Raudi-S4

DFW01E55

E55 v S4 ... film evidence of why I wanted no part of that S4.

Having owned one less modded than Raudi's, I knew that it was capable of surprising people.

SleeperX

Great videos... Wish I was there....

Raudi-S4

You are too kind. It only took 6 years to get this car to run well

Here's another vid:
GTvsViper

darren_dallas

Sounds like the E55 was hitting low 130's. What speed did your Audi hit?

Regards,

Darren

ROCKETW19

low 130s how long was the race?

Raudi-S4

darren_dallas

Roughly 2100-2200 feet (about .4 of a mile).

Cheers,

Darren

AMG Rider

its called "heat-soak(bad coolant leaks and air in the system)&bad supercharger clutch&Belt slippage&no 80mm tb(at that time" ???
and there was a car ahead of me which ur camera barely caught.
There is no need to disrespect me&my ride.

ROCKETW19

wow i wish you guys were closer i would of loved to make that run. i bet some cars were hittin 160mph

Raudi-S4

140 something

Raudi-S4

There's something wrong with this site, all I keep seeing are b00bies bouncing!

bfnnrgn

I never looked to see how fast I was going...I was having too much fun.

Can Drive 55

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.

Fantasm

What is the name of the red color on the M5?

Can Drive 55

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.

Improviz

I believe it's called Indy Red....truly gorgeous.

Man, that gif is hilarious; where'd you get it??

bfnnrgn

Sounds like you have a strong E55 then, I was already running on 1/4 tank.

SleeperX

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.

Raudi-S4

Dammit, I forgot about the weight of gas, I had a full tank. Filled up that morning and only put about 30 miles on it before i got there. Next time. BTW, when is next time? :

Can Drive 55

I am thinking that the weight difference with the pano roof has to make some of the difference. who knows? One thing for sure, both of our cars will haul a load of groceries home in a hurry.

darren_dallas

The only one who hit 160+ was the twin turbo viper. I made him take the very first run of the day and I almost wet myself. When he blew by us it literally sounded like a rocket, and I'm not exaggerating! I thought he would run out of runway and into the grass. The driver had "drag brakes" on his car from the drag strip as opposed to heavy duty street brakes. Anyway, he was super nice though and the guy who him the car was there as well. They were awesome.

Regards,

Darren

darren_dallas

We're working on it. If it needs to be a weekend it will take some time. If people are willing to do it on a Monday or Tuesday I can set that up immediately.

Cheers,

Darren

bfnnrgn

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.

bfnnrgn

Name the day, I'll be there.

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.