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***Timmeh!*** · 12-20-2011, 09:52 AM

well ya...

i normally keep it at reasonable levels but idk how efficient the old lighting and climate control systems are... i mean the damn controller is a giant differential amplifier built from individual parts in the 80's...

and clearly if me and brad playing around with wiring for a few hours and running the dome light can kill the battery i don't have enough safety margin...

plus what if i want to wire up seat heaters??? that'll be an additional draw on the battery and alternator (but it will make my butt oh so happy)...

still not sure if i want to go through all the work for seat heaters though... because eventually wilhelm will be a summer-only car. (once i get a nice cheap 240D manual) then i can also save ALL the money on diesel cause the 240 is crazy efficient (47mpg) but real slow (but i can live with slow)

klodkrawler05 · 12-20-2011, 10:00 AM

Sheer brilliance:
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...with-coilovers

cliffs notes: guy is slammed on coils, wants to be able to carry passengers and such without rubbing, adds helper air bags, does hella stealth OEM routing (thats the part I really think is BA)

klodkrawler05 · 12-20-2011, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kylesvt720

Why does the BMW eat some much gas?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aku

a) he drives a lot and b) his lots of driving is always agressive and sucks gas

zactly.
I drive 350-400 miles per week depending how many days I go to school

I typically avg 22-26 mpg with mixed city/highway driving. I can avg closer to 25-28 consistently but that requires me to leave 5 minutes earlier everywhere I go.

also slow diesel? sounds like the mk2 lol I could floor that bitch everywhere I went and still get 40mpg although it'd take hours to get anywhere

egman2005 · 12-20-2011, 10:11 AM

Oh hi.

Aku · 12-20-2011, 10:26 AM

Klod... was this you last week?

Also Airlift rear suspension is an awesome idea!

edit: QUITE!

***Timmeh!*** · 12-20-2011, 10:37 AM

0-60 time of a stock 240D.... around 18 seconds...

i feel like that says it all.

***Timmeh!*** · 12-20-2011, 10:43 AM

found this on the benz forums...

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A 240D story

I took a ride in my venerable old '83 Mercedes 240D last night. 2.4 liters of raw power, 4 cylinders of asphalt-tearing terror with 67 rompin stompin horse power at my beck and call. It's stock, all right, nothing done to it, but it pushes the 3200 pounds of German engineering around with AUTHORITY. I'm always catching mopeds and 18-wheelers by surprise...
I was headed back from Baskin Robbins with my manly triple-latte cappuccino blast ("No Cinnamon, ma'am, I take it BLACK"), when I stopped at a streetlight. As the "D" rattled its throaty idle around me, I sipped my bold beverage and wiped the white froth my stiff upper lip. I was minding my own business, but then I heard a rev from the next lane.
I turned, made eye contact, then let my eyes trace over the competition. Geo Metro -- a late model, could be trouble. Low profile tires, curb feelers, and schoolbus-yellow paint. Yep, a hot rod, for sure.
The howl of his motor snapped my reverie, and I looked back into the driver's eyes, nodded, then blipped my own throttle (Rattle Rattle!!). As I tugged on my driving gloves and slipped on my sunglasses (gotta look cool to be fast, and I am *damn* cool, hence...), the night was split with the sound of seven screaming cylinders...
Then the light turned... I almost had him out of the hole, my four pounding cylinders thrusting me at least a millimeter back into my seat, as smoke pouring from exhaust pipe... I'd let it sit and idle too long! I saw in the corner of my eyes, a yellow snout gaining, and I heard the roar of his three cylinders. He slung by me, right front wheel juddering against the pavement, and he flashed me a smile as his gasoline powered 1.1 liters of motor stretched its legs. I turned off my AC to gain 10% more power and kept my foot gamely in it. Then I saw a glimpse of chrome under his bumper, and knew the ugly truth...
He was running a custom exhaust -- probably a 1.5-into-1 dual exhaust... maybe even cutouts! Damn his hotrod soul! The old lady passing us on the crosswalk cast a dirty look in our boy-racer direction... Yet still I persisted, with my four pumping pistons singing a steady, deep, diesel song, wound fully out. Though only a few handfuls of seconds had passed, we were nearing the crosswalk at the other side of the intersection, and I heard the note of his engine change as he made his shift to second, and I saw his grin in his rearview mirror fade as he missed the shift! I rocketed by! Not ready to give up so easily, he left his foot in it, revving, and I heard one wheel *almost* chirp as he finally found second and dropped the clutch. We careened over the crosswalk, now going at least 15 miles per hour. A bicyclist passed us, but intent on the race as we were, neither of us batted an eye.
I was waiting for the first dot on the speedometer to tell me to shift (no tachometer here!). Shifting, I nursed the clutch gently to keep from bogging, keeping my motor spinning hot and pulling me ahead, now trailing a cloud of stinking clutch smoke, no that's diesel exhaust again...
He pulled slowly abreast of me, and neck and neck, I shifted into third at 38 MPH - a little early, but better safe than sorry. The scream of motors deafening all pedestrians within a five foot circle. He nosed ahead as we passed 42 miles an hour, then eased in front of me, taunting, as he shifted into fourth. I decided to keep my car in third, counting on the ability to pump out the power at higher speeds and lower gears. I was staring up the dual 6" chrome tips of his exhaust, snarling, my cappuccino forgotten, as he lifted a little to take the next corner.
I saw my opportunity, and counting on the innate agility of my trusty steed, I pulled wide into the number two lane and kept my foot buried in carpet. Slowly, I inched around him, feeling my German Diesel roll slowly to the left as I came abreast in the midst of this gradual sweeping turn. I felt the front start to push a little, so I added more power only to realize that was all I had! But, I saw the right rear wheel lift on the Metro and realized he had reached his limit! Slowly I gained on him through the outside of the turn passing him with ease!!!
The Metro driver beat his wheel in rage as my car eased past him on the outside, my P175/R14's screaming in protest, as we raced to the next light. We coasted down, neck-and neck, to the red light. I tightened my driving gloves, ready for another round, when this WIMP in the next car meekly flipped his turn signal and made a right. MB superiority reigns!!!
I drove off sipping my masculine drink, awash in my sheer virility, looking for other unwitting targets.... Perhaps a Yugo, or maybe even a Volkswagen Van! ...Courtesy of Mark Shilling.

also sneeeze that's what i was talking about for wilhelm. so that he can be a tow vehicle super car. basically.... ultimate road trip car. super comfy, good sound, i'll get the climate control working like new... he'll be a blast.

egman2005 · 12-20-2011, 10:51 AM

Brian....

http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/cto/2762333954.html

klodkrawler05 · 12-20-2011, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I <3 my ZX3

found this on the benz forums...

also sneeeze that's what i was talking about for wilhelm. so that he can be a tow vehicle super car. basically.... ultimate road trip car. super comfy, good sound, i'll get the climate control working like new... he'll be a blast.

Just found this and was hoping for le wild long post to appear and you provided!

edit: Sneeze, yes that was totally me last week!