Crossfire vs. 211 E55
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Crossfire vs. 211 E55
I went out last night for some runs and two E55's showed up(wich is very rare). I talked to a cool guy that ownes a silver one and he told me that his buddy ownes the black one and it put down 480rwhp and would be a good race against me. I ended up lining up against the black one by luck of the draw and here's the result.............
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Your Crossfire is quick, no doubt. But with only a 112 MPH, that E55 has some issues. Most likely a bad I/C pump.
And did he completely fall asleep at the line? That's got to be one of the worst R/Ts I've ever seen.
And did he completely fall asleep at the line? That's got to be one of the worst R/Ts I've ever seen.
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I too thought the guy took a short nap before leaving the line. Maybe he thought he would play with the little Crossfire by giving a big head start and reeling me in to add insult to his intended win. I didn't get a chance to talk to the guy before or after the race.
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unhealthy E55.
The E55's time doesn't seem that far off to me. I had a 460rwhp Charger SRT-8 and it could only manage 12.8's at 109 with a 2.0 60'.......and I raced and beat a E63(by a fender length) in it as well. With that being said and the E55 supposedly making 480rwhp a 12.5@112 with a 2.0' is on par. This race was at LVMS, not Famoso or some other track that has 0 or negative DA.
I too thought the guy took a short nap before leaving the line. Maybe he thought he would play with the little Crossfire by giving a big head start and reeling me in to add insult to his intended win. I didn't get a chance to talk to the guy before or after the race.
I too thought the guy took a short nap before leaving the line. Maybe he thought he would play with the little Crossfire by giving a big head start and reeling me in to add insult to his intended win. I didn't get a chance to talk to the guy before or after the race.
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I was just at the track a few nights ago for the first time ever. I had some bad 60 ft's and bad reaction times lol. My best was 12.5 @ 114.6 2.0 60 ft. I'm going to another track which records quicker times for watevr reason.
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I went out last night for some runs and two E55's showed up(wich is very rare). I talked to a cool guy that ownes a silver one and he told me that his buddy ownes the black one and it put down 480rwhp and would be a good race against me. I ended up lining up against the black one by luck of the draw and here's the result.............
Key thing is the 60' time. Nail that and everything else will follow.
FWIW....
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This claimed 480rwhp sounds optimistic. That's nearly 100hp over stock and it only ran a 12.5@112? A stock e55 would be the same or better even at a higher elevation. Maybe the car is not running %100 or maybe the hp is guestimated. Either way, your car is really quick and this e55 should be quicker.
His buddy said he took it to Vadim and had it dynoed in Cali and it put down 480rwhp. 211 E55's run mid to low 13's out here stock.............nobody ever believes me until they come and run their cars. Everybody that I've ever seen bring out a high dollar high hp car(that is stock) goes home disappointed and thinking something's wrong with their car after running at LVMS. The semi high altitude, bad dry air coulpled with poor track prep= sub par timeslips...........especially for N/A cars.
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His buddy said he took it to Vadim and had it dynoed in Cali and it put down 480rwhp. 211 E55's run mid to low 13's out here stock.............nobody ever believes me until they come and run their cars. Everybody that I've ever seen bring out a high dollar high hp car(that is stock) goes home disappointed and thinking something's wrong with their car after running at LVMS. The semi high altitude, bad dry air coulpled with poor track prep= sub par timeslips...........especially for N/A cars.
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A H/C SRT-8 like that would run low 12s @ 117mph or so?
