Autosport7

I wasn't sure what the turn out would be...
My buddy bought a new CTSV coupe about a month ago.
We got together tonight for some fun.
4 pulls from 40 to roughly 130-140 (total guess but can't be far off).
The first run was no good. I was excited and screwed up shifting (paddles, I know how dummy proof do they need to make it...). I also realized after the run I had my AC on.
We had two solid runs. 1st he tried to cheat me by 3 real quick beeps and punched it, pulled me a car and to my disbelief I slowly began to real him in as we got higher in the Rpms. The 2nd runs was pretty good, he again did a quick 3 beep and yanked a bit of a lead on me from the dig and pretty much finished there, i would say he got me by a 1/2 car to 120. The 3rd run was a much more fair run from the start. I gave a good 3 beeps and we punched it, I pulled about a 1/2 a car, then i saw him shift his (6spd manual) car and pulled him another 1/2 car, as we reached about a 100 or so he started pulling on me according to my passenger. We probably let off around 140 and I was still ahead but my passenger said he was pulling, I never saw him in the pass window.

Fun facts:
I had 1/4 tank gas (93)
He has 1/8 tank gas (93)
I weigh 210lbs
He weighs 165lbs
My passenger weighs 215lbs
His passenger weighs 175lbs
I am Erocharged with K&N's
He is bone stock

I guess overall I am impressed with the C63 as it is an 09' and the CTSV is a 14'. I am also impressed with the Erocharged tune as I don't believe the C63 stands a chance against a CTSV stock.

Time to start looking for some more power adders!

Sidv22

nice runs! those CTSv's are quick. sorry for noob question but what do you mean by beeps? also looks like you need to go on a lean diet. jk :-p

Autosport7

3 beeps - horn honking lol
I am a weight trainer. I am probably somewhere around 16%bfi at the moment. So yes I could afford to lean up, but I am still in somewhat if a bulking phase. I am 6'1" and my pass is 6'5". My competitor is 5'6" and his pass is prob 5'10".

abcut973

Great man
I think you were able to pull on him because of your new diffuser ... lol
I drove test the cts-v wagon 2 months ago. Fast car but a bit boring stock. I didn't like the transmission as well.
I smell new mods in the pipe... the bug has definitely settled

papashango

Those V's are beasts for sure. Good runs!

Autosport7

https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...r-selling.html

izzy63

Power of forced induction

Autosport7

Just realized just because you may be paddle shifting doesn't mean you're in manual mode. I have realized there is a button to switch into manual mode from sport. Wondering if this would have helped during my race with him...

MikeTc63

Wow .. Really?

Autosport7

Yeah I know pretty pathetic, but I have probably owned the car 6 months and have had very little seat time (may have put 1200 miles on it in 6 mo's), very little time to play around. I am learning all of its gadgets though.
Soooo do you have any input to the question...?

Jons95c36amg

It wouldve been awesome if you had a video. Pocono is coming up in July.

Autosport7

Yeah we will do it again. I'm trying to get my hands on some bolt on by the next time we get together.
I'm out for Poconos. I will be in Myrtle Beach on family Vaca.

turdferguson

I just did a similar run with a buddy's stock CTSV Sedan. I have headers + tune and put a good 2 1/2 -3 cars on him from 40-120

Autosport7

What tune are you running and what headers?
Are you running a full exhaust with the headers or is everything else stock?
What effect did the headers have on the sound of the car?

T.I.A.

johnnyblaze

Good runs. Next time do a 40mph roll and put it in S and shift down to 2nd. Let your car do the shifting. You should be slightly ahead of him with a tune. CTSVs throw down similar numbers to a tuned/filter C63. You can walk him hard with full bolt ons.

Fly by night

They v coupe is fast no doubt but so ugly looking.

Autosport7

Thanks for the input fellas. Time to start getting srs.

Cavu

So you did push that button once to get from C to S, right?

Autosport7

No. I didn't realize that was a button. I have not had a whole lot of time to play with this car yet. It still feels brand new to me and I have had it for roughly 6 months. I travel a lot for work and may get in the drivers seat once a week for 10-20 mins if I am lucky. Hopefully my schedule will slow down here in a little while and I can really dive into the technology of this beast.

I did notice that when I first hit a paddle that the insignia on the dash goes from "C" to "S", I assume that once it indicates "S" I am in sport mode and do not need to hit the button... Only need to hit the button to get into manual mode...?