbox and I told him he could get my E55 for the price he was going to pay for that junk and he jumped on it. I have another 06E parts car still complete that will donate its stock engine to my old car, as soon as that's done(later this week) I'll have space to move and will start swapping parts on this CLS!
Thank you! Mental health escaped me quite some time ago, but I masquerade as normal most the time
Yes this car has the same blower and headers I have for the engine built for the E.No suh! The built engine is most definitely going in this CLS along with every CFM that blower can scrounge up!
The E is most likely going to a friend of mine. I wasn't sure what to do with it when a buddy called me wanting me to go and check out a 6 cylinder CTS with him. It turned out to be a s**tbox and I told him he could get my E55 for the price he was going to pay for that junk and he jumped on it. I have another 06E parts car still complete that will donate its stock engine to my old car, as soon as that's done(later this week) I'll have space to move and will start swapping parts on this CLS!
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Nah it doesn't feel much quicker than my stock E55 to be honest. That E is a freak though, it always felt absurdly fast for being stock and hung right along a good friends C6 that runs almost 120 in the 1/4. I know that's not scientific at all, but the SOTP doesn't fail me often. Also the E has no options, and lots of weight saving parts like a light battery, no smog equip, monoblok HREs and light 2 piece Evosport rotors.
I never took the E to the track, but took the CLS last Friday just to see if my suspicions were right , and here are the times it ran
1st run, 1 second burnout to clean the tires, left TCS on
60' 2.02
330 5.391
1/8 8.073
MPH 91.76
1000 10.308
1/4 12.308
MPH 117.27
2nd run, there was a spill that shut the track for nearly 2 hours, so i ran nearly 100lbs of ice through the trunk tank and IC system. Kept circulating until the heat exchanger up front was frosting Stage: quick hop after driving around the water, I tried to feather it with the TCS off, spun my *** off.
60' 2.331
330 5.651
1/8 8.28
MPH 93.76
1000 10.54
1/4 12.43
MPH 119.38
Those would be some great times with a bone stock car, but hilarious for one with a sheet full of mods. It's not as bad as it looks at first though. There's a ton of improvement to be had without changing anything except tires, tune and practice. AFRs were in the low 10s the entire passes, boost a steady 14, and timing around 20'. Its a start!
I never took the E to the track, but took the CLS last Friday just to see if my suspicions were right , and here are the times it ran
1st run, 1 second burnout to clean the tires, left TCS on
60' 2.02
330 5.391
1/8 8.073
MPH 91.76
1000 10.308
1/4 12.308
MPH 117.27
2nd run, there was a spill that shut the track for nearly 2 hours, so i ran nearly 100lbs of ice through the trunk tank and IC system. Kept circulating until the heat exchanger up front was frosting
Stage: quick hop after driving around the water, I tried to feather it with the TCS off, spun my *** off.60' 2.331
330 5.651
1/8 8.28
MPH 93.76
1000 10.54
1/4 12.43
MPH 119.38
Those would be some great times with a bone stock car, but hilarious for one with a sheet full of mods. It's not as bad as it looks at first though. There's a ton of improvement to be had without changing anything except tires, tune and practice. AFRs were in the low 10s the entire passes, boost a steady 14, and timing around 20'. Its a start!
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Here's my felt cylinder hone rig for the Sunnen honing paste
I originally rigged up a plastic lid to some gelato wrapped in masking tape to slide down to the bottom of the bore, and keep the paste out of the crankcase. However this was only important because I was going to leave the crank in the block and just swap pistons. After the crank was determined to need its counterweights lightened for the new lighter pistons, there wasn't much point since the block was naked now anyways. I tried it on the first hole just for future reference , it worked.
Taping the decks up makes for easier cleanup later.
When crap falls into places you don't want it like an oil galley, here's a cheap tip to retrieve it (from my painting days) roll a small section of tape backwards around a screwdriver and it makes a sort of "magnet on a stick" for things nonferrous.
I originally rigged up a plastic lid to some gelato wrapped in masking tape to slide down to the bottom of the bore, and keep the paste out of the crankcase. However this was only important because I was going to leave the crank in the block and just swap pistons. After the crank was determined to need its counterweights lightened for the new lighter pistons, there wasn't much point since the block was naked now anyways. I tried it on the first hole just for future reference , it worked.
Taping the decks up makes for easier cleanup later.
When crap falls into places you don't want it like an oil galley, here's a cheap tip to retrieve it (from my painting days) roll a small section of tape backwards around a screwdriver and it makes a sort of "magnet on a stick" for things nonferrous.
