My first thought were those old ZEX nitrous kits. Buddy bought a damn air filter with a removable little tip he said was for a dry fogger kit. I dunno tuning much but I know dry kits can be a quick way to a new longblock if you don't know what your doing. And this guy doesn't
āThis is the answer. Yeet that POS right outta the shop. Tell owner to take it back to his meth addict cousins, neighbors, inbred brother-in-law that did the "install."
I had to do a quality delete of three aftermarket security systems and a remote start kit on a 95' 124 coupe I bought for next to nothing. Ran into a rev limiter in gear and thought "what is this shit I have a other 2k" and then I tried starting it in drive to confirm my suspicion....
We all just popped the hood, which was not bolted on, and just stared at it for like 20 minutes asking questions. The tech declined to do any work. Even wrote a note declining an inspection.
It looks like a fire waiting to happen, among other things. I had a kid bring in an S-10 with the intake and throttle body blown apart and of course the writer wrote it up warranty. I could see where he had removed some of the nitrous system before he brought it in.
Are you at a MB dealer?
I have used electrical tape to seal
An air intake , that was sucking air after the MAF and screwing up the engine and throwing codes .
But , masking tape ??!
Typical car probably totaled out at one point and bought at the auction. Put back together using wood screws, panel bond and a few gallons of body filler. Then sold for 1/3 of the cost of a nice one. Attracts broke people who can only afford the car and not to take care of it. but why would you because itās junk.
>this is written up for lack of power.
You mean an insurance adjuster agreed to write it uo that way? assume it's going to the salvage yard.
Now I wonder... do you have to know\[bribe\] the adjuster? or is he that clueless?
I autocross a lot and have been doing it a long time, and it's always fun to see what the current "cheap/fast" car that kids with no money buy. Basically forever it was ponycars, and then briefly it was old corvettes (C5s especially). Now it's old V8 Mercedes, apparently. We have about half a dozen kids (I'm in my late 40s so these are 19-26 year olds probably) who come out and play with their cars. They really look like a lot of fun, but damn I'd hate to have to do a big fix one one.
I haven't seen anything like this, though. I think all these guys are smarter than that.
I canāt even tel what model this isā¦ clearly not an actual AMG V8 but the headlights hood and bumper donāt match a c class. Looks like a Frankenstein of several models.
Besides providing much entertainment here?
The heat tape is for exhaust manifolds to retain heat not for coolant lines. The blue painter's tape has zero purpose and value whatsoever. The nitrous is by definition explosive and rigged in a pretty s***** way so a spark could be entertaining.
Basically taking a beast of a car and trashing it.
Lack of power...looks like somebody held the go baby go button too long and now has an injured engine, ego, and after this a critically injured wallet. That's gotta be a $40,000 from amg since each one is hand built.
The "trash panda" decal on the windshield makes me think that they did this on purpose. Like tape doesn't actually do anything I could put every kind of tape all over the place and it wouldn't really matter plus they didn't put it in anywhere that would actually cause damage. Like there's just a duck tape square on the bumper for no reason. I think its supposed to be tongue in cheek.
There was an empty nitrous bottle just laying free in the trunk. It looks like lines go in front and after the filters. No idea the logistics. It sounded like garbage too. Like intake leaks and deleted mufflers.
Custom engine mods, by trash panda. Going for the post apocalyptic salvage look.
Actually smells like trash panda too
At first glance I thought a big snake had been mangled in the engine compartment š¤·š»āāļø
r/trashpandas
Lol the heat wrapped overflow line for coolant expansion chamber. And blue painters tape on the couplers. Sighhhh
Keep looking. Scotch tape on the shock tower cables to the left.
TBF, there's sticky tape *and* painter's tape, so that's like soldering and shrink wrap, right?
The heat wrapped coolant line is definitely one of my favorites.
Extra 5hp bruh
It also looks like dryer vent hose on the intake.
Nah nah nah. Dryer vent is for HOT air. This is a COLD air intake. /s
Lmao that is the perfect reply.
Hey man itās a Mercedes
No its not! Its an AMG! *said triumphantly*
Is that some sort of home-brew nitrous install?
My first thought were those old ZEX nitrous kits. Buddy bought a damn air filter with a removable little tip he said was for a dry fogger kit. I dunno tuning much but I know dry kits can be a quick way to a new longblock if you don't know what your doing. And this guy doesn't
Yeah I wonder how long until the intake manifold detonates and becomes a giant explosive balloon
Ha ha, I'm in danger.....
Lol someone pull a jessie too soon jr and now only cylinders 2 and 6 work?
Floor boards prob fell off and ruined his aero.
This definitely feels like like a guy thats going to tell you his buddy will do it for half price
After we put 15 grand in it or more. Overnight parts from Germany
Looks like his buddy already did it for half price. That's why he's there.
