Klinh

I think I can understand what he meant. If one ask him which one of his cars is faster and he said the Clk550 is faster then the "AMG". Well, the AMG were support to be a special car because is carry an "AMG" badges and got beat by a non-AMG model. Seriously, I would be disappointed too if let just said my Clk is an Clk550 and it beat my Slk55.

Klinh

On that link...........blkclk550 claimed tho beat an E63. I have a hard time with is....


Damn!!!

my list

1. 335i
2. 335i JB4 Map 7 100 octane
3. Bolt on 370z Nismo
4. Bolt on E46 M3
5. BMW X5 M
6. G37 sedan
7. G37 Coupe
8. Bolt on evo 9
9. E92 M3
10. E55 AMG
11. 330i
12. S4
13. RS4
14. Moded Cobalt SS
15. E63 AMG

kbahl21

+1, thats all that matters at the end of the day

elijah

I raced a clk550 last year, well tbh it was a 500 but its the same thing. From a red light he got the jump and stayed 3/4 of a car ahead of me.
Next week I came back with a ECU tune from Powerchip and spanked him from the redlight onto the highway and every highway pull I had him by 3-4cars.
So I do spank 550s...

Klinh

I don't know which country you're from but in the US, the Clk500 and Clk550 is not the samething. There's an 80 hp different. Only in Euro that is the samething.

Kevwood

Overseas and here in Dubai the 07+ 550's are still called 500's (S, CL, SL, CLK, etc.). They have the 5.5 but the badge did not change.

Klinh

Yeah..........I do know that. I said Euro as in general other country and not US.

F1Bobby

I do! The C55 is been with me for a few years now and the CLK550 I got a couple weeks ago. The CLK550 is a fun car for sure and I enjoy it very much but the C55 has a special place in my heart...

elijah

Like Kev said here in Europe late model MB's still carry the 500 badge. The U.S. to my knowledge is the only country that carries 550 even tho the 500 has the same updated engine and same specs. Americans just like bigger numbers...

kbahl21

its makes more sense lol...


- There isnt any independant test on the 550. Even the euro tests on the 500 say "manufacturer stated" for all the speed tests

PC Valkyrie

Thanks. I just looked up Car & Driver road tests.

E550 coupe (MB curb weight = 3773lbs)
0-60mph: 4.8 sec
1/4 mile: 13.3 sec @108mph
5-60mph: 5.1 sec

C55 AMG (MB curb weight = 3540lbs)
0-60mph: 4.7 sec
1/4 mile: 13.3 sec @ 108mph
5-60mph: 4.9 sec

CLK550 (MB curb weight = 3720lbs)
0-60mph: ?
1/4 mile: ?
5-60mph: ?


The CLK550 is not that much lighter than the E550 coupe, so I doubt the CLK550 is SO MUCH faster than the E550 or C55 AMG.

c552slick

Few members ran 13 flat on a stock clk550 vert and they are much heavier than the coupe....
time to sell my C55

F1Bobby

Just seems to me that my C55 is a bit quicker feeling. Just sayn!

Rudeney

I think it all depends on your definition of "destroy", and I don't think a CLK550 would "destroy" a C55. In (American) football terms, it's more like a 21-20 win, where to "destroy" would be more like a 35-0 shutdown.


In a straight-line race, the AMG transmission is going to shift faster between single gears, but the 7Gtronic can do something the AMG-modified 722.6xx can't do - it can skip gears. The 5-speed has to go sequential up or down one gear step at a time. The 7G can skip up to two gears, so it can downshift directly from 5th to 2nd without stopping at 4th or 3rd. This can make a huge difference, but not in a zero-start drag race.

Probably, except the balance of the W203 is not as good - it's a bit more nose-heavy. The CLK550 is 52/48 where the C55 is 55/45.

I know I found one when I was shopping form my CLK. I'll keep looking. It was fairly interesting as the writer went into this whole dissertation about how in the past, the CLK got a bit of a short-billing with it's non-supercharged 5.5l in the AMG option, and now it gets the full Monty as the CLK63.

kbahl21

Road & Track Tested the E550 Coupe at
0–60 runs of 4.7 seconds
quarter mile in 13.1 sec @ 108.9 mph

Hopefully this sunday i will be borrowing friends VBOX. Ill post my times soon

Kevwood

Well said. I see the words "killed", "destroyed", "blew away" used to describe races all the time. I don't think many guys actually go to a track and race, it's mostly all light to light or from a roll on a highway. If these guys went to an actual track and ran the 1320 they would see that a win by a car length or two is hardly "destroying" anyone. Put a second or more in between You and the guy in the next lane, that's getting beat down...

Looking forward to seeing what you can do with the cool weather.

c552slick

yeah that clk550 probably had cams....

Nachtsturm

I would have no problem running a CLK550.

Has anyone taken their CLK550 to the dragstrip?

I drove, a CLK550, it did not seem faster than a CLK55 stock for stock. Pretty comparable. THe CLK550 was definitely more floaty though.

c552slick

yup..

http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Be...ag-Racing.html

Nachtsturm

I say they are pretty comparable.

The fastest one traps as I do. I did cut a better 60' on a/s though.

His D/A was also better than mine. 371 ft.

The D/A on my sig time was 1200 ft.

Here ia my drag strip thread.
https://mbworld.org/forums/clk55-amg...rag-strip.html

Hopefully I'll have a run with one some day.

c552slick

that would make you about 2-3 cars behind.

Nachtsturm

Lol. Less than 1.5 tenths is not 3 cars. Keep in mind not only was my d/a worse, the wind was horrible the day I went to the strip.

For giggles I used that D/A correction calculator on drag times.

My CLK55 AMG - 12.878 @ 109.644 MPH

His CLK550 - 12.839 @ 109.051 MPH

Driver's race IMO.

c552slick

you do have more goodies =D i would love to see clk550 with same mods as you.

Nachtsturm

Only big difference is is my kleemann mid length headers. He has a pulley, I don't, so amount of goodies is the same.

c552slick

you have Kleeman tune he has some speed tuning tune.