1990 Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 Sportline

[bahaimus]

Tell him you like Fiats and then try to get away.

Why do you keep gheying up my thread with talk about other euro shitboxes. This is a thread for robust teutonic engineering and here you are talking about Pugs and Fiats.

Fuck. Post a thread on and some pics of your Volkswagen you homo.

[bahaimus]

Some more goodies turned up in the post today. Damo's old E6K and used loom and igniters thanks to bryfx!

Looms gonna keep me farken busy for a bit! :D

[Cal]

robust teutonic engineering.

Fuck that sounds exciting.

[bahaimus]

Bit of an update:

I've since sold the Throttle Bodies and the Haltech to free up some much needed funds to at least get it running again quicker. I might have to revisit them at a later date.

Picked up some new tyres for the wheels



215/45R16. Should be a nice upgrade over regular street tyres without going to the much greater expense of R-spec tyres.

I've also been quite concerned about how I am going to get the speedo working. The new gearbox does not make allowance for a speedo cable. After pulling the instrument cluster out, I decided fuck mucking around, I'll just build a new panel with new instruments. But geez they can be expensive and finding reasonable looking stuff in metric units is hard. To that end, I bought a new speedo and tach from Gauges, Custom Gauges, Tachometers, Speedometers, Shift Light, Pod. You can customise the faces how you like.





They arrived today. I think my colour selection is a little off as the red needle is a little hard to see over the orange. Oh well! They'll be complimented by some VDO Gauges for Fuel, Oil Pressure, oil Temp and Water Temp.

I have sold off my original Sportline shocks and have a new set of Bilstein B8's (Sport as you know them) on the way. I also have some different springs coming from Germany.

I've been mucking around with bits for the new shifter, I'll try and get some pics soon.

[Cal]

Just get a shift light and do over 140 everywhere and not being able to see the needle won't matter.

[bahaimus]

Tacho has shift light

[Paydirt]

I like the idea of those guages. Been looking at some Autometer ES electric guages lately. Be interested to hear some feedback on the quality of these.

[bahaimus]

Picked up these tonight.



They are a compromise on what I was thinking of getting. They were cheaper and more comfortable and a bit heavier than the alternative one piece race bucket I would have had to get to fit my fat arse in. I had these seats in a S14 200sx I had and with a harness offer quite reasonable restraint.

[80DGY]

boing!

nice seats (SR3?) and I like the gauges too (shame I already spent 2k plus on a poxy Autometer Ultralite Procomp set)

[tinkerbell]

nice seats (SR3?)

might even be ITR?

[bahaimus]

Yep SR3s from a DC2R. Boostcruising is good for something.......

[itsnotagsr]

I have the same seats. Love them. Only issue is the bolster wearing and the seat bum sagging a bit. Any way you can tighten it up again?

[tinkerbell]

Any way you can tighten it up again?

have a look 'ere:

http://www.capitalseating.co.uk/prod...59&appgrpid=16


these guys can do spare bolsters IIRC

here is a DIY:

http://alexbentley.co.uk/library/pdf...pair-guide.pdf

[bahaimus]

Here is a better pic of the seats


Sitting loosely in the car


And just to prove that I am in fact intermittently getting my hands dirty and not just wearing out my credit card buying stuff....

[tim510]

jeez you could fit an LS1 or 2JZ in that engine bay easily!