My buddy ran his 04' SL500 yesterday in Valdosta, GA for the first time and ran a 14.2. Thought this was pretty good. I'll post a video of it when I get it done.

Wow that is 1 second faster than bollar. I wonder if the 7 speed transmission makes the car that much faster.

I thought it would be a 15 second car. It wasn't cool either, 75 degrees. I have a video but my main computer with all the stuff for editing and hosting is down. I'll post it when I get a chance.

The 7 speed is supposed to knock off almost 1/2 second on the 0-60, so it certainly seems reasonable.

I'll let you all know if I can get a better time with better launch technique.

I was looking at my Motor Trend magazine, and I saw that a 2003 SL500 did a 0-60 in 6.4 and 14.6/97.3 in a 1/4 mile. So I guess the 7-speed will do the 0-60 in 5.9?

Yeah. I'm shocked that these major automobile magazines don't update their numbers for the SL after it had a major change to the transmission. All of the reviews/specs that I have seen say either 6.4 or 6.1 for the regular 5-speed.

Who knows, maybe there will be an update for next years model.

I'm not sure it will acheive sub 6 sec.
The gearbox is state of the art.
The best gearbox i have experienced, even better than the XJR
The SL500 does seem to work well with this box and it's certainly quick enough to trouble all but a supercar

Bollar pointed out that the 7-speed is a 1/2 second faster in the 60. If that is true, then the 7-speed would be able to get below 6.0.

About a month ago I beat a S2000. According to Motor Trend, the S2000 does a 0-60 in 5.8 and 14.2/99.9 in 1/4 mile.

What I find amazing that the SL500 is awesome in the 60-0 breaking test. The SL500 will stop in 108 ft while the S2000 with stop in 118 ft.

Who sad fat people can't dance?

old thread....

ran my car for the first time last night and it ran 14.74...very happy...wonder if these can get just under 14 sec?

Seems slow. My stock E500 ran a 14.1@99 before I started modding it. And that was on heavy *** 19's. I don't believe the E500 is much lighter than the SL500. But, after modding, I finally got her down to 13.49@102.5, which I believe to to be the quickest on record for a naturally aspirated E500. And that was before I put the headers on and had LET tune my ECU. I picked up another 20hp/20tq from that. Guessing she'd run a 13.30 or so if I were to have the same track conditions.

you had the silver one at pbir i take it?

yes...only one..i did try and find the driver of red sl55...guess that was you

YUP THAT WAS ME

GFEAR what did you run ?