Mercedes SLK55 AMG With SLR Engine!!!!!!

[philios55]

I'm pretty sure its a photoshop job,
but just imagine the small possiblity
to be true, what a car that will be,
a total overkill!!! :shock:

http://img194.echo.cx/img194/1879/image0182fv.th.jpg (http://img194.echo.cx/my.php?image=image0182fv.jpg)http://img162.echo.cx/img162/4674/image0196ac.th.jpg (http://img162.echo.cx/my.php?image=image0196ac.jpg)
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http://img247.echo.cx/img247/9299/image0223xy.th.jpg (http://img247.echo.cx/my.php?image=image0223xy.jpg)

[sentra_dude]

Can't say for sure, but it definitely seems like a PS...and if it was real, why would they cut those horrible holes in the hood? Looks hideous, and I don't see the point, the SLR has the same engine as the SLK55 right (of course in a different state of tune, but either way)?

[philios55]

^I think its a photoshop pics too but you can't say the SLR engine and
normally aspirated SLK55 engine is the same apart from displacement!!!

SLR Engine
http://img157.echo.cx/img157/8387/1242486img5qj.th.jpg (http://img157.echo.cx/my.php?image=1242486img5qj.jpg)

SLK55 AMG Engine
http://img157.echo.cx/img157/5701/55xl.th.jpg (http://img157.echo.cx/my.php?image=55xl.jpg)

[SPEEDKILLAR]

Yeah, that's for sure a ps or whatever it is, it would be impossible to fit the SLR engine wich is much more longer and so on, in to an SLK engine bay, so yeah total bullshit, and anyway that would be sooooooooo stupid and ridiculous :roll:

[sentra_dude]

^I think its a photoshop pics too but you can't say the SLR engine and
normally aspirated SLK55 engine is the same apart from displacement!!!

SLR Engine
http://img157.echo.cx/img157/8387/1242486img5qj.th.jpg (http://img157.echo.cx/my.php?image=1242486img5qj.jpg)

SLK55 AMG Engine
http://img157.echo.cx/img157/5701/55xl.th.jpg (http://img157.echo.cx/my.php?image=55xl.jpg)

Ahh, I figured the SLK55 was s/c, well, anyways...the same as the SL55 engine... Except for a quite noticeable difference in hp. ;)

It'd be a much better idea to tune up the V8 that's already in there, and put a manual transmission in it.

[philios55]

^Tottally agree with you, it will be much better perfomance and cost wise to tune the normally aspirated engine and put a much beter transimission instead of going with the much bigger, much more expensive and difficult to install SLR engine! 8)

[dutchmasterflex]

ummm dont the SLK55 and SLR (and SL55 for that matter) all share the same engine? super charged V8? except of course the engine in the SLR is tuned a bit more..

[gobs3z]

5.5-liter Supercharged = SLR
5.5-liter Naturally Aspirated = SLK55

Same engine but one has a supercharger, not sure how much taller that makes the engine, but same engine mounts.

By the way, yesterday was the first time i saw an SLR on the road, sounds like a supercharger Mustang Cobra but the exhaust aren't as loud on the SLR.

[Pwoarrr]

No way! That is a definitely a PS job......the SLR engine is much longer, it would never fit under a normal SLK55's hood. :roll:

[gobs3z]

You're getting confused with the engine length and intake length, the engine is the same it's just it has a long ass intake that goes to the front of the car.

[Toronto]

well this could be a PS job
for 2 reasons, on the first image you can clearly see a diff. off light on the engine cover and on the hood of the car.

the 2nd one is, the person who made this really doesn't know how to use text in PS, not that PS is any good with text, you would need to import the file into a vector based program like ill. and it would look better... but that is enuf rampling the text in the plate on the front of the car were it says his name, it isn't angled with the plate.

Now for reasons why this could be real, on the last image you can the trees (green) in the reflection off the carbon fiber plane in the engine bay.

all this said you could fit the engine and the intake, but no room for anything else in the engine bay, like a radiator, air con., or power steering. :roll:

where did you find the pics??

[Pwoarrr]

You're getting confused with the engine length and intake length, the engine is the same it's just it has a long ass intake that goes to the front of the car.

Oh, thanks for clarifying that gobs :wink:

[DeMoN]

Photoshop, look at the license plate... where it Bin Sulayem, that thingis going on a straight line even though the plate has an incline.

