2MANYCARS

As some of you might have been to 6speedonline and follow GMP Performance's thread on their SLK55 Kleemann project, I'm happy to say the car is finally done. Car is staying at GMP for another day for final checks, minor touch-ups, detailing, and she is coming home on Thursday. I flew down to GMP to inspect the car & GMP's work today, and because I have a close relation with a shop in NJ which builds all-out race cars, I'm very **** about worksmanship quality, but I'm happy to give GMP a B+ on the work they had performed on my car, just some minor stuff they missed which I pointed out when I was down there today took away some points.

How should I describe my car, well, it likes to pull, the kind of pull that's very addicting and dangerous, but on the other hand, it's very smooth, it feels like a very well built and tuned normally aspirated engine. Here's the big part, because the car is completely catless and unresonated, it sounds like a machine gun at WOT. If you go to youtube and watch some WWII videos with P-51's firing their guns, you will know what I mean. Another interesting fact is that the car still has a better MPG than my wife's complete stock C63, LOL!!! 14.4 MPG compare with the C's 13.7MPG.

She is coming home on Thursday and I expect to welcome her back to the stable on Saturday, and here are some pictures I took today when I was there for 2.5 hrs. Enjoy!!!

cldriver

So thats your car, nice!!! been watching that thread for updates everyday. Very interested in what the dyno & 1/4-mi times.

lee7758

Nice mod ! nice job man! very nice!!

IIIMBPIII

Very nice!!! Enjoy your beast!

blackbenzz

Awesome! I didn't know that was your car. I took the muffler/resonator off when I was gonna delete the resonator. I turned teh car on and said f that and put it back on. It was LOUDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. Get some soundclips of it posted!

Vadim @ FD

Very Nice!!

Enjoy the car!

A' La F1

Looks like a very pro install - looks factory. Interested to see horsepower and torque figures. Thanks.

Addicted2Speed

Looks awesome, congratulations!

2MANYCARS

Thanks for the complements people. On the other hand, I talked to Matt @ GMP today about the car's shipping schedule, looks like the transport company is going to pick up the car either late Thursday afternoon or Friday morning, but Houston, we have a problem, this Saturday is the only day I'm avaliable to pick up my GT-R. I'm hoping the SLK is going to show up before 11 A.M. or after 1 P.M., so I can plan the day accordingly.

lsufan

Too much. Will be interesting getting a report on the GT-R v. the new special "K". What do you do exactly for a living? Do you need an assistant?

2MANYCARS

I own quite a handful of properties in queens, and that's my line of work. My wife is my assistant.

blackbenzz

Race the GTR against the SLK55K and post vids!!!

cldriver

I'm in NYC area as well, any chance I can come by and check out, ie drive , the SLK55...been thinking about sc'ing my C55....

UGOTMOPPED

quite a few properties sounds about right..lol..looking at all the cars your rocking...1mill+....very nice...

2MANYCARS

Love to see how my SLK holds up against my GT-R, but no one else in the house is going to pilot the other. By my imagination, my SLK is going to hang with the GT-R above 100MPH, given the weight difference, driveline setup, crank hp difference, and of course, aerodynamics.

I will make it to the next Captree, LI Sunday meet in either car, so if any of you NY-kers wanna ride with me, let me know.

IIIMBPIII

Once I get back to Hofstra I would be more than happy to pilot either one of the cars for you ... J/K I get back the 1st of Sept. let me know when you will be attending one of those meets I def make an appearance!

Yellow R1

I saw 2 GTRs at the Concourso out here in Monterey, CA last weekend. It was a BIG car. They have pretty nice interiors but those 20" rims were just massive - almost too big for the car? I dunno - in another 5 yrs people will be using rubber bands for tires running on 22" rims.

Enjoy the SLK - it's a fun mod.

FishtailnZ

Haven't checked in here in awhile, but congrats on the car and the extensive work performed to it - will head over to the other site to check out all the details.

Would love to see some dyno/track results! Congrats again on such an awesome ride!

blackbenzz

Dont be surprised when the SLK55 walks the GTR Would make for a great video! Or maybe we can run your GTR against my CLK and see what happens

dsb

Congrats on such an awesome car collection. The SLK is a wonderful car. Supercharged, it must be a beast. The GTR can take care of all the daily chores with its extra seats and trunk... and a great track car as well. It seems you have all the bases covered.

BTW, did you remove both primary and secondary cats? Any CELs? That thing must be loud! I was considering replacing my secondary cats with straight pipes. Yet, I was scared of the volume. With a supercharger, headers, and no cats, I can only imagine what your car sounds like. Of course, you could put an end to my imagination by simply posting a video.

2MANYCARS

I agree, 20s are stupid, the car doesn't have 16" rotors, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to call HRE and get myself some 19s instead.

Latest update on SLK, looks like the car is leaving tomorrow morning from GMP, and I will have the car back on Monday and I guess I can spend the weekend with my GT-R.

midget fidger

HREs for the GT-R? I think Clarkson said Nissan had to do modify their wheels because the tires were slipping off under extreme cornering.

IIIMBPIII

I think i heard something like that too

2MANYCARS

Yeah, you guys are correct, I stand corrected. Factory rims were specially designed to handle the tremendous lateral G generated by the car, so the wheels won't spin within the tires. I guess I'm keeping them, just wish they are not 20s.

2MANYCARS

Update: SLK just got on the truck, and it's about to leave Charlotte, NC as we speak. It's scheduled to be delivered next Wednesday. That means I have 4 days to get those 1000 miles on the GT-R before hammering it down, great!