9 Second W108 1/4 mile

[Nutz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NccJE6SabY

[TJ 450]

Unbelievable!

Tim

[flutes]

I thought that was going to be a 6.3 that they'd managed to get under 10 secs!

[Big_Richard]

I thought that was going to be a 6.3 that they'd managed to get under 10 secs!

unfortunately not.

i dare say nothing at all Mercedes related has contributed to that 9 second performance.
Thus its about as much of a "mercedes" as is the plastic wrapper that sort of looks like a ford/chev dropped on top of a nascar.

Thumbs firmly pointed down.

[Nutz]

Thumbs firmly pointed down.

Meh, but perhaps the first time you ever seen a Mercedes doing a wheelie.

[Big_Richard]

Thumbs firmly pointed down.

Meh, but perhaps the first time you ever seen a Mercedes doing a wheelie.

I'm sure a stock standard 300SD can do that   

[Nutz]

I'm sure a stock standard 300SD can do that   

Nope, had one

[13B]

Thanks for that, I now write a monthly column in the MBCV magazine dedicated to modified/customised MBs.  This is just the sort of car I'm looking for my next article.

Good work the people who build these, the alternative is usually a car about to be sent to the wreckers anyway.

I.

[SELfor50]

Sweet as.  Regardless of what's under it, it's still pretty cool to see a benz do a wheel stand!!'

To get a benz powered benz to do a wheel stand like that - you need to spend probably 50K more than what a chev costs to do it with.

[oscar]

haha, wasn't expecting a wheelstand.  What's the squirt of 'steam' from the 108 at 7seconds?  Assuming it's not a misdirected windshield washer squirting, what's the driver testing there?

[SELfor50]

haha, wasn't expecting a wheelstand.  What's the squirt of 'steam' from the 108 at 7seconds?  Assuming it's not a misdirected windshield washer squirting, what's the driver testing there?

I'm 99% sure it's NOS...  Someone else might be able to correct me though. 

[flutes]

I don't know much about drag cars - would that have a parachute fitted?

[s class]

Oscar, he's priming the NOS system, basically bleeding it out to ensure there is liquid NOS available all the way up the lines right up to the injection valve. 

[oscar]

Ah thanks Cam and sclass.  Flutes, I don't know much about em either but I reckon it hasn't got a chute because you usually see the packed chute hanging at the back somewhere.  This w108 looks clean.  Maybe when the brakes come on the doors and boot fly open.

[flutes]

Damn.  I was just thinking how cool a parachute would be as an option...