Confusing 300 CE LHD Twin Turbo NR

[Gawdi]

Yikes - if its under £1k I could be very interested...........

But trying to make sense of it......... Twin Turbo - when were these fitted? Been a non runner soon after being imported from USA?? Multi Billion £ sound system fitted???

Anyone know this car?

Any comments?

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[NW_Merc]

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[kikkthecat]

300 CE twin turbo

A Turbo Technics twin turbo with a boot full of ICE and low miles (47481)

I dont understand how a car could have so much spent on it then be allowed to stand for 2 years because of a head gasket, get that done and increase it's value substantially I would have thought

 

[Deleted member 11979]

So immaculate it's headlight wiper arms are missing and it's got three 8 holes and 1 15 hole fitted, could have had a puncture I suppose!

 

[janner]

On the plus side the engine bay looks immaculate. Mmmm, do I want another 'project'?
If the price stays lowish I might just have to bid. The expansion tank looks like it's not had any water in it for a while so I guess the head problem was quite serious. I wonder what other damage was done to it? If it was run without water for any length of time the engine, gearbox and turbos could be completely shot.

 

[James Rothwell]

Surely worth a bid, even if it is ruined you could sell off the parts that still worth to cover the costs?

 

[liiive_o]

Janner

would these turbos fit my 320 TT? are they same spec/power?

 

[janner]

Janner

would these turbos fit my 320 TT? are they same spec/power?

Yes, same turbos (but not the same intake or electronics obviously). Although the turbos look good you need to make sure that the head problem hasn't damaged them. Mark300SL is the best man to advise whether this could be the case

 

[Will]

One question - can you take the plate off the car without an MOT?

I didn't think you could normally, but maybe the rules are different if you transferred the cherished plate to the vehicle to start with?

Looks quite tidy aside from the obvious - shame they didn't fix it and left it standing for so long.

Will

 

[MBK]

"US Import 3000 litre Mercedes....lovely, clean car, fast car. "

what's it cost to a run a 3000 litre mercedes US import??

EDIT: oh and i hope those amps are screwed iinto a false wall and not directly on to the fuel tank :S

 

[Ortolan]

Janner

would these turbos fit my 320 TT? are they same spec/power?

If you need a new pair of T2s, I might sell the ones from my 300CE TT (only travelled <100km since rebuild and 3000km since new). I'm still undecided on the sanity of upgrading the turbos on my car while I'm living overseas and can't drive it.

 

[Roger Jones]

"would these turbos fit my 320 TT? are they same spec/power?"

Janner is probably right, but something is niggling me that they may be different. Alan Jeffrey, Turbo Technics or Hughes of Beaconsfield can confirm:

http://www.enginetuner.co.uk/

http://www.turbotechnics.com/docs/index.htm

http://www.hughes.mercedes-benz.co.uk/

 

[aka$h]

The turbos would be the same. They are the same in all the hughes supplied kits. The only difference is the way the waste gates are setup.

 

[liiive_o]

ortolan,drop me a pm with details please,i am interested.

akash, would it be a straight swap job?

 

[aka$h]

Yea but there has 2 be a cheaper way of doing it, rather than buying a car. Contact mark300sl, i know he was thinking of swapping his turbos for larger ones.

 

[liiive_o]

I have a 320 TT original hughes car , my turbos are going,so all i need is new turbos,or i can refurbish the ones i have,whichever works out cheaper.

So Ortolan,or Mark300SL, or Janner, If you happen to have a pair of T2's that would fit in my TT, with no modifications etc, Please contact me on private,or email me on : [email protected],
thanks guys

p.s akash,im not looking to buy that car,im just looking for replacement turbos as my bearing shaft is a bit loose and thats whats causing the burning oil/fuel and blue smoke. everything else is perfect according to my merc specialist who worked on these cars before.

 

[aka$h]

There is a place near Mercedes Brentford that reconditioned my S320 CDI turbo for about £300. It might be worth visiting them for a quote.

 

[liiive_o]

oh yea i have contacted them but they told me to either take out my turbo and send it to them for inspection,or wait a month and then i can drive the car there and they will do on site inspection and then leave the car there if i go ahead with any of the repair/refurbishment...
i will definitely consider them as they were very helpful and friendly, just hope i don't have to spend more than £500 all together for the fixing and taking out/putting back in the turbos... cheers aka$h

Ortolan,contact me on [email protected] for more details about your turbos please.

 

[JumboBeef]

One question - can you take the plate off the car without an MOT?

I didn't think you could normally, but maybe the rules are different if you transferred the cherished plate to the vehicle to start with?

It needs to be taxed and MOTed, or recently taxed and MOTed (within the last 12 months I think), so no they can't take the reg off the car.

 

[tuscan_al]

I was looking at this car too, need a new box on my 12v 300ce, and thought why not just swap the whole lot from this into my car? Are their going to be any major hurdles here I'm not thinking about, apart from the HG replacement? And I guess its a 5 speed too..
I would then put my 12v engine and box into the red one and sell it europe. Anyone fancy a project?