Fast Black E55 (fun race)
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Well I had my first official race last night in my new to me 2003 E55. It is a low mileage car but I seem to be suffereng from the dreaded Intercooler pump syndrom.
Anyways, here is the deal. I was cruising around looking for a good suspect and no one would want to touch me. Finally a late 60's nova with slicks out back decided to pull next to me from a roll. That was his first mistake. It was not even close. I had him by 6-7 lengths at 70 mph and it was from about 25 mph to start with. Oh well, it felt good to beat him. Stopped and talked to him for a bit. He had a 383 stroker engine with a few different mods. He was completely miffed he got beat by a Mercedes. He was telling me not very many people beat him. I guess he was wrong.
Couple questions, my dealer tells me it is a coolent pump in the supercharger, not a intercooler pump. Is that what is commonly refered around here as an intercooler pump? Also I am not terribly impressed with the HK Logic 7 system. It sounds weak compared to my Mark Levinson in the Lexus. Is there a way to get in the engineering menu to change amplifier gains? I would assume so since it does not even distort when completely cranked (and not very loud at that) I have the Euro Comand and the 3,5,7 trick does not seem to work.Other than a couple minor quibbles, the car is amazing and scary-fast. It will get up to 75 and back down to 0 in less than a block @ almost 5000 feet altitude. That is perfectly insane.
Anyways, here is the deal. I was cruising around looking for a good suspect and no one would want to touch me. Finally a late 60's nova with slicks out back decided to pull next to me from a roll. That was his first mistake. It was not even close. I had him by 6-7 lengths at 70 mph and it was from about 25 mph to start with. Oh well, it felt good to beat him. Stopped and talked to him for a bit. He had a 383 stroker engine with a few different mods. He was completely miffed he got beat by a Mercedes. He was telling me not very many people beat him. I guess he was wrong.
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Couple questions, my dealer tells me it is a coolent pump in the supercharger, not a intercooler pump. Is that what is commonly refered around here as an intercooler pump? Also I am not terribly impressed with the HK Logic 7 system. It sounds weak compared to my Mark Levinson in the Lexus. Is there a way to get in the engineering menu to change amplifier gains? I would assume so since it does not even distort when completely cranked (and not very loud at that) I have the Euro Comand and the 3,5,7 trick does not seem to work.Other than a couple minor quibbles, the car is amazing and scary-fast. It will get up to 75 and back down to 0 in less than a block @ almost 5000 feet altitude. That is perfectly insane.
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Do you think that the K+N filters will make a difference? I have heard that some Mercedes dealers will do the star lowering for you for free. I also heard about the thermostat mod, Is it worth it? I just wnat to make sure I get as much done as I can since I am 430 miles away from the closest Mercedes dealer.
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All I know is that I prefer them to paper filters. ![Big Grin](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
I would definitely do the -10c mod, but have no experience with the Star lowering. I have already bent 3 rims at stock height.
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I would definitely do the -10c mod, but have no experience with the Star lowering. I have already bent 3 rims at stock height.
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1989 Toyota Tercel EZ - dyno'd @ 70whp/77wtq
But 430 (four hundred thirty) miles...
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Pardon my math
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I hear ya. It sucks, but to own an E55 is worth it. The original factory warrenty expires soon and I bought a good platinum warrenty for 3years/36k. It can then be taken to any car dealer. We have a decent dealer in town that I trust. I just hope it is a rare occurance. I usually need to go to Denver every 6 months anyways. Not a big deal.