do you think this is possible in 1/4 mile?
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do you think this is possible in 1/4 mile?
R/T =.779
60' =2.518
330 =6.097 gap: 3.5sec
1/8 =9.007 @ 84.70mph gap: 2.9sec
1000 =11.494 gap: 2.49sec
1/4 13.326 @110.21mph gap: 1.9 sec
If I get my 60 down to 1.7 with my stock tires(I have done it once and when I got that time I shifted the 2nd gear at 4000rpm to 3rd gear manually. whenever I think about it.. i get so pissed off..), Do you think I could get to...
1.7+3.5+2.9+2.49+1.9 = 12.5? This is just with the pully mod.. Now let's hear it!
60' =2.518
330 =6.097 gap: 3.5sec
1/8 =9.007 @ 84.70mph gap: 2.9sec
1000 =11.494 gap: 2.49sec
1/4 13.326 @110.21mph gap: 1.9 sec
If I get my 60 down to 1.7 with my stock tires(I have done it once and when I got that time I shifted the 2nd gear at 4000rpm to 3rd gear manually. whenever I think about it.. i get so pissed off..), Do you think I could get to...
1.7+3.5+2.9+2.49+1.9 = 12.5? This is just with the pully mod.. Now let's hear it!
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At that trap speed you should be in the high 12's IMO. I'm amazed that you can get a 1.7 60' time on street tires. Run some DR's on the back, heat them up and run it in dyno mode, and you should be real close if not there.
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with g-tech I have put low 12s.and 12.8 and 12.9s as well.. 13.325 is the last run with the evo pully mod. No air filter no header/downpipie, no air intake heat block, no spark plug no ecu. All I need to do now it the ecu. We will see how fast this car can do with NA setting. Hope it brakes mid 12s.
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That's what I thought. GTECHs are generally regarded as being optimistic, fwiw (I took mine to the strip with me, and it told me I was trapping at 115 when my actual trap speed was 107). I don't think you'll hit a 1.7 at a strip on 265-width street tires with that car, or even a 1.8, and frankly a 1.9 is going to be very difficult, that is if it's possible at all.
What strip are you going to take it to? If it's a super-sticky track you might be able to crack into the 1.9x range...but a 1.90 is a pretty honkin' 60' time in a car without LSD, that much torque, and street tires.
Let us know when you go! Videotape it if you can....I'd love to see that.
What strip are you going to take it to? If it's a super-sticky track you might be able to crack into the 1.9x range...but a 1.90 is a pretty honkin' 60' time in a car without LSD, that much torque, and street tires.
Let us know when you go! Videotape it if you can....I'd love to see that.
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my man.. 1.7 was from the actual dragstrip, not Gtech with my 17 inch tires Pirelli Rosso. 225/245 with stock setting. It is possible.
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follow all my posts. I have talked about the crazy 1.7 all along in clk 1/4 threads. I did it on the first day I went to the strip in my life. Well. it's not doing that again. The closest I got to was 2.1 ever after. Best run at the strip was 13.325@ 110.21mph with evo pullies on the day the redsox won the world series with 19s.
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Originally Posted by JLee81
my man.. 1.7 was from the actual dragstrip, not Gtech with my 17 inch tires Pirelli Rosso. 225/245 with stock setting. It is possible.
I've had this car for nearly three years now, and I maintain that a 1.7 is flat-out impossible on the 245-series street tires. Prove me wrong.
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Originally Posted by JLee81
follow all my posts. I have talked about the crazy 1.7 all along in clk 1/4 threads. I did it on the first day I went to the strip in my life. Well. it's not doing that again. The closest I got to was 2.1 ever after. Best run at the strip was 13.325@ 110.21mph with evo pullies on the day the redsox won the world series with 19s.
Anyway, 2.1 is more realistic; it was my best 60' time with the stock tires. 1.7 on stock tires is *very* difficult to believe, unless there were some absolutely freakish track conditions that day, the track was surfaced with sandpaper, or (most likely) the equipment malfunctioned.
