1/4 mile S600 draggin
Thread Starter
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,342
Likes: 11
From: PA
S600, GL450, GLC 43
1/4 mile S600 draggin
Well, I finally made it to a drag night, with decent weather.
I have NO idea what the DA was, as quite frankly I really do not care. You run what you run and let God sort it out.
Anyway, traction was lousy, I do MUCH better on the local interstates according to my G-tech pro, but I did manage a 121 MPH twice out of three runs.
According to many of the HP calculators on the web, using 4600 lbs for the cars weight as I way in at 205, it is making 636 at the flywheel. Using 20% loss this is around 508 at the the rear wheels, which is a little MORE than what Eurocharged's "Heart breaker" dyno showed.
I was actually spinning through 3rd gear, and as any S600 owner knows, once that little blinky goes on, she automatically up shifts, THANKS MB
So I only had a 2.03 60' time, me bad.
I was the fastest street tired car, at least in MPH and the announcers LOVED it.
According to Dragtimes I am the second fastest MPH S600 out there. Beating two rentech cars by 2 PMH.
All I can say is a HUGE thanks to Eurocharged for giving me a GREAT product
I have now Road raced it, autocrossed her, and finally dragged it. If this is NOT a testimony to a GREAT product, I have no idea what is.
A special thanks to Jerry for making my beast REALLY perform.
Edit: I have been informed that the DA was around 1700
I have NO idea what the DA was, as quite frankly I really do not care. You run what you run and let God sort it out.
Anyway, traction was lousy, I do MUCH better on the local interstates according to my G-tech pro, but I did manage a 121 MPH twice out of three runs.
According to many of the HP calculators on the web, using 4600 lbs for the cars weight as I way in at 205, it is making 636 at the flywheel. Using 20% loss this is around 508 at the the rear wheels, which is a little MORE than what Eurocharged's "Heart breaker" dyno showed.
I was actually spinning through 3rd gear, and as any S600 owner knows, once that little blinky goes on, she automatically up shifts, THANKS MB
So I only had a 2.03 60' time, me bad.I was the fastest street tired car, at least in MPH and the announcers LOVED it.
According to Dragtimes I am the second fastest MPH S600 out there. Beating two rentech cars by 2 PMH.
All I can say is a HUGE thanks to Eurocharged for giving me a GREAT product
I have now Road raced it, autocrossed her, and finally dragged it. If this is NOT a testimony to a GREAT product, I have no idea what is.
A special thanks to Jerry for making my beast REALLY perform.
Edit: I have been informed that the DA was around 1700
Last edited by MRAMG1; Sep 10, 2010 at 10:37 AM.
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 4,359
Likes: 229
SL55, S500
Very nice run.
121mph at 12.167 is very healthy on street tires. If you got your 60's footer down it would been high 11's.
BTW isn't your 60' done entirely in 1st gear? Either way if you get the launch figured out its 11's. Just takes practice.
Your in 5th place on dragtimes because it goes by time and not by Trap speed.
Look at Benzo's Run:
2005 SL600 - Eurocharged ECU. #2 record holder on dragtimes (11.40@120.63 w/ 1.70 60' on 20" ContiSportContact 3s.
121mph at 12.167 is very healthy on street tires. If you got your 60's footer down it would been high 11's.
BTW isn't your 60' done entirely in 1st gear? Either way if you get the launch figured out its 11's. Just takes practice.
Your in 5th place on dragtimes because it goes by time and not by Trap speed.
Look at Benzo's Run:
2005 SL600 - Eurocharged ECU. #2 record holder on dragtimes (11.40@120.63 w/ 1.70 60' on 20" ContiSportContact 3s.
Last edited by Das Geld 2; Sep 10, 2010 at 09:15 AM.
Thread Starter
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,342
Likes: 11
From: PA
S600, GL450, GLC 43
Very nice run.
121mph at 12.167 is very healthy on street tires. If you got your 60's footer down it would been high 11's.
BTW isn't your 60' done entirely in 1st gear? Either way if you get the launch figured out its 11's. Just takes practice.
Your in 5th place on dragtimes because it goes by time and not by Trap speed.
Look at Benzo's Run:
2005 SL600 - Eurocharged ECU. #2 record holder on dragtimes (11.40@120.63 w/ 1.70 60' on 20" ContiSportContact 3s.
121mph at 12.167 is very healthy on street tires. If you got your 60's footer down it would been high 11's.
BTW isn't your 60' done entirely in 1st gear? Either way if you get the launch figured out its 11's. Just takes practice.
Your in 5th place on dragtimes because it goes by time and not by Trap speed.
Look at Benzo's Run:
2005 SL600 - Eurocharged ECU. #2 record holder on dragtimes (11.40@120.63 w/ 1.70 60' on 20" ContiSportContact 3s.
This happened to my twice. On my last pass, it went into 3rd because traction was soooo poor, aka greasy, and YES I was a little over zealous as well.And yeah, I know I have to settle for fifth
What I was pointing out is that the Eurocharged tune is making GOOD HP as my trap speed is doing just fine my friend.
