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Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by Eddee(m): 1:58pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
Kewtt: Heavenlybang fit tension you enter wahala officially now. It's even an E Class for that matter - with an updated version of the engine you so much love! 4 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 1:59pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
Eddee: You gallant, brother. 1 Like |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by Eddee(m): 2:02pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
GAZZUZZ: You dey pursue Diportivo? - Senior man perish that idea I take God name beg you, guy drove a Corolla from Lagos to Calabar in just 9hrs. (Bad roads and checkpoints time-wasting follow for that promo) 5 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by Kewtt: 2:08pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
Eddee:Not at all. Knew of the purchase. He's not an initiate. Bukataria Vs 5 course dinner.... He no reach. He should follow his 1999 friend 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by froshbuddy: 2:17pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
This is truly a BANG from HEAVEN. Congrats bro. I tap! 2 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by king406(m): 2:18pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
Congratulations and welcome to Mercedes Benz . I think you made the right choice, all your other options would have kept you up at night. I used to be against forced induction too, but after seeing how easily turbo engines can get tuned i had to give in. I’m sure the M278 will push 500hp easily with just a tune, but M273 will certainly be more reliable because at the end of the day, a turbocharger remains a maintenance part. I always enjoy how you document everything . Now come down to abuja lets race, i just installed test pipes 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by kingreign(m): 2:18pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
BamBamK:Nah. On the contrary, my madam's VQ does 18mpg in City real life calculations. 1 Like |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by kingreign(m): 2:20pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
Eddee:Diportivo? That one na mad man behind the wheels. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 2:29pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
king406: Thanks, boss. And yeah, the M278 is ridiculous. Weistec's stage 1 tune gives ridiculous numbers. 540 HP and 715 lb-ft. Plus the M278 sounds ridiculous with a simple resonator delete. But yeah, I was just trying to avoid turbos. You no dey update us with these mods again. I'm still not sold on even a muffler replacement yet, since I need as much weight over the rear wheels as I can get, for traction purposes when I finally get tuned. If anything carry me come Abuja, I'll be sure to alert you. 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by MASTAkiLLAh(m): 2:29pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
DelTel:you have good recommendations, i hope to patronize you soon 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by king406(m): 2:35pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
HeavenlyBang:yes you picked the right powertrain for our country . I will try and document all the mods i’m set to do. I have coilovers, a catback exhaust, and cold air intake on the way. I’m contemplating on getting a tune because of bad fuel, my engine fit knock 4 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 2:44pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
king406: I dey get pinging some times for the VQ. I've simply learnt to live with it. You should get a tune, though. If not, your exhaust and intake won't yield any noticeable gains. What catback are you running? 1 Like |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 2:46pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
froshbuddy: Thank you. |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by king406(m): 3:21pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
HeavenlyBang:mine never start yet . I might risk a tune but i will have to be running octane booster. The main purpose of my mods is not really for power gains, its just to refresh my love for the car, because i’m already thinking about another car and all my options are still on the high side. Invidia Gemini exhaust, BC racing coilovers, Invidia test pipes, aFe Takeda intakes 1 Like |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 3:25pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
king406: Sweet build. Keep us updated. 1 Like |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by mammanbawa: 4:42pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
Congrats baba mi So this car wey I been dey see na our own sef More wins 3 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 5:06pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
mammanbawa: Thanks, Oga mi. |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 7:21pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
king406: BTW, allow me to make two recommendations. 2012 Jaguar XFR. 510 HP and 461 lb-ft. 4.4s to 60, 12.7 at 114mph quarter mile stock. Same engine on cars on the Range Rovers and Jaguar F-Type, and you can get it to 550 HP+ easily. 2012 Audi S4 or S5 depending on whether you want a coupe or sedan. 333 HP, 325 lb-ft. 4.4s to 60 and 13.0 at 105mph quarter mile. You can get to 420 HP with just a tune, and keep up with C63s. |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by olumzzz(m): 7:40pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
HeavenlyBang:Wawu |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by 9icetoo(m): 7:42pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
HeavenlyBang:Congrats chairman. Will surely call you when I get to awka for the xmas. Nice ride. The 99 guy go leave you alone now. 1 Like |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 7:46pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
9icetoo: I dey, boss. Maybe he'll finally leave me alone and stop swearing for my father. 8 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by laivwire(m): 7:54pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
HeavenlyBang:Congratulations. Did you ever tinker with the G35? You talked about disabling the AWD and stuff back then. I hear cold air intake and muffler delete all the time. Why don't cartalkers talk of cosmetic modifications? Spacers, fender rolls, slamming . Perfomance wise lets hear about remapping the ECU or throwing in a supercharger. Personally, I'll have preferred the Acura TL. The Merc looks tame and trust me your boy racing days are far from over. 1 Like |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by OPUSDEI1(m): 8:12pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
A veeeery sweeeeeeeet car to drive. Just purring as you quietly drive along, silently waiting for your throttle command to unleash the dragon, especially in the sport mode. Diportivo, we await your testimony. 5 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by CarGuideNG: 8:24pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
HeavenlyBang: Congratulations Sir! Proud to have been part of this process and journey A real head turner, this certainly is. 2 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 8:31pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
laivwire:Thanks. Most cosmetic mods look immature, are expensive, and only get you more attention. Most car enthusiasts don't appreciate that. Also, Nigerian roads are bad enough without slamming the car, unless you're running bags, which is very expensive. Better to do things like intakes and ECU, exhaust, etc. Everything may not even cost up to 1m. I never disabled the AWD. The G35's AWD system only kicks in when slip is detected, otherwise it's RWD. There was little to no benefit to disabling AWD, especially since the car doesn't have a limited slip differential anyway. My boy racer days aren't quite over, truth be told. I still enjoy bullying people on the highway. But I do it a lot more sensibly now, and only on roads I know very well. At this point in my life, I just want to have the power available for when I need it, while just cruising about in comfort. The G35 is a car that demands to be driven hard. This one doesn't at all. I'm not a fan of the styling of the pre-facelift TL. And still, it just lacked the power I needed. 4 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 8:32pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
OPUSDEI1: Testimony time! |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 8:32pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
CarGuideNG: Thanks, chief. Always a pleasure doing business with you. 1 Like |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by Eddee(m): 8:46pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
king406: All those plenty grammer na only ‘NVIDIA’ Graphics the enter my head. Ah, video games of old 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by diportivo: 8:46pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
mejai: OPUSDEI1: HeavenlyBang: Eddee: kingreign: I guess ur reputation precedes you I must confess tho......just 3 cars have given me the kicks since I started doing this gazzuzz's E class an acura TL and heavenlybangs E550 even a GL550 2013 didn't give me the kicks I got from the E550 OPSUDEI1....sure guy..thanks for ur help even after the delivery was done heavenlybang,u did much more than u were to do eventually eddee ......weldone oh ....u didnt add that customs took 3hrs off the tab ....idiot ppl kingreign.....I'm learning from u.....be nice 8 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by Eddee(m): 8:49pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
OPUSDEI1: Senior man you go wait enter wahala - Dipo na that kind man, him no dey share war stories! Edit: baba don change - this is a sign 2021 will be great, all of us go buy benz 8 Likes |
Re: On The Eight Day, God Made The V8: My Journey To 400 HP by HeavenlyBang(m): 8:51pm On Dec 08, 2020 |
diportivo: Now you don make my eye dey chook for TL again. Na man you be jare. I appreciate. 1 Like |
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