...... I have followed in your footstep and I only pray it will turn out OK - my own responsibility of curse You were going for new pistons .... I'm not ... any special trick to know about cleaning them and the valves for carbon deposit ...... an air driven rotating brass brush perhaps?
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Thank you very much, there's much more to come shortly ( I know, I said that a month ago)
Definitely do not use a wire brush or anything similar on the pistons. Theyve got a special coating to keep from gouging the aluminum walls of the cylinder case and disrupting that coating will certainly light the fuse for another build. Try using heavy solvent like Brake-Kleen or lacquer thinner and get as much of the carbon off as possible.
For the valves, it's ok to use the wire brush or a grey scotch-brite ( not on the stem) since you'll be doing a valve job anyway.
Definitely do not use a wire brush or anything similar on the pistons. Theyve got a special coating to keep from gouging the aluminum walls of the cylinder case and disrupting that coating will certainly light the fuse for another build. Try using heavy solvent like Brake-Kleen or lacquer thinner and get as much of the carbon off as possible.
For the valves, it's ok to use the wire brush or a grey scotch-brite ( not on the stem) since you'll be doing a valve job anyway.
Thanks a lot for the write-up Sir-boost-a-lot ...... I have followed in your footstep and I only pray it will turn out OK - my own responsibility of curse
You were going for new pistons .... I'm not ... any special trick to know about cleaning them and the valves for carbon deposit ...... an air driven rotating brass brush perhaps?
...... I have followed in your footstep and I only pray it will turn out OK - my own responsibility of curse You were going for new pistons .... I'm not ... any special trick to know about cleaning them and the valves for carbon deposit ...... an air driven rotating brass brush perhaps?
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Nah it doesn't feel much quicker than my stock E55 to be honest. That E is a freak though, it always felt absurdly fast for being stock and hung right along a good friends C6 that runs almost 120 in the 1/4. I know that's not scientific at all, but the SOTP doesn't fail me often. Also the E has no options, and lots of weight saving parts like a light battery, no smog equip, monoblok HREs and light 2 piece Evosport rotors.
I never took the E to the track, but took the CLS last Friday just to see if my suspicions were right , and here are the times it ran
1st run, 1 second burnout to clean the tires, left TCS on
60' 2.02
330 5.391
1/8 8.073
MPH 91.76
1000 10.308
1/4 12.308
MPH 117.27
2nd run, there was a spill that shut the track for nearly 2 hours, so i ran nearly 100lbs of ice through the trunk tank and IC system. Kept circulating until the heat exchanger up front was frosting Stage: quick hop after driving around the water, I tried to feather it with the TCS off, spun my *** off.
60' 2.331
330 5.651
1/8 8.28
MPH 93.76
1000 10.54
1/4 12.43
MPH 119.38
Those would be some great times with a bone stock car, but hilarious for one with a sheet full of mods. It's not as bad as it looks at first though. There's a ton of improvement to be had without changing anything except tires, tune and practice. AFRs were in the low 10s the entire passes, boost a steady 14, and timing around 20'. Its a start!
I never took the E to the track, but took the CLS last Friday just to see if my suspicions were right , and here are the times it ran
1st run, 1 second burnout to clean the tires, left TCS on
60' 2.02
330 5.391
1/8 8.073
MPH 91.76
1000 10.308
1/4 12.308
MPH 117.27
2nd run, there was a spill that shut the track for nearly 2 hours, so i ran nearly 100lbs of ice through the trunk tank and IC system. Kept circulating until the heat exchanger up front was frosting
Stage: quick hop after driving around the water, I tried to feather it with the TCS off, spun my *** off.60' 2.331
330 5.651
1/8 8.28
MPH 93.76
1000 10.54
1/4 12.43
MPH 119.38
Those would be some great times with a bone stock car, but hilarious for one with a sheet full of mods. It's not as bad as it looks at first though. There's a ton of improvement to be had without changing anything except tires, tune and practice. AFRs were in the low 10s the entire passes, boost a steady 14, and timing around 20'. Its a start!
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Nah it doesn't feel much quicker than my stock E55 to be honest. That E is a freak though, it always felt absurdly fast for being stock and hung right along a good friends C6 that runs almost 120 in the 1/4. I know that's not scientific at all, but the SOTP doesn't fail me often. Also the E has no options, and lots of weight saving parts like a light battery, no smog equip, monoblok HREs and light 2 piece Evosport rotors.
I never took the E to the track, but took the CLS last Friday just to see if my suspicions were right , and here are the times it ran
1st run, 1 second burnout to clean the tires, left TCS on
60' 2.02
330 5.391
1/8 8.073
MPH 91.76
1000 10.308
1/4 12.308
MPH 117.27
2nd run, there was a spill that shut the track for nearly 2 hours, so i ran nearly 100lbs of ice through the trunk tank and IC system. Kept circulating until the heat exchanger up front was frosting Stage: quick hop after driving around the water, I tried to feather it with the TCS off, spun my *** off.
