G55 at the drags.....timeslip attached
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...........put in perspective, this is faster to the quatermile than C55, W210 E55, W208 CLK 55, W209, CLK 55,, old M5, C32, C36, C43, M3, Maserati spyder, C5 Corvette and list goes on.
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Originally Posted by Ted Baldwin
...........put in perspective, this is faster to the quatermile than C55, W210 E55, W208 CLK 55, W209, CLK 55,, old M5, C32, C36, C43, M3, Maserati spyder, C5 Corvette and list goes on.
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......K2 includes pulley, ECU headers. K3 involves the addition of camshafts and I am sure will provide the additional mid range punch to get the truck into the 12's.
.......launching the G55 is easier than a rear wheel drive car. However, because less skill is involved, it is a bit harder to improve on your 60 ft time. You can't really do a burnout in a full time 4 wheel drive car. This turns out to be a problem, becacuse with the K2, the truck's tires spin off the line if you simply punch it. I have Nitto 305/55/18 drag radials on the truck that I cannot make full use of because they need to be heated up by doing a burn out. My thinking is that to get the truck into the 12's, one does not need addtional low end punch after the K2, rather one would need to improve mid range punch and trap speed. Currently mine has a trapspeed of 104.3mph. An addtional 2mph should easily get the truck into the 12's. Will post results.
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.......launching the G55 is easier than a rear wheel drive car. However, because less skill is involved, it is a bit harder to improve on your 60 ft time. You can't really do a burnout in a full time 4 wheel drive car. This turns out to be a problem, becacuse with the K2, the truck's tires spin off the line if you simply punch it. I have Nitto 305/55/18 drag radials on the truck that I cannot make full use of because they need to be heated up by doing a burn out. My thinking is that to get the truck into the 12's, one does not need addtional low end punch after the K2, rather one would need to improve mid range punch and trap speed. Currently mine has a trapspeed of 104.3mph. An addtional 2mph should easily get the truck into the 12's. Will post results.
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Originally Posted by Ted Baldwin
......K2 includes pulley, ECU headers. K3 involves the addition of camshafts and I am sure will provide the additional mid range punch to get the truck into the 12's.
.......launching the G55 is easier than a rear wheel drive car. However, because less skill is involved, it is a bit harder to improve on your 60 ft time. You can't really do a burnout in a full time 4 wheel drive car. This turns out to be a problem, becacuse with the K2, the truck's tires spin off the line if you simply punch it. I have Nitto 305/55/18 drag radials on the truck that I cannot make full use of because they need to be heated up by doing a burn out. My thinking is that to get the truck into the 12's, one does not need addtional low end punch after the K2, rather one would need to improve mid range punch and trap speed. Currently mine has a trapspeed of 104.3mph. An addtional 2mph should easily get the truck into the 12's. Will post results.
Ted
.......launching the G55 is easier than a rear wheel drive car. However, because less skill is involved, it is a bit harder to improve on your 60 ft time. You can't really do a burnout in a full time 4 wheel drive car. This turns out to be a problem, becacuse with the K2, the truck's tires spin off the line if you simply punch it. I have Nitto 305/55/18 drag radials on the truck that I cannot make full use of because they need to be heated up by doing a burn out. My thinking is that to get the truck into the 12's, one does not need addtional low end punch after the K2, rather one would need to improve mid range punch and trap speed. Currently mine has a trapspeed of 104.3mph. An addtional 2mph should easily get the truck into the 12's. Will post results.
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You have to go through the whole procedure to defeat it completely(losing all the electronic assists in the process)in other words ,go to the dyno mode.
Last Summer did it and dropped from 13.2/104mph (traction on) to 12.8/112mph in dyno mode.
Both runs done at 4:30 am (cool 60s),within minutes of each other ,using G-tech for comparison purposes.
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Last Summer did it and dropped from 13.2/104mph (traction on) to 12.8/112mph in dyno mode.
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Very cool Ted, What was the other car, suv, in the lane next to you? That You humiliated..
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Originally Posted by BenzoAMGpower
only a 1.9 60ft time? I guess its b/c the truck is so heavy but I would expect a 1.7-1.8 60ft time with 4WD and all that torque!!
thats what i expected! ...but i couldn't get it any lower...also tried power braking etc
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Originally Posted by BenzoAMGpower
only a 1.9 60ft time? I guess its b/c the truck is so heavy but I would expect a 1.7-1.8 60ft time with 4WD and all that torque!!
In dyno mode you get a perfect launch with lots of smoke and a drop almost 0.5 s in a 1/4 mile.
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ESP is the culprit,even turned off kicks back in after about 20mph.
In dyno mode you get a perfect launch with lots of smoke and a drop almost 0.5 s in a 1/4 mile.
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The guys at Kleemann were able to disengage my traction control and it really helped with my launch. Send them an E-Mail if you're interested and they'll tell you how to do it. Impressive times.
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