I Made My E55 AMG Shift Super-Fast With An Easy Mod That Works On Any 5-Speed Mercedes Transmission
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- I installed another modified transmission valve body in my 2003 E55 AMG and it's a seriously nice modification. I had installed one a few weeks ago and although it shifted quickly, it was too harsh on the downshift while coasting. This valve body will work with any 722.6, 5-speed transmissions and the larger transmission pan you see in the video is not needed.
Before you order understand this is still a performance valve body. You will still feel the coasting downshifts but they aren't as hard as the first modified valve body. I recommend this for performance-oriented cars that are raced, or if you want faster shifts. If you have a daily driver E320 for example, I wouldn't do this mod. Just enjoy the cushy luxury shifts.
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How many miles do you drive your AMG or Mercedes every year?
LegitStreetCars 40,000 km amg ml 2018
I’ve had my 2012 C63 for 6 months and have already put 10k miles on it. Want a C55 as a daily to keep miles off the 63
30000 miles w my c32 amg
5-6k
40k km with clk 55
E55 content is the best content
m5!!!!
M5 content. Waiting everyday for that 😭😭
E320 cdi
Am i a joke to you?
FUCK YEAH
Oh and I feel like you told your son to stay a safe 3feet away from you, so he followed you around the garage with a tape measurer lol cool kid
I really want one of these E55s so bad!!!!
Get an Obsidian black one so they can be twins!
get an E63
@@alexandervouzenthal8163 Nah E55 is better, tho I do love the 6.2L V8 but the M113k is superb
@@recklesshoongarage566 They say the e55 is faster than the e63, how is that possible if the e55 has less power and the same transmission?
@@mbz4652 way more torque
Hey Alex, do you think that any harshness would be possibly due to the torque converter clutch solenoid not working 100% perfectly? Even with the stock valve body? These cars lock up every gear with the clutch. Great video.
In this case I don't think so. It wasn't harsh at all with the stock VB
Mine has the same downshift effect @121 k miles i have the stock VB, i guess my clutch might be bad, thanks for making this video Alex will be checking your new Vb for sure! Love your high quality videos too AMGmeister
It’s awesome to see 2 kings of E55s M113K W211 chat @AMGmeister & @legitstreetcars. Best you tubers and superbly humanly professional.
Alex thinks changing the valve body is super easy, yet 99,9% of E55 owners never do this in the shop let alone DIY lol.
@@dingdong2103 I did it and it was incredibly easy
Purchased my 2006 E55 in 9/18 with 100984 miles shortly after watching your channel. Today it is just shy of 105000. I have been admiring the E55 since they were new. I would have never thought it possible to purchased and maintain a E55 if it wasn’t for this informative channel. This car puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. Thank to you Alex for taking time to post this great content.
It's good to see that you have your new shop helper/apprentice helping you. 👍👍👍
Darren Jorgensen
That’s the MasterTech Foreman...
Alex better have a Union shop there!
I think he might be a biker
It’s not on vrp anymore!!! :( I was looking forward to getting one of these
Nah and they won't say who made the for them.
Any repair is relatively easy if you have a hydraulic lift.....try being 6'3" 260lbs with 2 blown out shoulders and a bad knee, underneath a w210 with a foot of clearance. It used to be fun to work on cars...father time took that away. LOVE your videos bro!
Shawn Schroeder
Oh damn, I’m 6’2” 240 and both shoulders gone as well, even the encapsulated release procedure wasn’t a 100% success, articulation sucks especially trying to put your arm around your back, so dude I know your pain.! You’ve got about 30 seconds of hands/arms above the head before the aches kick in.!!
Do this stuff isn’t easy anymore,..
@@Incountry no sir its not...getting my knee replaced in Dec...waiting on a better shoulder prosthesis to be invented someday...current ones are 50/50 success rate.
