The new derv project

[rickye]

Had been talking to a mate about buying a project to go drifting, obv it had to be diesel. He spotted what looked to be the perfect car for it, so on monday night we went and looked at it, was better than we thought. We where told it was 5 cylinder, and about 1980's, turns out it 1990 and 6 cylinder, rwd, size of a bus, only problem is its auto atm, 3ltr straight 6, runs and bosch m pump(inline), full leather

So for those who might not of guess'd, its and e class merc. Running a om603 engine

Plans
Stripping it, all interior etc bar dash, so will get money back from selling that
Twin turbo, possibly either gt15's, or k14's, as I have 2 of each lying around
Hydro handbrake
Decked
A lot of suspension work to get it setup

And then drift the shit outa it

No pics atm, picking it up tomorrow, so will get pics then

And best bit, all for 300, will be keeping records of what I buy and sell so I know what its costing me

[ginge191]

Errrm.... interesting, i guess???

[rocker8742]

Could be good mate get some pics sorted

[rickye]

Cheers

Function>form for this build, long as it goes well this year I can sort out looks and more power after I get the hang of it

But it will need turbo'd, 120 in a e class isn't exactly quick

[Piggy]

mah 120 in a bus is slooooooowwwww

not seen these drifted before...hmmm....

pics?

[Bananalad]

Ive a feeling there will be more diesel smoke than tire smoke??

[Jonny81191]

Start with some space savers on the back so it'll actually drift

Then go for the power!!

[rickye]

no pics yet, and never seen one drifted before, there is one in england drifting, but dont know about it, same rear suspension style as the s bodies, just another tonne weight

oh yes, hard to beat the reek

its this size and shape, swb one, but still has a wheel base of 2.8m, is near 2m wide, and 5m long in total

[maxlee]

you missed welding the diff up

the insides are fooking heavy so will defo be worth doing

[rickye]

oh aye, thats one of the first things to do lol

aye, heated, full electric leather fron seats, bout to weigh a kg or two, i reacon i can lose 300kg nb with this, may weight everything that comes off aswell, for my own benifit more than anything

[rd070707]

nice one ricky this should definately be interesting...would turn some heads down the port lol

[silverzx]

I think this is what your inspiring too.. http://www.blacksmokeracing.com/

http://youtu.be/hf5lLMCWWYc

http://youtu.be/YlwTxw-027o

Definitely on my list of cars to own before I die!

[sam]

I love black smoke racings merc just awesome sideways and black smoke everywere haha

[rickye]

it may have had something todo with my choice of diesel and merc

she's sitting at a mates atm, drove her to his, and gonna lift her tomorrow and get her home, first job, wire the heaters to a switch, as they only work sometimes

[Ricky]

Do you think the GT15's are big enough for this size engine? I would have thought they would be way too small..

[sam]

Put 2 gt20's on it

[rickye]

well got 2 gt15's lying about, it should be enough to get abit of power, it will need more eventualy but will do for learning in

this is a budget build, it will be done as cheap as possible



only photo i have of it atm, parked beside the 306

[maxlee]

good stuff if you can weigh the seats etc if this is the 1st merc you have stripped you will be surprised also worth whacking bits on ebay you remove might get you some funds can't remember but if the seats bolt flat to the floor list them on the bay and put in the title vw van etc my drift car ended up owing me £40 and that was because i bought a steering wheel now ows me a bit more with ecu etc but still sub 400

[rickye]

aye everything thats took out of it will be sold, want it to cost me as little as possible, atleast untill i get used to drifitng then ill spend a few more pound on it getting it setup well

interior might be sold already, just needa wait to hear back from him about them