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Old Apr 23, 2003 | 09:50 AM
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What kind of top speeds have you achieved with removing vmax limiter from new supercharged vehicles? Or with other tuning?
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Old Apr 25, 2003 | 12:07 PM
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For the C-coupe the top speed is 149mph in Europe with no speed limiter.
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Old Apr 25, 2003 | 02:07 PM
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According to the speedo I hit 146 in an slk230K and that was at redline in 5th, I thought the computer was suppossed to cut it at 142, but then again at that speed the speedo could be inaccurate. But I still figured the engine would cut before it hit redline in 5th, either way that's my speed. It was a rush with the top down.
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Old Apr 25, 2003 | 05:22 PM
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My speedo read 120mph with a gps speed of 118.2mph. That error could account for your top speed being off that much.
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Old Apr 29, 2003 | 12:11 PM
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i managed 158 indicated on a steep downhill in my c230k auto..

maybe the amg kit made it go faster
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Old May 24, 2003 | 10:05 AM
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295+ on my C32-MKB
I'll try to take a picture for my new E55
and for nun-charged, my old E55 with MKB kit i reach 306 Km/h by GPS i remember the RPM was around 6000.

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Old May 25, 2003 | 10:33 PM
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Ok my SLK230 is stock so the VMax is still in there, but I got it up to 131MPH with the top down, I think the VMax on mine is set lower with the top down then with it up.

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