For example: here is a page with timeslips from heavily modded AWD Audi S4s, with many 12 second 1/4 miles. Few of *those* got below 1.8, and that's with AWD, which allows them to launch by dumping the clutch between 4000 and 5000 rpm!
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Originally Posted by Improviz
You trapped at 110? What's your weigh-in?
Anyway, 2.1 is more realistic; it was my best 60' time with the stock tires. 1.7 on stock tires is *very* difficult to believe, unless there were some absolutely freakish track conditions that day, the track was surfaced with sandpaper, or (most likely) the equipment malfunctioned.
For example: here is a page with timeslips from heavily modded AWD Audi S4s, with many 12 second 1/4 miles. Few of *those* got below 1.8, and that's with AWD, which allows them to launch by dumping the clutch between 4000 and 5000 rpm!
Anyway, 2.1 is more realistic; it was my best 60' time with the stock tires. 1.7 on stock tires is *very* difficult to believe, unless there were some absolutely freakish track conditions that day, the track was surfaced with sandpaper, or (most likely) the equipment malfunctioned.
For example: here is a page with timeslips from heavily modded AWD Audi S4s, with many 12 second 1/4 miles. Few of *those* got below 1.8, and that's with AWD, which allows them to launch by dumping the clutch between 4000 and 5000 rpm!
I trapped at 110.21mph and showed my slip to everyone in this forum. My car should weigh more than stock b/c of modifications of larger wheels and tires.
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Originally Posted by JLee81
Ok Improviz, my best time is 1.861 and unfortunately I taped my run. I will show you. I also have a slip on May 16 of 2004. I was running on Dodge lane at New England Drag way. I know you can't believe my 60ft. It wasn't 1.7 exactly. It was 1.861 with no tire pressure modification.
You got about a 1.9, which as I said yesterday would be about the absolute best one could hope for in that car, and even that would require freakish track conditions on stock tires. Which gels with what you said: you never hit it again. I'd still love to see a vid of this.
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Once you see the video, you will believe it.
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I trapped at 110.21mph and showed my slip to everyone in this forum. My car should weigh more than stock b/c of modifications of larger wheels and tires.
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I sent the private link to my video to Improviz.
In the video, When I thought I needed to shift the gear to 2nd, computer already made to 2nd gear, so i ended up shifting to 3rd and it was already too late. I shifted down to 2nd but my car already lost its momemtum.
Compare these two slips and tell me if I can get to 12's:
r/t: .683 .799
60: .1.861 2.518
330 5.650 6.097 Here THE MISTAKE took place.
1/8 8.715 9.007 I shifted down to 2nd as soon as possible b/n 330 and 1/8
MPH: 79.04 84.70
1000: 11.448 11.494
1/4 13.786 13.326
MPH: 96.11 110.21
The fist one is absolutely stock setting. The second one is with 19's with PSS9 and evo pully mod. Again the gel was never used.
In the video, When I thought I needed to shift the gear to 2nd, computer already made to 2nd gear, so i ended up shifting to 3rd and it was already too late. I shifted down to 2nd but my car already lost its momemtum.
Compare these two slips and tell me if I can get to 12's:
r/t: .683 .799
60: .1.861 2.518
330 5.650 6.097 Here THE MISTAKE took place.
1/8 8.715 9.007 I shifted down to 2nd as soon as possible b/n 330 and 1/8
MPH: 79.04 84.70
1000: 11.448 11.494
1/4 13.786 13.326
MPH: 96.11 110.21
The fist one is absolutely stock setting. The second one is with 19's with PSS9 and evo pully mod. Again the gel was never used.
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I sent the private link to my video to Improviz.
In the video, When I thought I needed to shift the gear to 2nd, computer already made to 2nd gear, so i ended up shifting to 3rd and it was already too late. I shifted down to 2nd but my car already lost its momemtum.
Compare these two slips and tell me if I can get to 12's:
r/t: .683 .799
60: .1.861 2.518
330 5.650 6.097 Here THE MISTAKE took place.
1/8 8.715 9.007 I shifted down to 2nd as soon as possible b/n 330 and 1/8
MPH: 79.04 84.70
1000: 11.448 11.494
1/4 13.786 13.326
MPH: 96.11 110.21
The fist one is absolutely stock setting. The second one is with 19's with PSS9 and evo pully mod. Again the gel was never used.
