My G-Wagen gets an upgrade, 620+ HP baby

[pdisme]

Okay, the Mercedes G55 is one of the more pointless vehicles in existence; it's built like a tank, weighs 5500 pounds, has triple locking differentials yet comes with street tires, low-mounted side exhaust, beautiful paint and a supercharged 469 HP engine. :lol2: For most people, it's a love/hate vehicle and I love my 2005 Grand Edition G55; it's a big awesome box with great performance (if you're careful to not turn the steering wheel while on the gas) that embarrasses sports cars. Some video is at the end of the post for you lazy people.

So what do you do with such a stupid vehicle? You make it more ridiculous! :D Over the past two weeks I've had a mixture of Kleemann parts installed on mine, using some portions of their stage 3 and stage 4 packages. The work was done by Chris and crew at C2 Design in Tampa: http://www.c2dusa.com/ They do a lot of Kleemann work as well as tuning on exotics. I hope to have them do some exhaust work on my Gallardo in a couple months. They were very good to work with, kept me in the loop on everything, and I even left a digital camera with the truck and asked that they take pics for me as things came on and off so that I could put together a nice review of everything; came back with 150+ pics on it. I'm going to do some practice runs this weekend and then hit the drag strip in the next two weeks to get some real times out of it.

On that note, here's what I had done:

1) Smaller crankshaft pulley to increase supercharger's rpm's which creates higher boost (new pulley doesn't actually go on the supercharger, pic is just of the supercharger itself for reference)

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3789-2/2007-02-04%20072.jpg

2) K&N air filters

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3327-2/2007-02-04%20006.jpg

3) Kleemann headers (pic with Kleemann vs OEM)

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3565-2/2007-02-04%20040.jpg

4) Lighter weight Kleemann down pipes (going from headers to mufflers & cats)

Heavy OEM

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3439-2/2007-02-04%20022.jpg

Light Kleemann

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3698-2/2007-02-04%20059.jpg

5) High volume water pump for increased cooling (pic with small OEM unit)

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3649-2/2007-02-04%20052.jpg

6) Lower temp thermostat to keep the engine at normal temp after the upgrades.

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3656-2/2007-02-04%20053.jpg

7) Larger throttle body

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3747-2/2007-02-04%20066.jpg

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3824-2/2007-02-04%20077.jpg

8) New engine computer programming from Kleemann

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3796-2/2007-02-04%20073.jpg

Theoretically, I should now be making somewhere upwards of 600 HP; there's no four-wheel dyno in Tampa rated above 450 HP though so we'll just have to guess at HP based on what I end up with at the drag strip. It is definitely faster going by the seat of the pants measurement, it really jumps now when you mash on the throttle and the engine sound is incredible; I love the supercharger whine you get from the increased boost.

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/3299-2/2007-02-04%20002.jpg

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/1600-2/2006-12-09%20010.jpg

Last but not least, here's some casual acceleration video, keep in mind the daytime video got started coming out of a corner so I was not on it hard. It does about a 5 second 0-60 and should be able to hit the high 12's in the quarter mile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olz2F-LJyoE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONS9ec23sBo

[Talus]

Love the reflection of the Gallardo in the last photo. :headbang:

Nice Gwagon btw. Might as well make it go faster.

[SimonGibson]

hehe its abit of a monster!

[Jon913d]

sweet jesus!!! lol

Can't wait to hear it in person :D I might make you take me for a ride!

[pdisme]

LOL, yeah I got all that done after the last time you were out this way, the thing is a monster now, the Lamborghini is feeling inadequate with 620 HP next to it. :2gun:

[Minch00]

Wow, that's monstrous. And rediculous. And I love it!

[Stage3]

LOL, yeah I got all that done after the last time you were out this way, the thing is a monster now, the Lamborghini is feeling inadequate with 620 HP next to it. :2gun:

Then might I suggest this upgrade... :D

http://www.heffnersperformance.com/images/gallardo/ttgallardo2.jpg

620+hp in a G-Wagen is insanity as it's finest... Good job!

[lambo_freak]

wow. yeah that would definately deflate an evo or sti driver's big head.

[pdisme]

Uh oh, check engine came on last night in the g-wagen! :( We had some issues with that after all the mods, turned out to be a $7 sensor going bad on the exhaust side, hopefully it's the same thing this time; been about 1800 miles since I had the work done.

