Freak C32 ?
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Freak C32 ?
Two C32’s start racing from 40 roll, one beats the other by many many car lengths up to 120 mph. Same faster C32 raced another C32 with same outcome. All are completely stock. Could it be possible that the faster one is making much more HP? Otherwise what contributes to this?
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many factors contribute to this... did he turn off ESP? do both cars and drivers weight the same? Was one car driven harder during break-in period (beleive it or not this does affect how teh car performs later, they say break it in like your oging ot drive it)? Did one driver leave it in a lower gear or in D? ...etc.... lots of factors contribute to it!!! They say driver doesnt matter with an automatic car? I say line up a car with the same mods as mine next to me and see what happens!!
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Originally Posted by Vader13
one guy was smart enuff to turn off ESP
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Did one guy have his A/C on? Running the A/C or having other accessories on can really impact the power allocated to the engine. Also, i've heard that 211 E55s really vary on the power they come with from the factory, i would imagine that handbuilt engines would have more deviation from target specs than machine made ones would. Whats funny is that driver error can make some hilarious outcomes (i beat my dad's E430 by 5 car lengths twice in a row from a dead stop).
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Originally Posted by schwarzwagen
It's a 40mph roll on, stock C32s don't require esp to be turned off at that speed. I would imagine that the difference was that one driver had 2nd gear pre-selected, while the other driver was in D and the trans had to make several downshifts.
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Depends on the tires and if you are driving on asphalt or concrete also
I raced another c32 three times from a roll, won with 1-3 carlenghts everytime, even when the other one got the jump. The owner of the other c32 agreed to that mine was faster. Both had about 1/2 tank, no passengers, no A/C, and we raced on an airstrip, so there was not many distractions
But if one C32 won with 4+ carlengs the other should check if it's supercharger is working properly...
Depends on the tires and if you are driving on asphalt or concrete also
I raced another c32 three times from a roll, won with 1-3 carlenghts everytime, even when the other one got the jump. The owner of the other c32 agreed to that mine was faster. Both had about 1/2 tank, no passengers, no A/C, and we raced on an airstrip, so there was not many distractions
But if one C32 won with 4+ carlengs the other should check if it's supercharger is working properly...
