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The new Drag Racing Star - Mercedes SL65 AMG!
Saw a thread about this car over on legacygt.com:
http://automobilemag.com/reviews/con...benz_sl65_amg/ Simply amzing! -Chike
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That's an old article now. I get Automobile mag, so I happened across it some time ago...but it's hilarious. His writing style is very entertaining. I think he actually learned alot about drag racing, and brought up some good points for the AMG folks to consider. Either they just put way too much power in that car, or they didn't pay enough attention to everything that's necessary to put that power to the ground. That car should have been running low 11's or high 10's (the new ZO6 with 500hp has a shot at 10's), but instead was struggling to even get into the 11's. Tires too small, rear end setup all wrong. Basically they could have gotten the same performance with 100hp less.
It wasn't meant to be a drag car, I got that, but street cars don't need that kind of power. |
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Would you have bought your WS-6 if it had the same looks but a little inline-4 making ~130hp? I don't think so. However, a few decades ago, 300+hp was seen as way too much power to put in a street machine... -Chike
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I also have to note that my WS6 in stock form, with 345hp is only 1 second slower in the quarter than the SL65 AMG which packs nearly double the power. That's the problem. With a proper rear setup and a launchable driveline, the SL65 would run tens all day. But with a car like that, that's not even possible. So why all the power? Especially with gas prices the way they are. |
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And to add to that, while you could say that the SL65 has all that power so it can get to 55mph even quicker, i'd like to point out that it could pull the same times with nearly 150hp less. |
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Some of the points made are very valid. I don't know many cars where one could go that quickly (in a quarter mile or on the highway) in as much comfort and the feeling of such a SOLID ride. I have never riden in a SL 65 AMG, but I have riden in a E55 (a sedan that turns 12.6 quarters), and it feels rock solid at triple digit speeds (on a track, of course ). And as the point was made, the AMG's will run like this ALL DAY long!! Harry (looking for that $170,000 I misplaced. Now where did I put it??????)
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The mags got 12.6-12.4 in the 1/4 mile for the E55, however, I've personally witnessed a factory stock (down to the paper air filter) E55 turn an 11.9 @ 118mph at the track. On dragtimes.com quite a few people have run 12.0's stock as well. Those cars are simply amazing!!!! -Chike
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Try one at an autocross!! Not only are they fast, but they handle too!!! Especially for a large, heavy sedan!! Say, how's the trans swap coming? Harry
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-Chike
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