Presumed dead S350 diesel..... Look or Run? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

riethoven · #1 10-05-2007, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DslBnz

LOL, not quite. The W140 S500 covers 60 a few ticks past 7 seconds. Its about as quick as an older 560SEL.

I think the W140 needs the might of the M120, IMHO. That's the engine that belongs in that car if you want some meat under the hood. The sound of that thing when you get on it, is heavenly. Basically, like two M104's joined together sharing a common crank.

Low 5 second sounded a bit too fast for me. I remember when Road & Track only got 6.4 seconds for the first gen. Porsche turbo. They later admitted that they had dumped the clutch too hard and it dogged on takeoff. It could really do right at 6 seconds.

Hatterasguy · #2 10-05-2007, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by riethoven

Low 5 second sounded a bit too fast for me. I remember when Road & Track only got 6.4 seconds for the first gen. Porsche turbo. They later admitted that they had dumped the clutch too hard and it dogged on takeoff. It could really do right at 6 seconds.

They have about 340hp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK3R3QkmsPM&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWJzPD5WGJc&mode=related&search=
Naturaly they are slow when compared to the newer MB's.

Something like say an S65 can go to 60 in about the mid 4 second range, not bad for a fully loaded heavy sedan.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2279948870349575932&q=S55+AMG&total=63&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

The AMG S class's are 200mph cars. Diesels cannot deleiver that kind of performance.