04 CLK55 AMG vs 09 WRX light mods who will win?
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04 CLK55 AMG vs 09 WRX light mods who will win?
So me and a friend got in a discussion about cars. And a friend of mine Sean has a WRX with just like intake underhood piping and exhaust on it I've beat a bit older STI's and many things i believe to be much faster than this. But she keeps saying that Seans car feels faster Now driving my buddy's stage 2 GTI which i beat easy I know turbo's make cars feel quicker just because of the boost. I respect all cars and recognize if we go from a launch it'd be close because of his 4wd but I am pretty confident any kind of roll and 80 and up i'll pull on it easy what do you guys think?
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Alright, but I still think CLK AMG still catches up the STI without looking it up. Anyway, your story sounds like your buddy is a chick. If this person is a chick telling you that a WRX is faster than your AMG, then she is just teasing you. I wouldn't take anything serious when a chick acts "dumb". 
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If you win, will you actually win anything? Anyone you're trying to impress will say, "It's a gazillion dollar Mercedes-Benz against a pedestrian Japanese sedan." If the WRX wins, then what? What will onlookers say about the same two cars? It sounds like a no win proposition.
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From a roll you should have the advantage, from a dead stop if your friend can drive, I would be worried.
I have owned an 02 WRX, and a 05 STi, if you know how to launch, they are tough to beat out of the hole.
And the 2009 and up WRX can rip 0-60 in under 5 seconds, and is a solid 13 second car. Those things can run 12's with bolt ons. They match the STi in acceleration now stock.
Here is one with nearly 300whp on a mustang dyno with just bolt ons.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2220176
Cobb Stage 2 Running 12's(essentially a tune and exhaust)
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2256479
Hard to beat factory FI and AWD, lol.
I have owned an 02 WRX, and a 05 STi, if you know how to launch, they are tough to beat out of the hole.
And the 2009 and up WRX can rip 0-60 in under 5 seconds, and is a solid 13 second car. Those things can run 12's with bolt ons. They match the STi in acceleration now stock.
Here is one with nearly 300whp on a mustang dyno with just bolt ons.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2220176
Cobb Stage 2 Running 12's(essentially a tune and exhaust)
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2256479
Hard to beat factory FI and AWD, lol.
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From a roll you should have the advantage, from a dead stop if your friend can drive, I would be worried.
I have owned an 02 WRX, and a 05 STi, if you know how to launch, they are tough to beat out of the hole.
And the 2009 and up WRX can rip 0-60 in under 5 seconds, and is a solid 13 second car. Those things can run 12's with bolt ons. They match the STi in acceleration now stock.
Here is one with nearly 300whp on a mustang dyno with just bolt ons.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2220176
Cobb Stage 2 Running 12's(essentially a tune and exhaust)
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2256479
Hard to beat factory FI and AWD, lol.
I have owned an 02 WRX, and a 05 STi, if you know how to launch, they are tough to beat out of the hole.
And the 2009 and up WRX can rip 0-60 in under 5 seconds, and is a solid 13 second car. Those things can run 12's with bolt ons. They match the STi in acceleration now stock.
Here is one with nearly 300whp on a mustang dyno with just bolt ons.
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2220176
Cobb Stage 2 Running 12's(essentially a tune and exhaust)
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2256479
Hard to beat factory FI and AWD, lol.
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If you win, will you actually win anything? Anyone you're trying to impress will say, "It's a gazillion dollar Mercedes-Benz against a pedestrian Japanese sedan." If the WRX wins, then what? What will onlookers say about the same two cars? It sounds like a no win proposition.
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On a turbo'd car, HP is highly based on boost. Minor exhaust mods such as removing the cat can dramatically increase boost. I have no WRX experience, but a pipe on an RX7 TII = 30% more HP. Its not uncommon for the exhaust mods to expose the intake as the next restriction. That sounds a lot like your friend's car. Can you outrun a car running 'who knows how much boost'? I have no idea, but you may be surprised how much power cheap mods on a boosted car can produce. Of course, bumping the boost just exposes the next bottleneck - not enough fuel, too much timing, toasted head gaskets, extreme blow by. . . . nothing that a little more cash won't fix.
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Actually, have you been inside a WRX before? I did that once at an annual automobile show at San Francisco. The quality was so abysmal enough I wouldn't consider WRX is a great car. If I see a WRX challenges me, I would feel sorry for the driver and decide to not race against him or her.
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Even against a WRX STI 300hp you should have the advantage
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A quick search of you tube....shows wrx running 14's - 12's dep on level of mods.
Here's a "lightly" modded wrx running 12's....... if he approached you I'd be ready for a race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGsnzmQ9FFQ
Here's a "lightly" modded wrx running 12's....... if he approached you I'd be ready for a race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGsnzmQ9FFQ
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If you win, will you actually win anything? Anyone you're trying to impress will say, "It's a gazillion dollar Mercedes-Benz against a pedestrian Japanese sedan." If the WRX wins, then what? What will onlookers say about the same two cars? It sounds like a no win proposition.
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Why bother - your car was faster as delivered, and although they are fast cars, they are just very high performance street cars - bring it to the track and baseline yourself, and then learn to drive your car better in a controlled manner. These are high performance cars that you can drive every day, and roll in comfort - they are not drag cars (I run a couple of drag cars - my street mustang has pulled 9's with street tires, and my yellow cars is faster than I can drive it) - take care of your CLK, these are wonderful automobiles, even though it's fun to drag, there are many cars out there that will trailer one - have not yet seen sub 10 MB's, seen lots of sub 10 stangs, but I would not want to use one for daily transport, let alone a cross country trip.
