SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: "My friends all drive Porsches"
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"My friends all drive Porsches"
Today three friends and myself went to lunch in Germany, basically to unleash our cars on the unrestricted Autobahn. They just recently bought a new Porsche (manual Turbo, tiptronic Turbo, tiptronic S) and I was anxious to see if my 4,5 year old SL55 could keep up with these brand new cars.
Max speed reached today by me was 171 MPH. Other traffic prevented higher speeds. This is strange since officially the 155 MPH speed-limiter was never removed AFAIK. And even stranger, in the past I have met with the limiter more than once. Note: 171 MPH was with the roof down. Im not sure, as I don't frequent these speeds, if the open roof kills the aerodynamic downforce compared to a closed roof.
As for keeping up with them, I was gladly surprised that in acceleration from aprox 75 MPH to 150 MPH I could almost keep up with the Tiptronic Turbo. It would just very slightly move away from me.
I got a compliment in disguise from one of them when they wondered if there was something wrong with my exhaust since it sounds to incredibly loud during full acceleration
All in all we had a very nice time on a very sunny day
Max speed reached today by me was 171 MPH. Other traffic prevented higher speeds. This is strange since officially the 155 MPH speed-limiter was never removed AFAIK. And even stranger, in the past I have met with the limiter more than once. Note: 171 MPH was with the roof down. Im not sure, as I don't frequent these speeds, if the open roof kills the aerodynamic downforce compared to a closed roof.
As for keeping up with them, I was gladly surprised that in acceleration from aprox 75 MPH to 150 MPH I could almost keep up with the Tiptronic Turbo. It would just very slightly move away from me.
I got a compliment in disguise from one of them when they wondered if there was something wrong with my exhaust since it sounds to incredibly loud during full acceleration
All in all we had a very nice time on a very sunny day
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I love that turbo with the all red tail lamps.. Just a personal mod, or an option in Germany?
Nice song reference too!
put a few mods in your SL and before you know it, you'll be trying to make amends.
Nice song reference too!
put a few mods in your SL and before you know it, you'll be trying to make amends.
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I noticed as well...but I actually like the stock rear lights better then the all red
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Nice song reference too!
put a few mods in your SL and before you know it, you'll be trying to make amends.
put a few mods in your SL and before you know it, you'll be trying to make amends.
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Today three friends and myself went to lunch in Germany, basically to unleash our cars on the unrestricted Autobahn. They just recently bought a new Porsche (manual Turbo, tiptronic Turbo, tiptronic S) and I was anxious to see if my 4,5 year old SL55 could keep up with these brand new cars.
Max speed reached today by me was 171 MPH. Other traffic prevented higher speeds. This is strange since officially the 155 MPH speed-limiter was never removed AFAIK. And even stranger, in the past I have met with the limiter more than once. Note: 171 MPH was with the roof down. Im not sure, as I don't frequent these speeds, if the open roof kills the aerodynamic downforce compared to a closed roof.
As for keeping up with them, I was gladly surprised that in acceleration from aprox 75 MPH to 150 MPH I could almost keep up with the Tiptronic Turbo. It would just very slightly move away from me.
I got a compliment in disguise from one of them when they wondered if there was something wrong with my exhaust since it sounds to incredibly loud during full acceleration
All in all we had a very nice time on a very sunny day
Max speed reached today by me was 171 MPH. Other traffic prevented higher speeds. This is strange since officially the 155 MPH speed-limiter was never removed AFAIK. And even stranger, in the past I have met with the limiter more than once. Note: 171 MPH was with the roof down. Im not sure, as I don't frequent these speeds, if the open roof kills the aerodynamic downforce compared to a closed roof.
As for keeping up with them, I was gladly surprised that in acceleration from aprox 75 MPH to 150 MPH I could almost keep up with the Tiptronic Turbo. It would just very slightly move away from me.
I got a compliment in disguise from one of them when they wondered if there was something wrong with my exhaust since it sounds to incredibly loud during full acceleration
All in all we had a very nice time on a very sunny day
Btw,a top down will kill your aerodynamics by a significant degree.
Your car must have it's limiter much higher then usual 155,all AMGs I had were calibrated at that limit spot on.
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I'll call AMG one of these days to see what they make of this...
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I agree. But the weird thing is that it used to have a limiter at 155MPH, as I have experienced several times before. And I've never asked anyone to remove the limiter, and only one Mercedes workshop, AMG and MBenzNL have worked on the car since I have it.
I'll call AMG one of these days to see what they make of this...
I'll call AMG one of these days to see what they make of this...
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Maybe more loss with the autobox?
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No we didn't, just Autobahn racing. But I'm very very very sure that even without a chip in the Turbo the SL would get embarrassingly murdered.
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I agree. But the weird thing is that it used to have a limiter at 155MPH, as I have experienced several times before. And I've never asked anyone to remove the limiter, and only one Mercedes workshop, AMG and MBenzNL have worked on the car since I have it.
I'll call AMG one of these days to see what they make of this...
I'll call AMG one of these days to see what they make of this...
and they gave me a larger Supercharger Pulley and a 2nd Intercooler and Upgraded/i.e. Larger Intercooler pump at the same time................
+56RWHP and 61 Ft. Lbs..........Car will do 170 indicated at the top of 4th gear now.......(around 6600 RPMs)
I'm pleased....and grateful to Adam@Euroelites.......and Tony.
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good to hear... for a moment i thought something was wrong with my CLS55... for the 3 months of ownership no car has ever disappeared like that. In addition it was around 8c outside and ever so slightly damp so i spun all the way to 140km/h... the turbo just jumped the line and that was it, no drama , no wheelspin, nothing.. 
anyways glad you enjoyed your run
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phew good to hear... for a moment i thought something was wrong with my CLS55... for the 3 months of ownership no car has ever disappeared like that. In addition it was around 8c outside and ever so slightly damp so i spun all the way to 140km/h... the turbo just jumped the line and that was it, no drama , no wheelspin, nothing..
good to hear... for a moment i thought something was wrong with my CLS55... for the 3 months of ownership no car has ever disappeared like that. In addition it was around 8c outside and ever so slightly damp so i spun all the way to 140km/h... the turbo just jumped the line and that was it, no drama , no wheelspin, nothing.. When grip and momentum are less of an issue (at higher speeds) a 63 or 55 AMG can play along just nicely. Just don't expect to win.
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997TT can hit 60mph in 3.2secs while even a novice can get 3.5 in the tiptronic version in practically any conditions. There's no stoplight car like it and as for the twisties...
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