Pulled slowly on C43 AMG
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Pulled slowly on C43 AMG
I was coming back home late last night when I notice a very rare C43 AMG. I get next to it so it can hear my exhaust and see if it wants to play. The AMG floors it and I chase and am slowly reeling him in but the AMG shuts down before I pass him. I get next to him again and this time we take off at the same time and I have him by 1-1.5 cars to 100mph. He was at at disadvantage because the Benz was carrying 3 passengers and I only had one. I believe the C43 AMG weighs a little under 3400lbs while my car weighs 3800lbs without me in it. So I believe our race weights should have been pretty close! I have a slightly modified 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII LSC with a 4.6 DOHC engine.
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All I have is open exhaust (dual cutouts before 3rd cat), k&n air filter, msd wires and autolite platinum plugs, intake resonator removed and some weight reduction. For those that don't know, my engine is the same that is used in the 96-98 Cobra, except for the intake manifold and 2 of the 4 cams.
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I just got smoked by a Ford Pinto. Except for the 428 motor, and the drag slicks, and the nitrous, it was totally original. My point: You can modify any P.O.S. (even a Lincoln) to beat any stock MBZ.
Also, you beat a car with (at least, depending on how PHAT the chicks were) a quarter ton of extra human flesh on board. Congratulations!!!
I smoked a Ferrari Enzo towing an Airstream today. Those cars are so slow. . .
Also, you beat a car with (at least, depending on how PHAT the chicks were) a quarter ton of extra human flesh on board. Congratulations!!!
I smoked a Ferrari Enzo towing an Airstream today. Those cars are so slow. . .
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A dignified response. But doesn't your Lincoln run a high 15 or low 16 second quarter (stock)? By my (very rough) calcs, you would have to bump your hps by at least 100 to beat a C43.
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A stock Lincoln Mark VIII LSC makes 290hp and runs low 15's/high 14's bone stock. When I only had exhaust and a crank pulley, I ran a 14.7 with a terrible 2.4 60 foot time (I was spinning the tires for awhile). It was 87 degrees outside. I am running my car today and the weather is looking a lot better for racing so we will see how it goes. I think you are confusing the Mark VIII and the Mark VII, which runs the times that you claim and comes with a 5.0 H.O. engine. My car has a 4.6 DOHC 32 valve engine that comes from the 96-98 Mustang Cobra...
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You are correct, I was confusing the cars (which is why I put the "stupid" disclosure on the bottom of all of my posts). Sorry for the previous sarcasm.
I actually didn't know that they put the Cobra engine in a Lincoln. Given that fact, I guess that you would give a C43 a pretty good run.
Your Lincoln sounds like a sweet ride, actually. Any chance of bolting a supercharger on there? Probably would break into the mid 13s.
I actually didn't know that they put the Cobra engine in a Lincoln. Given that fact, I guess that you would give a C43 a pretty good run.
Your Lincoln sounds like a sweet ride, actually. Any chance of bolting a supercharger on there? Probably would break into the mid 13s.
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Pulled slowly on C43 AMG
Whoever was driving the C43 was either afraid or he recently received a speeding ticket. At 100 mph and above is where C43's shine. I'm pretty sure it would have pulled away from you if it was a well maintained C43.
