Pagoda at 230 Km/h (144 mph)!

[Albert-230SL]

Hi friends,
I found this picture (100 Kb) of a W113 driving at 230 Km/h (144 mph) [:0]: http://www.mercedes500.de/galerie_vollgas/230kmh-113-pagode.jpg
In the same website (mainly about S-Class W126), there are more pictures of MB cars at full speed... Ahh, those German highways without speed limit [:p]: http://www.mercedes500.de/galerie_vollgas.html
Regards
Albert de la Torre Chavalera
Barcelona (Catalunya/Spain)
Feb.'64 230 SL Euro 113042-10-002432

[Douglas]

I think the speedometer gets increasingly inaccurate as you go faster, so I highly doubt the driver is traveling a true 140+ MPH.
Nonetheless, I will attempt this later today on the FDR Drive here in Manhattan and let everyone know the results.
Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220

[Cees Klumper]

I think it is impossible to go 230 kph and have the engine rev at only 5,100. Unless the car is equipped with an altogether different (V8?) engine.
Cees Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

[hauser]

I have doubts as to the accuracy of this photo.  If this car is in fact going at the indicated speed of 230Kmh the outside surroundings would be a complete blur unless the phographer was using a high speed shutter.
1969 280sl 5 spd        1999 ML320          Gainesville,Fl.

[Albert-230SL]

quote:Originally posted by cees klumper

I think it is impossible to go 230 kph and have the engine rev at only 5,100. Unless the car is equipped with an altogether different (V8?) engine.

I think the picture is real... it would not make sense to include "photoshop" pictures in a gallery like that...
But I thought the same about the revs. Maybe this Pagoda is one of the Mechatronic Pagodas with a transplanted MB 320 engine (V6 - 218 HP) engine and current automatic gearbox... (Do you remember? We saw it in the Techno Classica Essen)... because the standard gearboxes of the Pagodas have shorter ratios...
Anyway, it's a funny picture!  
Regards
Albert de la Torre Chavalera
Barcelona (Catalunya/Spain)
Feb.'64 230 SL Euro 113042-10-002432

[114015]

Hello Albert & others,
I don't think it is real. As Cees already mentioned, you don't go with 230 km/h at 5100 revs. The speedo is not original, the numbers go up to 240 but not 220 km (Euro speedo). The speedo must be from the W111 3.5 I assume. There the rear axle ratio is completely different which is why the speedo most likely shows incorrect numbers.
It's fake.
Achim
Achim
(Magdeburg, Germany)

[Albert-230SL]

quote:Originally posted by 114015

Hello Albert & others,
I don't think it is real. As Cees already mentioned, you don't go with 230 km/h at 5100 revs. The speedo is not original, the numbers go up to 240 but not 220 km (Euro speedo). The speedo must be from the W111 3.5 I assume. There the rear axle ratio is completely different which is why the speedo most likely shows incorrect numbers.
It's fake.

Hi Achim,
Maybe it's real. I think this car is one of the Pagodas "by Mechatronik" ( http://www.mechatronik-gmbh.de/english/e_msl.html ). This German company put current MB V6 engines (3.200cc) and different gearboxes/rear axle ratios in the Pagoda, and they have two versions (MSL 320 / 224 HP / 225 km/h - MSL Sport R / 280 HP / >230 km/h) able to reach such speed in the speedo. Mechatronik also changes the speedo of these special Pagodas (up to 240 Km/h, as you can see in this picture from their site), in order to adapt it to the new performances.

Regards
Albert de la Torre Chavalera
Barcelona (Catalunya/Spain)
Feb.'64 230 SL Euro 113042-10-002432

[JamesL]

Something looks funny....
The gauges between the dials. I have gas, oil pressure and temp
I can see gas, and assume temp
But the last one looks nothing like my pressure gauge
And one other minor item
Would you want to be the photographer?

[Cees Klumper]

I think the lower-left-corner gauge is in fact the oil pressure one Tosh. Looks like it is pegged to 'full' as it should be (certainly at that speed!)
Cees Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic