Videos: modified M5 vs modified SL55
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Videos: modified M5 vs modified SL55 *Links Fixed*
Had a fun day at our DFW ///M Club meet, which is now officially expanding into a DFW German Auto Club. We have Audi and Mercedes enthusiasts attending and bringing some great AMG and S-Line of cars for Merc and Audi respectively.
Had the opportunity to run against a modified SL55. Robert, aka bfnnrgn from MBworld.org forum, was kind enough to bring his VRP modified SL55 (550-560hp) and we got several vidoes of my modified M5 compared to his. We did both rolling starts and standing starts. Good fun and I hope you all enjoy. These were all conducted on a private road with no other vehicles on the closed road.
Robert has one fast SL55!
I'm not sure if these videos lay to rest certain preconceived ideas about either car line, or just add fuel to the fire for both sides. Regardless, I think both ///AMG and ///M have earned respect on both sides and it's appearant in these videos.
Car descriptions:
SL55 with VRP550 upgrade package -
Larger cranshaft pulley (more supercharger boost)
ecu tune
upgraded I/C pump (no faulty pump excuses here, this car is healthy!)
lower temp t-stat
M5 -
headers
ecu tune
underdrive pulley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWRzOZPWfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYSmfU9JrRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRCEuXjyb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qkNrFNNxg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcrnWwSPoxw
This is for you VRUS and JakPro!
Regards,
Darren
Had the opportunity to run against a modified SL55. Robert, aka bfnnrgn from MBworld.org forum, was kind enough to bring his VRP modified SL55 (550-560hp) and we got several vidoes of my modified M5 compared to his. We did both rolling starts and standing starts. Good fun and I hope you all enjoy. These were all conducted on a private road with no other vehicles on the closed road.
Robert has one fast SL55!
I'm not sure if these videos lay to rest certain preconceived ideas about either car line, or just add fuel to the fire for both sides. Regardless, I think both ///AMG and ///M have earned respect on both sides and it's appearant in these videos.
Car descriptions:
SL55 with VRP550 upgrade package -
Larger cranshaft pulley (more supercharger boost)
ecu tune
upgraded I/C pump (no faulty pump excuses here, this car is healthy!)
lower temp t-stat
M5 -
headers
ecu tune
underdrive pulley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWRzOZPWfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYSmfU9JrRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRCEuXjyb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qkNrFNNxg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcrnWwSPoxw
This is for you VRUS and JakPro!
Regards,
Darren
Last edited by darren_dallas; 03-15-2008 at 08:21 PM. Reason: spelling error
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I'm terrible at launching my car, sorry guys. I need some practice. Modded it just has so much torque it's crazy. I did better with the rolling starts. Most of the time I had ESP on and it would just bog, I did one run with it off and all I managed to do was almost get sideways. The last race with ESP off, you can hear my tires screaming.
It was a lot of fun, we traded wins back and forth. He won half of them and I won half of them. We were evenly matched, whoever got the jump was staying ahead.
The M5 exhaust puts mine to shame. It has such a nice growl while the SL55 is pretty muted.
Trying to get a dyno day in and run them back to back to see what they put down.
Edit: Hmm, I guess you can't embed youtube on mbworld.
2nd race, I was ahead on the first race but it got cut short by a truck in the way and video was just too long to put up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcrnWwSPoxw
Err, someone dropped the camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRCEuXjyb0
I thought I had him...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYSmfU9JrRc
Not sure which this one is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qkNrFNNxg
ESP off, bad idea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWRzOZPWfs
There was another with me ahead but it was cut short by traffic. Just my luck.
It was a lot of fun, we traded wins back and forth. He won half of them and I won half of them. We were evenly matched, whoever got the jump was staying ahead.
The M5 exhaust puts mine to shame. It has such a nice growl while the SL55 is pretty muted.
Trying to get a dyno day in and run them back to back to see what they put down.
Edit: Hmm, I guess you can't embed youtube on mbworld.
2nd race, I was ahead on the first race but it got cut short by a truck in the way and video was just too long to put up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcrnWwSPoxw
Err, someone dropped the camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRCEuXjyb0
I thought I had him...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYSmfU9JrRc
Not sure which this one is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qkNrFNNxg
ESP off, bad idea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWRzOZPWfs
There was another with me ahead but it was cut short by traffic. Just my luck.
Last edited by bfnnrgn; 03-15-2008 at 06:53 PM.
