merc 500bhp drift project

[mike e30]

savage build so far love twin chargered engines,
whats your plan for adapting the gearbox I see u cut the front off the 330d
box are u planning on cutting the front off the original merc box for the bolt patteren and fit and weld it to the 330d or are u going to make some kinda adaption plate

[mantahead]

cheers,
yea im gonna use this bell housing of an merc auto box and weld it to bmw box.
merc manuals are very notchy gear change so want something better.

this is it cut.

[mayo s14]

now that is differnt !!! fair play fella keep up the good work ..

[mike e30]

Awe nice how are U working the clutch,guess your using merc fly wheel but how do U fair out with the input shaft off the BMW box. Also how did u cut the gearboxes looks way to tidy to be a grinder sorry for all the questions just wanted to try this my self with my v8

[mantahead]

just cut the housings with the grinder so far, to get all my measurements, then i will split the box and get the 2 housings milled flat,
flywheel started off like this.



machined alot of material of then it was drilled for m5 pressure plate.
release bearing needs to be bigger to reach new pressure plate,
when you set box in like this and put clutch and release bearing in you can see in and measure up everything. fitted new sprigot bearing into crank. using bmw clutch.

[mike e30]

Credit where its due that's some tidy work. Its safe to say there's a bit of a engineer in ya anyways. Best a look with the build anyways lookin forward to see how it turns out

[insejn]

cool build bud, the missus must be delighted with ya if u can lenghten everything that easy! keep up the good work!

lol

Smashing build, keep it up, will you be competing in it ?

[mantahead]

lol

Smashing build, keep it up, will you be competing in it ?

lol.

thanks again guys for comments.
yea, i usually go to bishopscourt but will def go to mondello at some stage, will see how good i get, lol

any of you guys ever see one of these in a drift car?


its a 2 to 1 gearbox that changes your steering from say 3 turns lock to lock to 1.5 turns.
i think it would help me.

[alan31625]

there are a few bms with those steering quickners fitted, as the bms also suffer from a lot of turns lock to lock, i have yet to witness them drifting but they are supposedly working well.

i have never seen or heard of a diesel revving to 7000rpm like that, thats class!
i had always tought the combustion cycle didnt have enough time to work over about 5500rpm. how have you achieved it?

class build

[mantahead]

these multivalve engines like to rev, revs are controlled by weights in the injector pump which are lightened and bigger elements in the pump means more fuel in a short window, so it can get time to burn.
i need cams to make more power in the higher rpm. That blue car had standard engine.