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Old 06-13-2003, 09:32 PM
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What to do to make your car quicker?

What do you guys do to make your cars jump off quicker? asr off, tire pressures...? what do you guys suggest? my car feels weak from 0
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take keys

put it into the clk55 ignition

turn and drive!
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I used to weigh 350 pounds but now since I am a 98 pound weakling my car is MUCH faster.

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hahaha, the clk requires no effort for wheelspin, i wish my car was like that.


I used to weigh 350 pounds but now since I am a 98 pound weakling my car is MUCH faster.
subway diet? lol tell me how!!
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asr off, transmission on 1, and braking while rpms are at 2000.

attn: i looked up my 0-60 for my car and it said 8.1 that is such a lie, i tested my 0-60 before, all stock and it was 7 sec
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Loose weight. take ur air co out, power steering out, interior out. trunk our spare out. leave 1 seat. that get u to jum off quick
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Kleeman it. Then you will have no problems except with your wallet. Well at least it will help the weight loss portion as the others have suggested.

Or just practice what C230Komp said, although you probably wont be able to afford the repairs if you become addicted to it.
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Car feels noticeably quicker when it's early morning and the car's been sitting in the garage all night (cold engine), there's no one in the car with me, and I'm on a little less than a quarter tank of gas. That's when the car's the quickest.
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Yups, i agree with Davis, the car seem to have more power in the morning for some reason.
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I agree with you C230Kompressed.. I have a 99 C230K as well, and I've been able to beat BMW328 and 325 many many many times.. I was also able to beat a 2002 Cadillac Seville STS. I seriously think that 8.1Sec 0-60 time is bulls**t but no car magazines have actually tested it..

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Car feels noticeably quicker when it's early morning and the car's been sitting in the garage all night (cold engine), there's no one in the car with me, and I'm on a little less than a quarter tank of gas. That's when the car's the quickest.
Yups, i agree with Davis, the car seem to have more power in the morning for some reason.
I'm not trying to be a smart a** or anything, but it is pretty much common sense. In the morning, the air is colder (duh), and the temperature of your engine is not THAT hot yet. What does this mean? Well, cool air is dense while hot air is not and the air particles are more expanded and spread out (HOT-AIR BALLOON!). Remember, the more air you can get into your engine, the more power you get. Of course, there is more stuff that goes with that concept, but you guys get the point. You now know why muscleheads & others (owners of CLK55's, etc.) love their big displacement motors. AEM doesn't make cold air intakes for nothing. Oh, and think intercoolers-not only do they help preserve the turbos and engines' lives, but they lower the intake temperatures & condense air that enters the manifolds for added in horsepower. Many drag-racers put a tub or bag of ice on their manifolds before each run just for these reasons.

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HYPERI0N24, I won't argue that at all, it is common sense, I was simply stating that it's faster in the morning. I, too, have seen drag racers throw bags of ice in their engine bays to keep the engine temp down in order to get a faster 1/4 mile time. Plus if you have less gas in the tank, there's less weight to haul around, which is pretty much common sense, also.

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