In the video, When I thought I needed to shift the gear to 2nd, computer already made to 2nd gear, so i ended up shifting to 3rd and it was already too late. I shifted down to 2nd but my car already lost its momemtum.
Compare these two slips and tell me if I can get to 12's:
r/t: .683 .799
60: .1.861 2.518
330 5.650 6.097 Here THE MISTAKE took place.
1/8 8.715 9.007 I shifted down to 2nd as soon as possible b/n 330 and 1/8
MPH: 79.04 84.70
1000: 11.448 11.494
1/4 13.786 13.326
MPH: 96.11 110.21
The fist one is absolutely stock setting. The second one is with 19's with PSS9 and evo pully mod. Again the gel was never used.
Best regards,
Matt
p.s.) Any chance I can see that vid or a pic or two?
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JLee, is there some reason why you won't publish the link publicly?
Because I have no intention of viewing it unless you make it available for all. One person downloading it = one IP, and I'd prefer to keep my IP private.
Further, the link you sent me is not for a video file. It is a .php file.
Lastly, the 1/8 to 1/4 splits on the run on the right look funny.
It shows a pickup of 25.51 mph between the 1/8 and the 1/4, and a time difference of 4.3 seconds. But in your first run, you only picked up 17 mph from the 1/8 to the 1/4 and it took five seconds, even though in both cases the 1000' times were virtually the same.
Here's SGC's timeslip in his E55. He ran a 11.987 @ 117.73 mph. His gain from the 1/8 to the 1/4: 26.26 mph. His time difference from 1/8 to 1/4: 4.23 seconds.
A CLK55 with a pulley change will not stack on speed or close distance like a supercharged E55, especially with a 2.5 60' time. Something doesn't look right here.
Also, in both runs the 1000 ft time is the same, but in the run on the right you ran the same distance 0.46 and 4.2 mph quicker? But by the 1000 ft mark, you would have been well into third gear.
Can you post that 110 mph slip?? I'm trying to figure out what's going on...did something else change between runs? Was there a huge temperature difference??
Further, the link you sent me is not for a video file. It is a .php file.
Lastly, the 1/8 to 1/4 splits on the run on the right look funny.
Originally Posted by JLee81
r/t: .683 .799
60: .1.861 2.518
330 5.650 6.097 Here THE MISTAKE took place.
1/8 8.715 9.007 I shifted down to 2nd as soon as possible b/n 330 and 1/8
MPH: 79.04 84.70
1000: 11.448 11.494
1/4 13.786 13.326
MPH: 96.11 110.21
60: .1.861 2.518
330 5.650 6.097 Here THE MISTAKE took place.
1/8 8.715 9.007 I shifted down to 2nd as soon as possible b/n 330 and 1/8
MPH: 79.04 84.70
1000: 11.448 11.494
1/4 13.786 13.326
MPH: 96.11 110.21
Here's SGC's timeslip in his E55. He ran a 11.987 @ 117.73 mph. His gain from the 1/8 to the 1/4: 26.26 mph. His time difference from 1/8 to 1/4: 4.23 seconds.
A CLK55 with a pulley change will not stack on speed or close distance like a supercharged E55, especially with a 2.5 60' time. Something doesn't look right here.
Also, in both runs the 1000 ft time is the same, but in the run on the right you ran the same distance 0.46 and 4.2 mph quicker? But by the 1000 ft mark, you would have been well into third gear.
Can you post that 110 mph slip?? I'm trying to figure out what's going on...did something else change between runs? Was there a huge temperature difference??
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OK Imrpoviz. I do not understand why you are acting this way.
I sent you the link for the video and all you need to do is to put it on your web browser and download the file that shows up. In addition, my webdrive company won't let me track your ip unless you hack or something. Do you think that the company will risk itself for releasing a personal information?
This webdrive is for my personal use and it took me sometime to upload the file so that you can see it as YOU REQUESTED. You totally wasted my time man. At least be polite. I am not interested in your ip address and I don't have any intension to track down where you are,
I started this thread to hear some advises for better 1/4 time before the tack opens in April. If you are going to disrupt the main point of this thread and start suspecting me, I would like to ask you to stop questioning about my record. They are just what they are.
