blackbenzz

Thanks! I hope you're right

Weighed exactly 3700 pounds on the scale after this pass. I will take some weight out this weekend. Not sure how much I want to take out though.
It's pretty crazy when you think about it that way. My 60's actually sucked. Vbox said my 0-60mph on that pass was only 3.0 seconds. I've done better with the old blower and stock axles. But it will drop dramatically once I get the suspension set up right. I'm thinking ~2.5 seconds 0 to 60mph and at least 1.45 60' (I did 1.48 60' last time and even did that on the old setup with stock axles as well). Btw it did 60 to 130 in 6.48s on slicks on a flat surface!

This is actually a junkyard NA 55 motor that I swapped timing cover/pulleys from a 55k to make the Weistec SC work. The internals are NA 55 AMG. AMG made some stout motors! It's running over double the horsepower intended after 100+k miles of abuse! I remember when people were telling me my motor won't hold past 450whp So much for that myth. People like to make stuff up and become self proclaimed experts

Joncl

Congrats!

305-E55, I think it weighs about 3400 pounds

blackbenzz

Thanks.

No it does not. Race weight was 3700. I did this on purpose because I knew people were going to claim the car is super light bla bla bla. Well now we will see what it does with some weight out. If I wanted to strip the car it would probably break the current mercedes record

Joncl

Oh I thought I heard that somewhere , sorry

Put her on a diet lol

blackbenzz

No worries.

Yea I'm doing that this weekend before I go back to the track Monday Just not sure how far I want to take it

305-E55

[QUOTE=blackbenzz;6013714]Thanks! I hope you're right

Weighed exactly 3700 pounds on the scale after this pass. I will take some weight out this weekend. Not sure how much I want to take out though.

3700 nice,that's a good 500 lighter than an E55.. If you take out some weight there is no doubt you are going 9's Monday.. Is 3700 with driver??

Can Drive 55

Magnificent. Can't wait until you hit the 9s. Makes my 9 year old original seem old and slow.

Pufftrees

Sick man, I can't wait for you to break into the 9's, definitely put in the effort and it's awesome to see you being rewarded.

blackbenzz

Yes and a good 500 more than a vette or a couple thousand lighter than a Hummer Yes 3700 with driver aka race weight.
Thanks. Your car looks great! I've considered picking up another E55 as a daily.
Thanks man There are alot of things that I would have liked to do but everything I want to do is custom and ends up costing me $$$

urbamworm

Ok, I am caught up now, I read fastest 55 record and saw it as E55 thinking we were talking about another car.

Actually, a Veyron ran at Palm Beach in south Florida a while back. It did 10.1@139 with only a 1.69 60ft, guy only did 2 runs, first run without launch control, video is on ThatRacingChannel on YouTube.

AKnight55

Congrats

Gadget

OUTSTANDING!!!!

Still going Monday??

G

blackbenzz

Here's some video coverage



Thanks
Yea of course. Working on the car now to try to get it in the 9s Monday
Yup.

Cool. I'd love to run a Veyron at the track I never claimed to be faster than any Veyron. If things go well Monday my car should be quicker than that Veyron

moosejaw

and thats with a south florida DA not Maryland

blackbenzz

Oh ya I forgot mir has -5000 DA every day of the year and South Florida is always +5000 DA. That South Florida heat at night at the end of December is brutal!

e55amgrocket

Congrats on the run!! I'm packing everything up tonight so I'll be ready to help you get that single digit slip . If anyone deserves to its you.

urbamworm

Veyron run was in the following.

Correction, it was -315 DA and 55 out. They had it listed wrong.

lm7

Lol.

Thericker

I've seen 10.1-10.2- on up on the Veyrone I know it's wicked fast/quick & why I brought it up... Point being Ahmad's run was 1 tenth shy of the 10.1 you posted above w/Veyrone's obvious healthier trap speed, Ahmad's run was still highly competitive at 10.23 @ 136+mph.. So why split hairs? After he sheds a couple hundred lb's & finalizes tune & maybe runs ms109 etc etc.. How close will these figures be?

Ya the Bugatti's still King in my book, but how impressive is it to see a 10 odd yr old full weight clk benz running a relatively small 2.9 Weistec Puffer mated to a 100k mi junkyard motor & nearly matching a $1.5-2,000,000.00 Supercar? IE seperated by 1 tenth is a car length at best.. Tell me you wouldn't LOVE to see these 2 cars line up? A great race is a great race..

What's most impressive is Ahmad's not relying on Nitrous to do this & he's just getting started it's a 9 second car it deserves respect plain & simple..

Edit: Veyrone Splits..


Ahmad..
60' 1.555
330' 4.336
1/8 6.616 MPH 107.76
1000' 8.577
1/4 10.235
MPH 136.17

Just visualize the race from these splits, damn Ahmad's better 60' kept him ahead all the way thru the 1/8 & barely edged at the 1000' mark & actually only loosing the 1/4 ET by 6/100th ie less than a tenth.. That's a close race indeed..

305-E55

[QUOTE=blackbenzz;6013970]Yes and a good 500 more than a vette or a couple thousand lighter than a Hummer Yes 3700 with driver aka race weight.

What does a Vette or a Hummer have to do with anything we're talking about I'm comparing your CLK to an E55 (which is the sub forum you're posting in) so how do you not see the correlation Just asking because I was not sure how much your car or any CLK for that matter weighs..

june82000

MIR - Budds Creek?

kustom2k1

V12Godspeed

Congrats again Ahmad. Just keep chipping away. I am hoping you get that 9 sec slip. The mere fact that there is discussions in comparo to the Veyron is mind boggling. . Serious times bro.

dre5373

Congrats Ahmad!! Can't wait to see what you run tomorrow!

Is the n/a block a 10.5 cr or 11 to 1?

blackbenzz

Thanks! My lightweight battery died from sitting in the basement so long. Guess all I will have is seats taken out, decided to not go crazy with weight reduction. I put the battery on a charger but when I took it to advanced auto they said it was dead.
Yup. That doesn't seem too bad to me But you know what they say about haters...
Would have been a good race for sure.
Yup
Thanks Jody I have a feeling tomorrow is the day
Thanks I can't wait either!

It's a 10.5:1