Meeyatch1

I have been researching different specs of the W211 E63, and most of the top speed numbers I have found have had the asterisk next to them that the top speed is electronically limited. I even searched 'E63 top speed' on here and did not find what I was looking for. So has anyone on here actually experienced first hand what a stock E63 will top out at with the electronic speed limiter either removed or re-set to a number higher than the car will go? I am also curious how stable the car is at that speed.

The car continually amazes me how fast it is when taking its considerable heft into consideration. Squeezing the gas merging onto the highway makes me think this car could run forever.

DAGREEKNYC

Stock nope but tuned with a few mods did manage 190+ on a Dyno .

sunil517

Pick the car up in Florida and had it for 3 days. West Palm to Orlando at 3am that was what it did.
My BMW did 162 when limit was set to 155 so I am not sure about limits.
I had quite a few cars that had factory limiters but all went pass the factory limit. All my cars have gone pass the factory limits.. all of them in stock form.

Norcal John

I'm deliminted/tuned but haven't gotten past 147 (and that was on a two lane road!) . In order to see it top end I'll have to get up at 4am to go on a freeway run. Actually the best place to make a full pull here in the bay area is the San Mateo bridge - a 7 mile flat/level span before it rises.

Being in Calififornia you'll never really get 5 miles of open stretch with zero cars no matter what time you do it. I can just see the newspaper delivery truck doing 55 in the slow lane when I blow by at 170+

I might also take it out to Highway 50 in Nevada later this summer. They call it "the lonliest road in America" and it's laser smooth. All that casino money translates into really nice highways

e500slr

You 63 boys need a supercharger, maybe that new Weistec unit .

jdeastbay

I always thought the San Mateo bridge had cameras mounted along the span, hence my fear of opening it up there.

desired_speeds

Yea I always tend to drive 70mph there. I've heard stories of people speeding and cops waiting at the other end to pull them over because the proof is on camera, but then again I've heard of people hitting 180+ on the bridge also. My friend managed to hit the speed limiter on his cls63 on 280N though.

Meeyatch1

So nobody has actually topped it out on the road without a limiter? That is surprising. I know that mine was still pulling pretty hard when the 155 mph speed limiter cut in, so I am looking forward to getting the limiter removed as soon as I can.

Z28Camaro

The P30 will do it's advertised 186. It shifts early into the last gear (at around 6200) before reaching the top (limited) speed very similar to how these cars will shift early out of first into second though. Someone try to "train" the E63 to not do that and get back to us.

black_e63

Hey Mitch, check out the link in this thread. Some German tuners get the W211 E63 to 205 mph with only small changes.

timeToy

I'll be at the Mojave Mile in October, with a delimited and tuned E63 wagon, my goal is to top 180MPH

siswati

Ran my stock CLS55 with 030 package across Alligator Alley here in South Florida one cool morning real early and came up on the limiter at around 188mph incdicated. Was still pulling quite strongly but was using up road real fast!!!

Car was totally stable and comfortable at that speed.

infantry

Interesting.

Granted I did not have a de-limited E63, I did hit 155, BUT, it did not stop there. It kept going but felt like it was at 30% power electronically. So it just felt like a huge power cut at 155 but kept going slower, 156, 157, to about 162 or something. I let off because it was taking too long.

WideLowandFast

Here's a W211 E63 VMAX video. 192 looks to be the top end. I've only gotten into the mid 170's (Speedometer). Altitude and enough straight road were my limitations.

hachiroku

same here...I hit 162mph no problemo...it just stopped climbing as hard and my pano roof sounded like it was gonna take me to outer space.

SilverStrk

I ran an Audi R8 V10 from 65-165 pulled on him by 5-7 lengths. I'm not stock AT ALL, she was still pulling like a Freight Train at that speed. She will pull to 190+ all day.. problem is running out of road..


This all took place in Mexico of course... I'm a 55 not 63...

kennysandiego

I too have read several times that these are electronically limited to 155 mph. I have had mine up to 167 mph. A friend of mine, who has a 2008 CLS 63 AMG, claims he has hit 187 mph. I can't vouch for his claim of 187, but I am certain I hit 167 and had room to continue on.

hachiroku

did your power get cut past 160ish mph? my power was cut drastically with factory tune at 162mph. speed kept climbing, but power was cut.

kennysandiego

Not that I felt. But I lifted as I could begin to see cars/trucks on the horizon, and death wasn't on my agenda for that day.

Redwood415

Not sure on the 63 but my stock 55 was buried at 160+ on highway 5 in California on way to Harris Ranch in Coalinga. This despite being "limited" to 155 (250kmh)
M113 is lower revving and seems very unstressed in all situations compared to the harder revving M156
Last time I was pulling 130+ and my encapsulator shield under the car came loose, the fasteners gave way and it was dragging, a very deflating feeling when that happened!

skylinrcr01

Last time I broke 120 in the '55 I lost the shield that's in between the front and back engine cover things on the bottom of the car. A couple weird thumps, then silence, and after I pulled over to check out what made all the noise I noticed it was gone.

Fastest I've gone is ~147 but that was in my mom's old C240.