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Since mass-produced cars like those of the German automaker Mercedes Benz roll out of the production shop setup for standard drive applications and average driver expectations, it is not very often that one sees a Mercedes Benz perform flat out. Backed by a successful campaign in the Formula Circuit, Mercedes Benz is known for race cars. But, as the technology on marquee Mercedes Benz models are earmarked only for a niche market, for most Mercedes Benz, the technology is under the hood but the specifications are unfortunately, not.

Depending on which side of the fence one stands, mass-produced Mercedes Benz models are best in class, but the thought of available Mercedes Benz technology not included in regular models is almost regrettable. Production cost, one should think, is a major consideration. As the way things are, Mercedes Benz owners just have to take it as a good thing. At the flipside of the standard issue cars is the thriving hot rod industry. The hot rod industry approximates the envelope-pushing technology of major car manufacturers. It deals with car modifications, basically the car technology that should have gone in the car. As it is a car modification facility, parts of engine performance that Mercedes Benz owners are looking to focus on can be kept apart from the other according to importance.

Fitments available in the hot rod industry are often called performance parts, ranging from performance brake pads to performance exhaust system. On the whole, performance parts are specialized car parts that tweak the car setup toward performance, making car modification a lucrative gambit. In most cases, they are replacement parts. Mercedes Benz maintenance items like those in the friction brake system, which are chronically exposed to high-heat operating condition and are prone to wear out, have performance parts equivalents.

In the case of the Mercedes Benz brake system, while the stock fitted Mercedes Benz brake rotor sports a contact disc surface, the performance brake rotor is designed with a heat vent system. Performance parts come in cross-drilled, finned, and slotted brake rotors. These hollowed out portions on the contact surface of the Mercedes-Benz rotors allow an exhaust for heat. When heat does not build up in the Mercedes-Benz brake system, the rotor does not get deformed all too easily and therefore reduce the braking power of the car. Additionally, the hollowed out surface of the Performance rotors makes the brake pads cleave to the disc more tightly, resulting in greater speed retardation.

On the engine side, performance parts can be fitted on the cold air intake system, aimed at drawing in greater amount of cold air that goes into the combustion chambers and mixes with the fuel to form the car’s burn material. The Mercedes Benz manifold also has Mercedes performance parts equivalent. Since manifold stockpiles the exhaust for emission, a manifold that is not up to specs can result in backpressure buildup. When the engine burns the air and the fuel mixture, exhaust materials become the byproducts. These fumes are ushered out of the system through the manifolds. The performance manifold, called the header, has bigger passageways compared to stock issue, allowing a freer flow of exhaust. Because fumes do not stay long in the exhaust system and backpressure is prevented to build up, no horsepower from the engine is needed to help the exhaust system push out the gases.

Dwyane Thomas
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/mercedes-performance-parts-gambit-pays-108823.html

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, it is more important than ever for high quality brands to retain and build on the loyalty of their customers, as well as attracting new ones. It may appear more than a little obvious that this is best achieved by offering designs that look great, perform well and offer some small but significant advantage over the opposition.

It can take many years for a company to build a solid and reliable customer base that will happily wax lyrical about the quality, innovation and philosophy of a brand. This loyalty can become almost like a mantra, such as ‘I always buy Mielle white goods – never let me down yet.’

This sort of behaviour is worth far more than a pack of sharply dressed young advertising hot shots, with a budget near the size of the recent US bank bailout fund. Alessi and BMW are great examples of this effect. Both pride themselves on producing designs that offer high performance, beautiful build quality and arresting looks. The customer has to pay a premium for the designs and they are happy to do so because both brands bring a strong identity that people aspire to own.

There is a flip side to this behaviour though. The loyal customers behave as though there has been an unwritten contract agreed, along the lines of ‘you continue to produce the great designs and I will continue to buy them and promote them.’ If that delicate balancing act between profit and quality is tipped too far in favour of the company accountants and an unfamiliar smile begins to appear on their faces, then beware – the big bad wolf of customer discontent may soon come knocking at the door.

When Daimler Benz decided to maintain their profit levels whilst reducing costs, the end-result was not surprisingly a dramatic drop in quality. Loyal customers who had bought Mercedes cars for years suddenly found that their latest purchase was no more reliable than a donkey with a bad case of wind and swiftly walked (usually because their car had broken down) over to the opposition. Potential new customers did not want to buy into a brand on the way down and swiftly followed into the competitors showrooms. The whole episode had a seriously damaging effect on Mercedes that has taken years and a lot of money to achieve recovery.

