1990 Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 Sportline

[macktheknife2]

I didn't know you were rude !

[JZK25]

Imagine how many kids you'd have to sell to russians if we used real speedflow.

[ALLMTR]

or 90 degree fittings exclusively

[bahaimus]

Imagine how many kids you'd have to sell to russians if we used real speedflow.

It's ok, blonde kids bring much more money than rangas......

[JZK25]

It's cool, I don't need to sell mine. :D

[jzx83]

Sounds like Clayto might be hoping you are in the market to buy some spare kids. Can you speak with the Russian accent, da?

[Greg Rust]

or 90 degree fittings exclusively

Fuck that, you want to go broke use the 180deg fittings.

[ALLMTR]

Definately something to take into account if you have the room to relocate things.

[bahaimus]

Bit of fuel system action.

I think VL Turbo pre surge pump. LS1 style surge with "returnless" system. 044 post surge pump.





All this hides in the standard fuel pump spot and fits behind the factory cover. Neat, eh?

[I'm DJ!]

Nice work Al. Timeline for mortgage / skids?

[BigMuz]

Very neat. Good job.

Skids now.

[shootermcgavin]

From the Motor FB Comments: "Not as cool ad the Toyota 1gz into a Subaru liberty with twin turbos"

Haha! Troll action!

[bahaimus]

Coil packs mounted and custom leads being made. Al is starting to run some wires too. And removing a bunch from the old engine loom. Keen eyes will spot the Speedflow of the electrical world with judicious use of Deutsch connectors. My budget is copping an anal raping.



An under shot. New half inch 100 series braided fuel line running up the opposite side of the car to standard. Keeps it away from the turbo gear once it hits the engine bay.



With all the problems I had with the planned brake upgrade, plus the likelihood that this thing is going to be consistently approaching corners on the track with a fair whack more speed than with previous powerplants, I decided to bite the bullet and pick up a different brake package. Long time readers might remember I'd already bought a set of Brembo calipers from a ML. But they would have needed a dogbone adapter to fit and I needed to split the caliper as well to get the bleeders at the top and to re-orient the piston sections (leading versus trailing mounting). Too much fucking around and I'm a bit gun shy about splitting calipers now...

So I picked up this brake caliper package from an R129 SL600. V12 Merc brakes for a V12 Merc. These bolt on in the correct orientation and will run a 334x32 front rotor and 300x22 rear. So the rear is bigger than my previously planned front! Hopefully this, with some good pads, will give me the consistent brake performance I'll be wanting. I'll give them a lick of paint too.



I also questioned the wisdom of using this car as a daily driver with such stiff suspension on our shitty roads when I've got Jap wheels fitted with hubcentric rings and wobble bolts. Discretion being the better part of valour, I opted to pick up some Merc wheels again. These are 17x7.5 front and 17x8.5 rear from a W203 C32 AMG. I'll swap the 595RS-R tyres onto them when I get the car back from Al.



If I can sort out something for the front bar to hide the cooler, hopefully from outside it'll just look like any old Merc with a set of wheels and some painted brakes and shouldn't draw too much unwanted attention. Except when it is 45 degrees to the road with the tyres on fire..................

[myliberty]

you are tragic.

[bahaimus]

you are broke.

Fixed.