Raced a Mustang Mach1 with Nitrous Today

Dec 12, 2009 | 11:17 PM

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Hello everyone…

I was driving home today from BestBuy and this guy gets on my butt tail with a Mustang. The guy was so close that all I could see was the windshield. My rear tires are past the wear bars but I got on it a bit and pulled on him some until the tires started spinning.

The guy in the mustang pulls up next to me at the next light and says, “I thought you would pull on you more than that!”

I told him I didn’t have any rear traction and I would have pulled on him more but my tires need replaced.. He taunted me and said we should run from 60mph on up!

I wasn’t going to turn down an offer like this from a guy with a Mustang so I said ok lets go back up to the highway. I have great respect for American cars and I used to own a 1990 Mustang 5.0 LX so I know they can be fast and are certainly lighter than my 4,100 lb Mercedes.

First let me say that we waited until the lanes were clear of traffic before proceeding… I know there are a few people on this site that have issues with high speeds… Please stop reading if you are one of them!!!!

We then proceeded to go towards the highway to run from 60mph on up and then suddenly he pulls into a parking lot right before the entrance ramp of the highway. I follow him into the parking lot and asked if everything is ok and he says, “Yea but I need to turn on my nitrous and re-flash my ecu”. I was like oh crap what the f^&* does this guy have and what did I get myself into? So I asked him what he’s pulling with the nitrous and he says with the current mods and the 100 hp nitrous bottle he has, “411rwhp and 345rwtq”.

I told him that I also had a tune (MHP V3) and I dyno’d at 424 rwhp and 390 rwtq. I thought to myself this is going to be a close race and I better win!

We get out on the highway and proceed to roll up to about 65mph and then he honks his horn 3 times. I have the C63 in Sport mode and in 3rd gear ready to go! As soon as the horns honks the 3rd time the Mustang immediately pulls on me about 5 feet and then the C63 come to life and reels in the stang and then continues to pull on the Mustang.

I’m not going to say how fast I was going I but the guy driving the Mustang said he hit 139mph and at that point I was about 3 ½ car lengths ahead of him with much more velocity.

The Mustang weighs about 600lbs lighter than the Merc so I was not sure how this was going to turn out but I overcame the immediate Nitrous “boost” and then pulled on him about 3 ½ car lengths.

The C63 is scary FAST!

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