Really great to see father and son working on a car. Brings back memories of my dad. 👍

Guys.....I love your story! I'm 57 just recently bought a 2006 SL55 and did a Weistec stage 3 upgrade. Your Dad is probably around my age :-) tell him to keep it going! Look forward to seeing the resurrection!!!

I wish my dad was that cool with tuning an AMG. You're a lucky son to have him as a dad.

I hope you save this video for in the many years you have ahead of you these moments with your dad will be some incredible memories to look back on

I love the fact that through your channel we are video journaling the life of these amazing cars. I will love looking back on this original chanel footage for years. Thanks for the vids. They're great.

Great content. Cool to see you guys diy’ing. Good job on the intake GL with the new build

After blowing the engine, what a great attitude you and your dad have about it. No blame and just positive moving forward. Good luck with your replacement 2007 engine. 👍

It’s amazing to see more and more Mercedes enthusiasts in Utah! I am rocking a 2005 E55, been looking for a local tuner! That cottonwood canyon run is a fun one as well! 👍🏼

A lot of people don't realize how much power you can make with these AMG cars. You can find some solid examples of the earlier years of SL55 AMG for about $15k now, which to me makes it one of the best used performance car values on the market today. Unfortunate that they happened to blow up the motor in this one, but there are guys making 700+ hp with these cars with just bolt-ons and fuel system upgrades. Even if the early years of these cars are getting older, they still look great and it's hard to beat having a beautiful looking car and upwards of 700hp for $20k-$25k

Love it Kiddo!

Clicks on video for first time, see's Golf R and SL55, You have a new subscriber my friend

Theres no such thing as a custom tune unless your car is actually on the dyno actively being tuned, theres alot of talk about “custom” email tunes tailored to your mods but long story short no 2 engines are the same, also tunes don’t require a break in period, once its tuned its tuned. If youll be making that much power with a pulley thats small you need to install more cooling mods before you run the car at all, i have a 70mm clutched pulley on mine, have bigger HE, 5 gal trunk tank, bigger pump etc, cooling is very important sorry yall had to learn the hard way but im sure due to excessive IATs it caused pre-detonation/knock to happen, therefore increasing the cylinder temps so on and so forth. Supporting mods are always always a need. Does the car have headers? If it dosent it needs them, you need the same amount of air going out than is coming in, youll gain significantly with a free flowing exhaust! Look into getting a AFR gauge and an upgraded valve body, stock one is very soft and slow, with that much torque your bound to start slipping in the future, learned that after my trans went out, got new SGA 150 VB and big improvement and peace of mind. Goodluck to yall!

Love the m113k. I got an S55 and currently doing a SLK230 m113k swap. Good luck with your project

@TMW YT how did you like the 72mm pulley? Was this a VRP pulley? Were you satisfied with the reliability / durability of the 72mm pulley or did it need any repairs such as bearings?

MY SL55 P/30 is my forever car and that is why I did very minor mods to the engine. If I want to go faster - I just get on my Ducati. These motors are virtually bulletproof as long as you don't go to crazy on the mods. Sorry to hear you blew up that $35,000+ motor.

Awesome learning curve thanks for sharing your experience! Super Helpful! What do you think will be different about the custom tuning? If you make the same run up the canyon do you think that will happen again?

@TMW YT are you still running the 72mm pulley currently?

Sounds good just check the oil pump cause there r differences and i would recommend getting a wideband o2 to that go in the air vent, those r great insurance to have

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My stage 3 cl55 i put 1500 into the cooling system bc soon as you hit 600wheel you need to change the radiator the bigger water pump and def new fan system and i upgraded all the other coolers which this car has a cooler and a double of everything..two of alot of components even two water pumps

NEVER UPGRADE A M113k WITHOUT DOING COOLING MODS FIRST… even stock these motors struggle with heat soak imagine more air, more power… definitely asked for a blown motor lol

I live in Utah as well, and have been trying to find one of those superchargers at a junkyard. I’ve been searching for a couple months, and I hope I can find one. That blower is a TVS2300, and would be an awesome find!!

Did you get any modifications from VRP ( victory road performance) ? I asked cuz I'm looking at people's reviews on their parts and your video keeps popping up, and what is the horse power after those modifications?

Where in SLC, I am too with my E55. Who's the guy that will local tune it? Any update?

That 72mm pulley even with tune and supporting mods (injectors, fuel pump) is overkill without touching the cooling system which I noticed was not mentioned in the beginning. IAT killed it and even with data logging, it wasn't going to help. The superchargers on these cars have at least 2-3 safety features in the event that the IAT becomes high. Look into split cooling and larger heat exchanger or if you're going to keep that pulley set-up, go for a killer chiller. Lots of info you can find on the web especially now that these M113K engines are getting a lot of aftermarket support than ever, most owners are now hesitant to sell their cars because of it. Good luck on your next build.

Hello, I also live in SLC, would u please share who will be doing the tuning for you locally? I need to get mine done as well.

3:20 doing your intakes like this looks cool and all, but the engine CAN suck up water if you are driving in rain, plus you just end up sucking in some hot air from the radiator, intercooler, trans cooler and all.

You need to install a killer chiller you have plenty of room to install it, then I would install so nice headers. That what I have put in my 2003 C32.

