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þessi bíll á að vera 600+ hö þannig að það er nú búið að
gera aðeins meira en að setja tölvukubb

Well, this explains quite a bit! On the dynojet dyno today, in 72 degree weather, my bone-stock S600 made:

481 RWHP @ 5300 RPM
601 RWTQ @ 3500 RPM

This scenario has already occurred on Tuesday:
I'm out driving the S600 on El Camino, and up ahead I spot a late-model Porsche 911 cabrio with two people in it. Those of you who remember my previous race story against a 911 (in my X5... I lost) know I have a special place in my heart for that car . As luck would have it, he gets caught at the stoplight a couple blocks later, and I pick up the empty lane to his left.

As I pull up, I see it's a 30ish guy driving with a woman in the passenger seat. Folks, it doesn't get any better than this I roll down my passenger window and ask "hey, is that thing fast?"

He responds "yeah, real fast". I say "show me"

The light turns green and I clobber him. In the S600 it's like taking candy from a baby; only the launch is tricky. The Porsche turns off into a parking lot before the next light. I think I saw the woman laughing as he did, but it might have been a trick of the lighting...

Did I mention how much I like this car?

Hversu lengi vélin endist er annað mál...

> Any thoughts on reliability given frequent trips to the drag strip?

It's just accelerating in a straight line. Not too hard on the car, especially with drag radials because they don't spin or wheelhop. I haven't had to replace a darn thing.

RENNtech advises me that AMG says the transmission is the weak link in the driveline. They've left an electronic torque limiter in place on the tranny, and I think it adjusted down the midrange boost slightly, because I haven't hit it since two days after I got the ECU back from them.