I just got back home after doing some work out in Maryland on khelawanb's CLS500 turned CLS555. He had a Kleemann on his factory 5.0L and while it gave him a marked improvement in performance over stock, he was looking for more, and more is what he got! His friend and local Mercedes mechanic, Money-One, installed the engine and prepped it for the work I needed to perform on it to get it up and running like a champ. I got in there Wednesday morning and by that evening, we had a pulse. We worked on it the next few days to get everything else fitted and in check and I have to say, his car is very strong. Like any car with this engine, it just pulls. I am really beginning to enjoy seeing peoples faces as they feel the new-found power these engines provide as it's like seeing a kid's eyes light up as they open birthday presents. Very quick and powerful presents. Below are a few pictures I've pulled up from his thread on MB World. The thread is located HERE if you'd like to follow it.

Here is the stock 5.0L with Kleemann kit still installed next to the new 55K Kompressor engine
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Money-One putting on the oil pan and doing the finishing touches before installing it in the car
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Here's where I come into play doing all the wiring and coding so it will start and play nicely with all the other electronics
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Still had some wiring left to do for everything to work correctly but it was good to see it run for the first time
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Here it is all buttoned up and ready for road testing
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There is still some work needing to be done on the car before it is completely finished but what a great start to an amazing project and I'm sure when it is completed, khelawanb will be ear to ear as I think he already is. If you watch closely, you can see it break loose on the 1-2 shift so this car is going to be a lot of fun so long as you're not the guy behind trying to wrap your head around getting beat by a 4-door!

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