Welcome back to Warped Perception.
I got the idea to do this from the previous videos I've done.
See through engine.
And the see-through model rocket engine.
I had the idea to get a car.
And remove as much of the exterior as possible.
To reveal the suspension.
Drivetrain.
And Chassis.
Then I'm going to put the car through a few extreme tests.
And see what we get.
I think it's going to be really cool.
And I think we're going to learn something.
First thing I need is a car.
My friends at Mercedes-Benz of Chicago.
For this episode were nice enough.
To give me this car right here.
But not everything is perfect with this car.
Apparently it has already seen its day.
I have to make any necessary repairs.
Because.
This car is about to take a beating.
According to the repair order.
This car has two broken front Springs.
And ironically 4 bad shock absorbers.
Got to make sure we have enough windshield washer fluid in here for the road.
This car has been sitting here for two years.
Looks like we have an episode to make.
Are you ready to strip down a Mercedes?.
Yes.
No we got the car all cleaned up.
Ready to take it to the garage.
Aright so it looks like I didn't make it all the way.
This thing started overheating.
Somebody took the radiator hose off of it.
Oh well let's go get some antifreeze.
Good thing we're really close to Fletcher Jones.
Let's get this radiator hose plugged up.
We got the antifreeze.
Get this antifreeze in there.
Temperature looks good it's going down.
Alrighty we got the car up.
Let's do our preliminary inspection.
yeah something's not right in there.
Yeah so that spring is definitely broken.
The piece is still in there.
All we have to do is take this apart.
And get some new Springs in there.
And We're ready to go.
Alright there's our Springs.
I just want to make sure all of these covers are fastened down properly.
Before this thing hits the road.
And ready.
Oh yeah ready to hit the road.
Now that we got that all fixed.
Before I strip it down.
I'm going to take the car to our location.
See how it likes the terrain.
And the get a couple shots of it in its complete form.
We are here at the location.
And we're going to see just how much.
This Mercedes-Benz E-class likes this street.
Alright so it looks like after that one puny run.
Our car is overheating.
I think this has something to do with it here.
im thinking this Tube that goes between here and here.
Must be part of the cooling system.
Because it's overheating.
so What I did is.
I went to Home Depot.
And got this.
And a few fittings.
And I'm just going to outfit this with a.
A piece of tubing.
This brass nipple.
This hose right here.
I'm going to put a brass nipple right in here in this water neck.
And a brass nipple in this cooling Reservoir.
Then I'm just going to connect the hose in between the two.
And yeah I think we're set we're ready to go.
We have now arrived at one of the most exciting parts of our episode.
It's time to expose the inner workings of the Beast.
This is got to be one of the top three craziest ideas.
I've had yet.
Most of these things I do on my own.
But in this case.
I need some help.
Alright the whole thing comes off.
Go carry it Let's go.
Ready go all right.
Now for this next test.
I'm not going to run the length of the street.
I'm just going to hit one pothole.
And one particular pothole.
This one right here.
I saw this one a mile away.
This one is about eight or nine inches deep.
I'm going to try to hit this at about 20 miles per hour.
I think this is going to give us a great demonstration.
Of how the suspension components work in unison.
I don't think that at first we're going to get in the upward Force.
We're going to kind of get some lateral force in there.
And see how the suspension components deal.
With all of that shock.
And what they do with that energy.
So that's what we're going to do so let's go.
Okay so that was a little slow for my preference.
I got a little scared.
I thought the tire might pop.
And then I realized that this is a Mercedes.
That being said that last run was at about 10 miles an hour.
I'm going to jack this one up to about 20 or 25 miles per hour.
I think we're going to see some serious.
Some type of movement or something cool happening.
Now that I got that pothole run all done.
I'm just going to have fun with it.
I'm thinking I'm going to try to get this car airborne.
And the way I'm going to do that Is.
After looking at the street.
I realize that there's like a ramp right here.
If I drive in the opposite direction that I've been driving.
Which is going to be South instead of North.
I think I'll be able to catch some air.
I'm just a little bit worried because.
I don't want to bust up our air conditioning condenser.
Or bust up our radiator.
Because our air conditioning condenser is in such good condition as it is.
And yeah that's what I'm going to do.
Keep your fingers crossed.
And hope that I get air.
Alright so I shut it off right away.
I have some really crazy engine vibration.
I'm going to take a look and inspect the damage.
Let's look inside there.
And it looks like I bent the whole subframe.
Up about 4 to 5 about 4 inches.
Our whole radiator support has moved inward.
So our radiator is kind of tilted now.
I don't know over here.
I don't know if you can see that line right there.
Busted line hopefully that's not a power steering line.
Oh no you know what.
That's our AC line okay that's fine.
Well the good news is that our radiator isn't leaking.
The radiator is still intact.
Which means that the car is still in good.
Decent running condition.
But I think that's all of this street that this car is going to see.
I don't think it will take another run.
Since we really bent that subframe badly.
And yeah that's about it.
That concludes episode 1 of our See through Car Series.
But don't you worry episode 2 is coming up right after this one.
I am excited to see what the limit of this car is.
And just how much I can take before it breaks.
I'm going to be pushing this car harder and faster in every episode.
So make sure you subscribe.
And look out for those episodes.
Tell us what you think in the comments below.
Thanks for watching.
Chao Chao.