First off I want to say thank you to Top Gun Run for putting on a great event!! Hats off to a very fun day!

There were many high powered cars there. Like mentioned in other threads there was a Ford GT that went 253mph and a Porsche 930(I think) that went 236mph. Those two were the two giants. There were a select few that were above the 200mph mark and congrats to them as well!!

Thanks to Andy and MHP for making this all possible. Great performance and tons of fun!!
We made seven runs that were recorded via V-Box and they were:
177.87
177.96
178.21
178.77
179.10
179.85
180.73 !!

For those of you with top speed questions we made one run that lasted almost 1-1/2 miles. Here's the break down. Needless to say its NOT done at 1-1/2 miles.
Mile - 2,000' = 158.55
Mile - 1,000' = 170.15 (gain of 11.6mph)
Mile = 177.88 (gain of 7.73mph)
Mile + 1,000' = 181.76 (gain of 3.88mph)
Mile + 2,000' = 184.90 (gain of 3.15mph)
Mile + 2,430' = 186.30 (Still in 5th gear)
Still gaining at a decent rate!!

RaleighC63 ran 172.1 and Emercier ran 168.50 and did great also!! There was a couple of other C63's that were there but didn't run. Great to see the turn out from the "C" crowd.

Congrats to all that attended and participated on their record setting runs!!
Just in case the excuse is going to be used that we had a great tail wind late in the day I have to say that the run we made at 9:00am with no wind was the 178.21 run. The weather was in and out. The DA was around +500 the early part of the day and worsened to above +1000 the middle of the day. By the end of the day it was about +1200. Needless to say conditions were not stellar for record setting times but we had a BLAST!!

I believe Top Gun Run will have a list of participants and speeds on their web site soon.

 

Congrats on the real fast time. You got to have ice in your veins to run flat out for a mile.

 

You got a roll cage in that C63 yet? How about a 5 point harness? Im sure you were wearing a helmit.

Those are some nice speeds but absolutely fatal without a cage or at least a 5 point harness.

How long did it take you to reach 180?

Carful out there!

 

Congrats on the crazy speeds. 180+ in a mile for a 4door is no joke.

 

Very nice Keith!! Sounds like you had a blast. Now let's get on with our "project" (nudge nudge)

 

Hmmmmm????

 

That is really Big , especially considering the 6-9 mph head winds coming from the west all day long. It is no wonder the crowd did see more spin outs. Good Job to Keith & His crew, & Andy @ MHP for there support. You Guy's are holding the Mercedes AMG winners flag !!! Proudly
Cheers _PTEngineering

 

Wow, that is even more amazing if you guys were facing West yesterday. In Orlando we had a steady 20+mph wind with gusts over 30mph. I took one of my carbon fiber pain machines out for a spin yesterday and could barely make headway when heading West.

 

Great work as always Keith and crew you guys are an inspiration

 

Thanks guys,
We ran West to East yesterday which helped with the speeds and handling. The wind changed constantly from the south/southwest to southwest and back again. It created some interesting driving at times.

 

yes, yes, and yes......
We are now running 5 point roll cage, 5 point harness, and (as always) helment.

The 180.73 was reached in 1 Mile.

I'll try and upload some pics from this weekend with the cage in them. Haven't got around to downloading camera yet... long weekend.

 

So Keith's "daily driver" Merc-Benz C63 AMG now has a roll cage and a 5-point racing harness? Does the roll cage reduce the cabin size at all?

Interestingly enough, my friend's "daily driver" 10.6 sec. @ 132mph tuned GT-R doesn't have a roll cage, and I thought it would be required for 10-sec. cars @ PBIR...do you know the (ET/Trap speed) NHRA requirement for a roll cage? Just curious.

btw - Congrats on the amazing speeds for this 1mi. Top Gun event.

 

Congrats, Sir Keith!!! Great job, as always.

 

Correct, Keith's daily driver now has a (bolt in) roll cage in it. It does impair the comfort of the back seat, but that's it, and very rarely does anyone ride back there. As far as NHRA goes, anything 11.49 or faster is required to had a cage and harness. We have seen MAY other (faster) cars without cages also. But with the number of tracks, and the amount of time we spend at various tracks, we were starting to get questioned on the cage. In fact, OSW told us not to come back without it.....

 

Eddie Bello's 964 is legendary - but that Ford GT time is just nuts. Read elsewhere that, with perfect traction and using the larger nitrous shot, they think that car is capable of 260mph in the mile.

Great times, Keith... amazing for a "base" C AMG.

 

Here are the NHRA rules on the roll bar

 

Good catch Blk04cobra1, I forgot they changed the ET to 11.99. Thanks for the info.

 

I guess some drag strips are a bit lax on enforcing that.

 

Congrats guys! Great weekend and times.

 

So that means any C63 with a tune and headers needs a cage. Of course, not factoring in driver skill. Didn't someone with only a MHP tune break into the 11s recently?

 

That is an impressive trap speed but I would like to know how the competition ran, cars like:

Cadillacs CTS-V or other 6.3 NA AMG models or even the AMG 55s etc.

 

CTS-V ran 166, Lexus ISF ran mid 160's, CLK Black Series ran 150's. The other C63's were all tuned in some fashion. 2 with MHP, and 1 with another kind.

 

Great run Keith.

 

What is the 60-130mph time?

 

The 60-130 times are always slower than what I have run on the highway because of the gear change. When I run the 1/4 mile or the mile I leave the car in automatic sport mode which puts the 2-3 gear change about 65mph. That loss of time equates to a slower 60-130 time. When I make a 60-130 run I put the car in manual and force it into 3rd and start there. That skips the 2-3 shift and only puts one shift into the run which is 3-4. It then stays in 4th all the say to 130. Hope that clears that up.