6.9 Sbarro 6.9 Road Test

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And yet another unheard of supercar with a MB powerplant. The Isdera Erator... :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewz2JxeY1jg&feature=related

Something tells me he wasn't doing 80!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyYgYho43mQ&feature=related

Who said a GT40 was low?? The only thing that could make a GT40 look (and sound) like rubbish!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Ea5EELvF0&NR=1

 

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I was searching for an engine pic and found a few interesting ones. Here's the original cutaway....

 

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And these:

 

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So my questions are; was it a 6.3, or 6.9? Does it exist today, or were they all re-powered? What did the intake manifold look like?

 

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Ron on the M100 site just found the Holy Grail! WOW check out the manifold and throttle... 275kW and 565Nm is pretty amazing from a 2V 6.3 aspirated engine way back then.

It also gives a wonderful insight into AMG when it first started...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm5RURLmUj0&feature=youtu.be

 

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I just translated the page and maybe it wasn't AMG at all!!

 

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It has the same intake as in the 7.2 litre AMG W 107 SLC .

 

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Nah I reckon it's different. The 7.2 was flatter for hood clearance. Probably one-of-a-kind

 

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8 years & over $50 down I finally got a copy!! Talk about determination!

 

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0-60mph in 4.5s!!! In early 1979! Aspirated....

 

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0-60mph in 4.5s!!! In early 1979! Aspirated....

No traction problems with that much weight over the rear wheels

 

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Oh yes and that’s mechanical FI, RWD (not AWD), 6.3 (not 6.9)! No composite materials either. Faster than a Countach...

So in more than 40 years (the CW111 was prob developed a few years before 1979) & all the advances in tech & electronic gizmos, they’ve only gained, like 3sec 0-100kmh????

MB needs to abandon the ONE immediately & develop the CW311!!!

 

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Oh it also has ‘only’ 2V heads & a manual transmission... Just imagine what it could be like with a tech injection!!

 

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If Benz ever took things seriously they could have a Bugatti killer...

 

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If you look closely there are hints to the intake design (even though it’s covered)... It appears to be a reversed 6.3 intake and not the twin TB of the Red Pig.

 

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The Red Pig to compare to a regular 6.3!

 

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I just watched the whole video again, which strangely I forgot about! The intake isn't a regular 6.3 one (nor is it the one from the SLC), but similar to the Red Pig and definitely only one TB mounted centrally between the two plenums.

 

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And this is how they finished M100 6.3 development when the Red Pig was killed off due to capacity limits. Rather disappointing really. They didn’t bother with the 6.9 since the CIS would’ve been a roadblock to manifold modification. And there was very few categories where such a car could be used...