Thread Starter
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,342
Likes: 11
From: PA
S600, GL450, GLC 43
Some other times of interest were:
4 NEW SS camaro's Best time 13.7, Best MPH 103
3 SRT's Best time 13.2, Best MPH 108
1 INSANE SRT Jeep, supercharged, Best time 11.5, Best MPH 111
And 1 TALON, 45 PSI Boost AWD, Best time 9.47, Best MPH 146
1 NEW 5.0 Mustang, 77 year old driver, 13.8 at 106
Those Camaro's might not be as pisky as everyone was told. I can't beleive they were all bad drivers, but those MPH were VERY low.
Couple of vettes, 12.3 best ET, didn't get their speeds
4 NEW SS camaro's Best time 13.7, Best MPH 103
3 SRT's Best time 13.2, Best MPH 108
1 INSANE SRT Jeep, supercharged, Best time 11.5, Best MPH 111
And 1 TALON, 45 PSI Boost AWD, Best time 9.47, Best MPH 146
1 NEW 5.0 Mustang, 77 year old driver, 13.8 at 106
Those Camaro's might not be as pisky as everyone was told. I can't beleive they were all bad drivers, but those MPH were VERY low.
Couple of vettes, 12.3 best ET, didn't get their speeds
Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 189
Likes: 3
ML63, e550 cabrio
are you shifting the car or letting the trans shift itself? to drag the car, you need to manually shift the gears, turn the ESP off, put mickey thompson ET drags on, do a massive burn out in D2, stage, footbrake, get the revs up to around 1500-1800rpm (car will squat) and let her rip. this is what I do and that cuts my 60' time respectable. my car is not TT, but it responds like it should when I do this.
Member
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 106
Likes: 1
2001 Mercedes S500
are you shifting the car or letting the trans shift itself? to drag the car, you need to manually shift the gears, turn the ESP off, put mickey thompson ET drags on, do a massive burn out in D2, stage, footbrake, get the revs up to around 1500-1800rpm (car will squat) and let her rip. this is what I do and that cuts my 60' time respectable. my car is not TT, but it responds like it should when I do this.
best I've ran out my S500 was 14.5 in the 1/4. This was on the stock 225/65/16 with goodyear touring tires
Trending Topics
Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 189
Likes: 3
ML63, e550 cabrio
well, anything you do to the car that was not intended use by the manufacturer is essentially "bad" for the car. an s class was not designed to be a 1/4 mile champ. it is a luxury sedan. I am sure that if you keep doing this that something will break, usually does when you take a "stock" car to the drag strip or track. that's why race cars have better suspensions, clutches, engines, etc. i would say, do this enough and things will do "bad" very bad. I have only done this a few times. anything in moderation is ok. but it is your car, do what your wallet can handle.....
MB World Stories
The Best of Mercedes & AMG
Manual Mercedes? 6 Times Sindelfingen Let Drivers Have All The Fun
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 S Is Extremely Rare Example Modified by McLaren
Verdad Gallardo
8 Classic Boxy Mercedes Designs That Have Aged Like Fine Wine
Verdad Gallardo
Flawlessly Restored Mercedes 190E Evo II Heads to Auction
Verdad Gallardo
Electric Mercedes C-Class Unveiled: 11 Things You Need to Know
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes EQS Gets A Major Update: Everything You Need to Know
Verdad Gallardo
5 Underrated Mercedes-Benz Models That Don't Get the Love They Deserve
Verdad Gallardo
Mercedes 300D Has Pushed Well Past 1 Million Miles and It Ain't Stopping
Verdad Gallardo
10 Most Reliable Mercedes-Benz Models You Can Buy Used
Verdad Gallardo
Thread Starter
MBWorld Fanatic!
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,342
Likes: 11
From: PA
S600, GL450, GLC 43
are you shifting the car or letting the trans shift itself? to drag the car, you need to manually shift the gearsAh NO as there is no way you can shift better than when the TCU is in sport mode. Furthermore, It would be damm near IMPOSSIBLE to shift at red line in 1st as it comes up WAY too fast to be able to judge it properly, turn the ESP off,YES put mickey thompson ET drags onAgain this is a BIG no no for me. There are already 2 cars on this forum that have broken their pinion gear when using drag radials, and quite frankly I could care less what my ET is as drag racing is pretty boring IMHO., do a massive burn out in D2, stage, footbrake, get the revs up to around 1500-1800rpm (car will squat)Absolutely NO if you are on street tires. You do know that the TT motors have over 80% of their torque at this rpm do you not. The only thing that would happen to a TT motor would be up in smoke and let her rip. this is what I do and that cuts my 60' time respectable. my car is not TT, but it responds like it should when I do this.
MANY of the weekly drivers said there times, ET that is, where off by .5 seconds due to traction. And these were guys that had REAL drag slicks.
Anyway, the ONLY reason I even went was to confirm what my G-tech pro was telling me, and that was that my Eurocharged tune was making good power. The 121 trap speed mearly confirmed this for me.
Have fun
