SLK 230 vs. Mustang GT
04-18-2004, 12:31 PM
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SLK 230 vs. Mustang GT
Cheap race, but good story 
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As I'm coming back from a party around 3 or 4 am in the morning, I see a maroon, not so bad looking GT come up to me... FAST. I floored it as soon as I noticed he was trying to pass me in the left lane and we keep going and going for miles... I played with him most of the time. We stop at a red light, and FYI: I had a 280 pound guy in my small SLK passanger seat. The guy in the GT was alone.
As we're on a long red light, we exchange looks and take off on a green light... I smoke his car in the start, and then let go of the throttle and wait for him to catch up... I gun it just as he's coming up.
As we're taking different directions, we honk the horn at each other and said our goodbye's.
The race was a thrill, but can't wait to take my future SLK 55 on the road!
:As I'm coming back from a party around 3 or 4 am in the morning, I see a maroon, not so bad looking GT come up to me... FAST. I floored it as soon as I noticed he was trying to pass me in the left lane and we keep going and going for miles... I played with him most of the time. We stop at a red light, and FYI: I had a 280 pound guy in my small SLK passanger seat. The guy in the GT was alone.
As we're on a long red light, we exchange looks and take off on a green light... I smoke his car in the start, and then let go of the throttle and wait for him to catch up... I gun it just as he's coming up.
As we're taking different directions, we honk the horn at each other and said our goodbye's.
The race was a thrill, but can't wait to take my future SLK 55 on the road!
04-20-2004, 10:18 PM
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I honestly don't know much about Mustang's, but I do know the car is pretty heavy. That may have given me an advantage... minus the fact that my friend was about 280 lbs 
I have new High Performance Michelin's (Z Rated of course) and K&N Filters with a new oil change at the time. That's about it...
What are the GT's spec's / numbers?
I have new High Performance Michelin's (Z Rated of course) and K&N Filters with a new oil change at the time. That's about it...
What are the GT's spec's / numbers?
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2004 Mustang GT:
260hp, 302lb/ft tq, 3347lbs
1998 SLK230:
192hp, 200lb/ft tq
3055lbs manual
3110lbs auto
+ 280lb passenger= 3335lbs/3390lbs
nearly 70 more hp and 100lb/ft torque and roughly the same weight at the time. Something went wrong for the Mustang driver or he never tried.
As far as your friend's 2.5 Z4:
184hp, 175lb ft tq, and 2976 lbs
I can't explain him winning either. I guess anything can happen in real life...
260hp, 302lb/ft tq, 3347lbs
1998 SLK230:
192hp, 200lb/ft tq
3055lbs manual
3110lbs auto
+ 280lb passenger= 3335lbs/3390lbs
nearly 70 more hp and 100lb/ft torque and roughly the same weight at the time. Something went wrong for the Mustang driver or he never tried.
As far as your friend's 2.5 Z4:
184hp, 175lb ft tq, and 2976 lbs
I can't explain him winning either. I guess anything can happen in real life...
