Jim Nowak

The SLR dyno's between 525 and 550 RWHP stock. It would take a positive displacement supercharger with as much or more power and some very wide tires for traction to hang with an SLR. The SLR is very fast and can be easily modified for 700+ hp.

atb

It's funny you metion that Dan, as I got the SLR up in rev's I remember thinking to myself "Man, I think Louie's GT would take this thing from a 5K rpm rolling start".


I was very suprised by the exhaust note considering its a V8. With all the sound going on, it sounded more like a V12. You know when you have a big cam in a domestic V8 the engines lopes along until it clears out at high rpm? This sounded like having three big cammed V8's idling at once, and no matter how much you revved it, it never got to the point where the exhaust note became a totally unified tone.

I can definitely say this, it was a torque monster. More so than any other modern day performance car I've driven. Not right off idle, but starting at around 1500-2000rpms it pulls hard (assuming you don't break the tires loose).

The combination between the torque and the A/T makes it the fastest accelerating car I've ever been in (at least thats what my SOP reaction tells me). And it does it with a lot less drama than the '68 Plymouth Sport Fury with a 426 Hemi, Hemi 4 speed, and Dana 60 with 5.12:1 gears that would pull the front wheels off the ground, which, until yesterday, held that record in my personal experiences.

tv

Nice experience for you. The SLR has to be the ugliest high performance car ever. I can not look at one w/o remembering Inspector Clouseau as the old dentist working on Dreyfus with the prostetic nose that melts of his face.

dprantl

Louie recently sold a TS 928 that had a nice flat 500rwhp dyno for under $20k. I'm sure that could be bumped a couple HP. Then there is Kuhn's setup that has over 550rwhp. Why more? A 928 is lighter... And by easily modifying the SLR, you mean add another $100k

But yes, there is no substitute for positive S/C low-end torque. Even in my car, right around 1,500RPM it is already over 300lb.ft at the wheels. My wife's C32 is similar except to a lesser magnitude. And I know exactly what you are talking about with the "delayed" shifts. My wife's C32 with the AMG speedshift 5-speed auto does exactly the same thing. It's like it was designed to be unabuseable.

Dan
'91 928GT S/C 475hp/460lb.ft

Rob Edwards

There are a few that live around here. Every time I see one, I am reminded of the Ambiguously Gay Duo mobile. An SLR would not be my first choice for that kind of money.

928mac

Happy Birthday Adam

I wonder what that 5 speed auto looks like.
i wish I had another 1/2 a gear in my 928

RyanPerrella

I found this to be a great qualifier when making a comparison. You could never sell it, which would you want to live with for the rest of your life, with that in mind I find the 928 really tough to beat.

Yes when push comes to shove and its either this one or that one, often you think, well this one is worth 10x what that one's worth so the choice is obvious.

Interesting observations, the SLR i find especially intoxicating when painted black, but the traditional torque converter auto would never be the ideal starting point for any car.... and I have to imagine this would lead to the idea of missed opportunity in the case of the SLR.

I do like the proportions of the SLR, but allot of the detailing leaves me wondering why the editing eye never came into play. I think the tail lamps look cheap, like those that come from a chinese factory made for hondas. The car also has far to many gills and slats for my taste. The interior too seems to be a bit dated today, but I would say the same for the SLS and that car is about a year old.

Thanks for sharing!