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Christ
Is your car an SLK 55 or am I confusing with someone else?
Porsche?
What have you done to your car today?
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Porsche?
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RS4?
I wish we displayed real names and had personalised avatars sometimes...
So we are agreed that its something German!
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So we are agreed that its something German!
lol
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Did some minor stalking, its an SLK55 AMG.
Oh I was right, what do I win, a test drive perhaps?
Oh I was right, what do I win, a test drive perhaps?
You'll have to ask CaptainRAVE, unless you want to test drive a 54HP Polo with a dicky gearbox and a mysterious rattling noise?
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You'll have to ask CaptainRAVE, unless you want to test drive a 54HP Polo with a dicky gearbox and a mysterious rattling noise?
I do like a good mystery. Haha!
Took it for a 1/4 mile test, spent a while prepping the car, sorting the external 10hz GPS receiver, prepping the datalogging software on the phone then I completely forgot to switch off the traction control, doh 
It bogged badly from the top end of 1st through to 2nd hence the shocking 0-60mph time but still managed an 11.14 @ 127mph with a 0-100mph time nearly 2.4 seconds faster than my old C5 RS6 which was nice.
The N95 mocking may now commence!
It bogged badly from the top end of 1st through to 2nd hence the shocking 0-60mph time but still managed an 11.14 @ 127mph with a 0-100mph time nearly 2.4 seconds faster than my old C5 RS6 which was nice.
The N95 mocking may now commence!
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Hmmm...
- Oil - Mobil 1
- Oil filter
- Air filter
- Power steering fluid
- EGR valve cleaned (turbo checked)
- Replacement driver's side window switch (scrappy)
- Replacement rubber & plastic door trim (scrappy)
- New tie rod ends
- New front lower wishbones
- New shock absorbers all round
- Every bit of rubber replaced with the exception of the 2 rear sub-frame mounting bushes - they've still got a good few years left
- Replacement gearbox from 80k mile crash damaged car
- New clutch
- New dual-mass flywheel
- Section between cat and back-box cut and new section welded in (cat and backbox still got a few years left, mid-pipe would only last one more winter and it's all one section)
- 2x new Conti SportContact 5s
- Geometry
- Headlight lenses polished
- Front brake pads
Hmmm... pretty sure that's it... and it may have taken 3.5 days rather than just today
- Oil - Mobil 1
- Oil filter
- Air filter
- Power steering fluid
- EGR valve cleaned (turbo checked)
- Replacement driver's side window switch (scrappy)
- Replacement rubber & plastic door trim (scrappy)
- New tie rod ends
- New front lower wishbones
- New shock absorbers all round
- Every bit of rubber replaced with the exception of the 2 rear sub-frame mounting bushes - they've still got a good few years left
- Replacement gearbox from 80k mile crash damaged car
- New clutch
- New dual-mass flywheel
- Section between cat and back-box cut and new section welded in (cat and backbox still got a few years left, mid-pipe would only last one more winter and it's all one section)
- 2x new Conti SportContact 5s
- Geometry
- Headlight lenses polished
- Front brake pads
Hmmm... pretty sure that's it... and it may have taken 3.5 days rather than just today
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You're calling 4.16 seconds to 60 as shocking 
You're calling 4.16 seconds to 60 as shocking
Well he does have 730HP, AWD, launch control, a snappy dual clutch gearbox, etc.
Could get that down to 3.6 I reckon.
As a side note, I think he can get from 0 to 60 to 0 to 60 to 0 to 60, before my car can go from 0 to 60...
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Still waiting to source a manifold and downpipe, really want to get this turbo conversion finished, everything else is fitted and ready.
Oh actually I'll probably need a new cat or decat, I think being a yob messing with launch control has nuked my cat
Oh actually I'll probably need a new cat or decat, I think being a yob messing with launch control has nuked my cat
lol
I know the feeling. I have to remove the entire headlight cluster to replace my bulbs
That would have been the only way to do it without scraping/cutting my hands when trying to squeeze them into the tiny access holes so that I could undo the clips, however to take the headlight clusters out on my car, you have to first take the front bumper (including the lower parts, and the grille) off...
Well he does have 730HP, AWD, launch control, a snappy dual clutch gearbox, etc.
Nope, no L/C and not an Audi dual clutch box strong enough, so just a normal slush box auto. It "should" do a 3.5 second as the tuners own car does a 3.1 with a tadge more power than mine (800 IIRC) but really 0 to 60 tests aren't ideal, it's more happy with tests like 30-120mph in 8 seconds where it shines.
Started taking bits off to enable removal of the turbo on my Saab 9-3. Smoked out my road and driveway quite spectacularly when moving the car into the drive.
Some of the bolts are interesting to get to, but my next door neighbour appeared and is a mechanic/AA man/ex garage owner and took one look, disappeared into his garage/AA van and reappeared with whatever super convenient tool seemingly exactly made for the job he could find.
Legend.
Tomorrow will be more of the same and hopefully will get the turbo off and replaced. Need to flush the intercooler out too and clean the intake hoses as they're rather oily. Only 2.5l came out the sump when I drained it. There's a lot of oil sloshing about in there somewhere where it shouldn't be!
Some of the bolts are interesting to get to, but my next door neighbour appeared and is a mechanic/AA man/ex garage owner and took one look, disappeared into his garage/AA van and reappeared with whatever super convenient tool seemingly exactly made for the job he could find.
Legend.
Tomorrow will be more of the same and hopefully will get the turbo off and replaced. Need to flush the intercooler out too and clean the intake hoses as they're rather oily. Only 2.5l came out the sump when I drained it. There's a lot of oil sloshing about in there somewhere where it shouldn't be!
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