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Old 10-01-2006, 04:44 AM
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SL65 vs Lamborghini Gallardo video

... you know you love it

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...01553009276335
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11.2 !!!!!!!!!! i think he had slicks on eh?
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You make the SL65 owners proud, keep up the good work.

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Great video Treynor! Maybe show it to Allen Lambo the fool!

George- nice AMGs, you obviously have good taste. But that begs the question, what is the Nissan doing in your stable?
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Was the sl65 a renntech tuned car? Do you have any pics of the rentech cf air box on a 65 motor? I need to get my car tuned and kleemann did my last car, but cant find any oe with a kleemann tuned 65. The problem I am having is the tuners claim numbers that are for a 98oct tune and not a 91oct tune. Any tips would help going to hit the strip this weekend. I have a set of bfg drags from my e55 275/40/18 but no rims and was wondering what you thought? Thanks
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Awesome run!! Did the Gallardo get a bad start? Seemed like you got a much better launch than he did.
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> Was the sl65 a renntech tuned car?

Yes - RENNtech ECU, TCU and airbox.

> Do you have any pics of the rentech cf air box on a 65 motor?

I can go take one... give me 5 minutes

> I need to get my car tuned and kleemann did my last car, but cant find any oe with a kleemann tuned 65. The problem I am having is the tuners claim numbers that are for a 98oct tune and not a 91oct tune.

I'd certainly recommend RENNtech - on the '65s, all the fastest cars are using their package. Their numbers are for a 93 octane tune; I've seen 30-40 HP losses with 91 octane, which doesn't make any difference for street driving (you're traction limited either way through the top of 2nd gear!)

> Any tips would help going to hit the strip this weekend. I have a set of bfg drags from my e55 275/40/18 but no rims and was wondering what you thought?

I have a set of 18" AMG rims I bought from Tire Rack which fit the tires you have Actually, now that I've got my 17" Bogart rims the AMG's are just sitting around... looking for rims? Regardless, the normal 18" AMG rims for your car will work perfectly, and you want to run the BFG g-force drag radials.
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Awesome run!! Did the Gallardo get a bad start? Seemed like you got a much better launch than he did.
The Gallardo has e-drive, and that's how it launches. It's not particularly quick considering it's 4WD.

That said, the SL on drag tires comes out of the hole like no other street car I've driven. I pulled a 1.6 sec 60' in that run with the Gallardo -- equivalent to 0-60 MPH in <3 secs.
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What was your 0-60?
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Treynor,

Truely amazing. Wow! Thanks for sharing.



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" I've seen 30-40 HP losses with 91 octane"

So if renntech claims 66hp and 102lbft that is for 93 octane? So I would be getting 26-36hp and 62-72lbft? That kind of sucks for 6-7k.What about the air box did you see any gains from it? I know they claim 15hp and 30lbft? Did you notice a huge difference after the tune? I know after I did the k2 set up on my 55 it was a huge difference ( +94hp and 114lbft over stock ) How much
were the bogart rims? What size and type of tire are you running? How much for your 18's? I take it they are 18x9? Thanks for all your help and experience
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" I've seen 30-40 HP losses with 91 octane"

So if renntech claims 66hp and 102lbft that is for 93 octane? So I would be getting 26-36hp and 62-72lbft? That kind of sucks for 6-7k.What about the air box did you see any gains from it? I know they claim 15hp and 30lbft? Did you notice a huge difference after the tune? I know after I did the k2 set up on my 55 it was a huge difference ( +94hp and 114lbft over stock ) How much
were the bogart rims? What size and type of tire are you running? How much for your 18's? I take it they are 18x9? Thanks for all your help and experience

Not exactly - the stock SL65 power figures also assume 93 octane. If you run 91 octane in a stock SL65 it will lose comparable amounts of power. Net net, whether on 91 or 93 (or 109 ) octane, you'll see a large gain with RENNtech's package.

I'll PM you about the wheels & tires.
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treynor,

What was your 0-60?

Funny you should ask, I was just calculating that myself.

From the timeslip, 60' times were 1.61 - 1.66, 1/8th mile were 7.1 - 7.3 @ 98-99 mph.

So... correcting for the fact that the dragstrip doesn't measure the time taken to move the first 18"...

(ready for this?)

0-60: 2.65 secs
0-100: 7.45 secs
0-150: 17.3 secs

The car is a BEAST.
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Have you dynoed your car after the mods? What tune are you running 91,93,98 or 109?? We dynoed my car at 553.2 and for my elevation it was 447.5. So I do need some more power. Thanks for you help.
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Have you dynoed your car after the mods? What tune are you running 91,93,98 or 109?? We dynoed my car at 553.2 and for my elevation it was 447.5. So I do need some more power. Thanks for you help.
Yes - it made 603 RWHP and 698 RWTQ on a dynojet on 100 octane. RENNtech's stuff... works
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How does your 997 tt run with your sl65?
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How does your 997 tt run with your sl65?
The TT's not broken in yet, but the SL's currently got more power per LB than the stock TT, so I'd expect the TT to be a bit slower.
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Originally Posted by transferred
Great video Treynor! Maybe show it to Allen Lambo the fool!

George- nice AMGs, you obviously have good taste. But that begs the question, what is the Nissan doing in your stable?
everyone needs a beater car right , but I really like the z nice ride but it's lacks the serious power of the amgs
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Originally Posted by treynor
The Gallardo has e-drive, and that's how it launches. It's not particularly quick considering it's 4WD.

That said, the SL on drag tires comes out of the hole like no other street car I've driven. I pulled a 1.6 sec 60' in that run with the Gallardo -- equivalent to 0-60 MPH in <3 secs.
Yeah thats true the 4WD in those VAG cars really does result in sappy launches. We have a Project CGT with a ton of work and its better than OEM but it still doesnt snap off the line like a AMG s/c'd car.

By the way you have a SERIOUS sickness and need help!!! Rock on man and enjoy the vehicles.
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anybody know where 93 octane gas is sold in los angeles?
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Regular gas stations sell 87/89/92 .. how much of a diff would 93 make??

Some 76 stations sell "racing fuel" which I believe they rate at 104 octane. I haven't seen any other stations selling anything higher than 92.



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anybody know where 93 octane gas is sold in los angeles?
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Originally Posted by treynor
Funny you should ask, I was just calculating that myself.

From the timeslip, 60' times were 1.61 - 1.66, 1/8th mile were 7.1 - 7.3 @ 98-99 mph.

So... correcting for the fact that the dragstrip doesn't measure the time taken to move the first 18"...

(ready for this?)

0-60: 2.65 secs
0-100: 7.45 secs
0-150: 17.3 secs

The car is a BEAST.
I think those calculations are a little off. The 0-60 is too low and the 0-100 may be a tad too high. For comparisons sake I ran an 11.2@126 in my Z06 last weekend with a 1.6 60ft. My passport GT2 timer registered 0-60 in 2.9 and 0-100 in 6.9.

Nice run Treynor.


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