[Just_me]

You never know. The same guy own these carsrs as well

http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=27145

[raphaelws]

it looks good!!! I really prefer the SLK front .. I think its much better looking than the SLR

[dingo]

Sorry to drag up this topic, but I found some high-res pics of the car - it seems to be the real thing. Its owned by Mohamed Bin Sulayem, and apparently AMG guys are coming over to Dubai to check it out :D

http://img150.echo.cx/img150/8075/10061165mg.th.jpg (http://img150.echo.cx/my.php?image=10061165mg.jpg)http://img150.echo.cx/img150/4766/10061170rw.th.jpg (http://img150.echo.cx/my.php?image=10061170rw.jpg)http://img150.echo.cx/img150/5156/10061189ec.th.jpg (http://img150.echo.cx/my.php?image=10061189ec.jpg)
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[saadie]

do u get an SLR engine without an SLR ... NO .... or atleast i hopr not .. :mrgreen:
the number plate clearly says Bin Sulayem :D .... anyway ..
whats wid the holes in the hood .. looks like it got shot in the chest .. :roll:

[TT]

Uhm... I am still not so sure it could be real. BTW, Sulayem seems to love pure supercars, no wicked hybrids...

And the SLR engine has for sure way too much torque. The SLK55 tranny can't cope with it. And the SLK is too short to fit the whole engine+tranny from the SLR right?

[dingo]

I just posted this in the Merc pics topic but here is more appropriate.....this is what the guy who took the pics said:

"Ya'll remember Mohamed Bin Sulayem right? Well I met him today, him and his gorgeous SLK.
Here's what happened:
I was on my way home from school when I see an SLK wit two black patches on the hood. I was like "stickers". So I decided to check it out. After a fast lunch, I went to the house where it was parked. I get close and see that those black patches were actually the engine sticking out of the hood. I was like WTF? I was even more shocked when I read SLR on the engine. So I started snapping pics. When a Nissan Armada pulls up and who else but Bin Sulayem steps out of the house to get something from the Armada. Then he gets in the SLK and calls me to talk to him. At first I didnt recognise him, but he told me later on. My first reaction was to point speechless at the hood. He told me got the engine and put it in himself and changed the transmission, and it's a RWD. He said it had 615hp, and could go well over 350 km/h. He told me he had already been up to 320. He said it's a one of a kind, and that AMG are coming to Dubai just to see it.
The reason why he did such a crazy think was because all the other cars he has (Enzo, F50, F40, GT1, etc etc etc...) were undrivable in these streets cuz of all the traffic, so he settle with a SLK55 with an auto transmission, a comfy, easy ride in other words. But he wasnt happy with the power output...So hey, might as well drop an SLR engine into it...
Oh, and the sound...Mind blowing...
Crazy car...

He also told me he has a Mitsu Pajero with 650hp... I love this guy lol..."

I really have no idea whether its 'real' or not as I don't know the exact dimensions of the car and the SLR engine/transmission :?

[TT]

Well, this writeup already adds something, but everybody could make it up actually.

Let's hope Jeremy will pay him another visit soon, to finally uncover the mistery for us :D

[saadie]

real deal .. lol ...... lets just say he put a stomach of a cow in a goat ... lmfao ...
i got no clue where that came from :mrgreen:

[Yablokov]

it looks pretty real to me. and the new engine would be do-able to install. i like thoase 2 holes btw:P matches the car in a weird way.

[5vz-fe]

There's something fishy about that quote, Mohamed Bin Sulayem are famous for requesting one off special cars from manufactures, but never heard of him putting engines in car HIMSELF.

[saadie]

yeha ... and imo only the amg guys would know how to do it ....
but the amg guys are goign to see the car for the first time ... weird .... :?

[dingo]

I still don't see much point in this. Why not just have an SLR?

because other people already have SLR's, no one has an SLK55 with an SLR engine :wink:

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

The fact that the SLR torque and engine will be too big for the SLKs characteristics is a big truth; however, there are tons of examples that continues a similar principle; for instance ive noticed a pug 205 with the pug 405 Turbo 16 engine, a Opel Manta with the calibra turbo engine, the 500 bhp powered ford sierra cosworth, and so on

However, once Mohamed Bin Sulayem is used to every kind of cars such as the Merc SLK-GTR, an Escort Cosworth grA and Escort WRC in the Asian Championship, the world rallying championship in a Sierra/Escort Cosworth grN........he wont have any problems to get used to the car. In addition, im 200% agree with dani....if Bin Sulayem is the SLKs owner, it has got the SLR engine

[vakpemil]

HTF is this possible .. if the man has so much money why would he put an SLR engine in a SLK55 AMG. Is there the possibility to buy just the SLR engine? And what about the excausts of the SLR ? The go to the side of the car? I would be an huge job to fit an engine in a SLK I think?

[vakpemil]

http://img287.echo.cx/img287/426/slr9fl.th.jpg (http://img287.echo.cx/my.php?image=slr9fl.jpg)

this picture says a lott... I'am sure now its a SLK with SLR engine.... :shock: 8) . How many second will this car take to 100km/h :twisted: are 200, 300 :twisted:

[Zrated]

I doubt one could even fit an SLR engine in an SLK55.

