V12Godspeed

Haha!! I am trying not to for sure. Car is very civilized as it is. I might do coolers, intake, ECU& TCU and she where it goes. Don't want to do turbo upgrade and such as summer is around the corner and just looking to enjoy the car. I have been wrenching for quite some time with various cars and want to take a small break. I think with these V12s if you could loose a few pounds here and there they will turn out quite nice. Maybe I'll focus on that

kamilclk430

Nice! That all sounds good, if you have a diet that works for this car I'm all ears cause we both have the same issue with weight. I'm gonna go ahead with coolers and turbos in June when it gets hot and my fiance is less stressed after the wedding lol

V12Godspeed

Some things that could replace for track use only:

-Wheels are definitely anchors- I think they are like 37lbs each
-Seats- 75-80 +/- lbs each
-Spare tire- another 30-40 lbs
-Rotors- Not sure there is a lighter version out there
-Battery- 50 lbs- not sure if a Braille would work to charge the V12 Ignition system
-ABC system? Thats a little extreme!

Right there you will ditch about 400lbs.

Then of course comes the question if she will run the same times in street trim vs Track...most likely not.

kamilclk430

-Wheels are definitely anchors- I think they are like 37lbs each
This one is very doable by having a drag pack in the garage ready to go

-Seats- 75-80 +/- lbs each
How hard are the seats to take out and put back in do you think the C63 Seats would fit and function are those any lighter? or maybe the CLk63 AMG Seats?

-Spare tire- another 30-40 lbs
I got that out I have the rear tank for cooling lol took out useless weight to replace it with weight that can give at least give me something lol

-Rotors- Not sure there is a lighter version out there
I don't think I want to go that far but would be interesting to see whats out there when doing the brakes you might as well do lighter stuff

-Battery- 50 lbs- not sure if a Braille would work to charge the V12 Ignition system
Thats a good question I will ask Marcin to see if this would work, the OEM battery needs a crane to get pulled out

-ABC system? Thats a little extreme!
Its a ****ty system anyway that will break and cost millions to fix if it goes a coilover swap or air ride would be something to think about

ss.dna02

Im not to knowledgeable in the CL65. Anyone got production numbers?

Alex L

I believe Giro Disc makes a set of bolted rotors with aluminum hats for 215 55k. Worth giving them a call to see if they can do a set for 65. I am making my own floating discs. OEM 55k rotors weigh an absolute ton (only fronts are 44 lbs each). 65 will be even heavier.

V12Godspeed

Absolutely, the V12 is very heavy, just imagine even dropping the weight by 12-15lbs each corner, along with a nice set of light wheels.

Thanks for the info.

hpV12

Jody bro, congrats! She looks clean. Why the front plate?

kamilclk430

Just noticed tht, yea what's up with that? lol

V12Godspeed

I tried to get away with no front plates but they are really crakin down here with that. I don;t want to get pulled over every other block for no plates. lol

benz_addict

awesome car man

Thericker

Jody says (In Butthead voice) "Uhhh Kirk to Scotty... Kirk to Scotty.. I need more speed, bunghole!"
Scotty replies (In Beavis voice) "Eye' Eye' Capn' removing Restrictor Plate & Intake Manifold collectors cools the Reactor Core, increasing Dilithium Crystal efficiency & WARP capacity"

V12Godspeed

You killing me!!!

My IC pump is shot...you could feel car at high speeds from 3800 to 7K just hits a wall. Changing pump this weekend and a rear tank.

kamilclk430

Nice, what's next? I started with cooling on mine as well as first mods.

chawkins2001

Congrats sir, love the W215 CL V12's.

V12Godspeed

I will take out cats just not sure If I want the catless odor.

When I add the IC and reservoir will hit the track. My previous black CL with no cats and reservoir, drag radials ran consistent 11.5 at 122.

V12Godspeed

Thanks!

RaceHorse

The poor guy is like a recovering alcoholic showing up at a bar to say what's up to some friends and socialize. Every keeps attacking him "Let's do a shot! Do a shot!" Your in the wrong place to try and keep that car stock while everyone is yelling MOD, MOD, MOD!!!

kamilclk430

And tune correct?

bzliteyear

Welcome back. How did you find it?
PL

V12Godspeed

LMAO. The peer pressure is definitely there but I must resist.

V12Godspeed

I want to run it stock (no software) and see if this one will be a freak like my Black one. lol

V12Godspeed

Just searched Autotrader and had never seen a white one for sale in reachable price, this one was good price, a little on the high miles but was a CPO and took the chance.

kamilclk430

What did your black one do with no software?

V12Godspeed

11.5@122 with mods mentioned above, minor.