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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 04:34 PM
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Worlds Greatest Drag Race

Pretty cool Video.

http://www.wimp.com/dragrace/

Make Sure after you watch the first part ( The Line Up ) then Comment which car you think would win.
Then continue watching the rest.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 04:49 PM
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That was fantastic! Thanks for posting. I guessed right by the way I was wrong on who I thought would finish a very close second though...
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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That was fantastic! Thanks for posting. I guessed right by the way I was wrong on who I thought would finish a very close second though...
My picks:

1st - Ferrari
2nd - SLS

After that I just didn't care.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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I really thought the porshes would keep up alot more then that
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 08:17 PM
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lol they brought out a 1m and lotus evora. i would've rather seen a gallardo performante. the winner and second place didn't surprise me. also wanna give a shout out to Autotechnica for watching the ferrari lose to the nissan

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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:16 PM
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That was awesome, I wish they would have had an m3 and a c63 racing. I would like to see where they would have placed.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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I like seeing the bmw at the very back
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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Why not a M3? What is a Lotus doing in a drag race? Where's the Lambo love?

Very cool and fun race either way

What I take from this...LFA is overpriced!
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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I like seeing the bmw at the very back
Lol!!! Good point MB! How can a guy with such bad hair get such a great job? FML! And am I the only person who hates the LFA's tri-pooper exhaust??? Great post!
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 11:39 PM
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Love seeing a 80k spank a 400k+ car
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 12:56 AM
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Lol!!! Good point MB! How can a guy with such bad hair get such a great job? FML! And am I the only person who hates the LFA's tri-pooper exhaust??? Great post!
You're not the only one,i personally never really liked the car, and now watching it lose to the sls,i really don't like it. I was in san francisco over the weekend just walking and I had one drive by me in white. The exhaust was silent and the car looks much smaller in person.
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 03:28 AM
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Love seeing a 80k spank a 400k+ car
+1, not surprised in the outcome.. GT-R's are not to be messn with..
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 07:54 AM
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Awesome vid clip!!! this should be a STICKY for our entertainment!!!
DDDAAAAYYYYUUUMMM that GTR PULLS!!!
thanks for sharing! John
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by MercedesFTW
Why not a M3? What is a Lotus doing in a drag race? Where's the Lambo love?

Very cool and fun race either way

What I take from this...LFA is overpriced!
It would be nice to see the M3 and the C63 in there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSEkUV7torQ

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Lol!!! Good point MB! How can a guy with such bad hair get such a great job? FML! And am I the only person who hates the LFA's tri-pooper exhaust??? Great post!
I dont like that style exhaust either!
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 11:42 AM
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personally the gt3 and the sls are the best looking cars, the ferrari is gorgeous too but im not a nissan fan atall it may be a fast and all but.... idk it doesnt carry the status of my forementioned cars.
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 01:59 PM
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Why didn't they have a lamborghini? Personally, the R8 and the 458 are my favorite.
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 03:46 PM
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Love seeing a 80k spank a 400k+ car
+1, I love to see a Ferrari get spanked BY a car costing about a quarter of the price. I totally expected the GTR to win, BUT did not expect the ZO-6 to do so poorly given what I've seen the "Ranger" do with stock ZO-6s on Youtube. All I can say is this, different drivers with different launches would have made the first 5 a totally different result. IN fairness to the Ferrari, it sure does look like it was catching that GTR at the end.

Props to the GTR!!! (Oh and the M1 did NOT do as well as expected. I was expecting it to slay a modded C32 and it simply doesnt. )
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Newzchspy
+1, I love to see a Ferrari get spanked BY a car costing about a quarter of the price. I totally expected the GTR to win, BUT did not expect the ZO-6 to do so poorly given what I've seen the "Ranger" do with stock ZO-6s on Youtube. All I can say is this, different drivers with different launches would have made the first 5 a totally different result. IN fairness to the Ferrari, it sure does look like it was catching that GTR at the end.

Props to the GTR!!! (Oh and the M1 did NOT do as well as expected. I was expecting it to slay a modded C32 and it simply doesnt. )


no way it would, it's a tuned n54 engine that puts down 335 horses. a stock c32 or c55 would be right with it in a 0-60 run IMO.
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I'd like to see a stronger ford product in the mix as well.

Cool concept. Appears to be all private owner cars. So driver skill is at play as well.
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 05:10 PM
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no way it would, it's a tuned n54 engine that puts down 335 horses. a stock c32 or c55 would be right with it in a 0-60 run IMO.
and BMW lies too!!! Its more like 30-40 HP more and dynos have shown that repeatedly that they are stronger than the 335 HP they advertise.........

However, that n54 is very modifiable and with a Tune from EC, it's a 12.5 car easily. Jerry from EC had the same car in a non-M series and it was very quick. I drove it.
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 05:12 PM
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I'd like to see a stronger ford product in the mix as well.

Cool concept. Appears to be all private owner cars. So driver skill is at play as well.
Like the "Snake"!!!

Like above ^^^^ , how about an E63 (5.5 TT with the P30) or a P31 C63 Coupe?? The SLS did not represent very well IMHO.

Great post and thanks for sharing!! NOTE that the distance, time and speed between the first 7 cars was NOT that much. It really started to separate at the Ford Mustang in BOTH speed and time. What does this show me?? That exotic/super cars are NOT always that exotic in drag races. Even a 75 K ZO6 hung with cars costing double, triple and quadruple or more. A ZR-1 would have certainly been above 130 MPH and prolly would beat the GTR. You can tell by the launch that the GTR had a great "digg."

I also thought the "Stang should have done better than a 12.4 at 115??? Tough launch??? Tells me its prolly closer to 400 HP than 440 or more.

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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Newzchspy
and BMW lies too!!! Its more like 30-40 HP more and dynos have shown that repeatedly that they are stronger than the 335 HP they advertise.........

However, that n54 is very modifiable and with a Tune from EC, it's a 12.5 car easily. Jerry from EC had the same car in a non-M series and it was very quick. I drove it.
i agree, that engine is very under rated as far as power. do you by any chance know what the differential on the 135i was? i've had people tell me they come factory with LSD, that and the 335's. i know the 1M shares the rear axle with the e46 m3.
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 06:17 PM
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in 1/4, it's all about launching and driver...Rolling start is a different story..
I thought 911 would do better as well.. The outcome of the race was pretty much expected..
AWesome vid though!
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i agree, that engine is very under rated as far as power. do you by any chance know what the differential on the 135i was? i've had people tell me they come factory with LSD, that and the 335's. i know the 1M shares the rear axle with the e46 m3.
Jerry's was an LSD, I don't know the ratio. His car was a white 2008 or 2009 I believe. It was modded and was very quick. With me driving and him in the passenger seat, we ran a 12.6 at about 113 IIRC. He was running all day long at 12.5 at 115 alone. It was a strong running car and from 0-80 would give his M5 fits.
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