Marcus Frost

Gents,

It has been a tremendous honor to have been part of this community for so long, but the time has come for me to move on. I feel my car represents a lot of what this community has built and equally feel it is a tremendous opportunity for someone who is in the market. You just will not find very many of these cars like mine out there.

https://mbworld.org/forums/mercedes-...ml#post4247608

Marcus

MB_Forever

Sorry to see your departing with your beast Marcus.... your E55 is one of the cleanest and nicest on the board. Good luck with the sale

What's next for you?

BenzoBoi

Say it isn't so Marcus!!!

Sad to see the ride go...

What's next???

azncantonw211

the new TT e63's..duh!

Worth the wait

Will you take my E55 as trade?
J/K

Marcus your cars is gorgeous and has always motivated me, first to aquire one, then to mod it tastefully and correctly.

Cheers and good luck with the next ride.

Benz-O-Rama

One of the best examples ever to grace these internet walls. Good luck with the sale.

blackbenzz

Great guy... Great car... what more needs to be said? Whoever buys this car will have a very well taken care of car and will be happy. Good luck with the sale

pearlpower

That is one hell of a clean E55. Good luck on your sale.

sack5000

This car does 12.0 best pass. I see an E63 does 12.1 stock. I hear of E55s doing 11s stock. Given all these additions and 482 RWHP what gives? Just curious, definitely a great looking ride.

V12Godspeed

Clean is an understatement to say the least. Best of luck.

Turbo 6

Stock E55's do not trap with with this car! I've been high 10's in my Buick with the same mph.

littlehandegan

Looks great.


What wheels are those?

AWOL

Street trim, street tires - no traction

122mph is moving

Siq whip fo sho

RACE_MX

Nice wheels, you would make more $ parting them out.

Worth the wait

Pretty sure he knows that
But it seems he is interested in selling the entire package to someone who can appreciate all the hard work and money he put into setting up one of the nicest E55's ever.

BTW those are the OEM 19's off his SL65.

Benz-O-Rama

This.

This E55 traps higher than my tuned V12TT.

Meeyatch1

He has the model and size listed in the for sale link.

Marcus Frost

I really appreciate all the kind words from everyone. It really has been an honor and privilege to be a part of this particular community as long as I have.

To the discussion about ET, yes I realize that the ET is not the greatest given the MPH, however as I said in my original post I tend to focus on running the car in a straight street setup. This means off the street up to the lights without even lowering tire pressure. Given that I don't hit the drag strip very often these days, coupled with mediocre track conditions, a 12.0 was the best I was able to muster that particular day. The car had the power but putting it down off the line was difficult to say the least. I'm sure with drag radials and good conditions this car could ET very well, and even power wise has more in it if someone is willing to go beyond what I have now (rear reservoir, etc). I am not one to make excuses but I figured an explanation was in order.

I am now uploading interior pictures.

Thanks again everyone.

Marcus

MB_Forever

I wouldn't say "an E63 does 12.1 stock". I've seen many stock E63s run with me at different tracks and they were averaging 12.7 to 12.8 @ 113 to 114 mph. Even at Sacramento (on a good day), there were a couple of (almost brand new) E63s which were running only 12.6 to 12.7s.

It took 2 years for me to drop from the 12.7 to the 12.2 range. Aside from good weather, good burnout, good launch, etc.... it took a lot of practice, advise, and support from many fellow enthusiasts. In addition, there was a lot of tinkering with the Mercedes tranny software (of which they have so many freakin different versions by the way ) as well as ECU software. And to be clear, I am not talking about aftermarket ECU tunes or any type of third party flashes or anything like that. These are all 100% Mercedes software obtained and installed at the dealership by a Mercedes/AMG technician.... I just happen to try so many different variations and different settings along with special TSBs (which were apparently optional and not required) until I found the right combo of settings for my car. Some of these were incredibly hard to find even for big dealerships, but thanks to my tech (Mike), we reached our goal. The guy is a genius and knows how to chase down every little piece of information or setting for our cars

Back on topic, I think 12.0 on street tires from a car with that much power and torque is actually very good

RonnieRenaldi

Good luck

OXOJE55

GL with the sale.
This is one clean BEAST