Vehicle Owner

Member ID: Silver23K

Location: Auckland, NZ

Vehicle Info

1997 Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

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

Modifications

Performance Parts

Interior

  • Custom Gauges 

Exterior Styling

  • AMG Body Kit 
  • Goodyear Tires 
  • WORK Wheels 

Car Audio & Video

Ratings

    • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.

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Paul’s Mercedes-Benz C-Class

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25/9/09

latest Dyno tuning

Tuned cam advance switch points,retarded exhaust sprocket and dialed in alittle more boost to match the new injectors.

 

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17/9/09

New fuel rail to suit 560cc twin spray injectors.

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10/8/09

Rebuilt engine with straight second hand rods as two were bent,suspect peening may have weakend the originals.

Installed adjustable exhaust sprocket.

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26/3/09

Still to be installed.

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23/2/09 

Finally Certified,wof'd and Rego'd after nearly 40 months off the road

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Original car:
C230K Manual transmission.

MODIFICATIONS

Engine:
-Garrett GT2860RS with 4-bolt 2.5" T3 .82 turbine housing.
-Custom exhaust manifold
-Tial 38mm wastegate

-Greddy BOV

-TRUST Intercooler

-Oversized oe Pistons and rings

-Complete engine balance-Peened Rods
-Head porting/re-shapped valve seats
-Custom Intake manifold
-Skunk2 68mm throttle body
-Siemens 550cc injectors
-SARD fuel regulator
-Custom fuel rail
-MoTeC M400 ECU
-3" exhaust,Magnaflow mufflers
-Samco/aeroquip hosing
-N/A belt conversion

-custom alloy tanks.

-piper cross 4" intake filter

-V8 engine mounts

Interior:
-Defi Display,oil temp,oil press,water temp,fuel press,boost
-Pioneer DEH-P8450MP
-Rockford 4x100 amp
-Rockford Punch 6.5 components x4
-OE two tone Black/Tan leather

Exterior:
-Lumma Tuning front bumper
-Genuine C36 sides

Suspension/Brakes:
-Eibach Pro kit 1.9/1.7 drop + #1 pads
-Eibach sway bars front/rear
-speedybenz camber arms rear
-koni externally adjustable shocks
-Nolathane inserts in lower front control arms
-Stoptech 332mm BBK for the front
-slotted brembo disks rear
-braided lines

wheels/tires:

Enkie RPF1,17x8 et35 front 17x9 et35 Rear Toyo Proxy4 225/45 front 255/40 rear

WORK 3pce S1's,19x8.5 et29 front 19x9.5 et30 rear ,Goodyear Gsd3 225/35 front,235/35 rear.

 

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rejybaby  

Posted by: rejybaby

11/02/2009 11:23AM

Nice upgrades on your Benz C class *****5*****

Mersedc240  

Posted by: Mersedc240

09/07/2009 05:32PM

This benz is supa clean man keep up the good work 5*. check out my benz :)

Signorina24LA  

Posted by: Signorina24LA

08/14/2009 09:40PM

hey thanks for the input. yea, thinking about it now, i don't really wanna do anything that would mess up the quality of performance. maybe lowering isn't such a great idea... idk, i'm not bold enough to take the risk yet. and i'll take your advice on the crystal lights. i really don't want to degrade the luxury part at any cost, just improve it. thanks a lot! <3

Signorina24LA  

Posted by: Signorina24LA

08/12/2009 05:28AM

wow niiice benz. i'm really careful not to mod too much yet, mostly because i don't know what to do and i'm scared to f--- up the stock luxury. but your car is truly inspiring. good work!!!

ecko147  

Posted by: ecko147

08/10/2009 09:59PM

ur ride looken clean come look at mine tell me what u think 5 stars what else u got plan more mods to come

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Member ID: Silver23K

Location: Auckland, NZ