[W126 Coupe] 500 sel

[eurotech1 at charter.net]

Hey Richard,

 You're talking high-dollar clutchless manual trannys,
no, I had a street car that was built to the hilt, I ran a Zoom four puck racing clutch and pressure plate, with a scattershield around the bellhousing ( I've seen clutches explode, launching off the line, schrapnel can come right through sheetmetal, i.e. trans tunnel, so a scattershield is a must for cars pushing over 500 HP. Dynoed the Camaro once, around '82, was putting out 538 HP and 607 ft/lbs of torque. Traded it in '84 for an old '61 Harley Duo-Glide show bike.
 The second saved was from not having to push in the clutch, and shift gears. I set up the shift points on the Turbo 400 to shift at redline (with the titanium pushrods, valve retainers, heavy duty valve springs, lightweight Manley stainless steel valves, high end Crower cam, I could turn 6500 RPM safely), in the 1/4 I would usually run 10.80-10.90 @ 120-130 MPH. In the 1/8, about 6.70-6.80 @ 90-100 MPH.

                     Later,
              Christopher Huffine
> From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
> Date: 2005/01/26 Wed PM 09:30:31 EST
> To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> Subject: RE: Re: [W126 Coupe] 500 sel
> 
> Oh, you meant legit racing. Still, I thought that those who put stick
> tranny's on dragsters put tranny's with straight cut gears, thus taking
> out the need to clutch, thus I don't see where that full second is
> going.
> Richard
> 
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> 
> 
> Hey Richard,
> 
>   Actually, I was referring to preferring an automatic over a stick for
> drag racing. When I was in high school in the late 70's (and for a few
> years after), I ran a '69 Camaro with a 427 with a tunnel-ram and two
> 390 Holleys, a Muncie M-22 close-ratio 4-speed and 4.56 12-bolt Posi on
> the local drag strips. Also did a lot street racing, won a lot of money
> with that car! In 1981, I yanked the Rock Crusher and installed a B&M
> turbo 400. My times dropped by over a second! I would never have been
> able to build a car like that if my grandfather hadn't owned a Chevy
> dealership, and I had a 110 mile paper route I ran in my Junior and
> Senior year of high school( ran it in a '62 6-cylinder 4-door Nova that
> I bought expressly for that purpose, made about $800 a month, which was
> very good money for a high school student in '79 & '80). We have 5
> strips within an hour's drive of Knoxville, four 1/8 mile, and one 1/4
> mile.
>  I wouldn't consider dragging a Benz! I would prefer a 5-speed in my SEC
> for all the fun mountain roads in my area. A lot more fun than an
> automatic. But if I got froggy, and ran across an SEC body without a
> drivetrain, I might just tub it, subframe and four-link the rear, and
> drop in a nice healthy Big Block Chevy and a built Powerglide and hit
> the strip again (don't know about the street, they're too harsh on
> street racers these days, and I'm a little too old to go to jail for
> drag racing!). :)
> 
>                          Later,
>                  Christopher Huffine
> 
> 
> 
>               
> > From: "Shayegan, Richard" <rishayegan at davidson.edu>
> > Date: 2005/01/26 Wed PM 08:35:19 EST
> > To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> > Subject: RE: Re: [W126 Coupe] 500 sel
> > 
> > Well, if you're going to retrofit a stick, might as well get one with
> > straight cut gears and learn to power shift. Then drag racing will be
> no
> > problem.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com
> > [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of
> > eurotech1 at charter.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:28 PM
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> > Subject: Re: Re: [W126 Coupe] 500 sel
> > 
> > 
> > Hey everyone,
> > 
> >   There are 5-speeds out there (and 4-speeds, too), I have seen two.
> The
> > first was an '85 300D, equipped with a five speed, that I looked at in
> > 1994 when I was looking for my first Mercedes. I ended up buying an
> '82
> > 300SD, because the 300D had been wrecked, and the 300SD had lower
> > mileage (106,000, best I recall). The second manual car was a '79 350
> > SLC (yes, a 350, it was a gray market car, a model never sold in the
> US)
> > with a 4-speed. It was a customer's  car, and was for sale at the time
> > (about three years ago). I drove it, was unimpressed. It was
> > underpowered, and desperately needed a fifth gear (35-3700 RPM @
> > 75-80MPH.
> > Would love to find the complete set-up to go in my SEC. I have always
> > preferred a manual to an automatic, except in drag racing.
> > 
> >                      Later,
> >               Christopher Huffine
> > > From: "Attila" <attila at corlink.com>
> > > Date: 2005/01/25 Tue PM 07:54:10 EST
> > > To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] 500 sel
> > > 
> >    
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