As Teemu was busy working today, his father stepped in to take his position. This job mostly means driving us to do things faster, I’m not sure wether we’re slow or Teemu is fast but I would love to think it’s the later. Anyway things went on and we actually got a lot done. “3.4…
I doubt too many out there have tried putting an om606 equipped with a Holset HX52, a eaton MP90 and last but not least a e55 AMG automatic gearbox in a w203. As we started the fitting I was quite sure we would not be able to close the hood afterwards but I was wrong. The…
We had a great garage day on saturday and got a lot done. As you may have heard we will “Loan” the engine and gearbox from the w123 to the new w203 to save time. The w123 won’t be needed in the spring months so we will have more time to fix a new engine…
The cooling system is made a lot like the one on the w123 with a big radiator in the boot (8cm Griffin), an electric transfer pump (greg davis), and some big hoses which deliver the coolant to the engine bay. The pump and the hoses are yet to be installed, this will happen after…
Finally the building has started, for those who are still confused, this is it, the car will be a w203 wagon! We’ve been a bit torn up on this whole “choosing-a-new-car-for-blacksmokeracing-thing”. The entire idea of replacing the old legend is quite absurd, one does not simply replace the supercharged, turbocharged, nitrous injected Black Smoke Racing…
Hello not a lot of post this week, we have been really busy in the garage. The last problems with the drifter was found on Thursday and the lack of boost was also fixed. The main problems with the boost was the turbo which was changed and a crack in the intake manifold which was welded. When those faults…
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