Finally pictures of my newest car - SL55
#31
08-24-2007, 11:10 PM
Originally Posted by 996TTDave
Well my car is going in for service on monday, i will address this issue heavily, so hopefully something will be done with it - regardless, after a few hard runs my s/c will usually shut down, so im sure there is something wrong with the ic pump
Well, I guess that does mean there is something wrong with it. It was designed wrong
. You know what your best option is though!
#33
08-25-2007, 12:48 AM
Originally Posted by 996TTDave
But i save on gas mileage Shane... i save on gas mileage 
I drive it because I like to!
#34
08-25-2007, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by mbSLRwannabe
your friend probably couldn't get his SLK to launch right. the SLK has a fairly slim set of tires (only 245's in the rear) and is prone to wheelspin at full throttle with all the torque. the weight difference between the SL55 and the SLK55 is HUGE. from a rolling start the SL would win, but from a dead stop, the SLK would win.
where am i getting my info?
pretty much all major car mag road test tested the SLK55 FASTER from 0-60mph AND 1/4 mile than pre-07 SL55's. go look up some time slips from dragtimes.com. i dont know of ANY pre-07 SL55's in stock form that can run 0-60mph in 4.3 seconds flat. car and driver tested the SLK55 from 0-60mph in 4.3 seconds (1/4 mile in 12.7 sec), and i was able to get the exact same result with my passport gtimer.
most SL55's that ran less than 12.9 seconds had kleemann or renntech mods. if you're talking about modified ones then that's a whole different thing.
the m6 runs 12.4 second 1/4 miles. you are telling me an SL55 runs a faster 1/4 mile than a BMW M6??
where am i getting my info?
pretty much all major car mag road test tested the SLK55 FASTER from 0-60mph AND 1/4 mile than pre-07 SL55's. go look up some time slips from dragtimes.com. i dont know of ANY pre-07 SL55's in stock form that can run 0-60mph in 4.3 seconds flat. car and driver tested the SLK55 from 0-60mph in 4.3 seconds (1/4 mile in 12.7 sec), and i was able to get the exact same result with my passport gtimer.
most SL55's that ran less than 12.9 seconds had kleemann or renntech mods. if you're talking about modified ones then that's a whole different thing.
the m6 runs 12.4 second 1/4 miles. you are telling me an SL55 runs a faster 1/4 mile than a BMW M6??
look at dragtimes.com ,i think there are some 12.5's on there fully stock.
Second, you are magazine racing, I am ACTUALLY racing. Did you not read that i've run my SL55 in at 12.4 and 12.5 consistently at both Silverdollar near Atlanta and at Lonestar Motorsports Park (the one Hennessey owns) just east of Houston, TX.
http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Be...slip-3174.html
... and great excuse, blame the driver of the SLK55... now I see how all these fights on M5Board and MBWorld get started between M drivers and E55AMG drivers.
#38
08-25-2007, 06:14 PM
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yes it was fully stock, i was running 20" Asanti wheels on 305/25 Continental ContiSport 3's.
No race gas, no ecu, no pulleys, no headers, nothing. Just normal 93 octane gas from Texas.
Higher octane gas won't do anything for you unless your ECU is tuned for it.
No race gas, no ecu, no pulleys, no headers, nothing. Just normal 93 octane gas from Texas.
Higher octane gas won't do anything for you unless your ECU is tuned for it.
#41
08-26-2007, 07:47 AM
Originally Posted by Fantasma
look at dragtimes.com ,i think there are some 12.5's on there fully stock.
Second, you are magazine racing, I am ACTUALLY racing. Did you not read that i've run my SL55 in at 12.4 and 12.5 consistently at both Silverdollar near Atlanta and at Lonestar Motorsports Park (the one Hennessey owns) just east of Houston, TX.
http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Be...slip-3174.html
... and great excuse, blame the driver of the SLK55... now I see how all these fights on M5Board and MBWorld get started between M drivers and E55AMG drivers.
Second, you are magazine racing, I am ACTUALLY racing. Did you not read that i've run my SL55 in at 12.4 and 12.5 consistently at both Silverdollar near Atlanta and at Lonestar Motorsports Park (the one Hennessey owns) just east of Houston, TX.
http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Be...slip-3174.html
... and great excuse, blame the driver of the SLK55... now I see how all these fights on M5Board and MBWorld get started between M drivers and E55AMG drivers.
and like 996TTDave said, there is no way an SL55 could match an E55's 1/4 mile time with all the extra weight.
plus, like i said before, an SL55 should be quite slower than the M6 with the SMG transmission which does 0-60 in 4.1 seconds and 0-100 in 8.9 seconds. the M6 runs the 1/4 mile in 12.4 seconds which you mention that the 493hp SL55 can get.
Last edited by mbSLRwannabe; 08-26-2007 at 07:52 AM.
#44
08-27-2007, 08:17 AM
Originally Posted by 996TTDave
the 20 extra on the tires wouldnt yeild too much of a gain the in 1/4 though, not a half second or so - but i dont doubt his claim, he has no reason to make it up
and while i agree the M6 is prob quicker, the reg M6 is not a drop top, so it doesnt weigh as much as the SL55 - a M6 cab is prob just as fast then an sl55 if not slower and regardless i was always a BMW fan, but imo the M6 and 6 series is altogether a terrible looking car... its a BMW camaro, and i mean that look at a camaro and look at the 6... its a camaro (oddly enough the 6 series shares EXACT demsions with a camaro... go figure )
lol had a slight tint... had it taken off never a fan of tint, although i left it on the rear window
and while i agree the M6 is prob quicker, the reg M6 is not a drop top, so it doesnt weigh as much as the SL55 - a M6 cab is prob just as fast then an sl55 if not slower and regardless i was always a BMW fan, but imo the M6 and 6 series is altogether a terrible looking car... its a BMW camaro, and i mean that look at a camaro and look at the 6... its a camaro (oddly enough the 6 series shares EXACT demsions with a camaro... go figure )
lol had a slight tint... had it taken off
never a fan of tint, although i left it on the rear window
while i agree with you that he has no reason to make it up, i still don't believe a pre-07 SL55 can match the numbers of an E55 and an M6.
