Yeah, I check this site once in a blue moon these days. I still have a Benz, but it's an E320 4Matic Waggy for the family. My fun car is an Evo... which suits me well.

Anyway, Manley made my custom rods & titanium valve springs.

I did send in a stocker to Venolia, along with the requirements for the slightly larger bore and to use Total Seal rings. They were definitely top notch in construction, way lighter, way beefier, with a custom dish. I am bummed I never got the chance to push that lower end harder before the car caught fire.

I was tuning the ECU with racegas to go to the track the day I caught fire. I can tell you this... it would have at least been into the mid to low 13's. Such a bummer.

Oh well... now I have a car that runs mid 12's.

Good luck with the project.

Jason