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Thanks !! Great job Darren..
But why is your window rolled down? Take a look at this video and see what happens when you roll up your window.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phixSri8eMI
But why is your window rolled down? Take a look at this video and see what happens when you roll up your window.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phixSri8eMI
and there was a car ahead of me which ur camera barely caught.
There is no need to disrespect me&my ride.
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It dreaded flash was done in the spring last year. It didn't seem to affect the performance. One other thing, I had a full tank of gas when I left home, about 60 miles away. So, my guess is that it had about 17 gallons, assuming it holds 20. Next time I need to try to run with about a quarter of a tank and see if that helps.
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The Viper was going over 160. The best I could do was between 130 and 140Next time I will bring my GPS and record the various max speeds and then I should have some good data for comparison in case I decide to do some tweeking.
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It dreaded flash was done in the spring last year. It didn't seem to affect the performance. One other thing, I had a full tank of gas when I left home, about 60 miles away. So, my guess is that it had about 17 gallons, assuming it holds 20. Next time I need to try to run with about a quarter of a tank and see if that helps.
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No disrepect to your ride and definitely no dispect intended towards you bro. I think you have one of the better looking rides on the board and we know you had heat soak issues. I was the one who told you that. I was referring to the beginning of the video where we were side by side and then when the window rolled up my car started to pull on yours. The rest of the video I think the TB made a big difference. You have one quick car and I certainly wasn't trying to disrespect you or the car.
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Anyway, he was super nice though and the guy who him the car was there as well. They were awesome.Regards,
Darren
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Oh that's right. You don't have pano roof. I thought you did. Could be it then. That pano roof is almost 200 lbs extra over the standard sunroof.
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I was hoping to run the SLK more against some of the other cars like the Porsches and older M5s. Maybe even a new M5 in P400 mode just to see what it would do. I also wanted to race my 2 cars to see what the difference was for fun. I should have lined it up sooner but people were looking at it so I left it out until later after lunch was over.
It really was a fantastic event. I hope you got enough donations to cover the cost of everything. I know the staff at the airfield were really excited that we were all there.
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