Raleighc63

First time at the track..

A big thanks to Andy over at MHP for the software tune....

Video of the run & Time Slip will be up shortly..

superlubricity

Very nice. What tires are you running?

Raleighc63

MT's ET Street..

superlubricity

Thanks. Congrats!

avengerboater

That's a great time for just a tune! Congratulations! That's a pretty good 60' for a first time at the track. Good job!

mthis

nice time for just a tune. thats a great MPH also.
how did you take off. did youraise the rpm's over 1000 or under.

Dads C63

CONGRATS!! Thats a great time for your mods and experience! It only gets better!!

hhughes1

Awesome runs! Now you know how much fun can be had with these cars especially if you are the only MB driver at the track. People just don't expect you to be running that quick. Welcome to the club, membership has NO privelages.

propain

Thats just with a tune??? Cant be, gotta be something else done to the car.

PetroC63

Nice.

Were you in manual mode?

How did you launch? From idle or from a certain rpm?

superlubricity

Drag Radials.

propain

Very sweet. Mickeys? Nittos?

Looks like MHP got a nice tune. Might have to get it done.

superlubricity

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propain

Dont know how I missed that post.


Thanks

Raleighc63

Propain - This is a tune only car.

Getting drop in filters tmro.. Stock everything else..

Heres a link to the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z3OjbIQr9A

At the end the camera is a bit jumpy (wife got excited) so I have some stills as well.

Raleighc63

Petroc55 - I was in Sport mode and let the car shift when it needed to. A tad bit of break tq as well. MT Et Streets hooked up great...

PetroC63

Thanks for the info and great run!

Newzchspy

Great run Raleigh!! Just a q though? Is that YOUR car that was so loud in the "burn out?(on the video, theres a loud car??) or the car in the left lane??

Dads C63

No helmet?? YIKES!!!

GREAT RUN!! You need to post your time and slip on drag times.

emericr

Sorry for the newbie question. Are the drag radials (MT Et Streets) that he uses street legal? If they are, Are there big negatives to be replacing our OEM with them i.e. tread wear is like 150 and they will last 2,000 miles? or they cost a fortune or they are not safe in the rain? etc...
If they hook up that good, it seems to be that we would all want to change to something like this as it seems to improve our 1/4 time quite a bit.

avengerboater

It is "street legal" in the sense of you can drive it on the streets. So most ppl slap them on to drive their car to and from the track without having to change into drag radials. Whereas drag radials are only driveable on the tracks.

I havent seen and don't think anyone actually uses these tires as a daily street tire. It's only for track days....or, you can street race in them if that's your thing.

Mort

Great run and your car sounds awesome!

superlubricity

Drag Radials are street-legal "R" compound tires with soft/flexible sidewalls designed for hooking at launch. They aren't "stiff" enough for good cornering and they do wear very quickly.

MT ET Streets are one of the best DRs they make. They are damn near a racing slick. They are not recommended for cold pavement or wet pavement.

Some DRs are a bit more street-friendly but they will never do well in the twisties. I ran a Nitto NT555R on my '03 Cobra (450RWHP/480RWTQ) in Portland, OR and never got into any trouble on the street. Surprisingly, they were pretty decent in the rain. I ran the same tire on my 11-second F-Body year round in South Florida. They were good enough for daily driving and a 1.69 60'

Raleighc63

Yes. The noise you hear is the C63 beast...... It's certainly load..

C63newdude

That is fast bro. Congrats!