Thread: Top Speed?
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Old 08-27-2008, 08:53 PM
TMAllison TMAllison is offline
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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy View Post
Slow, only about 110-120. 120 takes a long, long time. Really the top speed on an SDL is like 105-110, you have to really want those extra few MPH.

If you floor my friends S600 at 110 it down shifts.

I was cranking along, all happy that my old diesel was in the triple digit range. Here comes the M120, loafing as my 603 was giving all its worth. Like an F22 passing a DC3.
A newer one with the 7spd trans would prob grab 2 gears at 110mph.
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