Re: [MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
And blow up transmissions --FT Sent from iPhone > On Feb 13, 2021, at 8:22 PM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yes the tuners melt a lot of motors. The only outfit to trust is Gale > Banks. They do all the research and properly spec everything to play nicely > together and go the

Re: [MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Yes the tuners melt a lot of motors. The only outfit to trust is Gale Banks. They do all the research and properly spec everything to play nicely together and go the specified duration. On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 8:24 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And around

Re: [MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
And around here, the number of $500 excessive smoke tickets you get and how many dead engines you have in the back yard. Local kid had a "smoke stack" in the bed of his $30,000 truck -- lasted about six months, got a couple tickets, and burned the exhaust valves, leading to a head snapping off

Re: [MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
yabbut your street cred will go up with the coalness with which you roll --FT On 2/13/21 10:51 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote: The problem of low power on 617s is usually low turbo output, which can be adjusted too. Factory recommendation is to have barely visisble smoke at full

Re: [MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
The problem of low power on 617s is usually low turbo output, which can be adjusted too. Factory recommendation is to have barely visisble smoke at full throttle under load in 3rd gear around 2500 rpm, but the kid is right on one point -- there is a specification for optical density in the

Re: [MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
617 turbo Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > Which engines were they talking about? > - > Max > Charleston SC > > >> On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 8:57 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>

Re: [MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Which engines were they talking about? - Max Charleston SC On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 8:57 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Here is a tip for noticeable horsepower gain in your turbo diesel that can > be done by anyone in five minutes. > > Background:

Re: [MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Yea. It’s been so many years since I have done that I completely forgot about it. The morons on Fakebook think completely removing the Alda is the way to go. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 13, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > Here is a tip for noticeable

[MBZ] Moah powah

2021-02-13 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Here is a tip for noticeable horsepower gain in your turbo diesel that can be done by anyone in five minutes. Background: Mercedes was scared their cars would not pass "spot" tests by the EPA so they turned the aneroid compenstaor on the injection pumps in by one turn to make sure. they then