Mr. AMG 20

I raced an is-f this morning from 0-80 and then i had to let off. we were dead even. i thought i wouldv pulled away after 60 but he held his own....

gonzjed

nice....which model Fcar

Bisco

You didn't take him off the line with 130+ tq?

Jakpro1

Interesting.....

Would have thought it would have been more slanted your way.

IC pump working okay???

LZH

There are lots of F cars - which one was it....musta been a 430....

///AMG4EVER

He meant the Lexus IS-F guys.

SSM AMG

Had to been a 360 right??? If it was a f430 then because 430's pretty quick. Funny I just saw one driving down 5ave.

dblnikel

Mr Kram

i have yet to see one of these on the road. i would have really thought that the e55 would be faster.

Cylinder Head

iTrader: (1)

Note to self- do not stoplight race an IS-F.

LZH

Note to self - be happy your are driving a German car and not a Jap ricebucket.

Mr. AMG 20

It was a lexus is-f. Ya i was surprised to. I lost traction for 2 seconds and then i couldnt catch up. We tied up to about 80. I was really surprised how it pulled.

EastCoastAMG

In all honesty, you may want to make sure your car is running correctly (not being an ***). Were you running good gas etc.? I say this because I have an 07 E63 (stock) and was ahead of an IS-F by 4 car lengths by 110 - 120MPH. The one important note was that the IS-F had 4 people in it, I had 1 passenger. Still, take all passengers out and I am sure I would have had atleast a couple of car lengths. That is a big difference.

Bisco

The IS-F runs ~12.8 so I guess with your brief loss of traction it makes sense that you guys were neck and neck

houstonT

I have raced a few E55's as well in my stock IS-F and the runs have been dead even if we go from a slow roll or stop light but if we go from a 60 roll to say 140 or so, the E55 will slowly creep away. In any event, both cars are very quick...
Peter

Bisco

Is the IS-F boat loads lighter than the 55? I ask this because you would think 516 ft/lbs tq vs. 371 ft/lbs would give the E a big advantage out of the hole

houstonT

The ISF comes in around 3800 lbs. I think that the ISF has just enough TQ to get a solid launch w/o overwhelming the tires but if the E doesn't launch perfectly you end up in some wheel spin which doesn't help forward motion (as you know).
Peter

EastCoastAMG

Let's not forget, the 55 also has 55HP more. So, as the speed increases so should the lead for the 55. Maybe my 93HP advantage is why I really seperated the distance in the 63???

Jakpro1

note to self--knock it off with all the f'in notes. you're driving me crazy

EastCoastAMG

The 55 should be 12.5 at worst (more like 12.3). That is <obviously> .3 tenths better which is very significant. Nearly 1 full car length. .5 seconds equals well over 1 car length. It shouldn't have been that close.

Mr. AMG 20

There are countless e55's that have dynoed at 500 hp. The e63 has 7 more hp then the e55.

Jakpro1

Huh, those SOB's are quicker than I thought. I stand corrected.

If your car was hot in ANY fashion (like all our heat monsters are), you were reduced on hp to a degree as well.

Fast55

12.7 @ 115+ ain't no joke.

Mr. AMG 20

I dont think my car was that hot. I drove it 30 min before i raced this guy. And i was on the highway crusiing at 70. Idk maybe they are that quick. But after 100 mph its over for the lexus is-f

Cylinder Head

iTrader: (1)

Uhhhh....my other car IS a Jap ricebucket.