Sacramento track results!!!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANKlLVaLwmw
I want to see four MBs on this track at once and I'd really like to see someone do what that baby taxi did!
We need a track like this on the west coast and keep ricers and crappy cars that blow up to their own side
I want to see four MBs on this track at once and I'd really like to see someone do what that baby taxi did!
We need a track like this on the west coast and keep ricers and crappy cars that blow up to their own side
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Stirring the pot...haha. It's all good and hopefully some of E55's will meet up at MIR this winter. We should prolly get a list of people who might or is interested in going. I believe Chiro will be organizing the transport.
Here's your run Mike.
http://vimeo.com/6013733
Here's your run Mike.
http://vimeo.com/6013733
LOL.. You got to be kidding me. I am getting my energy back finally.
Looking at your slips from Fontana looks like we are effected in an identical manner although you are forced induction and I am not.
You gained 10.2 mph and .58 in ET I gained 8 mph and .858 in ET
11.64@120.91 was your best slip vs 11.06 @131.1
12.928@108.66 was mine vs 12.07 @116.623
It is amazing to me you could gain 10 mph
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Alan where is your grille?
LOL.. You got to be kidding me. I am getting my energy back finally.
Looking at your slips from Fontana looks like we are effected in an identical manner although you are forced induction and I am not.
You gained 10.2 mph and .58 in ET I gained 8 mph and .858 in ET
11.64@120.91 was your best slip vs 11.06 @131.1
12.928@108.66 was mine vs 12.07 @116.623
It is amazing to me you could gain 10 mph
LOL.. You got to be kidding me. I am getting my energy back finally.
Looking at your slips from Fontana looks like we are effected in an identical manner although you are forced induction and I am not.
You gained 10.2 mph and .58 in ET I gained 8 mph and .858 in ET
11.64@120.91 was your best slip vs 11.06 @131.1
12.928@108.66 was mine vs 12.07 @116.623
It is amazing to me you could gain 10 mph
It's funny becasue most agreed that changing to a smaller tire diameter would slow me down...haha. My car likes to do things a$$ backwards. Everything that's the usual my car does the opposite....
I thought for sure you would go into the 11's last night....damn. I was really pulling for you especially after that brutal drive up and back. Thanks again Josh and Mo for the extended efforts on making it up.
Did your times match up with DA correction factors:? Mine was pretty damn close using Dragtimes calculations for a NA motor .
Here's the legendary run for the #1 spot "MB's best 60's time"!!!!!!!!
http://vimeo.com/6014325
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Sacramento is a fast track and in the right conditions it could be very kind. I'm hoping more will come after hearing of our results.
It's funny becasue most agreed that changing to a smaller tire diameter would slow me down...haha. My car likes to do things a$$ backwards. Everything that's the usual my car does the opposite....
I thought for sure you would go into the 11's last night....damn. I was really pulling for you especially after that brutal drive up and back. Thanks again Josh and Mo for the extended efforts on making it up.
Did your times match up with DA correction factors:? Mine was pretty damn close using Dragtimes calculations for a NA motor .
Here's the legendary run for the #1 spot "MB's best 60's time"!!!!!!!!
http://vimeo.com/6014325
It's funny becasue most agreed that changing to a smaller tire diameter would slow me down...haha. My car likes to do things a$$ backwards. Everything that's the usual my car does the opposite....
I thought for sure you would go into the 11's last night....damn. I was really pulling for you especially after that brutal drive up and back. Thanks again Josh and Mo for the extended efforts on making it up.
Did your times match up with DA correction factors:? Mine was pretty damn close using Dragtimes calculations for a NA motor .
Here's the legendary run for the #1 spot "MB's best 60's time"!!!!!!!!
http://vimeo.com/6014325
Yeah the guys failed to back me up into the box , then yelled as I drove out blind.
Sacramento has a wonderful staff, just seems they like many others assume all Mercedes cars have street tires.
Those MT's are never gonna spin, never. They will bog my car badly but they never spin and the combo of rest, and the converter being pre-loaded seems to be critical. Cant be too much, seems 800 rpm is enough.
1.471 came up on the scoreboard , I figured it was my R/T.
Thanks for the video , and wonderful company!
