1990 Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 Sportline

[Shifty]

Had a good look at this today, looks top notch.

Brakes a concern, after all these pages how does it still have brakes from a wheelbarrow?

[cracka]

Its got forester GT brakes. And I'm easier on them now than I ever was with a 4cyl. When I find cheap brembos ill put them on.

Clayto, yes, from the first time I actually put any power through 3rd gear. So I tuned* it out.

*started typing 10's into load points on ignition table randomly

Spoke to soon though, on way to Tims place just now it shat itself. Wouldnt start, was running on only a few cyl, sounded like a crossflow with a missing sparkplug. Wriggled every wire and unplugged battery and took it home for debriefing and cocktails.

[cracka]

Wrong thread, delete. Failure of broken V12 owner.

[Dave]

brakes not required on car not turning corners at max effort

1 run, stop, cool down

[Dave]

opps, I thought this was cracka's thread

lol

[JZK25]

Had a good look at this today, looks top notch.

Brakes a concern, after all these pages how does it still have brakes from a wheelbarrow?

You should read the thread, it's had two different sets of massive brakes plus the ones on the car atm. Big ones going on once Clayto figures out which special bolt/cantilevered offset kleckerfritzer he needs to fit the big ones.

[I'm DJ!]

Getting this going is in my interests, "look sweety at what Mrs. Bahaimus let him do, you can be like her, etc."

[BigMuz]

Yes. 59 pages of clarity in terms of modifications and plans.

[bahaimus]

Had a good look at this today, looks top notch.

Brakes a concern, after all these pages how does it still have brakes from a wheelbarrow?

Yeah, as Al said, brakes are sorted. Just waiting big wheel bearing hubs to come from America and I'll bolt it all up back in my garage.

Getting this going is in my interests, "look sweety at what Mrs. Bahaimus let him do, you can be like her, etc."

I have alarm bells ringing. Comparing your wife to another man's wife will end up with us both divorced. We gotta have that catch up soon bud.

Yes. 59 pages of clarity in terms of modifications and plans.

Bitch.

[Shifty]

Cool. Was worried that the brakes are smaller than the wheel hubs!

[bahaimus]

13.1" front discs should be alright I reckon.

Fuel delivery. 80L of corn booze. Dyno date must be getting closer!



Was awesome driving two hours with that in the back of the wagon in the shitty weather we've been having. I had visions of the newspaper headline of my death. "Alcohol Suspected in Fiery Death of Beloved Teetotalling Family Man"

[Shifty]

De-rivvery!

So, when & where is dyno?

[Kiahatsiu]

They would have blamed speed Clayton.
Did you feel a bit like a moonshiner, like one of 'em Duke boys with that much alcohol in the boot?

[Kiahatsiu]

They would have blamed speed Clayton.
Did you feel a bit like a moonshiner, like one of 'em Duke boys with that much alcohol in the boot?

[bahaimus]

De-rivvery!

So, when & where is dyno?

Dyno is when Haltech comes back to Al with more firmware changes to run VVT.

Al's local dyno guy will be doing the tuning. Planning to have a conservative 98 ron tune "just in case" and an E85 tune for regular use. E85 is not about trying to get more power though, it is more about getting more detonation resistance to give those nasty sintered rods a bigger buffer.

They would have blamed speed Clayton.
Did you feel a bit like a moonshiner, like one of 'em Duke boys with that much alcohol in the boot?

I should have painted the car orange and welded up the doors so I had to climb through the window!