W202 C250
W202 C250
Its about time I posted up some small progress on my hunk of sh** w202......
I got this c250 on ebay, was a bit of a punt! (unseen with only two or three emails between the seller and me)
It came from a "car dealer" who had taken it in part-x, I really can't see why he bothered.
Without wishing to slag someone off who Ive never met, some of the work (OK all of the work) is really bad.... in some places just dam right dangerous.....
So the plan is to sort the issues out with the car and re-test and tax it, I want a power goal of around 3-400Hp for less than £1500 including the price of the car..... which cost me a grand total of £500
£500 got me a "MOT'd" 1998 c250 with a holset h1c on the standard manifold with an adapter....
Along with a whole host of other rubbish mods including the stupendously low suspension, I was hoping for a nice set of coil overs , instead I found some very cut springs....
heres a few pictures of the skip.. (sorry they are so crap I will sort some new ones out tomorrow)
(02-25-2015, 07:28 AM)Hario Lol, is it EDC pump and tonnes of lag?
(02-25-2015, 07:28 AM)Hario Lol, is it EDC pump and tonnes of lag?
Ok so I had it up on the ramp today to get a few things sorted, First thing to go where the god awful springs that had been cut far too much.
The rears came out without un-bolting anything, Which is worrying in itself but made life easier.
The fronts where a bit harder and a spring compressor was used to get the new ones in. Ride is much better and full lock is now fine without scrubbing.
Ok, so now the ride is better and the hight is OK, I will change the shocks as the rebound is a bit slow.... I Think being bottomed out for the last few thousand miles killed them off.
I also started on the quest of fitting an over-sized intercooler.
I should have started with a smaller one but this was cheap.
I will try and get the pipe work sorted tomorrow and start on the new exhaust.
Then its pump time!
So I started on the pipework for the intercooler, had a few issues as its 3" pipe work and with all the standard PAS and Aircon Pumps its tight, I cut the headlight bottom support out to make space for the pipes.
Didn't have much time so only got the "cold" side done, still needs a bit of work to get it all properly in place. Will start on the "hot" side tomorrow.
(03-05-2015, 06:49 PM)Hario Liking the threaded rod hangy idea, very racecar.
(03-18-2015, 04:47 AM)Repetitio Hi,
i´m really looking forward to see what you will make with the car. I´m from Germany and i also think of getting a w202 and building it up. I´m very exited if you can reach that much power with such a low budget
(03-18-2015, 04:47 AM)Repetitio Hi,
i´m really looking forward to see what you will make with the car. I´m from Germany and i also think of getting a w202 and building it up. I´m very exited if you can reach that much power with such a low budget
(03-18-2015, 02:10 PM)dcm I saw this on eBay and wondered what would happen to it but it ended early. Did the previous owner just fitted a giant turbo in hope, no other mods? Looks like your doing a good job!
(03-18-2015, 02:10 PM)dcm I saw this on eBay and wondered what would happen to it but it ended early. Did the previous owner just fitted a giant turbo in hope, no other mods? Looks like your doing a good job!
I decided to try and sort the alloys out as they looked a state, Very badly corroded, paint was peeling off etc.
It didn't go to plan to be honest, I really didn't spend enough time on them and the pitting was too deep in places to sensibly recover from.
However I didn't want to buy some new alloys or pay for these to be sorted as I'm working to a budget and this car is about performance and not looks, Although I wanted them to be at least a solid colour without paint flaking off.
From 10FT they look fine, win in my books!
Wheels look sweet mate. What is it with shoddy previous mid-2000
Mercedes owners ?!?! When I bought mine, the boot of my wagon looked like alien and predator just had a fight to the death in there.
(03-18-2015, 03:24 PM)Hario Wheels look sweet mate. What is it with shoddy previous mid-2000
Mercedes owners ?!?! When I bought mine, the boot of my wagon looked like alien and predator just had a fight to the death in there.
(03-18-2015, 03:24 PM)Hario Wheels look sweet mate. What is it with shoddy previous mid-2000
Mercedes owners ?!?! When I bought mine, the boot of my wagon looked like alien and predator just had a fight to the death in there.
No it's not, but It's possible they changed it...
Took it out for a drive, I have welded up the wastegate as its no use atm.
Ended up blowing the boost pipes off, made 15psi on the hc1 compared to the 5psi with the waste gate on.
Even a bleed valve didn't stop the gate from being open.... think it was just week as sh*t
Made up some brackets for my bucket seat and chucked that in today.
Nothing pretty but its rock solid, Nearly sorted most of the crap on the car.
Ok so I thought I would get a new Head as I want to keep the car mobile while I do further mods to it. The garage its kept at only has the one ramp and its important it doesn't get stuck on there for too long.
I want to make a new exhaust manifold + down pipe and port it slightly (de-coke + a small port while I'm at it) Plus put some new stiffer valve springs in while its all apart, doubt it really needs them but if I get to the point of revving it upwards of 5500 then I might as well do it now.
The pre chambers will be enlarged slightly as well, Nothing OTT but once again once I put it back together I don't want it to come apart again...
When I got the head two of the pre chambers clearly let go?? No idea why but there is no other damage to the head....
I presume there is a tool to remove the pre chambers? Where can I find this?
I started to clean the head up today, there really isn't much meat to take out of the ports.
Have cleaned up casting marks etc and opened things up a few mm all round.
I doubt it will make much odds but I hope it gets flow back to oem plus a small amount.
The ports where fairly gummed up with egr crap!!
Will post pictures tomorrow of my progress.
Hi,
This should work.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221315953880?_...EBIDX%3AIT
(04-14-2015, 02:36 AM)svenr Hi,
This should work.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221315953880?_...EBIDX%3AIT
(04-14-2015, 02:36 AM)svenr Hi,
This should work.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221315953880?_...EBIDX%3AIT
(05-29-2015, 03:15 PM)sorin_cel those prechambers could be affected from previous overfueling or the injectors nozzles wouldn't shut properly, causing this in time.
check the injectors at special shop, meanwhile you have them off!
(05-29-2015, 03:15 PM)sorin_cel those prechambers could be affected from previous overfueling or the injectors nozzles wouldn't shut properly, causing this in time.
check the injectors at special shop, meanwhile you have them off!