Best Mercedes 60'?
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Ahmad's 5 best 60 ft times at ATCO on 11-28-2008:
1.557 .564 .568 .601 .668
He did achive (3) faster 60' times then Lou Fishgold's 1.583
When we ran I jumped him by .546, but by the 1/8 he made up the hole shot and went cruising by me to a 11.159 at 122.22 MPH run
His car is a cosmetic twin to the 2001 Black Opal CLK55 I had in 2001. But the fastest it every went at ATCO was 13.03 at 108.78.
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1.557 .564 .568 .601 .668
He did achive (3) faster 60' times then Lou Fishgold's 1.583
When we ran I jumped him by .546, but by the 1/8 he made up the hole shot and went cruising by me to a 11.159 at 122.22 MPH run
His car is a cosmetic twin to the 2001 Black Opal CLK55 I had in 2001. But the fastest it every went at ATCO was 13.03 at 108.78.
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awesome times ahmad! I would have loved to joined your at ATCO. My car is still in shop though. Stealer is finishing up my new tranny today. Was told I can pick it up monday morning, then new ecu/tcu should be back middle of this coming week.
Congrats again! We need to find a track still open in a couple weeks...anything further south that might still be open? We should road trip it
Congrats again! We need to find a track still open in a couple weeks...anything further south that might still be open? We should road trip it
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Thanks, I need those axles!!!
awesome times ahmad! I would have loved to joined your at ATCO. My car is still in shop though. Stealer is finishing up my new tranny today. Was told I can pick it up monday morning, then new ecu/tcu should be back middle of this coming week.
Congrats again! We need to find a track still open in a couple weeks...anything further south that might still be open? We should road trip it
Congrats again! We need to find a track still open in a couple weeks...anything further south that might still be open? We should road trip it
Thanks
You can use my wheels/tires if you want to test em out. Something might break though if you leave too hard. Traction is definitely no longer an issue
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Ahmad you like the ET Street radials more that the ET street? Maybe I will mount these? Do you have em on a 16" or 17" I think my prob is no custom rears.I use a 17' rim 17x9
Crud the tire set up is the most difficult decision, egads.
I will check out the "other" MT.
Once again AMAZING 60ft, THE BEST ANY STREET LEGAL BENZ HAS GONE
Crud the tire set up is the most difficult decision, egads.
I will check out the "other" MT.
Once again AMAZING 60ft, THE BEST ANY STREET LEGAL BENZ HAS GONE
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Ahmad you like the ET Street radials more that the ET street? Maybe I will mount these? Do you have em on a 16" or 17" I think my prob is no custom rears.I use a 17' rim 17x9
Crud the tire set up is the most difficult decision, egads.
I will check out the "other" MT.
Once again AMAZING 60ft, THE BEST ANY STREET LEGAL BENZ HAS GONE
Crud the tire set up is the most difficult decision, egads.
I will check out the "other" MT.
Once again AMAZING 60ft, THE BEST ANY STREET LEGAL BENZ HAS GONE
Thanks!
Last edited by blackbenzz; 11-30-2008 at 11:29 AM.
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Thanks, so do I! Tens without a question and the 55 record. I sent out my axles to BuilderBill a few eeks ago. Unfortunately he says he wont have materials until January. I could go out to MIR for a test and tune and give it another shot but its a major PITA to change axles at the track
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Thanks, so do I! Tens without a question and the 55 record. I sent out my axles to BuilderBill a few eeks ago. Unfortunately he says he wont have materials until January. I could go out to MIR for a test and tune and give it another shot but its a major PITA to change axles at the track
What's the deal on the trick TQ converter in your car?
It shoots your CLK55 outta hole like a rocket launcher.
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Nice times
Nothing wrong with mixing ET Streets (or Hoosier QTP DOT) with radials in the front, most guys I know run them with stock radials up front. I've been doing it for years and drive to/from the track without changing tires. My car on an easy 1.58 launch http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0/DSC01835.jpg it has been 1.47 60ft, not bad for a lil' v6. ET Street's tend to be more consistant than ET Street Radials but the radials tend to mph and sometimes ET better due to less rolling resistance.
ET streets are a bias ply tire that shouldn't be mixed with radial tires in the front. If you are running ET streets you should have skinnies in the front. Et streets are stickier than the radial versions. I am running 16" wheels with 255/50/16 MT ET Streets. You can technically run the ET Street Radials on the street. When I drove my car ~3hrs to the track the only adjustment I made was swapping rear wheels/tires.
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Yea I know
Shooting you a pm now. That wasn't even it's full potential. I have vid of when I broke my axle and I was going to launch it hard. The car would have cut an awesome short time if the axle didnt break! The vid is too large to upload though
I guess you know more than Mickey Thompson Straight from their site:
"CAUTION: It is not recommended that radial and non-radial tires be mixed on the same vehicle.."
http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...?item=ETStreet
Nothing wrong with mixing ET Streets (or Hoosier QTP DOT) with radials in the front, most guys I know run them with stock radials up front. I've been doing it for years and drive to/from the track without changing tires. My car on an easy 1.58 launch http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...0/DSC01835.jpg it has been 1.47 60ft, not bad for a lil' v6. ET Street's tend to be more consistant than ET Street Radials but the radials tend to mph and sometimes ET better due to less rolling resistance.
"CAUTION: It is not recommended that radial and non-radial tires be mixed on the same vehicle.."
http://www.mickeythompsontires.com/s...?item=ETStreet
Last edited by blackbenzz; 11-30-2008 at 11:19 AM.
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Ever heard of covering your ***? I'll bet Mercedes doesnt reccomend drag racing their cars either - doesnt mean you cant do it
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