mrsteve

I don't own an E55 or even a MB but I was at Maryland International Raceway today and there was a 2nd gen E55 that ran 11.6xx at 12x.xx and I wanted to know what the hell you have to do to get it that quick. You guys are really lucky to own such a beast of a car.

vraa

Ahem.. nothing

mrsteve

No chance you all run that stock. I've seen another one run low 12s at like 115. Something had to be done to it.

dgussin1

Most likely a chip/pulley and maybe cams/exhaust??? And prolly d/r's or et streets.

vraa

Maryland Int Raceway is up north right? If it's cold enough I'm pretty sure the s/c will like it.

Of course someone correct me on this. As long as they get traction they are good to go!

mrsteve

He was on stock tires.

I figured a chip and pulley had to be on it.

It had the stock exhaust tips, don't know if any exhaust work was done. Do they make cams for the E55 already?

mrsteve

It was 71 degrees. Low humidity.

dgussin1

Kleeman, Renntech(they wont tell the consumer, only a few people can get them), and Brabus.

stephens

To do a 11.6 would require almost 700hp. 71 F is 21 degrees C, not particularly cold. The only way the car could pull these numbers would be if it was running nitrous. Although I still don't see it putting down this sort of power on stock tyres. It is possible to get this power from the '55 but requires more than a chip and pulley.
Are you sure it wasn't an S600?

norb

And on stock tires to boot?

E55 POWER

Can somebody say NOS?
Just my honest opinion.

E55 POWER

mrsteve

It was most definitely on stock tires. I don't know anyone who buys DR's or ET streets in such a low profile and fits them on such a large rim (they were stock).

It also was an E55 because it had the V8KOMPRESSSOR badging on the front fender.

He got kicked off the track right after his run because if you run sub 14s you need a helmet, which he didnt' have. And if you run sub 12s you need a full roll cage, which obviously he didn't put into his E55.

mrsteve

I didn't see a nitrous purge at the start, although that doesn't mean he wasn't running it.

amgrocket

11.6 wouldnt be a stock car. ive made 20+ passes and with drag radials 2753518 bfgs ive only manage a 12.2 at infineon in sonoma, granted there is a head wind but no tail wind is going knock off .5 seconds off my 1/4 mile. 11.6 is awesome though!

Sunny55

could that guy possibly have put on a kleemann lsd? i was thinking about getting it to get better 1/4 mile times.

stephens

If putting an LSD in would net 11.6sec 120mph+ runs then sign me up. Unfortunately as I stated earlier you need around 700hp to do this. (692hp actually based on a laden weight of 4200lbs)

Sunny55

stephens

I am a newbie here...i surf this forum a lot but i've just started to post....i see that u have experimented with ur e55k and i am wondering what your opinion is on a custom set of headers.

I put my e55 up on a lift at my buddy's supra shop and he feels that if i change the headers there is major room for improvements in power, especially cuz of the s/c'd forced induction. i think it would make sense to get better or more free flowing headers. he feels that the stock headers might be really restrictive. what do u think?

vraa

Slap me silly, this is the W211 fourms isn't it. I was thinking the viewer saw a S600 also (talk about not reading the article.. or in this case the post)

mrsteve

Would an S600 run that fast too? What about the SL600? What does that run in the 1/4

vraa

https://mbworld.org/forums/search.ph...der=descending

That's information about Ben Treynor's S600 that runs 11.59.

SL600 is still up in the air, Car And Drive said it did 0-60 in 3.6 seconds but

https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...600+AND+driver

offers a lot of criticism about that figure.

Marcus Frost

My Supra's drag radials are mounted on 18" wheels and have a 315/30/18 measurement... meaning a side profile that is very similar to most tires in the 315/18 category. You can't tell it's a drag radial unless you look up close, and they do make drag radials that'll fit the stock 18" wheels.

120mph through the traps for a 4200lb sedan is just mind boggling. That's Viper territory...

Would be interesting to know the details on that car.

-m

E55BEAST

i ran 11.8 @118 bone stock with radials. ecu and or pulley would give you an 11.6 or lower on radials

E55 POWER

That's impresing, could you post your slip to see all the times?

Thanks,
E55 POWER

e55 baller

Give it a full season or 2 and I think you will see W211 E55s running LOW 11s with NO NOS, maybe high 10s with an EXCELLENT driver.

If you can cut a 1.8 60-foot at 22psi or so on the stock radials then you should be able to manage a 12.3@115 at a density altitude of 0 feet.

I'd figure the K&Ns drops ins and the snorkle mod is good for 10whp ---> 12.2@116 cost $100

Add the LSD, BFGs, and 283 gearing for the S55 and you should see 11.8@116 (no HP gained) cost $4500

Add the Evosport chip/SC pulley for 50-60 whp and you should get 11.4@120 cost TBD

Add Kleeman Headers & downpipes for 35-50 rwhp should net 11.1@123 cost $4.5k

Add an Eisman race exhuast for 22hp or 10-15 rwhp and you should see 11.0@124 cost $3k

Fix the intercooler efficienty like Stephens is working on and you could pick up another 20-30 whp and end up with ~675hp and 775 tq

note the low trap speed...the wide torque band is what is getting this ET. I have seen Cartek C5s with 500wrhp running 10.7@126 with 1.46 60-foot times. On another note my 700 rwhp/600 rwtq Supra went 10.8@136 and I have gone 12.2@114 at 2,000 ft DA in my E55 so far.

E55 POWER

Can somebody explain the snorkle mod to me?

Thanks,
E55 POWER