Video: E46 M3 VS Brabus CLK 5.8 Compressor

[Hawk]

Stock M3 vs Supercharged (Kleeman) Brabus CLK 5.8 (620HP)

http://www.m3life.com/data/m3_vs_brabus.avi

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=42385

[steve]

A CLK with 620 bhp that nearly leaves a stock M3 behind is pretty weird I must say...:confused: :eye:

[v8amg]

It was worked out over at mbworld.org that the car did not have 620bhp. If it did, it would have left the M3 as if it was standing still. :amg_smiley:

[Hawk]

Originally posted by v8amg
It was worked out over at mbworld.org that the car did not have 620bhp. If it did, it would have left the M3 as if it was standing still. :amg_smiley:
Not true, read this http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=42385

[v8amg]

Originally posted by Hawk
Not true, read this http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=42385

Don't believe it, if that really was a 620bhp CLK vs 340 M3, the CLK would have smoked it buy 10s of metres.

Have a gander at this.


Originally posted by Improviz
Let's see here...assuming a curb weight with added S/C of 4,000 pounds, a CLK55 cab w/620 horsepower would have a weight/hp ratio of 4000/620 = 6.45:1 . Compare this to a stock (Euro) M3's weight/hp of 3450/342 = 10.01:1 .

This is a 35% advantage to the Benz...if it were really pushing that much power, it you would have been able to have made a sandwich and eaten it in the time lag between the Benz and the M3 going by that camera.

To put this in perspective, have a look at some other contemporary cars' weight/horsepower raitos::

Corvette Z06: ~=3200/405 = 7.9:1
Porsche Turbo: 3388/415 = 8.18:1
Viper: ~=3750/500 = 7.5:1
Ford GT: 3390/500 = 6.78:1

All of these cars run 1/4 miles in the mid-low 12's, and one, the Ford GT, was tested in the high 11's by one publication. All of them will grind an M3 to powder in a straightline race, as can be seen by comparing the test results from any magazine to have tested them. And none of them can match the horsepower/weight that this supposedly-supercharged CLK55 would have, if it was actually producing 620 horsepower.

And we're supposed to believe that one could hang that tightly with a car that has a weight/hp ratio which is better than a Ford GT?? What's wrong with this picture?

:bs: :bs: :bs:

And the owner swears that he "stomped" the CLK when it had 400 hp. Minus supercharger and associated hw, that car has a stock curb weight of 3850 pounds. 3850/400 comes out to 9.625:1, which makes even that story ridiculous on its face...unless someone seriously ripped this CLK owner off and just basically took his money & stuck some valve covers on his car! :D

I swear, some of these M3 guys could believe with no difficulty an M3 beating an F15...pretty sad!