E55 AMG

[stan]

was tooling around on a long straight with a friend in the supra, and we provoked an older guy an a nice silver mercedes benz E55 AMG. rolled up to a red, and launched as hard as you can launch on beat sawblade tires. pulled about half a car mid way through 2nd, then i shifted a little too slow and he got right next to me on the 2-3 shift. held just about dead even (i think he may have been slowly pulling) until my 180kph limiter kicked in. good race, and i felt a lot better about it when i looked up the hp for those cars.

me: 297rwhp/285rwtq twin turbo 2.5L I6, stock twins 1jz, bone stock car on sawblades
him: 469bhp supercharged 5.4L V-8, 4092lb curb weight, E55 AMG

cliffs: pulled 1/2 car until bad shift, held about even until jza70 speed limiter took over.

 

[mattjk]

you're lucky he wasn't trying

http://www.dragtimes.com/Mercedes-Benz-E55-AMG-Timeslip-7187.html

BTW, my friend Paul has a silver one with headers and exhaust... maybe it was him toying with you... he put down over 470 to the wheels. LOL

 

[stan]

you think so huh? i figured maybe the 2+ ton curb weight might make the hp figure not so much of an advantage. he didnt sound like he wasnt trying :icon_razz

 

[mattjk]

maybe his NAWS switch was broken lol

 

[Quin]

lmao

 

[mattjk]

don't mess with an e55. i love that car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweUKPu7cHY

 

[CampbellsChunkySoupra]

sadly, he was toying with you. unless hes a dipsh*t and doesnt know how to mash the throttle.

 

[golf97]

all you have to do is step on it...

those cars are amazing. one was parked in a mall in spokane and and i got to get a good eyeful. what do they go for? maybe one day when i'm super duper rich and find me a sugar momma.

 

[supraguy@aol]

Fastest car I've ever been in was an E63...
Scared the PISS outta me.

 

[johnathan1]

My dad just got an E55 AMG...I must say, it will definitely beat a stockish 1J.

 

[upgradedsupra]

Which one is the coupe with the hardtop that goes down like a soft top? Is it a SL55?

Duane

 

[johnathan1]

CLK55?

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

CLK 55 V12 Biturbo = fastest car ever. Dont even look at it. Gonad explosion

 

[SupraBlur]

Fastest car I've ever been in was an E63...
Scared the PISS outta me.

Yes, got to roll around in an E63 (6.2L n/a) for a while -- it is freak nasty. And the previous E55 is about as fast (5.5L supercharged); it actually has more torque, just longer gears (5 speed instead of 7). The E63 is a hair faster, but they would both beat the crap out of almost everybody on this forum from a dig to 100 mph. Absolutely positively disgusting acceleration.

The one before that one (5.4L n/a) would have been much more of pushover, but if he's certain it's the newer body style, it could have been a misbadged E550 (same powerplant as previous E55).

-Ray

 

[cartel1_950]

i'm in love with the SLK 550. thats a bad ass car.

 

[SupraBlur]

CLK 55 V12 Biturbo = fastest car ever. Dont even look at it. Gonad explosion

Uhm, yeah except there's no such thing. Mercedes only has 2 biturbo powerplants, a 5.5L V12 (S600, SL600, and CL600 models from '03+) and the 6.0L V12 (S65, SL65, CL65). CLK was available as 55 (5.4L n/a or 5.5L supercharged depending on year) or currently as 63 (6.2L n/a). Very fast, but any of the aforementioned S or CL is still faster.

-Ray

 

[johnathan1]

I have a turbo Mercedes...it's very fast...:naughty:

 

[suprajjang]

Which one is the coupe with the hardtop that goes down like a soft top? Is it a SL55?

Duane

the sl and the slk both have hardtops that come down

 

[EdgeSupra]

You know it's not really a "race" if the other guy doesn't know what's going on.
A stock SLK would make you look like an idiot. And you're talking about an AMG Benz?
The SLK and SL are retractable hardtop, CLK is hard- or softtop retractable.
And SupraBlur is right, no CLK55 Biturbo.
Those 6.0 Biturbos are incredible powerplants though. Even in a big, heavy S-Class, that car was the SCARIEST thing I have ever driven. I'd take an SL65 over an SLR McLaren, just as fast, but you can drive the SL more.
If you want to get a Mercedes kill, stick with early 80's diesels, I'm sure you can hang with some of them.

 

[GeneStarWindGSW]

My Brother has the 2006 CLS55 AMG

Base Engine
469-hp, 517 lb-ft of torque, 5.5-L, 24-valve, SOHC supercharged V8

not a bad car i love when he punches on it lol. he's taken it to top speed :biglaugh: but i always told him to get the upgrade engine but he never listens v_v.

Upgraded Engine from factory (optional)
604-hp, 738 lb-ft of torque, 6.0-L, 36-valve, SOHC twin-turbocharged V12