john i think your completely off track here. i wasnt spewing the "amg is better than the srt" line here. i was asking for a response to les' post about the srt engineers IMPROVING on the amg design. what improvements were made? response was cooling. i dispute this statement as the amg grille openings are much larger and cool better. as for the srt grilles this could have been done many different ways with success without detracting from the style design.

as for racing the 2 cars the only major difference between grips car and mine was the driver. he is yrs ahead of me when it comes to the track and how to drive a car. as for the cars themselves they were about as close as possible

as for the srt6 or the slk32 not being a "drag car" i highly doubt that vegas, pintos, comets, furys and dodge darts were ever considered drag cars yet they show up at tracks all over the world. people still say my porsche isnt a "drag car" yet theres 50 996 turbos ahead of me on drag times that run in the 11's the 10's even 9's . if thats not a drag car what is?
look at dragtimes. eliminate the nos cars and the v8 cars and the slk32 is faster than the srt 6 save 1 car that claims no nos but the times dont verify that .

so back to my original question. WHAT DID THE SRT ENGINEERS DO TO BETTER THE AMG DESIGN? sorry i know what it is. they went from a bose system to an infinity system my bad! driveline , suspension, seating, exhaust, electronics, and so much more all mercedes with ZERO input from chrysler.

as for the suspension comment i have had both srt6 and slk32 coil springs side by side in my hand. the height, coil thickness, amount of coil bends, and coil spacing are identical. save the eibach logo on the slk32 springs you couldnt tell one from another. could the rigidity of a fixed roof coupe over a retractable roof be the difference? possibly

mods. search the c32 forum back in 2002 03 before the srt6 was even a thought. 178 renntech pullies, 181 pullies c3 pullies and bigger intakes from the sl55 were all being done. the srt6 nor the guys who build parts for them didnt corner the market here. amg guys were modding these cars the day they were built. ckovach and jeremy and some of the other OG modders were tearing into brand new 60k$ cars and adding cams, headers pullies, belt kits , blue top solenoids and anything else they could find yrs before the srt6 failed at the dealership. it wasnt until these cars became 3 to 4 yr old lot queens that the modders saw the potential

even the highly coveted v8 xfire was done to the slk32 yrs before by brabus