Georgia Drag GTG - Import Showdown - October 9th
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Sorry the track conditions were less than ideal. Usually Ed has things groomed perfectly. So who showed with the modded W211? Props to Ted for giving it a try. Gotta check the schedule, but historically, 2nd week in November is the "sweet spot" for Silver Dollar. Saw a bunch of the imports in the low 12's on their website report. Over 100 cars? Sounds like a good turnout.
Originally Posted by Chappy
First, thanks to Paul and his gang at the GA DSM Club for making the event happen and making us all feel welcome, as usual. 
It was a great time and we had a nice turnout:
G55K
W210 E55 Kleemann (490hp at the wheels)
C55
W211
W211 on drag radials
W211 Wagon
SLK55
W208 CLK55
500E - on slicks!
My buddy also came and brought his 540i 6 spd.
Track conditions were not favorable and it seemed everyone ran .2 to .3 seconds off the pace at the beginning....then times went sharply down hill (I stopped when I went from a 13.6 to a 13.998) due to terrible traction on the start line.
In fact, traction was such an issue, I'm not sure Ted Baldwin ever got a clean pass in his MONSTER Kleemann W210 E55....once or twice that beast still wasn't hooking after the 1/8 mile!
Still, we got to meet some new folks and had a great time. Pics to follow soon
It was a great time and we had a nice turnout:
G55K
W210 E55 Kleemann (490hp at the wheels)
C55
W211
W211 on drag radials
W211 Wagon
SLK55
W208 CLK55
500E - on slicks!
My buddy also came and brought his 540i 6 spd.
Track conditions were not favorable and it seemed everyone ran .2 to .3 seconds off the pace at the beginning....then times went sharply down hill (I stopped when I went from a 13.6 to a 13.998) due to terrible traction on the start line.
In fact, traction was such an issue, I'm not sure Ted Baldwin ever got a clean pass in his MONSTER Kleemann W210 E55....once or twice that beast still wasn't hooking after the 1/8 mile!
Still, we got to meet some new folks and had a great time. Pics to follow soon
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Chappy
Thanks to you and the import crowd for setting the event up. I had a great time. It was hard not to get yourself down about the times. I had to look at what cars my car did better than to gauge my cars performance. I had higher top speed at higher et than last time out.
Did you see the guys repeatedly mopping the starting line? And I'm not talking about the guys with the brooms. They were mopping (greasing) the area where you stage to launch. That may have had something to do with. I was breaking loose still (traction warning light on) at about the 60' mark on the street tires. The slicks still felt loose too. I burned them harder and harder to try to get them to stick and still couldn't hold even powerbrake to 1100 rpm at the line without breaking loose. I pretty much just let off the brake and mashed the go pedal at the line. I ran the slicks with the traction control completely off, they were slightly spinning off the line but still hooked up and gave me my lowest rt, et and 60' times ever although they are scary to drive on.
I wish I had gotten there sooner when the track was better.
When we going again? I'm getting addicted. lol
Rich
Thanks to you and the import crowd for setting the event up. I had a great time. It was hard not to get yourself down about the times. I had to look at what cars my car did better than to gauge my cars performance. I had higher top speed at higher et than last time out.
Did you see the guys repeatedly mopping the starting line? And I'm not talking about the guys with the brooms. They were mopping (greasing) the area where you stage to launch. That may have had something to do with. I was breaking loose still (traction warning light on) at about the 60' mark on the street tires. The slicks still felt loose too. I burned them harder and harder to try to get them to stick and still couldn't hold even powerbrake to 1100 rpm at the line without breaking loose. I pretty much just let off the brake and mashed the go pedal at the line. I ran the slicks with the traction control completely off, they were slightly spinning off the line but still hooked up and gave me my lowest rt, et and 60' times ever although they are scary to drive on.
I wish I had gotten there sooner when the track was better.
When we going again? I'm getting addicted. lol
Rich
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Originally Posted by Chappy
First, thanks to Paul and his gang at the GA DSM Club for making the event happen and making us all feel welcome, as usual.
It was a great time and we had a nice turnout:
W210 E55 Kleemann (490hp at the wheels)
In fact, traction was such an issue, I'm not sure Ted Baldwin ever got a clean pass in his MONSTER Kleemann W210 E55....once or twice that beast still wasn't hooking after the 1/8 mile!
It was a great time and we had a nice turnout:
W210 E55 Kleemann (490hp at the wheels)
In fact, traction was such an issue, I'm not sure Ted Baldwin ever got a clean pass in his MONSTER Kleemann W210 E55....once or twice that beast still wasn't hooking after the 1/8 mile!
Also is this Ted's W210 KS7? 490hp at the wheels?
If he's at 490@ the wheels that means... :v Ted where are those pics of your beast pls? Also did you change your diff to 3.06:1?
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Thanks again for the ride Chappy. My camera battery died partway through so I don't have too many pictures. The one's of Ted's car were taking with a cell phone camera so the quality isn't great. You can see them all here though:
http://community.webshots.com/album/473942207byDYIt
http://community.webshots.com/album/473942207byDYIt
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Thanks for sharing those nice pics guys! I see Ted's car went stealth with the badging. Also where did he get that custom CF interior on his 210? Looks very nice! Where can i get that and ballpark price?
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I just wanted to stop by and say thank you to everyone who came. I hope you guys have as much fun as we did putting this on. I have a couple of pretty good pictures from our camera guy of the MB group. I'll post them up here as soon as I get them all uploaded.
Looking forward to having everyone back in 2006. As always, if there is anything I can do for you or if you have any suggestions for the event, please let me know!
Looking forward to having everyone back in 2006. As always, if there is anything I can do for you or if you have any suggestions for the event, please let me know!
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Originally Posted by paul_black_gsx
I just wanted to stop by and say thank you to everyone who came. I hope you guys have as much fun as we did putting this on. I have a couple of pretty good pictures from our camera guy of the MB group. I'll post them up here as soon as I get them all uploaded.
Looking forward to having everyone back in 2006. As always, if there is anything I can do for you or if you have any suggestions for the event, please let me know!
Looking forward to having everyone back in 2006. As always, if there is anything I can do for you or if you have any suggestions for the event, please let me know!
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Here is one we got of a group of you. I have many more, I just need to resize them so I can attach them.
http://www.importshowdown.com/galler...5/DSCF1264.JPG
http://www.importshowdown.com/galler...5/DSCF1264.JPG
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Some of my pics
Ted's w210 E55 Kleeman beast, Chappy's CLK and My friend Ed in my 500 after his first ever dragstrip run (Ted's other beast G55 Kompressor also in the picture) and myself reviewing the timeslip after my first run on the slicks.
Last edited by mbenzman; Oct 13, 2005 at 01:53 AM.