[Seb]

Most likely something like that again too, if it was something serious like your engine taking damage, you would see symptoms like smoke, burning smell, etc :banghead:

[Shawn]

620Hp:eek: :fu:

[pdisme]

620Hp:eek: :fu:

:lol2: Yeah, it's only about 1/2 second behind the Lambo in 1/4 mile time; something is wrong with me. :biggerGrin:

[Matt]

it is scary fast.

H3 got owned tonight :lol2:

[pdisme]

it is scary fast.

H3 got owned tonight :lol2:


For everyone's benefit; went out to a cigar bar with Matt and another friend, we're leaving and an H3 zooms past. I jumped around him and then once we're on the interstate he comes up on me and then must have stomped on the gas and started Fred Flintstoning it with all his might to pull away from me. I realized he thought the H3 had some get up and go so I got up on him, then next to him, then right foot -> floor -> H3 0wnage! Disappeared like he was in reverse. :lol2: :lol2:

[Matt]

:lol2: yabba dabba dooooo! OWNED!

[Seb]

Racing an H3 isnt really a race, its like racing a Honda with the G car :lol2:

[SweetDaddyDelicious]

I'm not sure I understand. Guys own Lamborghini's and go out and get good times from street kills on ladies SUV's!?:clap: :3some:

[pdisme]

I'm not sure I understand. Guys own Lamborghini's and go out and get good times from street kills on ladies SUV's!?:clap: :3some:

Of course; I don't do that stuff in the Lambo because the cops are all over it. I'm looking for your Elise now though! :)

[Seb]

Of course; I don't do that stuff in the Lambo because the cops are all over it. I'm looking for your Elise now though! :)

pdisme: OH SHIT A TURN!!! *scrreeeeccchhh CRASH!*
SweetDaddyDelicious: Wooohoooo!!!!


:lol2:

[pdisme]

Nah, if you miss a turn in the G-wagen this is all that happens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnM58kHvLxc

[Seb]

Nah, if you miss a turn in the G-wagen this is all that happens:


:lol2: :lol2: :lol2: Awesome Vid.

[Minch00]

Nah, if you miss a turn in the G-wagen this is all that happens:


:lol2:


Why does Mercedes have the best commercials?

[pdisme]

Hey, drove it some more today, no more check engine light. :)

[Matt]

Hey, drove it some more today, no more check engine light. :)

:grinning-smiley-003

[dmendes]

so...



your Gwagen has 535bhp more than mine:eek:




have you ever took your offroading?

[pdisme]

so...

your Gwagen has 535bhp more than mine:eek:

have you ever took your offroading?

Yours has less than 100 HP?! I thought the base V8 has like 300 hp?

No offroading for me; never even locked the differentials. :)

[dmendes]

Yours has less than 100 HP?! I thought the base V8 has like 300 hp?

No offroading for me; never even locked the differentials. :)

Pussy:lol2:


mine has 30.000km plus in the african desert...and yes it has an Mercedes engine with 88bhp:biggerGrin: with a top speed of 100km\h:p


it's the best offroad veicule i ever had and i had a few...you would be surprised with what your AMG can do...


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[pdisme]

Yours looks a bit better for offroading than mine. :)

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/558-2/2006-02-07+035.jpg

[dmendes]

Yours looks a bit better for offroading than mine. :)

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/558-2/2006-02-07+035.jpg

how many miles on yours?


i'm considering a G500 or a 55AMG as a daily...what it's the maintenance like?

[dmendes]

btw your G looks sweeeeeeeet:grinning-smiley-003

[artherd]

Actually, other than a quick change of tires, Dave's has bursh guards; it's setup better! ;)

[pdisme]

how many miles on yours?


i'm considering a G500 or a 55AMG as a daily...what it's the maintenance like?

I love my Gwagen; I'll never get rid of it unless I get a newer one so I can get the upgraded dash and nav system. I've got close to 8000 miles on now, about 3000 since doing the upgrades.

http://whoi.be/vroom/d/1711-2/DSC05352.JPG

[pdisme]

Actually, other than a quick change of tires, Dave's has bursh guards; it's setup better! ;)

Too bad I don't have them on the sides; some dumb bitch ran a shopping cart into the back door about a year ago, had to get the dent pulled and repainted.

[dmendes]

Actually, other than a quick change of tires, Dave's has bursh guards; it's setup better! ;)

there are no bushes in the Sahara:fu:


so extra weight only means your will end up stuck in the sand:p