ROCKED!!!!! My E55 kicked his *** by 1.5 car lengths until the limiter kicked in and the Viper caught up. Oh by the way, my car is bone stock.

 

Nice Kill!!!!

Doesn't come as a surprise though. I see those things at the track all of the time, they have yet to impress me.

 

sweet! damn these 55 are no joke at all. btw, how does it feel to beat on a bad *** domestic? i can't wait till i get a chance to do so

 

The E55 is a big dog!

I had one beat the pants off of my C6 Vette, the day before I decided to sell it.

 

Renntech-

Are you referring to the Viper not impressing you at the track or drag strip?

The coupes are certainly one of the best track cars out there, especially with a few mods.

I am not being sarcastic, but what cars have impressed you at the track?

By the way, nice stable of cars. The CGT is probably my vote for the ultimate track car.

 

I have only seen them at the drag strip.

I have run against about 4 or 5 coupes (in the SL and the 996) from the sound none were stock, I destoyed them all. I just dumped my C6 Vette, I think the Viper is WAAAAAYY cooler than any Vette.

BTW...I was impressed with a '93 Ford Lightning pick-up truck that beat my *** last Friday...He ran 11.23@127.

 

Do you have the opportunity to take any of your cars out to the track? It looks as though you are a real HP guy, but (as I am sure you know) most of your stable would excel at the track also.

I have seen a few CGT's at the track - they are incredible. I have never seen anything like it - Mercedes SLR included. I have never seen an Enzo at the track, but I have seen F50's, F40's etc. After the CGT, the next fastest car that I have ever seen was a Viper Competition Coupe followed by a highly modified Viper ACR.

Can't wat to see a properly modded Vette Z06.

I have heard that CGT's are extremely difficult to drive close to their limit, which kind of surprised me at first.

I guess when you have a car its type of capabilities that it makes sense that as you approach it potential it could get tricky.

 

https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/126821-took-carrera-gt-track-last-sunday.html

 

How was its handling compared to other cars that you have driven?

Did you ever feel that you approached its potential?

Did it ever get squirrely on you?

 

Wow, it seems like beating a Viper GTS coupe with an E55 might be tough. They trap around 116-119 and the E about 113-116 according to the mags. Nice kill!

 

Nah not tough unless the viper is making it's best run. A lot more room for error and harder to be consistent because you have to know launch rpm's, shift points, clutch pressure on launch etc. Most drivers cannot get a stick shift to perform at it's full potential on a regular basis.

 

I forgot to mention, there was a cop going the opposite way and turned around. Luckily he pulled over the yellow Viper and I got away.

 

I ran the newest (current) body style RT/10 Viper from about 70 to 120. He got the jump and pulled me by a couple car lengths at the get go but he stopped pulling pretty quickly after that. I couldn't close the gap at all and he couldn't widen it before we had to shut it down. I raced a Viper truck today from 30-70 and gave him the jump also. I reeled him in with a quickness and would have passed him hard if there'd of been room. He wasn't even as tough to beat as the very new NSX that I raced a month ago. FWIW, that NSX race was before my new tires and recent service C though.

 

Just a correction, newest is the SRT-10.

 

Thanks! I knew something was missing. I want to run into another randy SRT-10 owner on the highway now that I have a fresh service complete and better tires on the 55.

 

RennTechV12

hey, im just wondering... what do you do for a living?

 

that interests me too