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Old 05-17-2013, 10:34 PM
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My Maserati goes 185 . . . .

. . .I have a license and I still drive. . . . Well, not really a Maserati , a SL320 at 120 after someone in a newer Honda Accord knifing through traffic thought they were going to give me a push. . .

All in the name of science mind you. . . Rolling along at 65 a full throttle kickdown nets a 5 to 3 downshift and the motor just keeps pulling. . . all the way to at least 120. The car really does come into it's element at higher speeds, what feels like numb steering at 50 , is much better at speed. I've raced Formula Ford at those speeds and you can tell you are moving, with this car if feels more like half of that.

So, does anyone have road test data for a 97 SL320 with a M104 in line 6? How about a SL280 and SL500 ?

Thanks
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