I got my digital camera working and am now able to send pictures of the superb work done by Evosport over the past few months. They have installed up to Evo stage 3+ +which included the following:

(1) Stage 1 including ECU upgrade, pulleys, and front turn signal lenses
(2) Stage 2 including shorty headers, spark plug wires
(3) Stage 3 including high capacity pump, additional intercooler, intake spacers and overflow bottle
(4) Stage 3+ including resonator replacement pipes
(5) Stage 3++ including 19” HRE 547R wheels, Pirelli PS2 tires and Kleeman lowering module

In addition the following mods have been made by me:
(6) Aluminum pedals
(7) Wood trimmed steering wheel
(8) Rear Spoiler

Pictures of most of this stuff is shown below

I make the following comments:
(1) The car ran much better after the stage 1. Evo has published the dyno results from those mods
(2) The addition of stage 2 made the most difference in terms of feel but perhaps part might have been because the slight additional noise from the headers made it sound faster !!
(3) Stage 3 was to keep the power up once the care heated up and perhaps will make the most difference in the long run.
(4) The substitution of the resonator pipe made a noticeable difference in the sound but did not make it too loud and I would definitely do this
(5) The PS2 tires made a huge difference over the stock continentals in terms of noise reduction, harshness and handling.
(6) The overall effect of the wheels, tires and lowering was to make the car handle a lot better with some increase in harshness but it was not too bad.

Apparantly Mercedes did not want the car owner to know that the car was making over 500 hp at the rear wheels because we could not get it to dyno above about 5000 RPM where we were just under 500. This was also true on another car which had the same work done. Anyways the change in the car performance was substantial and Evosport stood behind every detail. Highly recommend them.

 

Here are some additional pictures of the Evosport work on my e55

 

Looks great!

Good to hear about another good installer.

 

Thanks for the update - looks GREAT from the outside! I'd really like to see some underhood pics, especially of additional intercooler and related pieces.

You say the car wouldn't dyno above 5K rpm; in what gear were the pulls made?

Thanks!

 

Sweeeet looking car. I love your spoiler!

 

limo tint and that car is PERFECT

 

(1) Stage 1 including ECU upgrade, pulleys, and front turn signal lenses
(2) Stage 2 including shorty headers, spark plug wires
(3) Stage 3 including high capacity pump, additional intercooler, intake spacers and overflow bottle
(4) Stage 3+ including resonator replacement pipes
(5) Stage 3++ including 19” HRE 547R wheels, Pirelli PS2 tires and Kleeman lowering module


can you tell us how much for all of this or can you pm me with info? Thanks!

 

I do not know what Evosport is currently charging for all of this stuff.
I paid for most of it but some was done under their development program. I would contact them directly.

The steering wheel was about $1400 and the spoiler was about $300 through Autowerkes in San Diego

steve

 

DocStone,

You have a PM.

 

(1) you can see the additional intercooler through the front grill. I will take some additional pictures of the details and post.

(2) Vadim at Evosport is an expert on dynoing. The car was dynoed a number of times and after a while just would shut off above 4500+. This apparantly was also true of another car that was dynoed a number of times. We tried to go into dyno mode and it did not help. The theory is that ESP is causing the interference and that after a certain number of runs the computer software says no more but we are not sure. No problem exceeding 5000 rpm on the road. Mercedes is no help.

Would appreciate any suggestions or theories from all of you out there.
It is frustrating knowing that the car is making more than 500 rwHp and lots of torque but not being able to measure it.

 

wow, very sweet ride

 

Whoa....beauty with a beast inside

 

Beautiful car, with nice mods. Just one questionthough, don't you mean Michelin PS2?

 

Doc

Very nice! Can you pls post some dyno sheets?

thanks

 

Beautiful! Congrats on the improved monster. The spoiler looks great, I think I may start with that. Also, I really like the turn signal mod on the front, very nice!!!

 

Beautiful ride

 

I made an obvious mistake on the tires.. They are Michelin PS2, recommended sizes of course. They fit perfectly. Would not go with larger sizes

Steve

 

Evosport is the best! I wouldn't trust anybody else besides Mr. Atik, who knows a lot about MB vehicles.

 

Great...yet another happy modded E55er. I feel so far back from you guys. I need to catch up asap. Dayam...

Doc...yer car is hot!~! I'm just very bitter because I can't mod as fast as some of you folks here... :\

 

glad to hear things worked out so well. firstly, no k&n's? i got a pair for $90 and hope they make a hp or two. also, my evo wires i got have an evo logo wrapped around each one and yours dont. was that just an old picture? by the way? who sells the colored blinker, i need one in silver.

 

(1) I do have K@N's. Put them on when the car was new. Also changed the snorkle on the drivers side
(2) The wires are older and do not have the Evosport stickers

 

Got this from Evosport also

 

Car looks beautiful congrats

 

Doc, are you going to attend the meet in February ?

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=991721

I would love to check out your car !

 

Very nice car you have there!! Congrats!

Does this mean the EvoSport cooling upgrade kit is now available for sale?

Maybe we should see if we can get a group purchase going on a kit.. I am sure alot of E55'ers would love to have this upgrade.. I for one have been waiting patiently for someone to release a cooling kit. Its the first thing I want to do before ECU, pullies.