Shawn Schroeder
And the knees.!!! Trouble is you don’t have to be old anymore it starts even younger nowadays.!!! My brother had both his pelvis joints replaced with plastic coated titanium ones so it should last him until the end, he was only 47 when he had them done and put up with pain for 15 years and one day said that’s it.!!!
Be cool dude, I hope December brings in good things and pain relief for you...
@@Incountry thanks man...hip replaced when I was 42..no stranger to it.
Shawn Schroeder
We are definitely in need of a parts store.!
That awkward moment when 5 speed doesn't mean manual transmission. I'm still living in the past.
This car is almost 20, you really need to catch up.
Future is now old man
This is quicly becoming my favorite channel. Just detailed enough yet super super entertaining. Thanks for your hard work bro!
Appreciate that David
Back to Mercedes content. I’m happy again.
The 2 car seats in the backseat makes us "Dads" proud, especially on Fathers Day 2020!
Hey Alex. Looks like VRP no longer offers this valve body 😢. Ideas?
So I just did this upgrade, love it. But I actually got a little class from the guy who makes these valve body mods. So long story short it does not make the car shift faster. It shifts sooner…
you gain higher line pressures, and since this occurs, it also cuts down on the heat that can be created from sloppy stock shifts that can wear down clutches and bands inside the automatic transmission. the longer it takes to shift under power, the more heat is created.
Now he did say multiple people have said it helped with their track times, but it’s hard to say if this mod alone did because of so many other factors and it will be very extensive to really test the science behind the theory.
Either way it’s a good supporting mod to have especially with heavily modded cars, will help extend trans life and who knows maybe it does factor in on the track, I’d like to think so but when I got the lesson I understood the purpose he built these for are not to make the car faster which is why he does not advertise it that way.
Hi. I have a cls55 amg 2005. Can i use the same valve body?
You should be able to, they have the same transmission.
Great job Alex. Renntech will be upgrading my CLS 63 AMG 722.9 transmission.
Patrick R 😻I love the CLS 63 do you have any videos on it?
@@davidadie9191 Thanks David, here is my RUclips Channel. Please subscribe. Enjoy. ruclips.net/channel/UCYKu2gs_CNFvzAP8XEphFEg
@@davidadie9191 I wanna upgrade my transmission for my cls550 before putting the renntech tune...do you think that will be a good idea
OK that is the tightest sounding V8 ever! would love to record a high def 5.1 recording of that
One of the best channels!
Keep going!
Btw i have a E320 CDI station, totally stock with 540.000km maybe someday I start to tinker with it
You better check in what state your little flaps in the intake manifold are.. They tend to break and send the engine to the engine heaven. Repaired bunch of W211 with that problem.
What a huge difference. On a car to be driven around town I'd get tired of that lurching really quick. You mentioned you can still feel it a tiny bit, and that's OK, but the lurching was too much. PS ~ whatever the mini-me was doing he was sure having fun with daddy! :-)
Alex, your content is the best. A quick question. How does the stock dipstick tool work with the new, higher capacity, pan? Shouldn't there be a special one for the new pan?
It's only the upper level the dipstick measures, so there's no need for any other dipstick. The dipstick doesn't care that there's added oil capacity below the upper level, if that makes sense.
hello! if you look at the transmission tool dipstick ,the black plastic strip that measures the oil at 35C and 80C ,stops in a notch at the top of the transmission conductor plate .Its hard to explain whitout seeing the plastic conductor plate ,it has a small plastic tube built in ,that the dipstick goes through and stops it from going all the way down to reach the bottom of the transmission oil pan ,so it measures like the other guy said only the top filling on the fluid level .If you dont see any fluid on the dipstick ,you might still have 2 liters of fluid below the end of the dipstick ,if the transmission is cold ,transmission fluid expands with temperature .
I think I've heard that when you reset your transmission it reads the first 40 shifts and that's what determines the driving style.
You surprised me when you ditched the trans pan gasket and went to RTV. I hate that stuff, it adds too much cleaning time when you have to remove a part.
