Mr. Vanos

Day 2 of the 2004 EuroTuner GP was another early morning. This time at the California Speeway in Fontana, CA. At 7AM, I could already tell it would be a beautiful day...for some wheel spinning!

First announcement of the day:

EvoSport C32 wins 1st Place in yesterday's dyno results!



What a fantastic way to start the morning off! Second place was an S4 with RS4 turbos that came close with 406 rwhp. Still, our C32 put out enough to clinch Day 1.

The drag day was hot! And it kept getting hotter! Not the best weather for all these SC'd and turbos. By late morning, we were in second place with a 12.56sec @ 113 1/4 time right behind an RS4 Avant which did an impressive 12.344 on his first run! Tough to compete in a drag against an AWD car...and these Audis were impressive on launch. By early afternoon, we fell to 3rd. First place was taken by the modified S4 which did a nice 12.157. The afternoon got hotter and winds began to kick up. Rather than risking the vehicle in an attempt to take over second, we accepted an impressive third place finish among a dozen cars and packed the car in the trailer for the next day's track event.

The C32 was, by far, the talk of the day. Nobody could believe a Mercedes-Benz could compete so well against such cars, many of which had high horsepower and AWD. If only this car had AWD
Below are some pics from the day's event...enjoy:

Vader13

Congrats, nice job...

C klass 320

you guys do some amazing work... would love to see a vid

Mr. Vanos

I've got some GREAT video as well, including in-car. We'll post some clips in the next few days.

CynCarvin32

What were the conditions for your 13.01 1/4 time?

Just want to see what this 500 hp car does compared to your stock car.

Those S4's were weak! That car should be in the high 11's with K04's. With internal motor work the S4 is just about king.

But 12.5 is not bad for a C32!

So EvoSport took .5 seconds off the fastest C32 (stock) drag time. Did you guys run the car stock at any point?

Bux

my fastest is 12.9 stock with drag radials in nice cold 60 degrees the 13.0 is with pilot sports around 70degrees. (my elevation down south is really good)

MadC32

Incredible! Love it!

SiLvaC32

WOW!! daMnnNN

vraa

Any ultra high res pics?

Harris

Great times.

Does installing a LSD fall into any of your future modding plans in order to achieve an even better time?

otoupalik

YES YES YES!

Also, FYI... CA Speedway is considered to be .3-.5 slower then any other track around. This is confiremed over and over by amatuers and pro's.

As you said, the RS4's should have been in the 11's - right! At another track, they would have been. :^) That is why you look at the camparisons, not the total time.

The reasons that CA Speedway sucks include:

1. elevation (foothills out side of LA)
2. heat (over 100 just about every day)
3. wind (head on)
4. poor grip on surface
5. bumpy (see the video's as they come up)

We will go to carlsbad soon to get better numbers.

There are many on this board that can confirm this about CA Speedway.

thanks

Brad

theitalianjob

congrats!!

Mr. Vanos

Yes. Also, everyone had to run Dunlop SuperSport tires, so times would be bettered using a drag slick.

CHATMANR

Will EvoSport be offering 400+ rwhp setup for us mortals anytime soon?!?

Sleestack

Great showing guys. The fact that you showed up with an MB must have had the other guys laughing. They weren't laughing for long.

Sounds like you could have posted a 12.0 in the 1/4 mile in better conditions. That's really impressive. I remember 2 years ago Vadim told me that he would have his C pushing out over 400 at the wheel. I still can't believe the hp and torque I'm seeing on that dyno!!

JamE55

Awsome run for the EvoSport team! Wish i could've been there to see it live. Are you guys running LSD's on the 32? What octane were you guys using?

BenzoAMGpower

with 500hp, im sure the C32 could have dipped into W211 E55 territory if it wasnt so hot... ill atest to the fact taht heat makes for big HP loss on the C32!!!