Whipple 3.8L E55
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2007 Mercedes E63 AMG
31 psi on a 3.8L is over 1,200 whp...i'd guess 1,400-1,500 whp
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2005 mercedes e55 amg
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did you have to move up to a triple fuel pump config?
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2006 E55 AMG
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1999 C43 AMG, 2005 E55 Wagon
I just noticed that it's a stand alone ecu with the entire drive train gutted and swapped for drag racing norms. I respect the power plant but the car is otherwise just an E55 shell? Does anything else on the car work?
Would love the idea of that block being available to those of us who want to build a 750hp E55 without fear of popping the stock block.
Would love the idea of that block being available to those of us who want to build a 750hp E55 without fear of popping the stock block.
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2005 e55 AMG
750 hp out of a stock block sleeved is very doable and for 2,600.00 all done. A billet block is way up there in power....1,500 - 2,000 hp easy and that's a whole other level for sure cost wise.
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ah come on, it just a fully built and bored m113, m155(block) is just a fancy'd up m113k. its got a built trans and built rear end. its essentially what LS guys call "cam only".
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1999 C43 AMG, 2005 E55 Wagon
Taking notes....
I've got an E55 wagon, but with a rebuilt title (somehow all the paint is original, and no it wasn't flooded). Part of me wants to yank the motor, sleeve it, get a whipple, and take the thing up to 700-800HP and just daily it. It's already got the normal mods (pulley, tune, cooling, headers) but since the resale value is already pathetic compared to clean title wagons, I should just enjoy it and beat the brakes off it.
I've got an E55 wagon, but with a rebuilt title (somehow all the paint is original, and no it wasn't flooded). Part of me wants to yank the motor, sleeve it, get a whipple, and take the thing up to 700-800HP and just daily it. It's already got the normal mods (pulley, tune, cooling, headers) but since the resale value is already pathetic compared to clean title wagons, I should just enjoy it and beat the brakes off it.
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I just noticed that it's a stand alone ecu with the entire drive train gutted and swapped for drag racing norms. I respect the power plant but the car is otherwise just an E55 shell? Does anything else on the car work?
Would love the idea of that block being available to those of us who want to build a 750hp E55 without fear of popping the stock block.
Would love the idea of that block being available to those of us who want to build a 750hp E55 without fear of popping the stock block.
When I started adding boost, over 25lbs, the block couldn't hold it. I ripped out the threads on 8 head studs (the block did not give way, the heads were lifting by ripping the threads). The alusil can NOT handle 30lbs boost. I had the BEST 722.6 trans that money could buy and I granaded the input and output shafts (also 300M). I turned up the boost and tried launching the car at 4k rpm, and blew both axles out from under the car. The stock ECU: it cant do the different paramaters needed when trying to safely put 30+ lbs boost at the car.
If anyone has the goal to go well over 1000whp, the stock equipment is NOT capable unless there is significant engineering and re-design. What I have done, is exactly what places such as Texas Speed, LMR, etc have done; completely redeveloped the platform so that one CAN exceed the OEM design limits.
Yes, everything in the car still works; CANBUS, radio, ice cold A/C, factory NAV, sunroof. I put the street wheels on, take the parachute off, and noone would know its a 7 second car.
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what is your parts list for 750HP to the wheels? Bigger pistons alone are almost $2600! Head work another $1500+ unless doing the work yourself…thanks
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The car started as a sleeved block that I had o-ringed and step decked. I even had the block HIP'ed. It was also a Southern Hot Rod War Viking built 722.6 along with stock diff with custom 300M axles...
When I started adding boost, over 25lbs, the block couldn't hold it. I ripped out the threads on 8 head studs (the block did not give way, the heads were lifting by ripping the threads). The alusil can NOT handle 30lbs boost. I had the BEST 722.6 trans that money could buy and I granaded the input and output shafts (also 300M). I turned up the boost and tried launching the car at 4k rpm, and blew both axles out from under the car. The stock ECU: it cant do the different paramaters needed when trying to safely put 30+ lbs boost at the car.
If anyone has the goal to go well over 1000whp, the stock equipment is NOT capable unless there is significant engineering and re-design. What I have done, is exactly what places such as Texas Speed, LMR, etc have done; completely redeveloped the platform so that one CAN exceed the OEM design limits.
Yes, everything in the car still works; CANBUS, radio, ice cold A/C, factory NAV, sunroof. I put the street wheels on, take the parachute off, and noone would know its a 7 second car.
When I started adding boost, over 25lbs, the block couldn't hold it. I ripped out the threads on 8 head studs (the block did not give way, the heads were lifting by ripping the threads). The alusil can NOT handle 30lbs boost. I had the BEST 722.6 trans that money could buy and I granaded the input and output shafts (also 300M). I turned up the boost and tried launching the car at 4k rpm, and blew both axles out from under the car. The stock ECU: it cant do the different paramaters needed when trying to safely put 30+ lbs boost at the car.
If anyone has the goal to go well over 1000whp, the stock equipment is NOT capable unless there is significant engineering and re-design. What I have done, is exactly what places such as Texas Speed, LMR, etc have done; completely redeveloped the platform so that one CAN exceed the OEM design limits.
Yes, everything in the car still works; CANBUS, radio, ice cold A/C, factory NAV, sunroof. I put the street wheels on, take the parachute off, and noone would know its a 7 second car.
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2005 e55 AMG
Block sleeves cost me $2,600
Pistons, $2,400
Rework rods,balance,polish,cryo treatment and WPC treatment came out to $550
Ported head on your own time, the sanding, cutting tools plus a valve job and keepers,springs, retainers,coated exhaust ports $1,000
A one off block is probably 10-$15,000 ...just guessing.
