M-bENZ

How did you against the IS F ?

Kevwood

The ISF and the S5 seemed to be fairly evenly matched cars both in terms of speed down the straight and cornering abilities. The two cars were slower out of the corners than me and I definitely had more power down the front stretch. It appeared to be a pretty nice car though but I would take the S5 over it - I was really impressed over that cars performance.

lowpost

M-bENZ

The reason i asked is because one of my friends trying to trade his CLK500 to get the IS F . He asked " is it a good choice ? "

Kevwood

Two totally different cars. The ISF will own a stock CLK500 in pretty much every way (which it should) it is a very nice car, no question. Now, an ISF up against a C63 (more comparable than to an old CLK), I'd take the C any day.

M-bENZ

I will make sure to show him this thread lol.

ahmadk

Loving your new signature Kev

Kevwood

Thanks dude! All the credit goes to the wife, great pic.

betrezra

Sig pic = NICE! Love those big brakes.

Kevwood

Thanks, I think that pic is going to stay up for a very long time

dynomite05

Awesome pic!

2MCHCAR

+1000

Kevwood

All thanks to wifey

betrezra

I've got to chime in and say it's nice to see an mb enthusiast who actually tracks his ride vs polish and buy floormatts and show at the mall or hooters..... major props. Of course I like my wings too

Kevwood

Thanks Jeff, I appreciate you comments. Because this is 'supposed' to be my last hobby car I wanted to combine all the things I have done with different vehicles in the past all into one;

Luxury daily driver
Track car
Audio car
Show car

Almost done now and enjoying every last frustrating minute of it!

And I would have to agree, the wings do rock

AMGY

Did you use manual mode on track? Have you dynoed your car w/ the S/C?



Awesome CLK by the way!!!

betrezra

Not to thread jack, but wife got me 15 laps @ MSR in an old nascar style car... 500HP, man trans, fire suit, etc etc.... we'll see if this road-race bug catches on to me

Don't expect big things from my performance..... my track time is mainly 1/4 mile at a time and a couple years autocrossing a blown fox in street mod.

Kevwood

Thanks for the compliment. My 500 doesn't have a manual mode, we only have 'Standard/Sport' & 'Comfort'. I did however add shift paddles to the car and use them when I am on the track - its a night and day difference in conrol over just throwing it in drive and letting the auto make the decisions.

Man I would love to do that! As for road racing, it's so much more technical than drag its like comparing that old NASCAR ride you're about to buckle up into against an F1 car. I use to love mashing the accelerator in a straight line, then one day I thought, wow, this sucks, there has to be something more...

Road racing can be a fun hobby with a stock or mildly modified car or a passion with one built for it (like mine was, for double duty). I think the best thing about it is even if you have a car all done and ready to go - the driver needs to be part of the system.

Jamesbbh

F'in awesome broooooooooo

M-bENZ

quick question for you man, how long it takes you to change the gear when you use the shift paddles ? I feel like it takes me 3 seconds just to down shift from the "D" or changing gears in general. Is it just my car does that or your all have that feeling ? Maybe the ECU tuned will solve that problem then ?

betrezra

I have the same response. I never use the paddles.

The wife's old C63 had much better response from the paddles.

M-bENZ

I think when you do ECU tune should solve the problem . Can anyone confirm that ?

Kevwood

After doing a ECU reset or some very spirited driving the shifting is quite fast. They is very little lag, nowhere near 3 seconds, that's insane. I'm sure it's all related to the damn adaptive shifting BS, I literally click and change, no lag.

M-bENZ

yea man mine is like 3 seconds ...so u saying i should try to reset my ECU then ?

Kevwood

Absolutely.