Yeah my times were better at SAC, corrected or not, they are my best two runs since I began running the car in Nov 2006
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Stirring the pot...haha. It's all good and hopefully some of E55's will meet up at MIR this winter. We should prolly get a list of people who might or is interested in going. I believe Chiro will be organizing the transport.
Here's your run Mike.
http://vimeo.com/6013733
Here's your run Mike.
http://vimeo.com/6013733
After getting to see your timeslip I am amazed at how much your car picks up on the back half of the track. You trapped 99 in the 1/8th but 130 in the 1/4. That has to be the most Ive ever seen on the back half (for a benz). I trapped 101 in the 1/8th but only 127 in the 1/4
crap so flipping close on my first run.
Yeah the guys failed to back me up into the box , then yelled as I drove out blind.
Sacramento has a wonderful staff, just seems they like many others assume all Mercedes cars have street tires.
Those MT's are never gonna spin, never. They will bog my car badly but they never spin and the combo of rest, and the converter being pre-loaded seems to be critical. Cant be too much, seems 800 rpm is enough.
1.471 came up on the scoreboard , I figured it was my R/T.
Thanks for the video , and wonderful company!
Yeah my times were better at SAC, corrected or not, they are my best two runs since I began running the car in Nov 2006
Yeah the guys failed to back me up into the box , then yelled as I drove out blind.
Sacramento has a wonderful staff, just seems they like many others assume all Mercedes cars have street tires.
Those MT's are never gonna spin, never. They will bog my car badly but they never spin and the combo of rest, and the converter being pre-loaded seems to be critical. Cant be too much, seems 800 rpm is enough.
1.471 came up on the scoreboard , I figured it was my R/T.
Thanks for the video , and wonderful company!
Yeah my times were better at SAC, corrected or not, they are my best two runs since I began running the car in Nov 2006
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Man that would be awesome!!!
After getting to see your timeslip I am amazed at how much your car picks up on the back half of the track. You trapped 99 in the 1/8th but 130 in the 1/4. That has to be the most Ive ever seen on the back half (for a benz). I trapped 101 in the 1/8th but only 127 in the 1/4
What was your next best 60' after the 1.47? That is a rediculous 60' for an NA 4000+ car. Are you running slicks in the back and radials in the front? Does the car not get squirrely on the top end?
After getting to see your timeslip I am amazed at how much your car picks up on the back half of the track. You trapped 99 in the 1/8th but 130 in the 1/4. That has to be the most Ive ever seen on the back half (for a benz). I trapped 101 in the 1/8th but only 127 in the 1/4
What was your next best 60' after the 1.47? That is a rediculous 60' for an NA 4000+ car. Are you running slicks in the back and radials in the front? Does the car not get squirrely on the top end?
Prior to this the car had turned a 1.69 way back in 2007 but on different tires, and since I went to the slicks the car has always come out in the 1.7-1.9 range. The three 60 ft times yesterday were superior to all my previous 900 plus runs, all in that left lane.
The E63 in the video had trapped 113.91 and my car is maybe 10-15 hp max over stock, he also left before me on the slip , yet as you can see in the vid the car blows by as if I have 150 more hp. The E63 ends up trapping 2 mph less but losing by over 1 second , most of this can be attributed to the 60ft time as I am over 1 second ahead by the end of the race.
I know the time is legit based on the splits from the slip and the video. after 330 ft I was already .835 ahead even after giving the E63 a .231 head start.
Only way I could jump that car would be to attain a super 60 ft.
Since the cars are equally powered the lead ends up 1.03 seconds so over the last 1000 ft I only pulled away by .195 a margin I usually beat the E63 by in stock form. Had this car been down on power the lead would have increased a a much larger rate.
So yes the physical points to this 60 ft as being legit
The tires are great and take a bit of getting use to. They give you a floating feeling like you are riding small waves. I really love them because you have 100% confidence you will not spin. Now I really love em cause they are making my 400 tq 4600 lb car very quick in the 1/8th. I did two 7.6 1/8th miles and my previous best was 7.84. Also my 330 time is only 2/10th off Alan's and he has quite a bit more hp.
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I thought for sure you would go into the 11's last night....damn. I was really pulling for you especially after that brutal drive up and back. Thanks again Josh and Mo for the extended efforts on making it up.