[JiggaStyles09]

http://img118.echo.cx/img118/7479/0002vw.jpg

looks pretty real to me :twisted:

my only question is where do you buy an SLR engine without the car?

[SilviaEvo]

it seems to fit right cept the holes in the bonnet because its too long and teh SLR engine pokes out

[JiggaStyles09]

lol, thats a new classification of wealth i think, where you can use SLR's as garden decorations :lol:

[5vz-fe]

Wow, that's damning evidence....!!!!! I guess if u have money, u have the car anyway you want it..........next project, M5 V10 in a SL body LOL

[Gx-r]

guys ,, Bin Sulayim can easilly do it possible for him ..
he owns alot of cars and $$$$ ...

[Sydbom]

yeha ... and imo only the amg guys would know how to do it ....
but the amg guys are goign to see the car for the first time ... weird .... :?




I think its kinda cool,maybe its abit to show off, but if he have done this himself (he is a former rally driver and a car fanatic) it might be he have done it cuz he likes to fiddle around with cars and got the money to fiddle around with cars like this instead of cheaper ones...... :wink:

.

Could be true as well, but personally I would do something like fitting modern technology (and engine) into a classic car. This is kinda offtopic, but last year I saw pics of a Russian Volga that had it's roof lowered and instead of 4 it had 2 longer doors. Also some other minor appearance upgrades. But what was the real cool thing was that it had the engine and the interiour of the BMW 850CSI. It looked amazing, it is amazing. That's why I would have done something like that.

http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/21511.jpg

http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/21509.jpg
http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/21513.jpg
http://bilder.autobild.de/bilder/1/21506.jpg

if i am not wrong this volga isnt a volga with a BMW engine and interior but its a BMW with a volga exterior! and thats a whole diffrent thing!

about the SLK, its awesome! driving around in that with the roof down....man that has to be amazing!

[Evil-ution]

guys.. my reply is to confirm to u that its not a PS.. its a real car i'll tell u the stroy..

Mohammed binsulayem is a guy from UAE and he is goddamn rich ( he is a retired WRC driver with lots of champion.. u can search about him ) so this guy has no problems when it comes to money..

he saw the SLR which weights nearly 1700 KG and the SLK which weights much much less, so he thought of fitting that big engine into a small car what would we get? a rocket..

its not a PS and some Emarati ppl spotted the cars.. mohammed bonsulayem has his own car designers, so don't think he got a problem fitting the Supercharger they would figure a way out. if u notice the SLR bonnet is much bigger then the SLK so the engine with its bolt won't fit, so he designed the front kit and the bonnet to fit the engine inside..

check these 2 links.. this is an arabic cars forum and there are 2 threads with the same pictures:
http://bahrainicars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9815&highlight=slr
http://bahrainicars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10063&highlight=slr

thanks u :)

[Evil-ution]

looks pretty real to me :twisted:

my only question is where do you buy an SLR engine without the car?

well u can order the engine and Merc will be glad to built it for u.. BUT i heard that the engine costs 260,000 $ ( just to add buying a hole SLR is much better couse it will cost u 340,000 $ )

[911GT1]

Ppl who got cash dont think sensibly. What they want usually get done no matter how outreageous it is. They even divert a major 8 lane highway 300meters just so that their artificial lake will look more real... only in Dubai. This SLK with the SLR business i only have one thing to say, why not? I mean if i have the cash i'll shove an enzo engine on a 360 or a 430. I'll shove a Ferrari F1 customer engine on any road car if i have the cash. M3 engine in the 1 series, why not? Heck I'll even ask McLaren to built me a 4 door SLR no matter what the cost or maybe make the R8 road legal and even more extreme built an enzo limosine. If you have the cash, why not? If you have to ask why, try to make sense of it, or critisize it... well thats why you're here on the net, talking about other ppl outreageous exotics instead of owning them. oh btw, i'm part of the ppl who try to make sense of it.

[Evo]

Hey guys.. I did not notice this post.. But I can confirm this car is real.. I never saw it but a lot of my close friends told me they did... This friend of mine knows his son. And he tells me his father. Mohammed does not let him take the car.. hehehe.. But why would he. He already got heck a lot of other toys to play with.. :mrgreen:

[5vz-fe]

I guess he'll be more busy with boobies than mercedes. :mrgreen:

[Racerboy]

wow it is amazing to see that the SLR's engine can fit in a car like a SLK, I mean if it was SL55 or 65 then it would make a little more sense but for a SLK it's crazy, cool though and pretty impressive

[911GT1]

I think the AMG65 engine is even crazier than the SLR. Imagine all that torque in a car that small? I think he choose the SLR engine because it's the most powerfull engine AMG made that can be fitted (dimensionally) in the SLK. The 65 V12 will just be too wide, long, heavy and powerfull for the SLK.