SRT-10 v.s. E55 AMG

[Ghetto2315]

I have been discussing this topic with a few friends and they believe that the E55 will pull away.

Any thoughts?

 

[SapphireGTS]

A guy at work has one and he says it is gnasty.

On of my good friends customers has one and says it will blow the doors off his anniv. diablo. I think it would be a good race. The E55 may have an edge because of its perfect automatic tranny.

 

[gowings]

My dad's friend has a E55 AMG and it definitely has a ZING factor with the supercharger, but come on..... look at vipers torque figures.... viper will be it by 2 car lengths when it is all said and done. Two different cars.... Benz couldn't take it at the track... to much body

 

[SnakeBitten]

I think the Benz has better aero...I remember a test where the Benz got a higher top speed on the same track as the SRT ran on....Both ran out of track but the E55 acceleration was a good bit higher than the SRT10's of course this was done with one of the Benz governers defeated....Top end Id give the Benz the edge. Forced induction plus it aint no slouch on torque..It has more Torque than the SRT10...

 

[riwracer]

The answer!
I own both an 03 black E55 and an 03 black SRT..both cars have less than 3,000 miles and no mods. I have raced both cars on the same day at the Desoto Drags in Florida. The E55 ran 12.3 and the Viper ran 11.9.
However, from 0 to about 30, the E55 can be slightly ahead.
riw

 

[Skip White]

There you have it. The Viper can be even faster with quick shifting. The take off is a bit easier to control on the Benz.

I will say the Benz is very impressive, to run what it does. I understand it's a very heavy car.

Skip White

 

[treynor]

4200 lbs, typically 400-420 RWHP, and a fast 5-speed auto. Racing from a roll the Viper will walk the Benz until *very* high speeds. Launching the Benz is much easier. As riwracer indicates, despite more weight and less HP the Benz is surprisingly close to the SRT.

 

[djemcee]

Of course the srt-10 wins hands down in the looks and oohh's and aaahh's department

 

[Vipera Russelli]

This is a great little site for speed stats and it gets updated often. It shows the SRT10 at 11.77 and the E55 at 12.39.

http://www.autofacts.ca/classics/fast.htm

 

[Kelly06]

I can't believe this was even a serious post. All you had to do was look at the times. But I guess part of the fun of the forum is to stir the ***.