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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:22 AM
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i was having some fun on a forgoten road and decided to see how fast i could go, well i hit 164mph and still could go more only i had run out of room. i thought these cars have a limiter at 155??
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:38 AM
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Are you the first owner? If not, maybe someone delimited it along the way.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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speedo could be off if you have taller tires.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 03:38 PM
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1995 C 36 AMG; 1992 W124 300E (M103 Ex Mosselman TT KIT) was 320hp @10psi now stock :(
well my friend hit 280km/h in his C32 AMG, and i think it was bone stock, seems many AMG are delimited.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 05:45 PM
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ive also passed the 155mph mark....
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 07:07 PM
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I have as well, but I'm not the first owner
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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maybe mercedes got lazy towards the end...lol.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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I have a 2002, I do have 18's though, so I don't know if that has any thing to do with it. I'm sure I got over 160mph though.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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Limited is removed on mine, but I still haven't gone past 155MPH... The roads out here don't really permit that type of speeding.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 12:22 AM
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Mine is a 2002 and it stoped right at 155???
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 01:09 AM
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Mine is a 2002 and it stoped right at 155???
Same here, but it *definitely* wanted to keep on pulling
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 01:51 AM
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I've heard even a stock C32 can reach 180 or so MPH once delimited...

Anyone know exactly what the 722.6 transmission is geared for?
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 02:02 AM
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I've heard even a stock C32 can reach 180 or so MPH once delimited...

Anyone know exactly what the 722.6 transmission is geared for?
I could've sworn reading ~173MPH with the stock rear-end, tranny and rim size, but I'm not sure.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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i am the third owner for this car. i thought it was pretty cool to have gone past the limiter though
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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Here we go,click on these links to see theTOP SPEED in two languages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PszPhdCv1s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXgR3_IGCQc
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 02:24 AM
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you sure you werent going downhill?
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 08:39 AM
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Old Mar 18, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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Mine does not seem to have a speed limiter either.

Larger diameter tires will not affect the speed limiter as indicated on the speedometer. it will still stop at 155 on the speedo (even if you're actually going 160-170 by GPS reading)

to test, just put the car on jackstands and rev it up.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by c32kompressor
i was having some fun on a forgoten road and decided to see how fast i could go, well i hit 164mph and still could go more only i had run out of room. i thought these cars have a limiter at 155??
funny you mentioned because I've passed 160 mph on my car aswell (my radar detector has gps and the speed on the gps sensor matched the speedo. I bought the car from the first owner (an old man that never passed 80mph on it ) so i think some cars did not come with limiter from the factory that would explain that.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by mikekuriger

to test, just put the car on jackstands and rev it up.

LOL i do NOT recommend trying to hit your top speed on while just on jack stands...just take it to the dyno and see what you can get on the top of 5th.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:40 AM
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LOL i do NOT recommend trying to hit your top speed on while just on jack stands...just take it to the dyno and see what you can get on the top of 5th.
thats funny I didnt think somebody would actually do it but hey tell me how how that one turns out.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 01:40 PM
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lol ill be sure to tell you hahaha
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 11:07 PM
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thats funny I didnt think somebody would actually do it but hey tell me how how that one turns out.
Just make sure to get a video of the speedometer. Will be the worlds fastest C32...
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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165 mph...could have kept going but the wife woke up from the wind noise of the sunroof. Oh, same route going back...155 mph..due to high winds


Been through the desert on a horse with no name.
Felt good to be out of the rain.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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yeah im trying this weekend ill get a video if i can
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