Can u show how to fix the rear sunshade
Grant Bergschneider what’s it doing? On my w209 when it goes up sometimes I have to help it down
I have a 2001 e320 with no manual and I can't even figure out where the switch is for the sun shade. I think it might be broken anyway but no separate switch on the dash or console. The newer models I have seen the switch. It is very visible but mine not. Anybody know this years car?
My clk430 has this problem. Goes up and down fine.
But when you want to put it down, the screen does not go down with it. Any tips would be welcome.
It just doesn’t come up just stoped working one day
There’s no denying how absolutely gorgeous the E55 is, but honestly I’m really digging the CDI on those 5 spoke amg alloys, looks so clean!!
More M156 content please! Specifically change of camshafts and valves, lifters :) thank you for all the great work.
Same! Can we do this on the m156!?
Wait why don't u like the neck breaking feeling?
Elipz cause it’s annoying. Why would you want to be jolted back and forth driving in traffic
@@e32amgfinatic ya but if u wanna show off that would be good
@@elipz916 You wanna show off just hit the throttle enough said
If you like transmissions that jerk in gear shifts then you should probably take a ride in a 2005 Aston Martin Vanquish.
he has said this isnt intended to be a track car, it's supposed to be a mental daily driver, so, stupid fast but civil
08:15 That would be my question:
Can you program the ECU to rev match at the downshifts.
The CLK 63 AMG already used a 7-Speed but didnt rev match at downshift. The newer E63 Coupes did that and it is a huge improvement in driveability.
Finding someone who is able to programm rev matching into the older style 5- and 7-Speed transmission would be great
Is your TCU still stock, or has it been tuned? I’m curious how this VB would behave in combination with a Eurocharged TCU tune vs stock tune. The tune claims some of the same benefits as the VB alone.
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@@matteozig After watching the video again, I caught were he states he doesn't have a tune in the TCU and that the new VB doesn't require a tune. That's great news because a tune is more $$$.
Alex, does your undertray still fits, or you had to cut it? Thanks
I know this is a old video but would it work on a dodge with the nag1 transmission?
Does the intermission music need to be twice as loud as the normal audio?
Hi there how come VRP doesnt offer the valve body anymore?
Is the VRP valve body upgrade no longer available?
Aleks dose this valve body work on s55 amg as well ?
Yes
@@LegitStreetCars Do you think this would work on the 722.5?
Since the dipstick reads off the bottom of the pan, should you read the dipstick differently?
hello! if you look at the transmission tool dipstick ,the black plastic strip that measures the oil at 35C and 80C ,stops in a notch at the top of the transmission conductor plate .Its hard to explain whitout seeing the plastic conductor plate ,it has a small plastic tube built in ,that the dipstick goes through and stops it from going all the way down to reach the bottom of the transmission oil pan ,so it measures like the other guy said only the top filling on the fluid level .If you dont see any fluid on the dipstick ,you might still have 2 liters of fluid below the end of the dipstick ,if the transmission is cold ,transmission fluid expands with temperature .
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For those of us who know absolutely nothing about how an automatic transmission works, when you have the valve body removed but all the parts installed would be a great opportunity for a bit of education. Watching you unbolt and bolt things is entertaining and all, but the point where I wanted some elucidation was time-lapse free RUclips music.
Dan is at the point - I would love to see here more education like this
Great video. And I loved the cameo on Samcrac ‘s channel.
what's your final take on this SGA150 valve body (VRP)?
ALMOST as clean with that RTV application as the RTV robots. ALMOST
Watching your videos gave me the confidence to go buy my dream car, got a g55 and the m113k is an amazing engine. Hope to see some g wagons on the here sometime lol
Hey Alex! Will this valvebody work with the tcu tune?
Nice vid man. Thinking of doing this to my E320 CDI. Pretty sure it needs some valve body work anyway as it shifts really harsh when cold. Fluid is fresh so next thing to try is valve body rebuild or replace.