60' 2.331
330 5.651
1/8 8.28
MPH 93.76
1000 10.54
1/4 12.43
MPH 119.38
Those would be some great times with a bone stock car, but hilarious for one with a sheet full of mods. It's not as bad as it looks at first though. There's a ton of improvement to be had without changing anything except tires, tune and practice. AFRs were in the low 10s the entire passes, boost a steady 14, and timing around 20'. Its a start!
I never took the E to the track, but took the CLS last Friday just to see if my suspicions were right , and here are the times it ran
1st run, 1 second burnout to clean the tires, left TCS on
60' 2.02
330 5.391
1/8 8.073
MPH 91.76
1000 10.308
1/4 12.308
MPH 117.27
2nd run, there was a spill that shut the track for nearly 2 hours, so i ran nearly 100lbs of ice through the trunk tank and IC system. Kept circulating until the heat exchanger up front was frosting
Stage: quick hop after driving around the water, I tried to feather it with the TCS off, spun my *** off.60' 2.331
330 5.651
1/8 8.28
MPH 93.76
1000 10.54
1/4 12.43
MPH 119.38
Those would be some great times with a bone stock car, but hilarious for one with a sheet full of mods. It's not as bad as it looks at first though. There's a ton of improvement to be had without changing anything except tires, tune and practice. AFRs were in the low 10s the entire passes, boost a steady 14, and timing around 20'. Its a start!
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Thank you very much, there's much more to come shortly ( I know, I said that a month ago)
Definitely do not use a wire brush or anything similar on the pistons. Theyve got a special coating to keep from gouging the aluminum walls of the cylinder case and disrupting that coating will certainly light the fuse for another build. Try using heavy solvent like Brake-Kleen or lacquer thinner and get as much of the carbon off as possible.
For the valves, it's ok to use the wire brush or a grey scotch-brite ( not on the stem) since you'll be doing a valve job anyway.
Definitely do not use a wire brush or anything similar on the pistons. Theyve got a special coating to keep from gouging the aluminum walls of the cylinder case and disrupting that coating will certainly light the fuse for another build. Try using heavy solvent like Brake-Kleen or lacquer thinner and get as much of the carbon off as possible.
For the valves, it's ok to use the wire brush or a grey scotch-brite ( not on the stem) since you'll be doing a valve job anyway.
So; how delicate is these pistons?
This carbon deposit is very sticky and have no intension to go away ....... is it not allowed to touch whit anything what-so-ever? if so; maybe Berryman Chem-Dip Carburetor and Parts Cleaner can do the trick? or the more exotic of ultrasonic cleaning?
Also; congratulation on your new car …. I love the curves of the cls ……. from day one …. MB hit head-on whit these lines and everybody ells followed suit …… the work you did on the M113 engine ? gone with the E-car? …….
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Today she got fitted with some sexy new shoes that shed a ton of weight plus put a nice big traction pad on the ground via Toyo R888 315/30/20 rear tires
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plus get the face lift tail lights, they are just
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Awesome, awesome thread, this near uninanimous praise from other knowledgeable members is rare, and your meticulous approach to your build is refreshing and easy to follow.
What sort of cooling mods do you have in store for that sweet CLS?, I am sure a lot of members will follow your lead.
Thanks for sharing Chris!, congrats on the new car!
What sort of cooling mods do you have in store for that sweet CLS?, I am sure a lot of members will follow your lead.
Thanks for sharing Chris!, congrats on the new car!
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I see you're taking good care of 'er! I am surprised she didn't turn a better 1/4 mile, but that tune is SUPER conservative and the boost is low(er) without the smaller pulley.
Miss that beat a little, however, she's dog-*** slow compared to my new ride!
Kelvin, for cooling mods has all it will ever need: a BIG meth nozzle!
Miss that beat a little, however, she's dog-*** slow compared to my new ride!
Kelvin, for cooling mods has all it will ever need: a BIG meth nozzle!
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Thanks! Not so slow anymore but still need much more!
I'm focusing on getting it to look the way I want right now, I got the newer taillights, gonna pull the headlights and black them out and I'm building a new front bumper that'll look a million times better without looking like a "Transformers" mutant like most aftermarket deals.
but still need much more!I'm focusing on getting it to look the way I want right now, I got the newer taillights, gonna pull the headlights and black them out and I'm building a new front bumper that'll look a million times better without looking like a "Transformers" mutant like most aftermarket deals.
...your taste in looks matches your ability to build engines. 
