what handles better?
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the time difference could have been made up in the straightaway. the C55 has much more power. i would be willing to be that the CLK55 is the better handler.
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i calculated the weight/HP ratio for the C55 and came up with 9.71:1, whereas the CLK55's was 10.04:1.
So, because the C55 is a lighter car, that is why it is faster on the track by a slim margin......NOT because it has "much more power."
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calm down bro'. i thought the c55 amg had the supercharger. it is in fact the cl55 amg. i missed a letter so shoot me.....
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even so, it doesn't make sense that a CLS55 would only beat a W208 or W209CLK55 by 7 seconds.
no need to shoot anyone.
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I would suspect...
....that if we could get access to temp data for those two cars' runs, we would see that the C55 ran under much better track conditions. The two cars' setups are quite similar, and I would not think that with the same driver, on the same track, under the same conditions, there would be such a gap.
One used to be able to look up that info at track-challenge.com or whatever, but it seems to be shut down.
One used to be able to look up that info at track-challenge.com or whatever, but it seems to be shut down.