If its minor harsh then its normal, cause mines does it like the first 5 mins of driving first gear acts sluggish, and I already did a valve body,filter, clean soilenoids & and change pan oil(not a full flush but most of the fluid) shifts quick for a 5 speed made in 2004. Not as quick as modern 600hp cars but I can't complain.
Every time I watch a video of yours it just makes me want to save up and get a lift for the garage. I'm too old to be on the ground now.
This is the video I've been waiting for. I've always wanted an W210 E55 AMG and my biggest concern was the slow trans. Now I know theirs a fix since its the same trans. Thanks Alex!!
No problem Aaron. Just understand that the shifts are quick but you will feel the trans downshift when you are coasting to a stop.
Oh so this will fit our w210 E55 trans? Perfect!
Your boy is adorable!
But I am wondering, do you have any fear of RTV bits coming out inside of the transmission and causing weird problems over time? That's a concern I've heard from some grumpy old mechanics, which ring true to me, another grumpy old [ex]mechanic. I realise that is entirely possible that we're behind the times, and this black RTV is actually good stuff when used properly.
I'd really love to make my old CLK shift more sportily. My first CLK had some mods and shifted [mostly] spectacularly, although it had a weird hesitation between 2nd and 3rd, which I believe is probably related to transmission fluid getting into that big cable connector as it always does. It's presently kind of a parts car for my newer CLK, so I have not found out yet.
On a side note, do you have concerns about the failing O-ring for the oil pickup on the M113K? I watched two videos on this and the cure was installing a viton o-ring. It's scary that these engines don't have a low oil pressure sensor. BTW, love the videos. I have 2006 E55 AMG with a E63 bumper conversion, silver.
Good to see a Chicago RUclipsr. Making the most of even the winter. And ripping through the forest preserve on the north west side haha!!!
Keep up the good work mate love your E55 makes me want to drive mine more
I have the SHR valvebody in my 2013 charger 392, and using HP tuners I had my tuner soften the 2-1 and the 3-2, quicken the 2-3 and 3-4 and remove 3rd gear converter lockup. After the some driving the car shifts great, and is decently smooth. It still downshifts firm but is much closer to stock and shifts very fast at WOT. Too bad they cant be easily tuned on the older cars.
Viste le tue origini italiane, come prossimo progetto potresti prendere in considerazione una Alfa Romeo 166/164 V6? Oppure una 75 (si chiama Milano negli USA)?
Secondo me sarebbe una grande sfida per te e per il canale.
Ciao Alessà!
I have a 2009 w211 e350 I wish I had the e55 but the gas would break my wallet.. By the way I love ❤Mercedes Benz AWSOME cars
I wondering..part number to fast shifting valve body and solenoids..
I have 722.6 (2004)..e500 4matic..
It with or with out sonax speed sift kit?.
So..no instaled sonax kit with new solenoid give fault P2106 damper solenoid..thanks info
I drive my 08 S550 8,000, 96 S500 7,000, and 99 SL500 about 6,000
My 2005 E320 CDI does 35K miles per year. I really like the deep trans pan and will get one. I am never selling my car😁
Thanks for sharing im trying to install the transgo kit for the 722.6 transmission on a 2005 cdi I appreciate you knowledge,
From Canada 🇨🇦 thanks
Alex, I thought that if oil doesn't show up on the dip stick that means you needs to get a longer dipstick until it shows up. I'm confused.
Good morning. I’m following you by a while; now I might be involved first person. With a E430 4Matic I'm goign to puchase Could you be glad on explaing if I could use the same valve body you have used only?
I’d like to get the same results/performance of the last video.
Cheers.
[EDIT] ..no one ??!!
I have a 2003. Original everything, no dings, 110k miles. CA always garaged. New condition throughout.
10:05 BRUH look at the rear end squatting and when he lets off it goes back up! Man, I'm 5k away of getting the E55 I really want.
