1998 Mercedes Benz C230 Project

[SonicSlammer]

Well Im new here and Im also new to foreign cars. Ive always had Chevys..
The car is a 98 Mercedes C230 with a 2.3L 4cyl with 255k miles...

This car I got cheap not running... so far Ive charged the battery, changed the fuel filter, cleaned the injectors and fuel rail, cleaned throttle body, cleaned MAF, put new NGKs in it, full tank of fresh gas with some fuel system cleaner and cut the most likely plugged cats off. The car runs better it will idle now and will drive down the road under light throttle. BUT under more than part throttle it just breaks up and misfires... anyone ran into this with these cars? Im thinking either knock sensors or fuel pump or injectors...

As soon as I get the car running smooth I want to slamm it probly first with cut coils unless someone knows of some cheap coilovers...? Also if i could get some cheap wheels that are better than stock Id do that... Any help or sugestions are appreciated

first pic of bringin her home..

[Bystrov]

Well Im new here and Im also new to foreign cars. Ive always had Chevys..
The car is a 98 Mercedes C230 with a 2.3L 4cyl with 255k miles...

This car I got cheap not running... so far Ive charged the battery, changed the fuel filter, cleaned the injectors and fuel rail, cleaned throttle body, cleaned MAF, put new NGKs in it, full tank of fresh gas with some fuel system cleaner and cut the most likely plugged cats off. The car runs better it will idle now and will drive down the road under light throttle. BUT under more than part throttle it just breaks up and misfires... anyone ran into this with these cars? Im thinking either knock sensors or fuel pump or injectors...

As soon as I get the car running smooth I want to slamm it probly first with cut coils unless someone knows of some cheap coilovers...? Also if i could get some cheap wheels that are better than stock Id do that... Any help or sugestions are appreciated

first pic of bringin her home..

heres your problem
Change your Idle control valve and change your MAF and call it a day... all the things u did were huge thing that had to be done also ... but when u buy a MAF make sure make sure make sure its a BOSCH not some knock off brand off ebay for 50 bucks less...

let me know when u wanna do actual stance i had mine slammed pretty low.

[Hotrun_bb]

yup, sounds like a bad MAF to me. Had the same problem a while ago.

Good luck with the car! they're awesome. Let us know if you need any help with the slammage

[SonicSlammer]

Ok thanks guys...I'll check into that maybe try to clean my MAF first and see..

What is the best way to slam these without spending much as I'm deff budget building this car..?

[Hotrun_bb]

I'm running cut H&R springs on Bilstien sport shocks. Great setup!

[SonicSlammer]

Ohh ok thanks. Well I guess at first ill just see where I can get by cutting the stock springs...

[SD202]

you can go very low by cutting stock springs.

[SonicSlammer]

you can go very low by cutting stock springs.

AWSOME! cant wait to cut em up just got to figure out how many coils to cut off...and plate and weld my rusted coil mount...

Anyways heres a couple more pics of the car I cleaned it up inside and out. Also I did oil change and trans fluid change and made a full 2.5" stainless exhaust with a magnaflow muffler... Runs better after cleaning the MAF but still wont take wide open throttle..

Picture link: http://imgur.com/a/SeTTT

[SonicSlammer]

Well, I fixed my spring mount on the body that was almost rusted off all the way last night... nothing pretty but as long as it holds together Im happy no one will see it.. Also I cut the spring on that corner but just that one didnt have time to do the others will do that tonight... looks alot better already though even just a little lower.. 15s= no tuck

PICS HERE: http://imgur.com/a/SeTTT

Will update maybe tomorrow once its fully lowered..

[SonicSlammer]

Benzo Slammed Pix!

Cut the springs last night on the Benzo... LOVE the stance right now cambering naturally just a bit. ****** 15s right now... it will look alot lower (and all around better) once I get some different wheels. Right front tire rubs fender already so im going to have to massage the lips..

Heres a link to several more pics of the car and how much I cut off the springs

[Hotrun_bb]

Nice. Just need some wheels and it'll look great!

[Bystrov]

i love how it doesnt take alot to make our cars look dope... wheels and cew cuts of the spring

[244Brick]

Cut the springs last night on the Benzo... LOVE the stance right now cambering naturally just a bit. ****** 15s right now... it will look alot lower (and all around better) once I get some different wheels. Right front tire rubs fender already so im going to have to massage the lips..

Heres a link to several more pics of the car and how much I cut off the springs

(i'm like the officially person, who do this )

[SD202]

pretty low looks a tad lower in the rear though. Great start !

[SonicSlammer]

Thanks! Im getting some newer SLK 17" wheels hopefully tomorrow...lol once it was low I cant stand these 15s..the wheels arent really special but they are 2" bigger, really clean and I got a good deal on them. Hopefully they fit well.. idk what size tires to try yet...Heres a pic of the wheels still on the other car