Kooky1976
Member
Hi everyone. I bought a CLS55 AMG 3 weeks ago and although this isn't my first post (I had suspension issues from the outset), I have spent the last week or so flicking through the 250 pages on in this Lounge and thought it time to say hi.
I've come from a 2003 Boxster which after a couple of years started to have an impact on my back (I've just passed 40) and so I was hankering for something with more comfort and more power to boot. After helping my brother-in-law hunt around for ML63's (he ended up buying a V10 Touareg unfortunately), the 55K AMG's caught my eye.
The car I've bought is a silver 2005 in pretty much pauper spec (no Keyless go, no Distronic, no Parktronic, no Pulse, no sunroof) but these weren't my priority - mechanically I believe it's been well looked after (the suspension issue at the beginning of my ownership was just bad luck I think). It's done 105k and has MB service history up to 72k and services have been carried out by independents thereon in. It's had Mobil One 0-40 all the way through, 2 ATF changes, 3 sets of plugs and 3 brake fluid changes. I am planning to do as much of the servicing myself from now on and plan to do an oil change next week (Petronas 5-40) with replacement filters at the same time.
The car has been fiddled with in the last 9 months or so by the previous owner. It has aluminium billet pulleys but the SC pulley measures approximately 90mm so I'm guessing this is a standard size? It has Green Gates Belt.
Also the car has had a custom map by Phoenix Automotive Technologies in Verwood. I have asked them for more info but haven't had an answer yet.
Suspension wise the car has just had a replacement nearside front strut and has had Evolution lowering links front and rear although I think I will revert to standard and get a lowering module.
So here come the questions.
1 - Why would someone go to the expense of fitting what look like expensive pulleys but stay with the stock sizes or I'm I measuring incorrectly? (90mm across the front face).
2 - Where can I buy pulley shims or does anyone know the ID / OD dimensions so that I can source some? I haven't measured the gap yet but from the feel of the car I think it will be a bit on the low side.
3 - I know the ambient weather is cold at the moment - after 2 or 3 hard but short blasts, my IAT's peaked at 46c; is this ok? I don't believe I have a problem with my IC pump but I'm putting it on a dyno next week so this will tell me I guess.
PS - The green is going and I don't believe painting the charger casing black will have helped with heat dissipation.
I've come from a 2003 Boxster which after a couple of years started to have an impact on my back (I've just passed 40) and so I was hankering for something with more comfort and more power to boot. After helping my brother-in-law hunt around for ML63's (he ended up buying a V10 Touareg unfortunately), the 55K AMG's caught my eye.
The car I've bought is a silver 2005 in pretty much pauper spec (no Keyless go, no Distronic, no Parktronic, no Pulse, no sunroof) but these weren't my priority - mechanically I believe it's been well looked after (the suspension issue at the beginning of my ownership was just bad luck I think). It's done 105k and has MB service history up to 72k and services have been carried out by independents thereon in. It's had Mobil One 0-40 all the way through, 2 ATF changes, 3 sets of plugs and 3 brake fluid changes. I am planning to do as much of the servicing myself from now on and plan to do an oil change next week (Petronas 5-40) with replacement filters at the same time.
The car has been fiddled with in the last 9 months or so by the previous owner. It has aluminium billet pulleys but the SC pulley measures approximately 90mm so I'm guessing this is a standard size? It has Green Gates Belt.
Also the car has had a custom map by Phoenix Automotive Technologies in Verwood. I have asked them for more info but haven't had an answer yet.
Suspension wise the car has just had a replacement nearside front strut and has had Evolution lowering links front and rear although I think I will revert to standard and get a lowering module.
So here come the questions.
1 - Why would someone go to the expense of fitting what look like expensive pulleys but stay with the stock sizes or I'm I measuring incorrectly? (90mm across the front face).
2 - Where can I buy pulley shims or does anyone know the ID / OD dimensions so that I can source some? I haven't measured the gap yet but from the feel of the car I think it will be a bit on the low side.
3 - I know the ambient weather is cold at the moment - after 2 or 3 hard but short blasts, my IAT's peaked at 46c; is this ok? I don't believe I have a problem with my IC pump but I'm putting it on a dyno next week so this will tell me I guess.
PS - The green is going and I don't believe painting the charger casing black will have helped with heat dissipation.