In black with 72k miles, 05 E55, fully stock un touched and has highway miles only
So I’m getting a stage 2 valve body for a ProCharged Jeep Srt Nag1 5 speed with Converter for boost. Do you think shifts will be more better? Jeep is only 700hp. Yes I will be buying from SHR
been thinking about a valve body for my 09 nag1 in the challenger srt8. i have it tuned with the transmission turned pressures turned all the way up and a throttle booster as well....frankly my transmission shifts great as is. the harder you drive it the better it shifts. the Mercedes blue top solenoids would be something nice. thinking of longevity. my 09 only has 17400 original miles on it as of 3-13-23.
Hey Alex, as a W211 owner I'm loving your videos but your article on Chicago taxes is pretty short sighted! Try living in the UK! Not only is fuel here super expensive, the feds take a slice of every pie they can! It costs me £260 (US$320) a year just to tax it, and the law changed a couple years ago so that the tax on a vehicle doesn't stay with it. That means I tax the car from the start of the month but the seller only gets a rebate from the end of the month. So every time a car changes hands the feds make a months worth of tax, which for some cars like your AMG, which would cost over £500 (nearly US$700!) a year to tax, is a fair chunk! Then there's insurance, new car taxes which are huge and they still put frigging salt on the roads that ruin our already expensive cars and make the true cost of ownership excessive. That is why many cars end up in the wreckers prematurely...
Nice work as always! Would be fun to see what they did to the valvebody, now that you have extra, compare it to stock.
is it me or it looks like here is a crack in the middle front of the pan?
It's rtv
Who was that cute midget in your garage? At first I thought he was squirting you but then it looked like he had a remote controle running you around the garage. Lol.
I have a 2001 e320 sport and when I floor it I swear it sounds like double clutching a manual gearbox. These aren't dual clutch gearboxes are they? Oh ya. The valve body and shifter mechanism were replaced about 5k miles back.
I'm 16, I'm from Denmark, one of these is 230.000 Kr is around $38K. When I have money and time I gonna buy one! I love the e55, i dont like the c63 or e63... the e55 is the way to go
SADLY the company stopped producing these performance valve bodies. I was looking for one for my 99 300D so i can run bug boost on the stock trans… :(
DOES anybody know if this VALVE BODY will work for a dodge charger that has a NAG-1... PLEASE LET ME KNOW tia
Damn bro! After i watched your first vid of the upgraded vb i ended up buying one from somewhere else. Now your making another vid with a different vb? Now, im stuck with this old one!
Send it back?
Hey Alex,
I’ve got a 2005 E55 AMG. I want to do these mods on the car. The link provided has expired or no longer exists.
Please send me the Infos.
Thanks!
I have 03 s55 transmission delayed engagement and jerking up and down shifts , do you think it bad valve body shifter solenoid???
Thank you
Its probably the speed sensor on the conductor plate is worn. New conductor plate should help with the bad downshifts. My E55 sucks shifting down from 3-2 so I always downshift manually before it bucks... doesn't really bother me to be honest
Weird question probably but what do you do to dispose of all the old fluids you collect? I'm in a Chicago suburb as well and I can't find anyone willing to take it....I just do a phantom drop off at Jiffy Lube in the middle of the night, lmao!
Southern Hot Rod also makes a kick ass valve body for MB, can do factory or modified. I have an 06 Magnum SRT8 with a NAG1 and opted for the MOD6 with a set of MB blue top solenoids, 3000 stall converter and a MTCM, best $$ I’ve spent on the car to date, a total monster. Shifts are crisp and clean, downshifts a little harsh, but hopefully smoothes out the more I drive it.
E55 Videos 😍😍❤️
Does a CL55 AMG 2003 have the same transmission? Google says "maybe" - 722.6 or 722.643. Thanks!
