191MPH E55
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2008 GL550
Out of curiosity, how did the car feel at 191mph? Planted?
I had my old 911 Turbo up to about 180 once and it felt good but just looking at our E's they don't "appear" aerodynamically friendly for that speed.
Looks like your car got up to speed pretty easily!
I had my old 911 Turbo up to about 180 once and it felt good but just looking at our E's they don't "appear" aerodynamically friendly for that speed.
Looks like your car got up to speed pretty easily!
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Our E's are VERY aerodynamic, probably more so than most porsche's or even ferrari's, it's the airmatic however that make the car feel like a boat at high speeds.
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Thanks guys!
That last run was against a fully bolted E55 + cams + custom tune, I was two up also.
Either 1.6 or 1.8 miles, cant remember now, it was a 2 mile straight but we need room for braking.
The car has done a standing mile @ 180.01
Mods are,
- Kleemann headers, H pipe, no cats on to eisenmann back box.
- Kleemann tune
- Kleemann 168mm
- R/T 82mm tb and air box
- big h/e and rear tank (floored fab) with twin cm30 pumps
- Lightweight Rotors (front)
- Lightweight Battery
- Lightweight Wheels
- TTM Scoops
That last run was against a fully bolted E55 + cams + custom tune, I was two up also.
Either 1.6 or 1.8 miles, cant remember now, it was a 2 mile straight but we need room for braking.
The car has done a standing mile @ 180.01
Mods are,
- Kleemann headers, H pipe, no cats on to eisenmann back box.
- Kleemann tune
- Kleemann 168mm
- R/T 82mm tb and air box
- big h/e and rear tank (floored fab) with twin cm30 pumps
- Lightweight Rotors (front)
- Lightweight Battery
- Lightweight Wheels
- TTM Scoops
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Felt good to me and we had to hit the brakes hard to.
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Thanks guys!
That last run was against a fully bolted E55 + cams + custom tune, I was two up also.
Either 1.6 or 1.8 miles, cant remember now, it was a 2 mile straight but we need room for braking.
The car has done a standing mile @ 180.01
Mods are,
- Kleemann headers, H pipe, no cats on to eisenmann back box.
- Kleemann tune
- Kleemann 168mm
- R/T 82mm tb and air box
- big h/e and rear tank (floored fab) with twin cm30 pumps
- Lightweight Rotors (front)
- Lightweight Battery
- Lightweight Wheels
- TTM Scoops
That last run was against a fully bolted E55 + cams + custom tune, I was two up also.
Either 1.6 or 1.8 miles, cant remember now, it was a 2 mile straight but we need room for braking.
The car has done a standing mile @ 180.01
Mods are,
- Kleemann headers, H pipe, no cats on to eisenmann back box.
- Kleemann tune
- Kleemann 168mm
- R/T 82mm tb and air box
- big h/e and rear tank (floored fab) with twin cm30 pumps
- Lightweight Rotors (front)
- Lightweight Battery
- Lightweight Wheels
- TTM Scoops
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Nah mate, Kleemann has been tuning these cars for years never had a need to, IMO you only need fueling mods if you go over 180mm.
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Kleeman does seem to have a good tune though, no doubt.
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