It is imperative that high quality brands continue to produce high quality designs in order to maintain a comfortable and lasting position in the marketplace. Attempts at short-term financial gain can have disastrous long-term consequences and history is littered with the casualties of such shortsighted thinking.

Thankfully, many high quality brands such as Alessi, BMW, Louis Poulsen, Design E and Iittala see the sense in honouring the unwritten agreement to provide quality products at premium prices and have established loyal customer bases.

Ian Webster
http://www.articlesbase.com/gifts-articles/brand-loyalty-alessi-bmw-show-the-way-683173.html

The BMW M3, the Munich-based automaker’s sports version of the popular BMW 3-Series compact luxury car will have something new under its sleek hood. BMW Group has recently launched the details of its new V8 engine for the M3 2-door sports coupe and convertible models.

The new 3.2-liter straight six V8 engine features 8-cylinders, which is the first time for the BMW M3 models. With more cylinders and a larger displacement capacity, this new engine for BMW M3 offers an excellent and powerful performance at 430 horsepower and 295 lb.-ft. amount of peak torque, marking its sports car characteristics. Although the new V8 offers a powerful vehicle performance, the engine also offers lower exhaust emissions just like the sports car’s competitor, the Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG that also features cleaner emissions on its Mercedes Benz exhaust. In fact, the new V8 engine complies with the most stringent EURO 4 emissions standard, and earns the LEV II (low emission vehicle) certification.

The new BMW M3 V8 achieved this low exhaust emission certification because of the engine’s powertrain technology like the variable double-VANOS camshaft management, fuel injection system, and the brake energy regeneration that enhances the BMW M3 V8 engine’s efficiency and driving dynamics.

Meanwhile, here are the complete engine specifications from a BMW official press release of the new BMW M3 V8:

- First eight-cylinder for the BMW M3 sports car.

- Supreme performance ensured by 309 kW/420 hp from 4.0 litres.

- Maximum torque of 400 Newton-metres (295 lb-ft) at 3, 900 rpm, 85 per cent of maximum torque over a speed range of 6,500 rpm.

- Unique thrust and muscle ensured by consistent implementation of the M high-speed engine concept, maximum engine speed 8,300 rpm.

- Consistent lightweight construction of engine and ancillary units, new V8 power unit one of the lightest eight-cylinders in the world, lighter than the straight-six power unit in the former model.

- Variable camshaft control, low-pressure double-VANOS for an optimum charge cycle, system offering full power and performance even with normal engine oil pressure.

- Eight individual throttle butterflies for spontaneous engine response.

- Consistent and reliable oil supply with longitudinal and lateral acceleration up to 1.4 g ensured by two oil pumps and wet sump oil lubrication optimised for supreme dynamic behaviour.

- Exhaust system optimising cylinder charge, optimised for weight and function by means of internal high-pressure remoulding, exhaust emissions fulfil EU4 and LEV 2 standards.

- Upgraded MSS60 engine control unit for optimum coordination of all engine functions with the various control systems in the car.

- Ion flow technology recognising and distinguishing engine knocking phenomena as well as misfiring and miscombustion by measurement of ion flow in the combustion chambers.

- Brake Energy Regeneration with intelligent alternator control.

Dwyane Thomas
http://www.articlesbase.com/cars-articles/new-eightcylinder-engine-for-bmw-m3-models-123215.html

Has anyone ever put a sports muffler/full exhaust on a W123 Mercedes 280ce? The car in question is a 1981 Australian spec one with a 2.8 ltr 6 cyl petrol engine. Im told you can get mufflers for them by Magnaflow & Remus but was wondering what this would sound like & whether you get any sort of performance gain.

Yeh mate it would sound good.

Go down to an exhaust specialist and get a 2 1/2" mandrel bent exhaust from the cat back with a good Lukey muffler and tip.

It would sound mean!!

It’s a 2006.

used-car-parts.com is the site I use to find parts.

thanks again for the ppl that helped me out!!

the cloth from the factory is around 800-1200 not installed.

The 2008 New Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sport.
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This is the sounds my air blower makes when turned on and off on different levels. The cost of this repair and parts for it is expensive, so I am trying to find out some of the reasons what could be causing this awful noise.

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Development of a Mercedes-Benz includes history,design,safety test,assembly of cars.

Mercedes-Benz plant production of cars part 2 (2/3) http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=QZfDp-2-8DA
Mercedes-Benz plant production of cars part 3 (3/3)
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The Daimler group
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Driving in an MY2009 BMW 320d Convertible, chasing after a Mercedes Benz CLK 320 CDI on the German Autobahn.

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