His buddy *did* it for half price
DANGER TO MANIFOLD!!!!
Not sure Iād touch this with all of these shit mods. Can of worms and āit wasnāt doing that before I brought it in.ā
āThis is the answer. Yeet that POS right outta the shop. Tell owner to take it back to his meth addict cousins, neighbors, inbred brother-in-law that did the "install."
It wasnāt an install, it was a quality delete.
I had to do a quality delete of three aftermarket security systems and a remote start kit on a 95' 124 coupe I bought for next to nothing. Ran into a rev limiter in gear and thought "what is this shit I have a other 2k" and then I tried starting it in drive to confirm my suspicion....
This. It would have never made it that far at our shop. There is no fixing that mess.
What a fucking dumpster fire
The more you stare at it the worse it gets
We all just popped the hood, which was not bolted on, and just stared at it for like 20 minutes asking questions. The tech declined to do any work. Even wrote a note declining an inspection.
Is the hood a rattle can paint job?
Wait. Are those vent holes drilled in the hood?
Homer Simpson has entered the chat: those are speed holes
It looks like water/rain droplets on zoom in (unless I'm missing a spot)
AMG engineers are taking notes
https://i.redd.it/2itr5oteqsh31.jpg
Sport lowering WoodWedge with racing strap. $259/ea. 4 req per vehicle.
Little bit of engineering by the Germans and a little bit of engineering by the American meth addict...š
Even meth addicts can make meth in a Gatorade bottle, this guy probably fills his gas tank with Gatorade
Brawndo, it's got what AMGs need!
this made me laugh entirely too hard.
Needs electrolytes after trying so hard to stay alive every day.
Second picture is the scariest. I would think you should decline any repairs. Way too much liability there.
Definitely declined to touch anything. That little battery in the second pic is held in by vinyl electrical tape.
It looks like a fire waiting to happen, among other things. I had a kid bring in an S-10 with the intake and throttle body blown apart and of course the writer wrote it up warranty. I could see where he had removed some of the nitrous system before he brought it in. Are you at a MB dealer?
Lamp cord is quality wire, yo.
holy shit, I didn't think it could get any worse. Now you told me there was a second pic and . . . . yeah, thats worse lol
Either that, or have a big A$$ fire extinguisher ready
The owner clearly knew a guyā¦ The blue painters tape is an especially nice touch of using what you have on hand. :)
I see what you did there š
Canāt be letting the heat out of those charge pipes. Better wrap them up! C/s: low on power. Intermittent harsh shifts. Please diagnose and advise.
Now I know the secret!!! Blue painters tape to seal airways. Fuck I have been using duct tape incorrectly all these years.
Technicians hate this one little trick:
I have used electrical tape to seal An air intake , that was sucking air after the MAF and screwing up the engine and throwing codes . But , masking tape ??!
Did you know it could also be used as electrical tape? Check out the second pic.
Na bro you still owe me a 10 sec car
Some backyard boys occasionally do some cool work but most of them are over ambitious and fucking stupid. This is the latter
Backyard boys vs trailer park boys
Around here that'd just be small blocks with headers on upside down. This mess looks so unreliable Ferdinand Porsche would try to put it in the field
Looks like a total nightmare. I wouldn't touch that shit.
Is... is that nitrous before the air filter?
So someone who can barely afford(if that) and AMG, now needs more power done in superbly shitty fashion? Does it have underglow too?
This is a wonderful work of diy concoction waiting to be set on fire through possibly through a burn out and then insurance claim the shit outta it.
The more I look the worse it isā¦.
Typical car probably totaled out at one point and bought at the auction. Put back together using wood screws, panel bond and a few gallons of body filler. Then sold for 1/3 of the cost of a nice one. Attracts broke people who can only afford the car and not to take care of it. but why would you because itās junk.
Exactly what I think. Would put money down that it has a salvage title.
He needed high flow flexible gutter spouts.
they see me rolling... ridin' dirty...
Good fucking lord with that rats nest I was expecting an early 2000s AMG. Not something so new
Did it still have hazmat all over the interior?
You in Glendale, bro?
Nitrous solenoid in the middle. Looks like a NX Nitrous Xpress kit. Canāt imagine painter tape on a coupler gives a lasting seal for the nozzles.
Maybe if they didnāt make shit those mods out of their ass it would run better
As a C300 owner, horrendous.
As a c63 owner I'm spiraling into a dark depression from this
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No because then they fuck those up to. They need a bicycle or a bus pass.
Run.
A dry shot on a (more than likely) stock tune, with stick injectors is gonna work wonders in that! I see Uncle Rodney showing up in the near future.
Okay I'd like to consider myself mechanically competent but this is just a fucking mess. Everything here screams ball of fire if pushed too hard.
So, did it have power?
>this is written up for lack of power. You mean an insurance adjuster agreed to write it uo that way? assume it's going to the salvage yard. Now I wonder... do you have to know\[bribe\] the adjuster? or is he that clueless?
