My friends and I went to Famoso Raceway Track yesterday to run his BMW 545i, and to our luck, an E55 AMG showed up...

The track conditions were pretty good: no winds, very low humidity and density, track well prepped, and only 635 feet above sea level The event ran from 6bp.m. to 11:30 p.m. At 6, the temperature was 78 and by 10 was 68 degrees. I'll leave it up to juice63 to correct the times and re-post

The E55 was 2004 and had Stage 1 installed. The car ran 3 runs, but I was only able to video tape the last one. Here are the results:

1st Run ---> 11.63 @ 118.x MPH
2nd Run ---> 12.24 @ 114.x MPH
3rd Run ---> 11.86 @ 117.x MPH

Last run was video taped, here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YmYUkcK3tA

Oh, and my friend's 545i was able to get two runs:

1st Run ---> 14.4 seconds @ 97.4 MPH
2nd Run ---> 14.3 seconds @ 98.5 MPH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8rsbhSExqg

Nice. Is he on the forum?

No, I talked to him, and he said that he wasn't on the forum. After listening to me talk about how great this forum is, I think he'll join pretty soon...

i might be mistaken but didnt that e55 jump the gun kinda early?

Yes, and because he took off before the green light, he received a reaction time of -0.029 seconds.

Wow. What is stage 1? How much hp increase from stock. Dam if he was stock it would have been one of the fastest runs Nationwide. On a red light you lose the race but it does not change your time> So he gets a 1st but a loss on his ticket. Hope he posts em on Drag times. I wonder what other stage 1 E55's run back East.

Thanks so much for going and recording this.

EDIT: To do corrections I NEED THE TIME OF THE RUNS.
The 55 is far less affected by DA because it is SC.
so the correction likely lowers the time much less than a N/A motor

The 545 would be more likely to suffer from the heat and 635 feet.
The E55 ran real strong did you See the 11.63? jeez how much hp does stage 1 give you?

those 335s I raced in Palmdale were getting 13.6 @ 4900 DA...They musta been chipped!!

Stage 1 is only ECU + Crank Pulley ---> about 55 hp increase...

Yes, it would... he said, his stock times were 12.3 to 12.4 seconds, so his car was not out of the ordinary, but I guess it responded WELL to mods...

I think most of them run similar times: 11.6 to 11.9

E55 Run Times

1st Run ---> 11.63 @ 118.x MPH (about 7:15 p.m.)
2nd Run ---> 12.24 @ 114.x MPH (about 8:30 p.m.)
3rd Run ---> 11.86 @ 117.x MPH (about 10:30 p.m.)

Oh, and my friend's 545i was able to get two runs:

1st Run ---> 14.4 seconds @ 97.4 MPH (about 8:45 p.m.)
2nd Run ---> 14.3 seconds @ 98.5 MPH (about 10:00 p.m.)

Yes, I saw ALL THREE RUNS. I know in the video, the results came out all blurry because of night time + zoom + smoke + etc... But I did see all 3 runs. He lost a LOT of traction in that 2nd run, and he still managed 12.2 seconds...

Awesome the S/C of the 55 is less affected by temperature and altitude so your 545 times improved more than the 55 times.

Nice runs...

Nice run...yes you have press the throltle on E55 at yellow to be able to launch at green...