Typical stock CL600 rwhp?
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Typical stock CL600 rwhp?
I ask because I was about to have mine tuned yet it shoots past the 130 claimed limiter like nothing and pretty sure it can bury its speedo with ease. So I am wondering if the car is already tuned or just had the limiters removed.
I want to dyno it first and am curious whay kind of numbers it should be around? Its a standard Dynojet, not a Mustang Dyno or direct bolt to the hub dyno.
I want to dyno it first and am curious whay kind of numbers it should be around? Its a standard Dynojet, not a Mustang Dyno or direct bolt to the hub dyno.
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Curious to see what it makes, I never dynoed mine either before/after tune, but the driving difference is amazing. If you ever drove a stock one, you would know immediately if it's tuned lol. It's like 100 more hp, the wheelspin at 40-50mph is strong unless it has very sticky tires.
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My CL was around 400 RWHP and after a Renntech ECU/TCU tune it was around 525 RWHP. The tune totally transformed the car. Felt slow before the tune and much better and more responsive after.
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Read an interesting article on the CL600 twin turbo recently, which said the MB understated the true HP and torque of this model as they were scared it could affect the the AMG market. Car And Driver magazine got 540hp and 850nm torque out of it on a dyno. MB rated this car at 500hp and 800nm.
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2003 CL 600
Read an interesting article on the CL600 twin turbo recently, which said the MB understated the true HP and torque of this model as they were scared it could affect the the AMG market. Car And Driver magazine got 540hp and 850nm torque out of it on a dyno. MB rated this car at 500hp and 800nm.
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The engine made 540 in the maybach cars, it was probably making the same in the Benz line, but the previous "top dog" 55AGM was only making 493, so that's what the 600 got listed at. The stock whp figures are usually in line with 540 crank hp, same as the M285 in the maybach
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Right, except that's just not the case. Turbos and exhaust parts aren't different. Sales rhetoric is all that was.
