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Old 09-25-2007, 01:52 PM
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Question Refining the performance of the '98-'99 300's

I've heard owners talk about a hesitation on acceleration with these cars and mine seems to be no exception. A typical full throttle run to 60 or 70 MPH goes something like this:

1. Floor accelerator, car begins to move forward liesurely...
2. About 1.5 seconds later, a big rush of power...
3. Shifting from 1-2, right as it shifts, there's a brief lag of about .5 sec. followed by the same rush of power.
4. Repeat for all gears.

Is this typical of all cars of these years or is mine special... I've had some discusion with you all about this before but now I'm trying to home in on the problem since the rest of the car is doing pretty well. I have something in the Skunk Works that might solve the problem but I need to know if I'm chasing a design problem or there's something else going on. I don't want to be covering up one problem by compensating and solving another. If this works out, I may need a beta tester to validate my results.

Thanks!
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Benz Fleet:
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