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Ha ha ha! Nah, you beat me fair and square. I think I need to work on my launches...and put in a set of headers without telling anyone for next time.
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I think it's much more sinister than that... On the runs I did well on traffic would mysteriously materialize to interrupt us. Clearly Gustav was secretly controlling those cars from afar.
Ha ha ha! Nah, you beat me fair and square. I think I need to work on my launches...and put in a set of headers without telling anyone for next time.
Ha ha ha! Nah, you beat me fair and square. I think I need to work on my launches...and put in a set of headers without telling anyone for next time.
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There were six M5/6's all modded at the track last week and they ALL trapped very high&impressed the crap outta me on the big-end.
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Quick question folks...which is quicker, stock E55 or stock SL55?
Atleast you didn't ask which is quicker E55 or E63, please don't go there...
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Had a fun day at our DFW ///M Club meet, which is now officially expanding into a DFW German Auto Club. We have Audi and Mercedes enthusiasts attending and bringing some great AMG and S-Line of cars for Merc and Audi respectively.
Had the opportunity to run against a modified SL55. Robert, aka bfnnrgn from MBworld.org forum, was kind enough to bring his VRP modified SL55 (550-560hp) and we got several vidoes of my modified M5 compared to his. We did both rolling starts and standing starts. Good fun and I hope you all enjoy. These were all conducted on a private road with no other vehicles on the closed road.
Robert has one fast SL55!
I'm not sure if these videos lay to rest certain preconceived ideas about either car line, or just add fuel to the fire for both sides. Regardless, I think both ///AMG and ///M have earned respect on both sides and it's appearant in these videos.
Car descriptions:
SL55 with VRP550 upgrade package -
Larger cranshaft pulley (more supercharger boost)
ecu tune
upgraded I/C pump (no faulty pump excuses here, this car is healthy!)
lower temp t-stat
M5 -
headers
ecu tune
underdrive pulley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWRzOZPWfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYSmfU9JrRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRCEuXjyb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qkNrFNNxg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcrnWwSPoxw
This is for you VRUS and JakPro!
Regards,
Darren
Had the opportunity to run against a modified SL55. Robert, aka bfnnrgn from MBworld.org forum, was kind enough to bring his VRP modified SL55 (550-560hp) and we got several vidoes of my modified M5 compared to his. We did both rolling starts and standing starts. Good fun and I hope you all enjoy. These were all conducted on a private road with no other vehicles on the closed road.
Robert has one fast SL55!
I'm not sure if these videos lay to rest certain preconceived ideas about either car line, or just add fuel to the fire for both sides. Regardless, I think both ///AMG and ///M have earned respect on both sides and it's appearant in these videos.
Car descriptions:
SL55 with VRP550 upgrade package -
Larger cranshaft pulley (more supercharger boost)
ecu tune
upgraded I/C pump (no faulty pump excuses here, this car is healthy!)
lower temp t-stat
M5 -
headers
ecu tune
underdrive pulley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNWRzOZPWfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYSmfU9JrRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBRCEuXjyb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9qkNrFNNxg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcrnWwSPoxw
This is for you VRUS and JakPro!
Regards,
Darren
O/T but do you see why we get all fired up about gustva video of him in a stock M smashing the K4 car! You beat the SL pretty good but all it has is a pully and your M is modded. now switch that over to a lighter E class with 70 more HP! Just dont make sence does it!
Once again sorry for O/T great kills!
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Great runs and damm your M5 sounds nice!
O/T but do you see why we get all fired up about gustva video of him in a stock M smashing the K4 car! You beat the SL pretty good but all it has is a pully and your M is modded. now switch that over to a lighter E class with 70 more HP! Just dont make sence does it!
Once again sorry for O/T great kills!
O/T but do you see why we get all fired up about gustva video of him in a stock M smashing the K4 car! You beat the SL pretty good but all it has is a pully and your M is modded. now switch that over to a lighter E class with 70 more HP! Just dont make sence does it!
Once again sorry for O/T great kills!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqrjTd_lZEk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz61fds9acs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTu4AnUsjYA
I know someone in the DFW area who has an E55 K4 and we've been trying to setup a time to meet and do some comparisons. We hopefully can do this in the next 30 days.
I have great respect for all the AMG line and still love the cars. Saw a beautiful CLS63 today at lunch and it just looked stunning!
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Darren
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This is for you VRUS and JakPro!
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Regards,
Darren
OH, I almost forgot. Intercooler pump was probably not working right!!