jmf003

We had sunny skies and cool temperatures both last Saturday and today so I spent a little time at Milan Dragway with my SL55 VR600+. On my way home I realized that between the two weekends I had the lowest ET 8 times out of 8 when lined up against other cars.

My car runs 11.6s to 11.7s for the most part with an absolute best ET of 11.4 so any car that runs low 11s or better would light me up. I just didn't happen to run against anyone quite that fast.

The 8 "kills" included:

• Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 (he came closest with an 12.2 run trapping at a strong 124 mph)
• 1970 Chevy Nova with a 383 (he ran 12.4)
• Olds 442 (he ran 12.9; he was almost as loud as the non-street legal cars...must have been running an open exhaust)
• C4 Chevy Corvette with a 383
• Pontiac Firebird
• GMC 1500 pickup truck (had 16" drag radials but only good for 15.9 @ 90 mph)

Not a bad showing for a 4,300 lb luxury car.

There was another R230 was at the track today, an SL550. He ran a 13.2 second 1/4 mile which would be a new Dragtimes record for an SL550 if he posts it. A nice run for him. Mercedes did a good job with the 550 engines.

regor60

He must have gotten traction at 1/8

jmf003

60' times were 2.0 for him versus 1.7 for me. I gained another tenth by the 330' then maintained that difference through the 1/4 mile. So not the best start for him but he had pretty much settled in by the 330.

HLG600

Nice driving.

TMC M5

Nice kills!!! I am sure the other guys were more than a little surprised that they were smoked by a luxurious MB with a retractable hard-top.

Tom

JG26_Irish

Nicely done mate! You said you were driving a SL55 VR600+? Please forgive my ignorance, but is it stock? What year and engine is your SL55 AMG? Does it have the SC'ed V8 (like the E55?) or is it a n/a V8? What is VR600+?

I am just wondering as any stock AMG car that can run mid 11's is one that I want to keep on my radar for future acquisition, lol

Irish

jmf003

Milan is the closest drag strip to Detroit and the cars that run there are predominately Detroit brands. There are usually a few scattered Japanese cars in the staging lanes but rarely any German cars, other than mine.

There are usually a handful of folks who know what an AMG is and their first question is usually whether I'm stock.

Most other folks notice that the SL is roughly similar in size to a Ford Mustang--177" L x 71" W x 50" H for the SL versus 188" L x 74" W x 55" H for the Mustang--and figure it will be about as fast. Most of them are surprised it can run 11s.

Actually my car is heavily modified. I should probably list the mods in my signature. It's a 2003 SL with the 55 Kompressor V8. VR600 is a tuning package from VRP that includes:

• 175 mm Crankshaft Pulley
• K&N HiFlow Filters
• VRP/Powerchip software tune
• Shorty Headers
• 80 mm TB kit

I stick the "+" on the end just as a point of information to indicate that I have some additional mods beyond the base package.

To run 11s with a stock AMG you'd want the V12 twin turbo SL65 or another one of the 65 AMGs. The non-AMG SL600 also has a V12 twin turbo that can run 11s with just an ECU tune.