Search results

Wow awesome set of pics!! Good to see so many models in great condition

Now if you know about patents you’d be aware they last for 20 years & cannot be renewed. Therefore the patent in question has been re-filed at least 3 times at great expense. Which leads me to believe they’ve never built a prototype. Why squat on a patent for nearly 40 years if you knew it...

You make some very valid points; have you been speaking to my wife lol? I tend to agree as well, so the aim is to avoid registering a patent myself unless absolutely necessary. Even then I may not go ahead. There are interim measures that can be made to gain leverage for negotiation which are...

Oh I should mention the remaining 2/3 of the design will function perfectly without the 1/3 and still be more efficient than current designs. It’s just I’d prefer to complete the package & optimise the performance & efficiency benefits.

The second blow hit me even harder. While laid up I started searching US patents. The official site is clunky & horrible so I had to resort to a third party search function. Unless you know exactly what you’re after & you think outside the box with key words you’ll never find anything. But...

Well I had a couple of setbacks this past week. Caught Influenza A which knocked me over for 2 whole days. Still getting over that a week later. While off work a mate got robbed with 4 cars stolen from his property! With a couple of cars stored there I was very concerned. Fortunately my cars...

Check out this thread which is one of the longest on these pages!! https://www.topklasse.org/forums/threads/sphere-longevity.2436/

Well I’m no closer to finding the article, but I did buy the April 2009 edition which featured this stunning 300SL! Pity it’s just a standard M103 and not an AMG modified M117…

I think it's all about the torque. Lots of cars have more power now, but they don't deliver the pulling power. The 6.9 just surges forward and drags the distant scenery closer. I have fond memories of driving the Fangio car on the Tullamarine Freeway and after putting my foot down maybe 1/2...

So the big question is what can be achieved with today’s tech & I aim to find out…

Basing it on the Red Pig: 420hp 6.8 391hp 6.3! The 6.3 is a little different since the std intake manifold was similar to the race version, whereas the std 450/560/6.9 intake was very different to the race version. Obviously the modified exhaust helped.

So doing some very basic math using % hp vs capacity the following theoretical increases could apply if you made the same vintage mods to different engines: 370hp from a 450cc 459hp 560 566hp 690! If you do the same based on the AMG SEC: 454hp 500cc 510hp 560 628hp 690! If you base it on % hp...

No the intake is split into 2 plenums with a TB each. The headers look pretty wild

Assuming it’s the same car in the mag, this is how AMG achieved the hp increase… And not this much later TT tribute:

I wonder if this car was ever finished?

Hmmm I’m still searching for the article! Doesn’t seem to be in this one! Could be this one, but I can’t see the month or year…

Maybe I dodged a bullet with this one too, but I have a feeling it was quite rare with the split rear seats? No money to purchase it & no space back then (or now)!! Spotted 23/11/2023.

Seems the rally crew back in the day identified issues with the std assembly….

Hi & welcome! You’d have to try to identify the part number & start searching. One from a wreck might also be an option unless accessibility is difficult. I’d like to know what coating was applied to these. I thought anodising was only for alloy? It doesn’t look like zinc & peels off fairly...

A sad state of affairs given its history. It is still a great car & the AMG parts just make it better!