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Re: cl 63 amg
It may be slower but, 63 is definitely better engine then 55Kompressor! My friend had two kompressor failures on his SL55AMG(Mk1)! I had a chance to try E63 and IMO it is far better car then previous E55... Throttle respone is its class for such a big engine. Power delivery is more linear but, forcefull from low revs also. Best Mercedes engine of all times IMO...
Aug 8, 2006 11:32:53 PM
- Martin J.S.
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Re: cl 63 amg
Quote:Well, that's exactly what a lot of people say about the 55 Kompressor engine.
KresoF1 said:
I had a chance to try E63 and IMO it is far better car then previous E55... Throttle respone is its class for such a big engine. Power delivery is more linear but, forcefull from low revs also. Best Mercedes engine of all times IMO...
Aug 9, 2006 1:40:00 PM
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Re: cl 63 amg
The 55 Kompressor engines get a huge amount of torque at lower rpms and the 63 spreads the torque across a wider band and this makes the 63 cars faster. At least that is how it was explained to me at the AMG Challenge last week. I had a chance to drive the CLK55 and the CLK63 back to back and I really liked the CLK63 a lot. Driving the CL55 after driving the CLK63 gave me a real good taste of how different these two cars are. The CL55 was a nice sliding boat compared to the CLK63.
Aug 9, 2006 11:13:32 PM
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Re: cl 63 amg
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Mussl Kar said:
[...]and this makes the 63 cars faster.
Well... please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the 55 Kompressor engine (especially with its latest overhaul) faster than the naturally aspirated 63 engine?
This is really not meant as a provocation, so maybe I don't know better, but AFAIK, the 55 Kompressor engine was faster than all 63 engines in direct comparism (i.e. same car models).
IMO that's exactly the reason why they didn't put the 63 engine into the R230 SL.
Aug 10, 2006 4:28:05 AM
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Re: cl 63 amg
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Martin J.S. said:Quote:
Mussl Kar said:
[...]and this makes the 63 cars faster.
Well... please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the 55 Kompressor engine (especially with its latest overhaul) faster than the naturally aspirated 63 engine?
This is really not meant as a provocation, so maybe I don't know better, but AFAIK, the 55 Kompressor engine was faster than all 63 engines in direct comparism (i.e. same car models).
IMO that's exactly the reason why they didn't put the 63 engine into the R230 SL.
Not clear 55 is definitely quicker in all relevant straight-line accel/handling conds vs 63....
As a tq addict, was also worried re: 63's tq curve vs 55
...but my sense is we don't know exactly how 63 motor will be tuned for SL/CL/S-Classes; need to factor in shift-speeds/gearing of 7-speed vs 5-speed; also consider that 63 motor is 200lb+ lighter than 65/55 motors, making for slightly better handling/steering feel....As I understand it, guys in Germany would prob want 65 over any mere 55/63 for 100-180MPH+ accel....and guys ex-Germany will prob favor NA characteristics/latest-tech tranny/lighter motor of 63 vs 55....we shall see....
Also, why would MB spend valuable R&D money developing a lower-performance 63 motor (and 7-speed tranny interface)....and put it in their new, latest-tech $150K flagship car, CL63 (being pre-promoted by MB as more of a driver's car than ever before
)..... if they could simply keep building the old 55K motor and old 5-speed tranny????
Re: cl 63 amg
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VKSF said:Quote:
Martin J.S. said:Quote:
Mussl Kar said:
[...]and this makes the 63 cars faster.
Well... please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the 55 Kompressor engine (especially with its latest overhaul) faster than the naturally aspirated 63 engine?
This is really not meant as a provocation, so maybe I don't know better, but AFAIK, the 55 Kompressor engine was faster than all 63 engines in direct comparism (i.e. same car models).
IMO that's exactly the reason why they didn't put the 63 engine into the R230 SL.
Not clear 55 is definitely quicker in all relevant straight-line accel/handling conds vs 63....
As a tq addict, was also worried re: 63's tq curve vs 55
As I understand it, guys in Germany would prob want 65 over any mere 55/63 for 100-180MPH+ accel....and guys ex-Germany will prob favor NA characteristics/latest-tech tranny/lighter motor of 63 vs 55....we shall see....
Also, why would MB spend valuable R&D money developing a lower-performance 63 motor (and 7-speed tranny interface)....and put it in their new, latest-tech $150K flagship car, CL63 (being pre-promoted by MB as more of a driver's car than ever before
I hope that Mercedes is doing some re-engineering before they fit the 63AMG engine to S/CL/SL. Recent magazine tests of the E63 produced rather unfortunate performance figures (like 15.5s for 0-200kph etc.)...
Re: cl 63 amg
Markus,
I hope that you are not serious about that... All SL55 and E55 Kompressor press cars were little bit more powerfull then normal ones! I had a chance to drive one E55(press car with Stuttgart plates) and this one was much faster then my friends E55(bought in Croatia's Mercedes importer). Difference was around 2s from 100km/h till 220km/h!
It is not that easy to "power up" NA engine like the one in E63! Normal acceleration for "not power up" SL/E55 is around 16s-16.5s as is measured by Sport Auto in recent SL55(mk2 517hp!) test. 0-200km/h in 15.6s, not 14s or lower as on some "special" SLs...
I hope that you are not serious about that... All SL55 and E55 Kompressor press cars were little bit more powerfull then normal ones! I had a chance to drive one E55(press car with Stuttgart plates) and this one was much faster then my friends E55(bought in Croatia's Mercedes importer). Difference was around 2s from 100km/h till 220km/h!
It is not that easy to "power up" NA engine like the one in E63! Normal acceleration for "not power up" SL/E55 is around 16s-16.5s as is measured by Sport Auto in recent SL55(mk2 517hp!) test. 0-200km/h in 15.6s, not 14s or lower as on some "special" SLs...
Re: cl 63 amg
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KresoF1 said:
Markus,
I hope that you are not serious about that... All SL55 and E55 Kompressor press cars were little bit more powerfull then normal ones! I had a chance to drive one E55(press car with Stuttgart plates) and this one was much faster then my friends E55(bought in Croatia's Mercedes importer). Difference was around 2s from 100km/h till 220km/h!
It is not that easy to "power up" NA engine like the one in E63! Normal acceleration for "not power up" SL/E55 is around 16s-16.5s as is measured by Sport Auto in recent SL55(mk2 517hp!) test. 0-200km/h in 15.6s, not 14s or lower as on some "special" SLs...
Good point. I'll try to measure my friend's E55 with a GPS, to see what kind of times it turns out.
Re: cl 63 amg
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KresoF1 said:
Markus,
I hope that you are not serious about that... All SL55 and E55 Kompressor press cars were little bit more powerfull then normal ones! I had a chance to drive one E55(press car with Stuttgart plates) and this one was much faster then my friends E55(bought in Croatia's Mercedes importer). Difference was around 2s from 100km/h till 220km/h!
It is not that easy to "power up" NA engine like the one in E63! Normal acceleration for "not power up" SL/E55 is around 16s-16.5s as is measured by Sport Auto in recent SL55(mk2 517hp!) test. 0-200km/h in 15.6s, not 14s or lower as on some "special" SLs...
Surprise, surprise. Finally, Mercedes discovered how hard it is to prepare a non-supercharged car for the press
Re: cl 63 amg
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MKSGR said:Quote:
KresoF1 said:
Markus,
I hope that you are not serious about that... All SL55 and E55 Kompressor press cars were little bit more powerfull then normal ones! I had a chance to drive one E55(press car with Stuttgart plates) and this one was much faster then my friends E55(bought in Croatia's Mercedes importer). Difference was around 2s from 100km/h till 220km/h!
It is not that easy to "power up" NA engine like the one in E63! Normal acceleration for "not power up" SL/E55 is around 16s-16.5s as is measured by Sport Auto in recent SL55(mk2 517hp!) test. 0-200km/h in 15.6s, not 14s or lower as on some "special" SLs...
Surprise, surprise. Finally, Mercedes discovered how hard it is to prepare a non-supercharged car for the press
I have an idea! Why don't we find an E55/SL55 and an E63/SL55Mk2 and have a drag race? That would be the best test
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Aug 10, 2006 5:24:09 PM
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Aug 10, 2006 8:57:04 PM
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Re: cl 63 amg
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Martin J.S. said:Quote:
Mussl Kar said:
[...]and this makes the 63 cars faster.
Well... please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the 55 Kompressor engine (especially with its latest overhaul) faster than the naturally aspirated 63 engine?
This is really not meant as a provocation, so maybe I don't know better, but AFAIK, the 55 Kompressor engine was faster than all 63 engines in direct comparism (i.e. same car models).
IMO that's exactly the reason why they didn't put the 63 engine into the R230 SL.
The CLK63 felt faster than the CLK55 on the autox course. Prob because the CLK55 is a NA engine with a lot less hp that the NA 63.
Someone at the AMG Challenge (staff) told me the new 63 engines will make it a lot harder for owners to mod for hp gains. He said something along the lines of dealers not easily being able to tell if a car has been modded when working on it, or taking a 3 year old car in trade that was heavily used/abused in its modded state, and returned to stock on trade in.
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