Recent content by Mercules

http://www.topklasse.org/forums/showthread.php?t=192&highlight=tutorial Althought the pictures in this thread are no longer active, the instructions should give you the gist of things ;)

First visit back to Topklasse in ages - sorry I have been so absent and double sorry I could not make it to the BBQ - looks like I missed a great day! Update on the Soarer... it has not been good im afraid! The crankshaft thrust bearings dropped (a sorta common issue on this engine) and the...

Well... the Skyline is gone and, quite frankly, good riddance! It was a fun project (scary sometimes) and I learnt a great deal in the process. The the most valuable lesson would have been "For every action there is an equal & opposite reaction"... for example: take one standard 1987 Skyline and...

Standard 22 x 250mm rotor with single pot caliper Bigger is better! New 30 x 296mm rotors with 4 pot calipers As you may imagine, the braking perfomance of this car has gone from average to truely astounding.

Mini-pool came out last weekend - awesome for skidz and drifting but fail for daily driving... 16x7 wheels with fresh 225/55/16 Sumitomos went on last week... Front & rear Whiteline swaybars went in yesterday... Pedders Super Heavy Duty (standard height) springs went in tonight... Now that the...

New wheels went on today - 16"x7" - but the tyres are a bit shoddy... not bad for $200 really! Will have some fresh Potenzas 225/50 16s on as soon as I can! Even so, the difference in traction and corering adhesion is astounding - those old wheels were crap. Mini-spool is in the diff as well...

Car hit the dyno rollers last weekend - extremely happy with the results.... Bearing in mind that my 450SEL made 157 horsepower, the Skyline is making 261 horsepower (194.7kw x 1.34) on only 10 pounds of boost :) As you may well imagine, this car absolutely hauls and the engine has the...

Fusebox removal - undo all engine bay wires, reove the dash and loosen the harness so you have some slack - gather the wires from each row into and bundle them into 6 groups with a label - not sure it the 6.9 s the same as the 450 i had but below is the legend I made... (first colour deontes...

Has been a busy long weekend... but the motor is in!!!

UPDATE ====== Full steam ahead on the mods - Front mounted intercooler now installed and RB25DET going in this weekend - along with 5 speed conversion. The engine is rated at 185kw standard but wth this larger intercooler, full 3" exhaust and the boost wound up it should be making over...

Yes it is true, the 450SEL is gone and a Nissan Skyline has taken it's place and, considering this forum section is assigned for discussion about "your Driving Experience in all other models as well" i thought why not! Here are my observations so far... This 1988 Nissan Skyline GX (base model)...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Mercedes-450SEL-1976_W0QQitemZ290276003795QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290276003795&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 PM me if you are interested! Cam

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/White-International-Toolbox-Set_W0QQitemZ290275997707QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item290275997707&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 PM me if you are interested! Cam

Had a very interesting day today... my clothes and hair stink of exhasut fumes but I have learnt quite a bit about k-jetronic, adjusting it and found some excellent results. After some warm-up and checking cruise mixtures, the furst dyno run saw 141 horsepower at the rear wheels with 845 lb...

Burnouts the grass Des really... I suppose it would have been hard enough getting them to spin on the bitumen!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D