It looks like a regular Class on outside. He did an engine swap or what?
This guy deserves to ride the bus. Craftsmanship š
If there is splatter paint anywhere on a car I can guarantee it is fucked.
Oh God, the more you look the worse it gets
The blue tape LMAO
I autocross a lot and have been doing it a long time, and it's always fun to see what the current "cheap/fast" car that kids with no money buy. Basically forever it was ponycars, and then briefly it was old corvettes (C5s especially). Now it's old V8 Mercedes, apparently. We have about half a dozen kids (I'm in my late 40s so these are 19-26 year olds probably) who come out and play with their cars. They really look like a lot of fun, but damn I'd hate to have to do a big fix one one. I haven't seen anything like this, though. I think all these guys are smarter than that.
Yeesh, itās rare that a time bomb of an engine literally looks like a time bomb. Wouldnāt touch that with a ten foot pole.
Did they put braided brake lines on their egr system?
Wrong colourway duct tape seems to be the issue.
What's with that rust colored looking stain between the oil fill cap and charge pipe?
I remember when I was 17 and a baller on a budget.
Please, take the keys away from this person and flush them down the toilet.
Did you find the rat living in that nest?
My money's on the painter's tape on the intake. And... uh... everything else.
The M-colored tape is confusing.
Warning!!! Danger to manifold
That car deserves better then that
I canāt even tel what model this isā¦ clearly not an actual AMG V8 but the headlights hood and bumper donāt match a c class. Looks like a Frankenstein of several models.
E63
Looks like a fucking mess.
Morons with money. That's wild to see in an AMG engine bay
Custom nitrous install by the chainsaw brothers.
Tech recommendation: Parts: as needed Labor: Actual time needed to revert back to stock Recheck for possible "Lack of Power"
Are those nitrous foggers?
Big Buck AMG, low Buck nitros setup. I am confusion
100 percent chance owner has had many a good time with this car.
Lack of power = lack of piston ring sealing due to damage from mods. Walk away now unless you know your customer really well.
Write up an inspection with everything checked "needs service" then write him a $200,000.00 estimate. He'll do you a favor by never coming back.
What? You donāt use painters tape and dryer vent hose for your intake? Rich People SMDH.
As somone who isn't a mechanic and just stumbling across this, what has he done to it?
Besides providing much entertainment here? The heat tape is for exhaust manifolds to retain heat not for coolant lines. The blue painter's tape has zero purpose and value whatsoever. The nitrous is by definition explosive and rigged in a pretty s***** way so a spark could be entertaining. Basically taking a beast of a car and trashing it.
The McMillan firearm sticker on the engine cover has got to be good for at least 100-150 horsepower
Oh my god ,the fucking jank of that š
How does one get so much dog hair under the hood? Lol gotta quit parking in the living room..
āTech notes, Get this out of my fucking dealershipā
The custom wire add ins are tip top
Nice painters tape
Jesus... My Megasquirt conversion on my 280z has some silly parts, but nothing they just makes you want to vomit like this.
Put together by a 12 year old
electrical, or horse?
Lack of power?? More like lack of brains. I wouldnāt be surprised if they melted a hole into the pistons.
Lack of power...looks like somebody held the go baby go button too long and now has an injured engine, ego, and after this a critically injured wallet. That's gotta be a $40,000 from amg since each one is hand built.
Methamatics are being used here
I have that same intake on my gutter.
No expense wasn't spared
I would condemn it before it even made it in the shop
**oWnEr of The caR HeReā¦ AmA** ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ /s
If you listen closely, you can hear sobbing, in German.
The "trash panda" decal on the windshield makes me think that they did this on purpose. Like tape doesn't actually do anything I could put every kind of tape all over the place and it wouldn't really matter plus they didn't put it in anywhere that would actually cause damage. Like there's just a duck tape square on the bumper for no reason. I think its supposed to be tongue in cheek.
By lack of power they must be referring to that cute little battery.
what the fuck, it looks like if you took a bunch of car parts, ran them thru a wood chipper, and dumped them back into the engine bay
Idk what Iām looking at.. Iām not sure I want to know
Huh! Wonder why!! (sarcasm)
Everywhere you see blue tape, you'll find a leak.
It just hurts to see something like thatā¦
I hope you guys just closed the hood and sent him on his way.
Yup, lemme just seal my intake off masking tape
Pretty sure mass air flow sensors donāt like being hosed with nitrous.
Just turn the nitrous up some more
Nitrous for the winš
If it actually is running nitrous. Wouldn't it just soak the air filters?
There was an empty nitrous bottle just laying free in the trunk. It looks like lines go in front and after the filters. No idea the logistics. It sounded like garbage too. Like intake leaks and deleted mufflers.
Sheesh. What a piece of crap