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Member ID: CHrisfball12

Location: Bay Area, CA

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1987 Mercedes-Benz 190-Class

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed150mph
  • HP165
  • Weight3375lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • K&N Intake 
  • Remus Exhaust 
  • Bosch Ignition 
  • Cobra Engine Electronics 
  • AMG Engine Comps. 
  • AMG Header 
  • Custom Brakes 
  • H&R Springs 
  • Bilstein Shocks 

Interior

  • MOMO Steering Wheel 
  • VDO Gauges 
  • RAZO Pedals 
  • AMG Shift Knob 
  • Recaro Seats 

Exterior Styling

  • Bosch Lighting 
  • Custom Body Kit 
  • Pirelli Tires 
  • AMG Wheels 

Car Audio & Video

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Chris’s Mercedes-Benz 190-Class
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I've been having this Idea run around my head since 2006 I've never shared it with anyone else.It's been changing so much since then. I don't want to sound ambitious or anything but one of my life goals is to write a movie script with a nice chase scene in the end. I hope this movie would give the 190E some spotlight to spark interest in the car. My 2009 new years resolution is to finish up (Only 6 pages as of July) the script. EVerything you see in the video above would give you an idea of how i want to show the action on screen.

The 190E Evolution 2 (Evo1 wing) would be the main car

It's set in San Francisco (Lots of hills and close to home)

The 190E is the original _____ car that ends up getting trapped in by a blacked out W126 AMG stick shift. Some fanboy was amazed and stopped to take pictures of the 190E. The _______ runs out the building to discover their ________ car is trapped by this guy snapping pictures. They _____ the fanboys W126 _____ as the _____ roll in and give chase. The other _____ left behind jumps in the 190E and chases after the W126. I can't give to much away : )

Both cars end up in a crash, the w126 flipped on its roof and the 190E evo would be lost in a fire.

My goal is to have the best chase scene ever. Even better than Ronin or what ever you can think of. I'm going to a really intense sence.

One of the goals of the movie it to Take cues from the movie Bullit such as the locations as seen in the movie. I felt that watching old DTM clips showed the most intense races i could find. I felt as if i was seeing a battle. This was an era when cars where more machine then elctronic. The car was a part of the driver (Thats how i see it). I wanted to use some famous images that's seen from early 
 Just think of two cars chasing after each other and the other cars in the video is the police.

All the sparks, jumping, crashes, smoke, and camera views would be used to show the m mayhem.

This is the music for the chase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFS4zYWxzNA

I have no clue how I'm going to do it but I hope someday I'll make it happen.

Once school is over I'm going to tear down my spare 16V engine and try to reassemble it. Since i have a the engine sitting in my garage I would be able to show you guys how to change a water pump for example with a youtube video. Or how to replace your timing chain.
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I found a 300E parked in front of my car with the same grille

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I'm thinking about getting my trunk and spoiler painted. Now that I think about it I should also buy the rear window spoiler to finish off the look.Yeah i think I'll buy the rear window spoiler.

Ok summer is coming up and I've always wanted to show this car at a meet.The only time I've showed this off was at the street racers meet up spot AKA starbucks on a Friday night.
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I'm going to attend my first meet ever sence I bought this car.I will be their taking video so you'll see a video posted when it happens.

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/events/1444614-06-june-bay-area-benzworld-gtg.html

So the event is in a few days. I need to get my car ready for it. Now its time to put the evo2 spoiler back on to the car. It's been more than a year. Unfortunately it was sitting in my backyard under a tarp. Over time the paint got these funny marks which became really hard to remove.

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I seemed to lost my bolts for the front spoiler so i need to go get some new ones. As for right now I only put the wing back on.

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I also got LED license plate tail lights. I'll install that later. I'm going to seafoam treat the car before the meet as I also need to do an oil change.

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Ok time to do some maintenance on this car such as a oil change. I never wanted to use sea foam or anything that was different from basic maintenance but i finally changed my mind about it.

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Here's something i learned. Make sure you have all the right tools and everything will work. Make sure you have a second car just in case. I'll explain later. But yeah i poured some into the engine and some in to the intake.

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Here's the left overs going into the gas tank. As you can see I have a high idle. Other than that everything seems fine. I also have a sea form video of me driving around.

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Ok time to change the oil. The reason why you should have the right tools and make sure everything works. As you can see the drain bolt was stripped. It was stripped by me when i tried to changed the oil when i first got the car.

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Hope it works.

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Turns out it didn't work. Lets try some other tools.

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Turns out those tools didn't work. I guess now i need to siphon out the oil. Turns out I don't have a siphon tool. What i did have is a pump used to fill transmissions, I also had a gas siphon tool. I attached the two together and magically it fits

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Ok I started pumping at 10:17 PM and finished at 10:42 PM it wasn't that bad.

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Well I did make a mess on the floor a little bit. Oh well at least i got the oil out.

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Lets take off the valve cover and check for any timing gear wear. I didn't see anything on the cam gears or inside the engine.

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Lets up this dangerous spacer back on my car. Well for me i think it's dangerous. Don't worry I'm going to get a much safer one soon.

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Perfect. Humm maybe i need a bigger spacer other than one inch. Maybe 2 inchs??

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Right now my cat is starting to rust and if you look on the right one you can see a black shadow on the rust spot. I could put my finger and if i wanted poke a hole. Either way the car has a messed up exhaust as i can hear something shaking around inside.

 

So yeah here's the car meet video

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So i got to meet up with Peter who owns a 190E 2.6 with EFI. I was amazed how well the car drove. I've been and drove in a 2.6 and I never felt this much power before. The power was instant without any delay. The only downside he mentioned is

Trail and Error.

Wirring is hard to do.

Turnaround time isn't over night.

Its a learning process

 

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BMW-AudiPower  

Posted by: BMW-AudiPower

12/04/2009 10:06AM

Mercedez - Bmw - Audi best of cars 5 stars excellent 190e

TJ2theMaxx  

Posted by: TJ2theMaxx

11/16/2009 09:20AM

very valuable information! i give u immense kudos for a great write up and build!!

qbcsvt  

Posted by: qbcsvt

11/06/2009 04:05PM

Beautiful 190e Replica! I have been looking for a 190e to transform myself. Is yours Manual. Come check out my CSVT! 5*s man!

laspiedras  

Posted by: laspiedras

10/19/2009 01:50PM

Sweet Looking Ride, luv the bodykit

musclecar71  

Posted by: musclecar71

09/23/2009 09:38AM

I LOVE it!! Where can I find sweet mods/accessories for a '91 190E?

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Member ID: CHrisfball12

Location: Bay Area, CA