SilverState Pics

[ke6dcj]

Here's some pictures of our 360TE AMG entered in the Silver State Gold Rush Challenge.

Our target speed was to average 115 MPH.
Our TECH speed was 140 MPH.
Our radar-trap speed was 138 MPH.

Unfortunately, we dropped our stopwatch, so we ended up 16-seconds too fast.

Check out one of the highways.

Theoretical top speed with 3.07 gearing is 147 MPH with our HP & torque. Don't believe it. . .

:-) neil
1988 360TE AMG
1993 500E

[elau]

That stretch of highway sure looks like Mojave desert between L.A. and Vegas that I once drove through.........100+ mph in a rental Taurus.

87 W124
95 R129
98 W163

Hey neil, nice pics. You have a C36 AMG engine in your W124?

[ke6dcj]

Sure did, check out:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?threadid=17181

as well as:
http://www.silcom.com/~neilv/sportline

Here's a glimpse of what's underneath.

Enjoy,
:-) neil
1988 360TE AMG
1993 500E

That is one real nice wagon. But why didn't you do all these upgrades to a W124 Sedan instead of a wagon? You would have saved a lot of weight.

[ke6dcj]

Because the wagon is actually balanced better front to rear.

Also, a wagon is a better "sleeper" and is easier to upgrade to 500E suspension specs. . .

:-) neil

That wagon is very cool. I really like it alot! I have a W202 modded through the roof but I always wanted to do a wagon. Maybe some day I'll get an AMG C32 Estate imported into the states.

[ke6dcj]

I'd love to have the power of the C32 AMG wagon, but it's so tiny in the back.

I hope someday I can import either the E55 AMG wagon, or find a Brabus V12 wagon . . .

Thanks for the kind words.

:-) neil

[MBenzNL]

Neil, nice pics and nice rims !

Did you get my reply by mail?

greetingz,