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Owner: BenzBuilda
White Night: 1984 Mercedes-Benz 190D 2.2
Displacement: 2.2 L
Fuel type: diesel
Transmission: automatic
Curb weight: 2645 lbs
Coefficient of drag: 0.3
Frontal area: 22 sq.ft.
Instrumentation:
Description: A 190D needing much love visually, but mechanically sound.
Build Thread:
Current Mods: Mostly stripped interior due to mold caused by leaking sunroof.

Planned Mods: Strip moldy interior.

Remove wheel arches and install Mercedes-Benz 190E Evo II wide body wheel arches, door caps, rear wing and side skirts. Create cam style rear window spoiler to direct wind more efficiently at the rear wind and not under it.

Paint entire vehicle white and install all new door, window, and trunk seals which I already have.


Remove mirrors and replace driver only with small motorcycle mirror.

Install OEM 14" wheels and tires.

Create fully enveloped front and rear wheel opening skirts.

Smooth underside with belly pan and pan under rear suspension.

Install 5 speed manual transmission and associated parts which I already have.

Delete sunroof cartridge, leaving only sunroof and a manual pop lever to raise the rear of metal lid.

Install lightweight foam board interior installation.

Completely remove factory air conditioning system, leaving heater core, air doors blower motor, defrost, feet vents and center vents.

Modify climate control vent door vacuum actuators to be operated by lightweight R/C airplane nylon control cables.

Build lightweight plastic slide control lever panel to adjust climate control vent doors via nylon control cables.

Install lightweight drivers seat.

Install manual window regulators which I will modify from an older Mercedes and I already have.

Delete stereo and associated equipment. Current stereo install is inop.

Install better stereo and speakers placed nearer to driver.

Wrap exhaust header. Install exhaust insulated sleeve on exhaust pipe from the header to the muffler.

Insulate intake tubes.

Replace worn suspension components.

Delete power steering.

Install white window tint.

Install white windshield upper visor sticker.
Official Fuel Economy Ratings
EPA city 26 mpg(US)
EPA highway 30 mpg(US)
EPA combined 28 mpg(US)

Actual Fuel Economy Performance
Lifetime 0 mpg(US)
Last 3 tanks 0 mpg(US)
90 days No data entered

(Created: 2014-06-26 18:41:12 / Modified: 2014-06-26 18:47:12)


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