My 2006 E55 amg blew in a very similar fashion last month! Lost of white smoke due to a melted piston! Currently installing a new engine this week. Please update us on what exactly failed in the engine if you can! 🙏🏾

Yea I swapped pullies and got retuned and it was slower than stock pulley and a tune for some odd reason the top speed was a lot different the stock pulley tune was much faster top end but low end the pulley worked in 20 rolls

Is there a write up for the cold air intake mod you did

Having issues with the bbk 90 mm throttle body not working. No pedal response. Idk I put it on my brothers e55 it works but not the car that has tune, 550cc injectors, 74 fixed pulley

Hey can you please tell me which green filters you used if you remember please? Thanks

There is one in Hawaii SL55 has a similar upgraded like yours and blew up in the Wilson tunnel like yours and worse the quarter-mile tunnel was filled with while smoke all cars has to stop for 20 minutes for the smoke to clear. He just bought the car for $20k just over a week prior to blew up the engine

Legit street cars just had a G55 with the same exact issue. Pulley without an exhaust mod = dead engine. Mine has a tune and headers but the stock pulley.The

Sounds like blown head gaskets from restricted exhaust hence the white smoke! Oile burns blue,gas burns black and coolant is white are usually the indicators. You built too much boost pressure and blew the head gaskets. First mod for building any real horse power on any stock boosted engine is to get that exhaust flowing more air! Switching out muffler is a minimum and headers with high flow cats are best on boosted engines.

You could always buy a standard block m113 5.0 and just put forged internals in it then just throw on a whipple

I wonder if the elevation change played a part

Said it in the end of the video....gotta data log what the car is doing when you are pushing a lot of boost on blower.

Change the oil o ring. Oil pickup tube.

Id go with Vano V-Tech Javarashvili tune i have them and many other friends of mine i have the same stuff you have except stacked pulleys and a fixed clutch delete on the sc just in the m112k platform best tuner out for sure

Do you know if the grille will fit a c320

As soon as I installed my fixed pulley I started monitoring my intake temperatures with a cheap obd2 dongle and has saved me from from stepping on the car when the intake temperature is already retarding the timing of the car.

Hi, hiw many km/miles Was thé engine when it decided to pass out ? How many horse power did you manage to outcome from this engine After upgraded poley and intake? 😜 Would be nice to share those info because i just baught a 83 kkm same engine SL 55, and i don t want to mess with it ✌️😎 Best regards to your tuto and faq

So it wasn’t the tuner that caused this I’m looking into raceiq just wondering.

you needed max cooling mods and headers with that 72mm pulley not the tuners fault.

Why/how did the engine blow?

How many miles was on your engine when it blew up?

Cooling is key with a m113k engine I also wouldn’t pulley down with out longtube headers

Do you have the part list for the Cai system you used please?

Obviously it’s gonna blow with non cooling, you need mad cooling to have this car run right and to get all your power or it’s just gonna be slower then stock and kaboom just how it happened

Did y'all forget to put long tube headers on it?

Was it a race iq tune? That blew your motor up?

I would 10000000000000% blame the tune!!! That isn’t your fault one bit, it’s ridiculous that a company would sell you a tune “based off your mods”! Regardless nice build, I love seeing cars like this being “built”.

It always amazes me why folk tune these beautiful M113 motors. 500 bhp stock is plenty to lose your license with surely?? What % of time do you think your right foot will be pegged to the floor on a typical journey ?? Probably less than 1% So is it really worth it?? Decided to leave my SL55 stock and benefit from the reliability instead. BTW at 4:00 when you rev it the response sounds really really sluggish. I reckon there was something wrong with it before you started modding it !

Where did you get your parts from ?

Watching this made me dizzy can you please hold the camera still

probably would have been good with a 77mm, anyone else agree?

Bro if your serious about your Mercedes look up wiestec they make the fastest Mercedes on the world, at reasonable prices excellent customer satisfaction and I wouldn’t work with anyone else get wiestec ECU race tune n their race tcu tune, and anything else you can get from them there located in Orange County, Ca. No matter how far they are you can do it or continue to blow engines

It was your fault bit iv done similar many years ago. It's your fault because you need afr meter, check fuel pressure, and like you said data log. 1 remote tuned isnt gonna do it. you definitely need to be sharing this info with your tuner so they can adjust. Drive. Retune etc. My c32 amg 62mm fixed pully 650cc injectors, bigger heat exchanger, iv gotta around 6-8 tunes already and now it works at its peak

The air and fuel does not need time to "get to know" each other. LOL. There is no adaptive learning. If i had to point the finger at anything , it would be to the novice owner trying to be a tech. No cooling mods on a pullied car and no long tube headers shows the owner wanted to get more power without doing supporting mods. Dont be cheap. White smoke is water aka head gasket.

Shit! I have a CLS55 AMG and was getting ready to do a 72 mm pulley and get a dyno tune here in Chicago....but after hearing your horror story, man I don't think so.

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100% tune. Going down hill should not blow it

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Please make a video as soon as this junk Shardul/VRP/DTK/whatever BWK snaps your double idler pulley bolt. It’s the worst BWK anyone can use. Same goes for a 77 mm pulley. Anyone who uses these ridiculous small pulleys have no mechanic engineering understanding what is going on inside the Kompressor or they wouldn’t do this crap. No hate, just saying. I can’t wait. Other than that I really enjoyed the father son time and the actual building stuff in the garage vs just buying junk bolt on tune parts from assholes like Phillip Lattilie aka VRP.

You know it’s too bad The companies putting out these aftermarket mods, make it sound like you’re like some kind of a pro mechanic. ...it looks cool but, this car actually comes from Germany and is built with German technology and everybody’s watching all these videos thinking they can mod this beautiful car out. And because of this ordinary people are actually blowing these cars up. Did you ever stop to think about what is happening to the motor every time you put something on besides more horsepower?

Rentech nothing less if your serious about your car !!!

DONT #### WITH MOTHER NATURE.

Probably a bad tune lol

my lad would have helped u ask plshep for his number