Hi, w211 question, is there an eccentric adjustment or anything on the trunk. Mine is sitting high on the horizontal top surface on one side and I cant find anything at all on the web, heeelllllppppp 😊
Great channel, good banter by the way.
I am unable to find this valve body on victory road performance’s website. Can anyone help me out with that?
My only gripe with my 03 E55 is the 1972 Chevy Impala steering wheel…
Could this wheel be any thinner?
How is VRP profiting by making these parts? Are these just retrofitted from something else? I'm sure they won't sell hundreds or thousands of these so how are they recovering the R&D costs?
You can get a TCM2800 Transmission Controller and tune your own Trans in every way you'd want, do a search on MBworld, a few guys have them and you can find out where to buy them on there too. stumptownbenz.com/standalone-pcs-transmission-controller/#more-460
Bro I’m having a issue to where I can’t get my plates.. I have a p0600 code serial communication link and can’t figure it out. The battery was charged and they said it was good. It’s not draining or anything. You think it could be the backup battery that has low voltage IDK 😐
I'm still upset that AMG doesn't offer a manual option. It's almost like their main consumer is rich people who want a racecar, but have no clue how to drive a racecar.
Noneya their newer nag automatic transmissions shift dramatically faster then any manual transmission. Rich people don't buy Mercedes for racecar reasons, obviously if they did they'd just get a Porsche or something like that
@@box_of_rain5277 Automatics are nice for straight lines, but are outclassed in corners. I've embarrassed quite a few AMGs down the tail of the dragon in my 6 speed SLK
@@Yeetilini Yeah, I guess in the end it's just about what you can handle. Good point
Hi Alex. Am super interested in the first modded Valve body you swapped out before the new one in case you are selling it. wondering how I can check if it would be compatible to my 2008 G55. Pls PM me if this is something you may want to do. Thanks
A guy in Denmark makes a controller for the 722.6 gearbox. Full tune ability in downshifts,upshifts, shift speed and so forth. Also makes you able to install paddle shift. Check it out if it sounds interesting. ofgear.dk
Alex, that think sounds phenomenal!! It sounds like it really winds before the 2-3 upshift.
10 second E55, please and thank you
Hello I need some help if you can please, I replace my conductor plait on my e55 2003 , and now it’s stuck in 1 gear the sport/ manual button does not work and on the D won’t shift between gears , I got the parts from fcpeuro what could it be do I need that start program or what you can suggest???
I didn't realize previously that Alex was remotely controlled by his son...
How much torque can the 722.6 trans take?? When should I start to build it if I want to mod the engine and how should I go about it??
Was your son attaching the magnetic pickup to your belt?? Lol
It was one of those 3 finger pickup tools
Firm shifts always better than slipping transmission. The downshifts are a little lazy on the 5-speed verse the newer 7G but the 5 speed takes the abuse like no tomorrow.
Are the manual shifts quicker too? Or is the bottle neck the from the computer?
You could record the sound of that V8 and sell it to movie studios or production companies, it sounds fantastic!
Hey Alex , why your link for the VRP Street Valve Body don't work? Did they not offer anymore ?
what did you use for resetting the adaptations? or is it possible without a tool?
I guess VRP stoped selling 722.6 larger trans pan. Link doesn’t work and can’t find it on their site.
Did you try the valve body along with a transmission flash? if so, how much better did it improve the shifting
What about the pickup? doesn't it need an extension?
hello! if you look at the transmission tool dipstick ,the black plastic strip that measures the oil at 35C and 80C ,stops in a notch at the top of the transmission conductor plate .Its hard to explain whitout seeing the plastic conductor plate ,it has a small plastic tube built in ,that the dipstick goes through and stops it from going all the way down to reach the bottom of the transmission oil pan ,so it measures like the other guy said only the top filling on the fluid level .If you dont see any fluid on the dipstick ,you might still have 2 liters of fluid below the end of the dipstick ,if the transmission is cold ,transmission fluid expands with temperature .
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