Met the crew down at E-town today to make some quick runs. It was great to see the gang and meet Jody, even though I had to split by 11:15.

Made my first run and the car really exploded down the track. It felt like a perfect run. Still, I was pretty shocked to see what the slip said - 11.850 @ 118.17 mph with a 1.760 60' time. Ran once more about 45 minutes later and ran an 11.892 @ 117.72 mph with a 1.766 60' time. My car weighed 4322 after the first run, with a half tank of gas.

I am having trouble scanning the slips because the print is too light. I will play with my copier in the office on Monday and see how I can enhance the print. Then I will scan the slips for drag times. Here are the particulars on both runs:

60' 1.760 1.766
330' 4.986 5.005
1/8 7.645 7.670
mph 92.21 92.03
1000' 9.933 9.967
1/4 11.850 11.892
mph 118.17 117.72

Needless to say, I am quite pleased. I am particularly impressed with the gain in mph between the 1/8 and the 1/4 - almost 26 mph.

 

Wow! Amazing times for stock. I know guys with tons of mods who aren't getting that. Congrats man.

 

I am thinking about getting an 03-04 E55 in the couple months. I wanted to know what I need to look for, any recalls? Any info I can get will be great. Thanks in advance.

 

Thanks, man.

By the way - I reset the ECU before my first run while waiting in the staging lane. I think that helped.

 

Those are great times You have a very strong car. What launch technique do you use?

 

great runs! we trust you around here, you don't have to worry about the timeslips. m5board on the otherhand...

 

+1

Those were awesome runs!!!!......please share your launch technique!!!

 

I was at E-town today with MIG-E55 Rocket, Sleeper X, and NYC-SRT8. I missed Enzom's record setting run for a stock E55 by one hour. I was watching a Ferrari Rally that was going from NYC to DC via NJ Turnpike. It was for Ferrari's 60th Anninversary. My buddy was driving his 360 Challenge Stradale. It was a fun day and I never thought I would ever see 3 Enzo's on the NJ Turnpike. I still wish I could have seen Enzom's 11:85 run, just amazing!!!!!

 

Wow!! Very impressive-GJ!

 

Damn impressive

 

Those numbers are making me sick! LOL

Im at the point where Im either packing up and moving back there or flying back to see whats up with your car.I'll never get track and weather conditons out here like you guys get back there.

 

awesome run... congrats! was anyone taking video?

BTW, you're off by one thousandth from the quickest reported stock E55...

 

Excellent runs Enzom your car is a bullet, your engine builder was having a good day.


Hey John Ship the car to my house, I will sacrifice some garage space and take good care of it until you show up.

 

Looks like I better send some extra tires as well ehhh?

 

Stunning runs Enzom - you are doing us proud at the strip!!! Really thrilled that I got one of the last CLS 55K's !

 

Those are some good times man...next time I probably will just give you my car to see what it runs...lol!

 

Please post a pic of the engine builder's signature on your engine.

Great stock times

 

Thanks. It is a very strong one. I just roll hard into the throttle after letting go of the brake. No pre-loading of the gas. Simple.

 

Hmmmm . . . . living in So Cal or getting to go the track in cool weather. Decisions, decisions . . .

I don't think you have it all that bad out there, Jrocket.

 

None of the guys had arrived yet. I was one of the first cars on the track. There may be some video of my second run, but I am not sure.

I know I missed the documented record by "this" much. I still can't believe how fast this car moves. Even my Z06 friends (it was a Corvette Challenge Day) were shaking their heads in admirable disbelief at the slip.

 

I'll try to get a picture tomorrow and post it. I think the guy's name was Magnus Von Magnussen.

 

Fabulous times..still can't believe your 60' times. There in lies your success...what tires are you running with.

 

Thanks. Ever since I changed my technique, I have been posting 1.7s pretty regularly it seems. I am running Michelin PS2's in the stock 265 size. I do a burnout in the waterbox before I run. People think it is strange, but it seems to work for me.

 

i'm positive it's the fact that you don't preload. my times in stock trim weren't as quick as yours but i still nailed consistent 1.7x 60ft times on street tires after perfecting the same technique.

 

WOW, great times

Forgive my lack of drag strip knowledge, but was ESP off for your runs?? Thanks.