Agree. A business partner of mine has a SL65 w/ RennTech Pullies, chip and pipes and it is sic fast. It is his ride of choice and in his garage is a Ford GT, Carrera GT, F430, F575 and a 66 Fastback Mustang. Not bad stuff for sure.

 

Damm quite a choice to be driving over those cars haha, i just love SL's especially 65's ROOL:

 

Problem with these cars is the weight 4500lbs!! Quick search showed 0-60 in 4.2 second for the SL65. They FEEL incredibly fast on a roll because of the monster toqrue but drag kills them on the top end. This has to be the top cab (although not the fastest) on the planet ... the torque and the sound just rock! Still no match for a Porsche.

 

I dont see how that's possible considering motortrend got a SL600 bone stock to do 0-60 in 3.6 sec's

 

May be their test equipment is broken .. they got the same number for the Z
Here is what the AMG website says:


"A limited-production supercar, the SL65 AMG features the most powerful Mercedes-Benz SL model in production.
Its 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-12 engine delivers over-the-top power and performance, sending the SL65 AMG from 0 to 60 in a mind-numbing 4.2 seconds. The engine, capable of 604 horsepower and 738 lb-ft of torque, features a high-strength, balanced forged-steel crankshaft, with high-performance main and connecting rod bearings and forged-aluminum AMG pistons, high-capacity fuel injectors with enlarged nozzles and a low-temperature high-capacity air-water intercooler. "

 

SL65 60mph-130mph in the mid 9s stock.

This car will hand every stock Porsche (with the lone exception of the Carrera GT) its ***.

And the Z06 is ever so slightly quicker than the SL65. 0-60 is a bull**** performance measurement.

 

Hmm maybe it was broken, but AMG under rates all of their cars, look at the E55 in tests and what they claim. This is car and driver's test for sl65 amg

Vehicle type: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door roadster
Price as tested: $186,870 (base price: $182,720)
Engine type: twin-turbocharged and intercooled SOHC 36-valve V-12, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 365 cu in, 5980cc
Power (SAE net): 604 bhp @ 5500 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 738 lb-ft @ 2000 rpm

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Transmission:5-speed automatic with
manumatic shifting
Wheelbase: 100.8 in
Length/width/height :178.5/71.5/51.0 in
Curb weight: 4494 lb

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Zero to 60 mph: 3.8 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 8.2 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 13.4 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 4.3 sec
Standing 1/4-mile: 11.9 sec @ 123 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 156 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 160 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.93 g
EPA fuel economy, city driving: 12 mpg
C/D-observed fuel economy: 13 mpg


SL 600:
For that guy, the SL600 is just about perfect.

Vehicle type: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door roadster
Price as tested: $136,870 (base price: $129,270)
Engine type: twin-turbocharged and intercooled SOHC 36-valve V-12, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection
Displacement: 336 cu in, 5513cc
Power (SAE net): 493 bhp @ 5000 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 590 lb-ft @ 1800 rpm

Transmission: 5-speed automatic with
manumatic shifting
Wheelbase: 100.8 in
Length/width/height: 178.5/72.0/51.0 in
Curb weight: 4501 lb

Zero to 60 mph: 3.6 sec
Zero to 100 mph: .8.6 sec
Zero to 120 mph: .11.9 sec
Street start, 5-60 mph: 4.5 sec
Standing 1/4-mile: 11.9 sec @ 120 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 155 mph
Braking, 70-0 mph: 178 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.88 g
EPA fuel economy, city driving: 13 mpg
C/D-observed fuel economy: 14 mpg

 

This car is a tank. It only has about 520rwhp and it's 4500 pounds. A nice 996 with 500whp should be able to blow the doors off an SL65 from 0-whatever. It's all about power to weight, and I should know because my car is on the top 15 lightest Supra list at 3380 pounds and that's with no weight reduction.

I'd be willing to run one if anyone has one, on my lowest possible setting which is 520rwhp.

Speaking of power to weight, just as an example, I ran a 450rwhp RX-7 that weight 2700 pounds and it was freaking ***** fast. I whooped him though with 4 people in my car

 

I remember you brother. Thanks for the welcome!

 

Wait im confused, you were giving an example of power to weight with RX7, but then said you whooped him, where's the example

 

RX would have 6lbs/hp and Supra has 4.8lbs/hp ... so therefore he must have had 3 asian chicks as passengers to easily win

 

I have 700rwhp and he has 400rwhp. Yeah I beat him, but the car was very fast. That's my point. Had he been a 33xx pound car like mine it would have been an outright slaughter.

I'm comparing power to weight, get it?

 

if I'm not mistaken, treynor got an 11.6 out of his stock S600 before he got DR's and rennteched it

 

There are no NHRA classes that allow passengers in a car for drag racing. Street racing is not drag racing!

 

I had typed a bunch of crap by why argue about a 4500 pound car.

Cya round Craig, too bad you didn't get a shot at the SL brother.