New SLK55 Faster than SL600
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Originally Posted by RennTechV12
What are you gonna take...the bull or the horse?
And I still might not keep it depending...If the dates are right I’ll make a run out and see what the Murci and Spider can do
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Originally Posted by mrkbbd
actually 3.6s
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=7782
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....rticle_id=7782
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Originally Posted by NOTKTS
I'd love to see what the 430 could do. But, it doesn't get here till the 23ed of December if everything goes according to plan and then there is the issue of the dreaded break-in And I still might not keep it depending...
If the dates are right I’ll make a run out and see what the Murci and Spider can do
And I still might not keep it depending...If the dates are right I’ll make a run out and see what the Murci and Spider can do
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Originally Posted by RennTechV12
Make sure to let us know. I'm guessing high 11's.
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The SLK55 engine IS the SL55 engine isn't it? the only real difference being the SLK doesn't have the supercharger/turbo that the SL does.
SLK55 COMPRESSION RATIO
SL55 COMPRESSION RATIO
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Originally Posted by Ted Baldwin
...........this a popular misconception. The compression ratio on the SLK is 11:1. This is why only a low boost s/c such as that by Kleemann or HPs is safe. Mercedes dropped the compression ratio in its AMGV8K engines to 9:1. This allows them to use a high boost s/c running at 14psi whereas the Kleemann and HPs set up run at 8psi. You cannot simply use the same s/c on the SL55 and plug it into the SLK 55 because the compression ratio is too high and the engine will blow.
SLK55 COMPRESSION RATIO
SL55 COMPRESSION RATIO
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SLK55 COMPRESSION RATIO
SL55 COMPRESSION RATIO
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Originally Posted by SLK55AMG
Thanks for that. Even though the engine is running a lower compression ratio is it physically the same engine (minus forced induction) as the SL55?
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..........the engines are physically the same. But the compression ratio as it relates to s/c boost pressure is important because, it partly explains why a W211 E500 with a Kleemann s/c is not as fast as the a W211 E55. Likewise, the SL55 is not simply an SLK with a s/c. The E55 s/c is running at considerably higher boost. Kleemann is now working on lower compression engines for this purpose. As I understand it, the the E63 et al will be at fairly high compression and to get more power from the engine will be difficult except if the compression is lowered or the s/c used will have to have too low a boost as to not make too much additional power.
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Originally Posted by Ted Baldwin
..........the engines are physically the same. But the compression ratio as it relates to s/c boost pressure is important because, it partly explains why a W211 E500 with a Kleemann s/c is not as fast as the a W211 E55. Likewise, the SL55 is not simply an SLK with a s/c. The E55 s/c is running at considerably higher boost. Kleemann is now working on lower compression engines for this purpose. As I understand it, the the E63 et al will be at fairly high compression and to get more power from the engine will be difficult except if the compression is lowered or the s/c used will have to have too low a boost as to not make too much additional power.
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