AolHoward

anybody knows the quickest way to launch a CLK430 from stop ??

ESP off ?? use or not use the manual tiptronic shift ?

any actual 0-60 times ??

thanks,

jesej

Drop it into 1st gear and step on it!!!!!!!!!

Newbie

After lots of tests at the 1/4 mi. strip, my fastest runs have been in D with ESP on, surprisingly. The computer shifts much faster than you, so let it do all the work.

I don't have the timeslip on me, but I'm pretty sure the fastest 1/4 mi. time was a 14.3 @ 98mph.

Here are the other methods I tried:

D, ESP off
4, ESP on
4, ESP off
Shifted from 1, ESP on
Shifted from 1, ESP off

RJC

Left foot on brake, right foot on gas,rev to about 2000+/- rpm,left foot quickly off brake while simultaneously mashing gas....

Newbie

DOH! I totally forgot to tell you what to launch at, thanks RJC.

I've found that 1600 is the highest I can launch without spinning too much off the start (and getting bogged down by ESP), and that's with 9.5" rims in the back!

bodyart27

when I ran a 13.7 @ 107 last month it was "D" with ESP "on"

I couldn't launch the 55 without spinning... damn smart car

kingman18

.