SL55 AMG

DOMN8R

NASTE Member
travelling westbound on masspike, light traffic. as I am going from the toll booth I see this beautiful black, low, widebody benz. I go closer behind him in the leftmost lane to investigate as he is stuck behind a couple cars, and notice the badges on the back, SL55 AMG. sweet, I hope he'll play, I think to myself. so I keep 1-2 car lengths behind him, close enough to show I mean business, but without riding his ass like a prick. we are going about 65. the 2nd car in front of him finally moves over. I get a feeling that when the neon in front of him moves (its way clear) he will punch it. I see the neons turn signal going on... getting ready for it... as the neon moves over I punch it in anticipation to build boost. proves to be a wise move, as the sl55 is gunning it. i am steady with him up to 75-80, then he pulls about a quarter car length, then we are even, and around 95, I start walking on him very, very slowly till 105, then we are even again up to 115.

we do this a few more times, same result. later on he pulls to the middle lane (probably expecting a ricer fly by or cops) I just pull up slowly to him, going to give him props on the ride, but he wont do eye contact.... he pulls behind me and I punch it, but guess he doesnt want to play anymore cause he gets 5-10 car lengths behind by 120. my exit is coming up so I pull behind traffic in the right lane. as he passes by his girlfriend keeps looking over at me. unfortunately I had to take the exit but I did make it to my destination way ahead of time.

this was a shocker cause I heard those benz are nasty on top end. the ty is running much better now especially top end, pulling hard after 90, no tach flutter today. probably cause its 20 degrees out. cant wait to take it to the track this year.
 

THEMADTYPH00N

Active member
What do you have done to your Ty to pull a 500HP Benz on the top end? A friend of mine has one and theres no way I could pull on it at those speeds.
 

DOMN8R

NASTE Member
nothing fancy, 3" ATR exhaust, K&N intake, johnson ic pump, lower ic, walbro 255 fp, afpr, 2" drop, rear sway bar, 18" wheels, bilstein suspension, rsx stabilizer, supposedly it ran very very strong for stock and was tuned via laptop before i bought it. but it ran like **** last time i took it to the track, had no power above 60 and topped out at 110. new plugs, wires, cap&rotor, alignment and service recently, a couple other things ive forgotten, its a whole new truck now. i too was shocked to stay even with the benz, i don't even have an ultimate yet. just did a search, supposedly (motorweek road test) the sl55 amg runs 13.3 @ 108
 

Flyin Ryan

hated cuz he drives fords
Maybe it was a fake?? is that possible? Im not too in tune with the looks of em myself so just wondering if some azz could have stuck 55 AMG badges on it.
 

90stangGT

Cobra member
I've heard of them being able to run 12 seconds FLAT. One of the mustang magazines had an editorial about it, he took it to the track.
 

Slow-Clone

Snow-Clone
90stangGT said:
I've heard of them being able to run 12 seconds FLAT. One of the mustang magazines had an editorial about it, he took it to the track.


If it's Evan J Smith he'll get better times than anyone on the planet.
 

GASGAS19

New member
Belive me, its easy to make an sl 500 like like a 600 or 55.

most people dont know the physically characteristics so most cant tell the difference
i work for mercedes benz and i see some clients do it to all models.
It could have been an sl 500. Your truck is faster than the 500 for sure. the sl 600 and 55 are amazing machines though. They weigh a ton but are sweet nonetheless. It doesnt make much to bring more power out of those at all. The techs know the secrets, but they're not allowed to do anymore for many reasons.
Just to let you guys know, the SLR, cl/sl 65s will be here this summer!
the c55 will have a 5.5 v8 along with the slk that replaces the 32 supercharged 6. The g55k will have a 5.5 kompressor.
 

chelo

filthy sy
it was probably the driver. Maybe he just wasn't flooring it. Because at top end theres no way my sy comes even close to my 3.0 alfa romeo.
 

toolmann

Member
i work for Benz too and anything with those 3 little letters...AMG...is fast as hell...most guys that buy 'em at our dealer dont have a clue on how to drive them...sound like you found one of those guys...probably playin with the hans free phone or tryin to figue out how to use the radio....WAY too many electronic options to contend with...

sure is a sweet lookin/sounding engine tho...signed by the builder.



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prosty

The tranny breaker
I had a SL 55 AMG behind me until I was reved out on the last gear. His did not have a speedrestriction. so he blew by me in about 150-160mph later on, not looking that happy
 
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