1987 Mercedes Benz 560SL with Carobu Stage One tuning package
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- I had a chance to try out another Mercedes 560 SL that was tuned by www.carobu.com/
With a handful of bolt on components, the car now puts out 279 horsepower and 313 lb/ft of torque. The suspension was also modified with larger swaybars, lowering springs and upgraded rear bushings. The wheels are from Maxilite and measure 16x8-inches.
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I saw this car on a Breakfast Club Rally not long ago. Very nice car. I was in my gray market 500 SEC and had a hard time keeping up with this SL.
Good to hear the car is being driven.
I am a former Benz trained mechanic and I have worked on many of these over the years. I used to do a few tricks on 500's all the time. My mentor Alex Z (R.I.P.) showed me quite a few Benz engineering tricks he learned during his time in Stuttgart. The manifold was always a weak spot as well as the K Jetronic. It was all about economy at the time but opening up the manifold and that fuel management that Carobu did makes sense. I am going to look them up and see what it is they offer. I have a deal for a 560 sec in the works and may want to tweak it a bit. I am on the north east coast so I may have to do it all myself but I may consult them and pick their brain if they let me.
Great 560 BTW..
May I ask, what were some of these tricks? I’m a big fan of these cars myself, thanks in advance
More than I would be willing to type here, but mostly solid time tested Hot Rodder type stuff.
A very nice review of the Carobu Engineering 560 SL.
A tastefully done 107-chassis. Any Mercedes-Benz of that era seems "vault-like" because everything is rubber mounted. I clicked on the link but would love more detail on the fuel injection trickery done by Carobu.
Those gauges have nice orange markings and needles. I am jealous!! Most are terribly faded (mine are faded, but not yet yellow).
This was a pretty low mile car.
You can carefully disassemble the rear of the gauge cluster and then very carefully re-paint the needles fresh orange with model paint. Works a treat.
Lovely car! In Europe, the same engine with catalytic converter has 279 ps. And without catalyst 300 ps.
Thanks for sharing, I have heard of places out West that do this type of work, but this guy *lives* in California, yet had to send the car to New Mexico.
Nice, but not a huge fan of the exhaust note. Prefer sleeper-style to boy racer in a vintage Mercedes like this.
Wow man this is great
Seems like the perfect R107 !!
That sound... Superb! Who knew?
Great job on the reworked car & video.
Beautiful country as well. How do you
get a job doing these???
Thanks 👍
You absolutely can Chuck them around. Well after some more suspension work and a manual trans. And a 3.xx rear ratio.
Yea, a stiffer suspension and a manual would go a long ways towards making the SL more of a driver's car. Thanks for watching.
@@Retromod it sure does, that's how we race them. Hi from dkubus Australia. Great videos mate. 👍🤘
@@Retromod thanks for a great drive. The suspension upgrade would mean stiffer springs and shocks correct?
That's a really beautiful SL,jjust right mod
Really cool video. Exactly what I had in mind for my car.
Great review matching the car’s dynamics 🙏🏻
Awesome!
Beautiful Very Sweet Ride! ManyThanx!
As a german i can say: "Hervorragend und sehr geschmackvoll aufbereitet" One of the best customized SL i´ve ever seen. What are exactly the Details, listed and prized? I would like to start a project this year. Best Regards from Düsseldorf
Best thing is to get in touch with Carobu, the company that built it. Their website is: www.carobu.com
Beautiful car love the wheels.
Tastefully done
Cool car, I've always been a bigger fan of the inline 6 though due to the balance of the engines
I'd love to drive a 6-cylinder example.
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I love it
great film, great car, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice!!
What a nice car with nice mods! I have a few questions:
1. What camshaft improvements were made?
2. What was the exhaust muffler and piping setup?
3. What was the replacement computer setup that was used for the modified cam?
4. What was the suspension setup via sway bars?
You can read about it here: www.retromodcars.com/features/modified-mercedes-benz-560sl
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Is there a different link to read the article?
@@Retromod?!?!?!?!???????!!!!!!????
brilliant! I love it!
Fantastic car.
(What the hell is that thing stuck on the trunk hood??!)
Thanks for watching. That is the third brake light that was required for U.S. regulations. Not the most subtle design.
Awesome video😍😍👍🏻
Thanks for the visit
I would love to have that done for my 87 560sl
do it!
Very cool ! Id love to see it with a 5 speed auto or a 6 speed manual ... and supercharger would make it really fun
Agreed!
@@Retromod this is in the works 🤘
You Can! Order the 6-speed kit from the SLshop.com. I did!
560sel engine swap is a much easier option to get over 300 bhp!! I've done it.. now I consider my 560sl is fast!!!
I think the owner wanted to keep it numbers matching.
Thank you for this video!! This is nice !!!
Was the bolt on items for this r107 ordered from Carobu or was car brought to New Mexico? only interested in HP upgrade.
perfect
How about the brakes? I can't remember the brakes on the R107, but I remember the brakes on the first series of the R129 (the successor to the R109) were quite weak, so I can immagine you would have to upgrade the brakes on a R107 with 280 hp. The 16 inch rims would allow a set of 320 mm front discs with dual calipers.
Maybe its still not possible due to some emission standards to just mount a European 560 engine.. They had 300hp without cats and 279 with.
We want to see you take it off road.
Actually, the company that built this one is supposedly building a rally style one, so maybe that will happen...
I’ve always like the euro 500SL, with the higher compression engines and euro bumpers. The US model looked awful in comparison. This conversion seems very well done. Unfortunately there is not much you can do about the steering and transmission, which are decidedly un-sporty.
*T O P*
The engine standard had 300 hp outside us.
if you would get a non us 560 engine it already has 300 hp from factory, and then modify it to maybe 330.
Sweet ride. Sit low....go slow, kinda.
2 die 4 👊🏽
But those larger wheels and tire will affect the speedo. Also wondering if the fuel management changes will pass most states' emissions laws.
apparently it passed California's ! 😁
@@MrRjnr But wondering if it really did pass. I emailed Carobu about their tuning passing most states emission laws, but they couldn't give me a straight answer. Like you say, if it did pass, the answer should've been easy.
@@azmike3572 hmm, very interesting then
Do they do a tune for the R129?
I don't think so, but they might be open to it.
Hi, how are you? I want to seek refuge or work in Europe
Simply importing a euro spec model would have been cheaper. They have 272 hp and are grandfathered in.
Those engines had 300 hp in europe! Better get a normal 560 engine and swap it then tune it!
That’s a Eurospec car, or he changed the bumpers.
I bet it must be the eurospec, you can tell by the single headlight instead of double rounded headlights for the US spec
The 560SL was only sold in North America, Australia and Japan so this is definitely a US spec model. He’s ditched the US headlights and bumpers for European ones. Looks all the better for it.
I have
Really cool video. Exactly what I had in mind for my car.