Did your times match up with DA correction factors:? Mine was pretty damn close using Dragtimes calculations for a NA motor .
Here's the legendary run for the #1 spot "MB's best 60's time"!!!!!!!!
Did your times match up with DA correction factors:? Mine was pretty damn close using Dragtimes calculations for a NA motor .
Here's the legendary run for the #1 spot "MB's best 60's time"!!!!!!!!
What are your current mods on this car? And what kind of whp/tq u makin? That is a very impressive mph...the et is great too, but the mph is amazing
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Nice and look at all the publicity I (car 101) am getting with this haha. Andrew called our cars twins and I think he might be on to something, they do like to run together! I like the video from the last slip where it looks really close at the end. It felt like a good run too but I wasn't expecting it to be an 11.5 with just a stage 1. Either way I can't complain about losing when each time they were records! If you ain't first your last!!!
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Stirring the pot...haha. It's all good and hopefully some of E55's will meet up at MIR this winter. We should prolly get a list of people who might or is interested in going. I believe Chiro will be organizing the transport.
Here's your run Mike.
http://vimeo.com/6013733
Here's your run Mike.
http://vimeo.com/6013733
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Just came back from a weekend of campin and got the word. Congrats Alan! I knew yer car would be right there with the right conditions! I'm really gonna need all I can to be anywhere near you!
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Alright JohnnyNG1981, here's a video of you and AMG_Love (Ali) racing. E55 vs E63....down to the wire. Both of you did very well for your first time out in the torque monsters.
Johnny, thanks again for the hot wings!!! Everyone including myself appreciated your generosity ! I also attached your data log #15 on one of your runs. Maybe some could analyze it and give their opinions. Here ya go!!!!
http://vimeo.com/6014776
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Actually the stock pulley is smaller than 168 mm.... the 168 mm was the norm for stage 1 upgrades for the 1st few years that is until ASP started coming out with bigger ones I believe the RennTech & Kleemann pullies are still 168 mm.
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Ok I knew it wasn't that big. Renntech has a 180 pulley now and I heard they are or someone is making a 182mm. I think I'll stick with my 180 asp.
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Are you not worried about detonating your 11:1 CR motor? Did you try a thicker head gasket to lower CR? I heard that thicker head gaskets don't work well at all and causes uneven combustion.
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Here are a couple more of my runs. It seems that my 60's time are getting a little more consistent. My 3 best 60's times were 1.659, 1.664, and a 1.666 which gave me a 11.067, 11.088, and a 11.15. My 5 best ET's were 11.067, 11.088, 11.113, 11.134, and a 11.150. I definitely needed a low 1.6 to get into the 10's that night or cooler weather.
Mike, post up your times so Josh could record your run among the fastest MB's. I looked last night and seems that you would be in the mid 40's. A time slip would need to be posted.
Mike, post up your times so Josh could record your run among the fastest MB's. I looked last night and seems that you would be in the mid 40's. A time slip would need to be posted.
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driveability seems better with the 168mm over the 152mm. i'm only at 7psi at redline. and 8.5psi at peak. It might be my NA cams blowing the boost out of the car to fast and keeping boost down. IDK? I'm not to knowledgeable about cams.
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Sorry for taking your slips Alan, it's just that there was so much at stake with those slips that I didn't want anything happening to them but no worries, I will mail them back to you now that I have scanned all of them in high resolution
Without further ado, I present to you the time slip of:
Without further ado, I present to you the time slip of:
!!!!!!The FASTEST E55 In The Country (non NOS Record)!!!!!!
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A couple of months ago I decided to devote all my time and posts in the Safety and Testimonial Forum and the Test Forum. Well today I will make an exception.
Congrats my friend!!! That is really a tremendous accomplishment. You should be very proud.
Okay, back to the Test Forum.......... I'm experimenting with the Trebuchet MS font.
Congrats my friend!!! That is really a tremendous accomplishment. You should be very proud.
Okay, back to the Test Forum.......... I'm experimenting with the Trebuchet MS font.
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Bassn - phenomenal results out of your car... can't wait to see how she reacts to your planned near-term mods. Congratulations, and best of luck in the future - 10's are a tick away, go get 'em.
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