Tråd: Mercedes-Benz V-8-drevne B-Klassen Bygget af Studerende

Dem af jer, der ikke var forelsket i gårsdagens nyheder om en trio bestående af hydrogen-fueled Mercedes-Benz B-klasse F-CELL biler modregning på en World Tour vil virkelig gerne dagens nyheder fra Tyskland.

Peter hveps, fabrikschef på Mercedes-Benz fabrikken i Rastatt, kom såfremt der er B-klassen, op med en pæn projekt for tekniske erhvervsuddannelse Institut. Kunne praktikanterne passe en V-8 motor, kørsel baghjulene, en B-klasse bil, der normalt har en 1. 5 eller 2. 0-liters 4-cylindret motor Driver forhjulene uden radikalt at ændre udseendet af bilen?

Et målebånd bekræftet, der var plads. Donor B 200 CDI blev fundet og en 388 hestekræfter 5. 5-liters V [COLOR = sort] [COLOR = sort] -8 koblet til en syv-trins automatisk transmission var shoehorned i. Den bageste aksel kom fra en ældre 210-serie E-klasse. Den vanskeligste del af transformation var tilsyneladende ændring af styreapparatet.

Enkeltstående bilen er blevet døbt en B55. Gruppen af Mercedes-Benz praktikanter, der ændrede B-klasse bil regner det vil accelerere fra 0 til 60 mph på under seks sekunder som bilen er kun 400 £ tungere end en bestand B-klasse bil. Dens tvivlsomt hvis bilen vil nogensinde blive en produktion bil men det er helt sikkert rart at se praktikanter at opleve noget det stik modsatte af brændselscelle B-klasse F-celle elbiler.

Those of you who were not enamored by yesterdays news about the trio of hydrogen-fueled Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL cars setting off on a World Tour should really like todays news from Germany.

Peter Wasp, the plant manager at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Rastatt, where the B-Class is made, came up with a neat project for the technical vocational training department. Could the trainees fit a V-8 engine, driving the rear wheels, in a B-Class car that normally has a 1. 5 or 2. 0-liter 4-cylinder engine driving the front wheels without radically altering the look of the car?

A tape measure confirmed there was room. A donor B 200 CDI was found and a 388 horsepower 5. 5-liter V[COLOR=black][COLOR=black]-8 coupled to a seven-speed automatic transmission was shoehorned in. The rear axle came from an older 210-series E-Class. Apparently the most difficult part of the transformation was modifying the steering.

The one-off car has been dubbed a B55. The group of Mercedes-Benz trainees that modified the B-Class car reckon it will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in under six seconds as the car is only 400 lbs heavier than a stock B-Class car. Its doubtful if the car will ever become a production vehicle but it is surely nice to see the trainees to experience something the exact opposite of the fuel cell B-Class F-CELL electric cars.