Which "stealth" fast car ?

[paulmnz]

can't believe no one has mentioned this yet:

[AC43]

Petrolhead95 said:

DLovett said:

Mercedes-Benz E500 T, preferably in beige.

4.7-litre, twin-turbo V8 putting out 408 HP, capable of 0-60 in about 4.6-4.8 seconds.

Really?! I knew they were quick, but not that quick!

They just keep getting quicker.

The previous n/a 5.5 would do 0-60 in low to mid 5's.

My older 5.0 is in the high 5's. Still feels incongruous when I give the family bus the beans.

Same goes for A6 4.2's and 545's etc.

[braddo]

JREwing said:

Gentlemen, I present Stealth.

But being serious for a moment, I would contend that 'stealthy' is the wrong description. Perhaps 'unexpectedly' quick?
Another serious comment - I've lusted after a debadged, unadorned E500 for a long while now

What a terrible suggestion. JR, you're dead to me.

[sc4589]

blearyeyedboy said:

sc4589 said:

DrTre said:

Nobody said:

Apologies...I have no idea why my name is hidden.

___: the Man With No Name.

EFA.

EFA again.

That took me ages to spot. Cracking!

[Slow]

AC43 said:

Petrolhead95 said:

DLovett said:

Mercedes-Benz E500 T, preferably in beige.

4.7-litre, twin-turbo V8 putting out 408 HP, capable of 0-60 in about 4.6-4.8 seconds.

Really?! I knew they were quick, but not that quick!

They just keep getting quicker.

The previous n/a 5.5 would do 0-60 in low to mid 5's.

My older 5.0 is in the high 5's. Still feels incongruous when I give the family bus the beans.

Same goes for A6 4.2's and 545's etc.

I dont get this. E500 is a 5.4l yet you mention a 4.7l twin turbo? No such car exists as far as i can tell.

[cjb1]

Slow said:

AC43 said:

Petrolhead95 said:

DLovett said:

Mercedes-Benz E500 T, preferably in beige.

4.7-litre, twin-turbo V8 putting out 408 HP, capable of 0-60 in about 4.6-4.8 seconds.

Really?! I knew they were quick, but not that quick!

They just keep getting quicker.

The previous n/a 5.5 would do 0-60 in low to mid 5's.

My older 5.0 is in the high 5's. Still feels incongruous when I give the family bus the beans.

That's because it's in stealth mode........?
Same goes for A6 4.2's and 545's etc.

I dont get this. E500 is a 5.4l yet you mention a 4.7l twin turbo? No such car exists as far as i can tell.

[DLovett]

Slow said:

I dont get this. E500 is a 5.4l yet you mention a 4.7l twin turbo? No such car exists as far as i can tell.

My bad; it seems the car isn't available in the UK.

German specification: http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/germany/mpc/mp...

[vinnie83]

AC43 said:

They just keep getting quicker.

The previous n/a 5.5 would do 0-60 in low to mid 5's.

My older 5.0 is in the high 5's. Still feels incongruous when I give the family bus the beans.

Same goes for A6 4.2's and 545's etc.

I would be surprised - the E55 AMG which supposedly always had ~500bhp and a hell of a lot more torque than the 500 - did 0-60 in 4.6 seconds.

I would be surprised if the heavier and less powerful E500 is as quick 0-60.

[cjb1]

cjb1 said:

OK, it's not straight out of a VX showroom but it is kinda fun, my lads "1.2" Corsa SXi+ just lowered a bit, nice wheels and knocking out in excess of 270BHP, wolf in sheeps clothing that scares the crap out of VXR's, Type 'R's, 'ST's and the like.

For those who scoffed at my lads 'Ned Corsa' last year please find some images of the finished article after it dyno'd at 326BHP at the flywheel with 309ft/lb torque.

No negative or girly bhy comments will be replied to, compliments will.

[cjb1]

One day I will get the hang of this posting malarky!

For those who scoffed at my lads 'Ned Corsa' last year please find some images of the finished article after it dyno'd at 326BHP at the flywheel with 309ft/lb torque.


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[BorkFactor]

Not a fan of the morettes (on any car for that matter), but as I said before I love the rest of the car!

Fairly subtle too, should give the SRI boys with loud exhausts a bit of a fright

[cjb1]

BorkFactor said:

Not a fan of the morettes (on any car for that matter), but as I said before I love the rest of the car!

Fairly subtle too, should give the SRI boys with loud exhausts a bit of a fright

Try Imprezza STi's and S3 Audi's along with many others.

[BorkFactor]

cjb1 said:

Try Imprezza STi's and S3 Audi's along with many others.

It is just personal preference, I know a lot of people like them and they are a very popular mod on lots of cars. Not for me though, always preferred OEM!

Got any videos of the Corsa?

[Justayellowbadge]

Nicely polished.

[cjb1]

Justayellowbadge said:

Nicely polished.

Machine polished by himself using products all purchased from www.polishedbliss.co.uk

This is a level headed young lad that cares as much about his cars appearance as how it goes and sounds.

[Slow]

Surely with all that power on the front wheels it just spins for days?

Dont see it beating a scooby or evo from a standing start.

[SystemParanoia]

Slow said:

Surely with all that power on the front wheels it just spins for days?

Dont see it beating a scooby or evo from a standing start.

...in the wet through a forrest

[cjb1]

Slow said:

Surely with all that power on the front wheels it just spins for days?

Dont see it beating a scooby or evo from a standing start.

Did I actually give the parameters of the claim? On this open (to plod) forum I would neither disclose or discuss the subject anyway. The car was built as a project for the lad to self-learn how to engineer more power in to it, not to go out being a hooligan on the road. I'd say he'd fulfilled that.

With new Toyo Proxies on the driven wheels the torque steer is no where near as bad as we had expected, We've tried it on private land and found it to be a handful but very manageable surprisingly.

[Wills2]

No you didn't CJ, hope you're not spoiling for another argument like last time though.

Well done on the project, now go get a nice looking car and do the same.

[Trevor450]

I note that it is still declared to the DVLA as 1229cc.

I don't like the car but I admire the engineering that must have gone into it.

ETA. As others have said, it isn't stealthy either.

Edited by Trevor450 on Monday 1st April 16:31