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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 10:20 AM
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New C55 record...
Congrats to my friend CAP55/Craig who ran a best of 12.21 yesterday, here are some quick shots from one of his runs:





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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 10:45 AM
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That's insane! Congrats. Great pictures too.
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Congrats! Great Pics! What mods he have?


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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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+1 on the nice pics!

What kind of intake tubes are those??
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The pics were taken by some friends with good cameras. Craigs car has Renntech ECU/airbox/headers, resonator delete with custom y pipe, pulleys, lightweight battery, extensive intake/tube wrapping with thermal reflective tape
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by E55JAY
The pics were taken by some friends with good cameras. Craigs car has Renntech ECU/airbox/headers, resonator delete with custom y pipe, lightweight battery, extensive intake/tube wrapping with thermal reflective tape

Once again it was nice meeting you guys! Craig I hope your ride home to NC was safe and under 70mph!! Your car is SICK FAST!!!! And J the CL is Stealthy
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wow.. fast!
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Congrats to my friend CAP55/Craig who ran a best of 12.21 yesterday.....
Awesome!!!! - that time is as good as one of the supercharged C55's on Dragtimes!
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That's awesome! If anyone is interested in that RENNtech box I have one for sale..shoot me a PM. 12 second C55 FTW!
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Does he strip the interior at all, and what tires is he running? 60ft time?

Good job!
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Oh wow thats fast with those limited mods....even if he did have drag radials (his rear rims look different). This makes me want to get a C55 now
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wow great times. He should dyno the car. Any idea how much power all the mods add? 20whp for the airbox and ecu maybe? 30-35whp for the headers?
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Awesome! Great way to represent the C55
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what is the size on those drag radials?
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Originally Posted by rory breaker
Does he strip the interior at all, and what tires is he running? 60ft time?

Good job!
1.7x 60ft

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what is the size on those drag radials?
245's discontinued size
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Very nice, wish i could have been there in person!
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