I have posted my slip before and a lot of people in this clk55 forum saw it. I will not waste my time again to show you my slip.. Once is enough.
Pully kit gave me 10 rwp and 10tq on the dyno (315rwhp 332rwtq). And this also had been posted in this forum as well. When I did 110.21mph, my car had 19 inch wheels and PSS9 with evo pully. The temperture difference was about 15 degress lower than the first one. No wind that day.
///AMG MERC-PM me your email address. I will also send the video to you directly. Ecu will be done by Speedtuniong USA very soon. It's not worth to do it now when the road is so icy in Boston. I will update you with info on my headers soon. Just wait a little more.
I sent you the link for the video and all you need to do is to put it on your web browser and download the file that shows up. In addition, my webdrive company won't let me track your ip unless you hack or something. Do you think that the company will risk itself for releasing a personal information?
This webdrive is for my personal use and it took me sometime to upload the file so that you can see it as YOU REQUESTED. You totally wasted my time man. At least be polite. I am not interested in your ip address and I don't have any intension to track down where you are,
I started this thread to hear some advises for better 1/4 time before the tack opens in April. If you are going to disrupt the main point of this thread and start suspecting me, I would like to ask you to stop questioning about my record. They are just what they are.
I have posted my slip before and a lot of people in this clk55 forum saw it. I will not waste my time again to show you my slip.. Once is enough.
Pully kit gave me 10 rwp and 10tq on the dyno (315rwhp 332rwtq). And this also had been posted in this forum as well. When I did 110.21mph, my car had 19 inch wheels and PSS9 with evo pully. The temperture difference was about 15 degress lower than the first one. No wind that day.
///AMG MERC-PM me your email address. I will also send the video to you directly. Ecu will be done by Speedtuniong USA very soon. It's not worth to do it now when the road is so icy in Boston. I will update you with info on my headers soon. Just wait a little more.
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As I said before, I made a mistake in the first run I posted. I was supposed to be in the 2nd gear, I touched the shift button to 3rd gear and had to shift down. I lost momentum at that point. Tha't s why 1000ft time is almost equal. I the first run was done correctly, it would have lower time. after 330 ft significantly.
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OK Imrpoviz. I do not understand why you are acting this way.
Originally Posted by JLee81
I sent you the link for the video and all you need to do is to put it on your web browser and download the file that shows up. In addition, my webdrive company won't let me track your ip unless you hack or something. Do you think that the company will risk itself for releasing a personal information?
Also, the link you sent me is NOT to a .wmv file. It is to a script file. Please provide a link to a .wmv file.
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This webdrive is for my personal use and it took me sometime to upload the file so that you can see it as YOU REQUESTED. You totally wasted my time man. At least be polite. I am not interested in your ip address and I don't have any intension to track down where you are,
I started this thread to hear some advises for better 1/4 time before the tack opens in April. If you are going to disrupt the main point of this thread and start suspecting me, I would like to ask you to stop questioning about my record. They are just what they are.
I started this thread to hear some advises for better 1/4 time before the tack opens in April. If you are going to disrupt the main point of this thread and start suspecting me, I would like to ask you to stop questioning about my record. They are just what they are.
And as I pointed out before, and showed with simple math, the numbers simply look funny. I'm not saying you're lying, I'm saying the numbers look funny, which is why I wanted to see it.
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I have posted my slip before and a lot of people in this clk55 forum saw it. I will not waste my time again to show you my slip.. Once is enough.
This is odd...you don't want people to see the video, you don't want people to see the slip...what's the big deal?
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Pully kit gave me 10 rwp and 10tq on the dyno (315rwhp 332rwtq). And this also had been posted in this forum as well. When I did 110.21mph, my car had 19 inch wheels and PSS9 with evo pully. The temperture difference was about 15 degress lower than the first one. No wind that day.
Which is why I'm puzzled at the large difference between your runs. Again, this is in the time period *after* the car is in third.
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