Hmm, thought I would post up.
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Hmm, thought I would post up.
First off, I live in Springfield IL, typically theres nobody here worthwhile to play with, old fat guys in Vettes and Vipers all day. I work at a used Benz lot and got my 03 CLK500 for trade in. Cheap for people my age 21, when everyone else is rockin late 90s Camaros and mid Mazdas. I have plenty of story's about silly little ricers trying to take on my (debadged) CLK. I have tinted windows and smoked taillights. The car looks quite a bit more aggressive than stock and I guess thats what draws them in. The most fun I have is when at a light, when it turns green I hear tire chirp and the car next to me rolls off. My normal acceleration is taken for a race I guess? I usually let them get ahead until their tailpipe gets to my window and I can hear that "sandblaster" sound. Ill kick it down and smoke everyone. (I pick my races for a reason ??/1 ratio) I've only lost to an SRT8 wagon that I didn't know was modded.
I did **** a guy off earlier tonight though. I was coming back from the sports bar with a friend and this guy in a POS old grand am came FLYING up behind me in the other lane. About a length or 2 behind me I floored it and smacked it into gearshift mode. He got one length in front of me (100mph from 40) and I pulled on him quick. Can you believe he gave me the finger for that??? O well, my friend gave me a fist pound and a "good job" lol.
I did **** a guy off earlier tonight though. I was coming back from the sports bar with a friend and this guy in a POS old grand am came FLYING up behind me in the other lane. About a length or 2 behind me I floored it and smacked it into gearshift mode. He got one length in front of me (100mph from 40) and I pulled on him quick. Can you believe he gave me the finger for that??? O well, my friend gave me a fist pound and a "good job" lol.
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CLK500:
0-60: 5.7
0-100: 14.0
1/4: 14.2 @ 101
0-130: 25.7
Magnum SRT8:
0-60: 5.1
0-100: 12.1
1/4: 13.6 @ 106
0-130: 22.2
So it should pull him pretty good, stock to stock.
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Up to 130 mph, the Magnum comes in a bit faster:
CLK500:
0-60: 5.7
0-100: 14.0
1/4: 14.2 @ 101
0-130: 25.7
Magnum SRT8:
0-60: 5.1
0-100: 12.1
1/4: 13.6 @ 106
0-130: 22.2
So it should pull him pretty good, stock to stock.
CLK500:
0-60: 5.7
0-100: 14.0
1/4: 14.2 @ 101
0-130: 25.7
Magnum SRT8:
0-60: 5.1
0-100: 12.1
1/4: 13.6 @ 106
0-130: 22.2
So it should pull him pretty good, stock to stock.
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Well, from the numbers, the CLK500 took 11.7 sec to go from 100-130, while the SRT8 did it in 10.1. I would expect a somewhat larger difference given the horsepower difference, but I think that gearing and aerodynamics favor the CLK here, though not by enough ftw...
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Improviz posted rather slow numbers for the SRT-8 and I think for the 500 as well but 3.5 seconds at 130mph is huge.
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The dead spots are 40mph in 2nd and 70mph in 3rd. At 80mph its better and at 85mph you're going to get walked to 120+mph when it hits 4th. Know your gear ratios before you try.
Improviz posted rather slow numbers for the SRT-8 and I think for the 500 as well but 3.5 seconds at 130mph is huge.
Improviz posted rather slow numbers for the SRT-8 and I think for the 500 as well but 3.5 seconds at 130mph is huge.
For the Magnum SRT8, the other two publications got:
Motor Trend:
0-60: 5.1
0-100: 11.7
1/4: 13.1 @ 108.2
0-130: not provided
Road & Track:
0-60: 5.2
0-100: 12.2
1/4: 13.6 @ 105.9
0-130: not provided
So the MT test is definitely faster, but the R&T test is right there with the C&D test. This is definitely slower than the sedans run, though; maybe the wagon's traps run a bit slower than the sedans from the extra weight...
R&T also tested the CLK500:
0-60: 5.8
0-100: 13.9
1/4: 14.3 @ 101.6
0-130: not provided
There was another flyer by R&T, but in discussions around here it was argued pretty convincingly that this was a "factory special" (as was the BMW in the same test), given that these traps were well outside anything else seen anywhere else, and were well beyond Euro acceleration tests, the fact that it was trapping roughly the same as a 208 CLK55 with 50 less rated hp, 300 more lbs of curb weight, same gearing/final drive ratios, yadda yadda ya....
Anyway, even with a roughly 600 lb weight penalty, the SRT8's 120-ish horsepower differential will clearly win the day up to 130 mph, which is the CLK500's governed top speed anyway. A 7-spd CLK500 would probably fare a bit better, but that wasn't in the '03 models.
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Spot-on. With variances in weather, track conditions, heatsoak and the start-up 2-3 diagnostic shift, trap speeds can vary from 103-110mph with the SRT-8 sedans.
Luckily, heat soak and the 2-3 shift usually don't come into play once rolling on public roads.
Luckily, heat soak and the 2-3 shift usually don't come into play once rolling on public roads.
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Ok, so the past weekend I actually had a match up with both cars, a SRT4 and a SRT8 Magnum. The SRT4 and I raced off a light, I stalled the car to 1.3k RPM with a brief tire warm-up. Kept it in S and 1. Light went green and I half throttled it until I got past the initial launch, then full throttle up to 130mph. From the launch, I was about 1 car ahead up until about 90-100 I was approx 2 cars ahead and pulling strong.
The Magnum was an SRT8 tuned with Diablo programming and a cold air intake. That one walked me pretty bad... Dont know how many cars but it wasnt pretty. I guess thats what over 400hp does.
The Magnum was an SRT8 tuned with Diablo programming and a cold air intake. That one walked me pretty bad... Dont know how many cars but it wasnt pretty. I guess thats what over 400hp does.
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Ok, so the past weekend I actually had a match up with both cars, a SRT4 and a SRT8 Magnum. The SRT4 and I raced off a light, I stalled the car to 1.3k RPM with a brief tire warm-up. Kept it in S and 1. Light went green and I half throttled it until I got past the initial launch, then full throttle up to 130mph. From the launch, I was about 1 car ahead up until about 90-100 I was approx 2 cars ahead and pulling strong.
The Magnum was an SRT8 tuned with Diablo programming and a cold air intake. That one walked me pretty bad... Dont know how many cars but it wasnt pretty. I guess thats what over 400hp does.
The Magnum was an SRT8 tuned with Diablo programming and a cold air intake. That one walked me pretty bad... Dont know how many cars but it wasnt pretty. I guess thats what over 400hp does.
Which I doubt anyway.
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Ok, please actually read the post before you decide to flame on something non existent. Please re-read that and then reply. I never said I could hang with, or beat the said car.
I never raced him stock so I dont know what it would do. Both owners are friends, and people I hangout with. Also drag times and street times are two different things. Theres different conditions on each "track" that make for different circumstances and racing styles each and every time. If you contest this, please, go to your local track, watch a few test & tune runs, then go to your local street race location. Watch the same car lose to someone that runs a slower time. I see it every weekend. I may live in a small city, but we have some good runs here.
I never raced him stock so I dont know what it would do. Both owners are friends, and people I hangout with. Also drag times and street times are two different things. Theres different conditions on each "track" that make for different circumstances and racing styles each and every time. If you contest this, please, go to your local track, watch a few test & tune runs, then go to your local street race location. Watch the same car lose to someone that runs a slower time. I see it every weekend. I may live in a small city, but we have some good runs here.
