Track Pics - Dubai Autodrome 1.26.12
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FYI, the "ECU reset" is actually just a reset of the adaptive TCU. Resetting it will give you very temporary results. After driving "normally" in traffic, the TCU will revert back to a less responsive mode. It's just the way it works. If you want to keep your transmission in "drive it like you stole it" mode, just always use the TouchShift (or paddles) and make it hold gear longer and downshift earlier. And for those with AMG vehicles, they use a different transmission that is capable of much faster shifts, so you can't compare those to non-AMG vehicles.
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FYI, the "ECU reset" is actually just a reset of the adaptive TCU. Resetting it will give you very temporary results. After driving "normally" in traffic, the TCU will revert back to a less responsive mode. It's just the way it works. If you want to keep your transmission in "drive it like you stole it" mode, just always use the TouchShift (or paddles) and make it hold gear longer and downshift earlier. And for those with AMG vehicles, they use a different transmission that is capable of much faster shifts, so you can't compare those to non-AMG vehicles.
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I missed this thread until now. It's great to see another Benz owner enjoying their car on a track (other than a drag strip). You have quite a CLK"500"! With the Kleeman supercharger, what is the estimated HP at the crank?........How much more HP/torque does it have over a stock C/CLK55?
It indeed is a satisfying feeling when you and your car perform above expectations. I also find it curiously satisfying when I'm able to keep up with or pass cars on a track that are supposed to be "better" track/sports cars. Ultimately, we all know that driver skill plays a major role in laptimes on your average lapping day.
Where in Canada did you "race"? What tracks in Canada did you drive on in the past? I'm from Ontario, so I'm more familiar with tracks like Mosport, Shannonville, and Cayuga.
This is the main reason I have not upgraded my car with a Kleeman supercharger all these years. I still occasionally track my C55, and I would just go nuts if the car could not perform to full potential because of heat soak. With stock NA power, the C55 has never experienced any loss in performance despite continuous sessions of 30-60 minutes regularly throughout all my lapping days.
Would love to see in-car videos of your track days in the future. Do you drive with ESP "off" or not?
And one final comment: I notice in the pics that your track day was in the evening...must be nice....lower temperatures, and probably more comfortable for everybody. I've never done that, as the tracks I've gone to don't have lights.
It indeed is a satisfying feeling when you and your car perform above expectations. I also find it curiously satisfying when I'm able to keep up with or pass cars on a track that are supposed to be "better" track/sports cars. Ultimately, we all know that driver skill plays a major role in laptimes on your average lapping day.
Where in Canada did you "race"? What tracks in Canada did you drive on in the past? I'm from Ontario, so I'm more familiar with tracks like Mosport, Shannonville, and Cayuga.
Would love to see in-car videos of your track days in the future. Do you drive with ESP "off" or not?
And one final comment: I notice in the pics that your track day was in the evening...must be nice....lower temperatures, and probably more comfortable for everybody. I've never done that, as the tracks I've gone to don't have lights.
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'05 C200K SS, '05 Kleemann CLK500K, '08 Hummer H3 & '92 Z34 5sp (track car in Canada)
I missed this thread until now. It's great to see another Benz owner enjoying their car on a track (other than a drag strip). You have quite a CLK"500"! With the Kleeman supercharger, what is the estimated HP at the crank?........How much more HP/torque does it have over a stock C/CLK55?
It indeed is a satisfying feeling when you and your car perform above expectations. I also find it curiously satisfying when I'm able to keep up with or pass cars on a track that are supposed to be "better" track/sports cars. Ultimately, we all know that driver skill plays a major role in laptimes on your average lapping day.
Where in Canada did you "race"? What tracks in Canada did you drive on in the past? I'm from Ontario, so I'm more familiar with tracks like Mosport, Shannonville, and Cayuga.
Where in Canada did you "race"? What tracks in Canada did you drive on in the past? I'm from Ontario, so I'm more familiar with tracks like Mosport, Shannonville, and Cayuga.
This is the main reason I have not upgraded my car with a Kleeman supercharger all these years. I still occasionally track my C55, and I would just go nuts if the car could not perform to full potential because of heat soak. With stock NA power, the C55 has never experienced any loss in performance despite continuous sessions of 30-60 minutes regularly throughout all my lapping days.
Would love to see in-car videos of your track days in the future. Do you drive with ESP "off" or not?
Would love to see in-car videos of your track days in the future. Do you drive with ESP "off" or not?
***edit*** Yes, I race with the ESP off.
And one final comment: I notice in the pics that your track day was in the evening...must be nice....lower temperatures, and probably more comfortable for everybody. I've never done that, as the tracks I've gone to don't have lights.
Last edited by Kevwood; Feb 6, 2012 at 05:33 AM.
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If I had the nads to gut a benz it would be something like this..... 
This is vid of a purpose built kleemann c55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXGq...eature=related
This is vid of a purpose built kleemann c55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXGq...eature=related
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'05 C200K SS, '05 Kleemann CLK500K, '08 Hummer H3 & '92 Z34 5sp (track car in Canada)
If I had the nads to gut a benz it would be something like this.....
This is vid of a purpose built kleemann c55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXGq...eature=related
This is vid of a purpose built kleemann c55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXGq...eature=related
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'05 CLK55, '04 CLK320
If I had the nads to gut a benz it would be something like this.....
This is vid of a purpose built kleemann c55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXGq...eature=related
This is vid of a purpose built kleemann c55.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNXGq...eature=related
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From: A Canadian in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
'05 C200K SS, '05 Kleemann CLK500K, '08 Hummer H3 & '92 Z34 5sp (track car in Canada)
That track needed a lot of work 8 years ago, I can't even imagine how bad it was getting before they closed it last year. Too bad there wasnt a group interested in taking over the facility and doing some solid marketing to rejuvinate it.
Is Stratotech still doing trackdays?
Is Stratotech still doing trackdays?
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I was out there a few times this year before it closed in October and it was very rough. Besides the drag racing on Friday nights it was almost entirely just used for drifting. I think Stratotech closed at the end of 2011 also because they couldn't find a buyer. Never been out there but I heard they stopped doing karts and car track days and it was only bikes now.
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From: A Canadian in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
'05 C200K SS, '05 Kleemann CLK500K, '08 Hummer H3 & '92 Z34 5sp (track car in Canada)
So in other words, if I end up moving back there I'm going to have to be making trips to BC if I want to road-race... Damn shame.
Years ago there was talk of turning Bud Park in Deadmonton (called Castrol Speedway or something now) to a full facility. I remember seeing (via Google Earth) the roadcourse had been plowed but it was never paved/finished.
Years ago there was talk of turning Bud Park in Deadmonton (called Castrol Speedway or something now) to a full facility. I remember seeing (via Google Earth) the roadcourse had been plowed but it was never paved/finished.
