Does anybody race their car anymore?
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2006 E55 and 2002 E320
The last rental I got was a Volvo S40 T5 AWD. That was a fantastic car! Good steering, brakes, refined engine and transmission, very stable and smooth, very good handling.
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I will hopefully be taking my sl600 to the strip next weekend at Santa pod in the UK. This will be my first time on a drag strip so any advice would be appriciated. I have a lot of track experience with many different cars and after reading a lot of posts on this site it has convinced me to give the 1/4 mile a try.
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i don't think bip is going to ocala this yr. shop schedule conflicts. they will be at clayton and maybe ocala next yr
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I have done the SCCR weekend thing in the cone zone. She's a big girl to dance that close & tight! But it was fun and learning HP turns it more than the wheel was an eye opener.
Best 57:00 The M's (track designed by BMW SD) 58-6ish.. The Miata sea of cars did the same. The Subaru WRX's with motors were awesome! Fun to **** cones and watch them go... They were doing 49's.
Best 57:00 The M's (track designed by BMW SD) 58-6ish.. The Miata sea of cars did the same. The Subaru WRX's with motors were awesome! Fun to **** cones and watch them go... They were doing 49's.
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2005 e55
i am looking to be back together and tuned in the next month... i help promote a weekly "lights out, street car event" at our local 1/8 mile track... going to the track every tuesday after work, HELL YES!!! i am hoping for some low 7s- high 6s in the 1/8th this season... 2005 E55, 180mm/84mm pulleys on fully keywayed & pinned crank extension w/ ARP crank bolt, BWK, single pass IC, meziere 136/ rule 2000/ 4 gallon trunk tank/ custom HE, 82mm TB, injectors, water/ meth, long tube headers/ no cats/ X pipe, shardul 3k converter, 03-04 TCU, drag radials on 16" wheels, arp rod bolts...
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i am looking to be back together and tuned in the next month... i help promote a weekly "lights out, street car event" at our local 1/8 mile track... going to the track every tuesday after work, HELL YES!!! i am hoping for some low 7s- high 6s in the 1/8th this season... 2005 E55, 180mm/84mm pulleys on fully keywayed & pinned crank extension w/ ARP crank bolt, BWK, single pass IC, meziere 136/ rule 2000/ 4 gallon trunk tank/ custom HE, 82mm TB, injectors, water/ meth, long tube headers/ no cats/ X pipe, shardul 3k converter, 03-04 TCU, drag radials on 16" wheels, arp rod bolts...
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makes sense...well they've actually gone up in price this last year. they were on a steady decline then all of a sudden they started actually going up in price.
no yesterday i was not. traffic was horrid yesterday morning though. as well as last night.
no yesterday i was not. traffic was horrid yesterday morning though. as well as last night.
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From: Troutman, NC
2006 SL65 AMG, 2014 E350, 2012 ML350 Bluetec
I have lots of 1/8th mile strips around me that seem to all be shutdown for winter except for the occasional warm weather weekend. There nearest 1/4 mile track that is regularly open is about 2.5 hours away.
I'm hoping to get back out there in the early spring though
I'm hoping to get back out there in the early spring though
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Going to be going to the Wednesday night drags as soon as Sonoma Raceway opens up. I didnt even know they had a strip there. I thought Sac Raceway was my only option. A buddy with an RS5 and I have been talking trash to each other here and there so we are going to settle things come March. 
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2005 e55
thanks!!! and i tell people all the time that you cant to the 1/4 without driving through the 1/8... a short track is GREAT practice, because what are you really doing from the 1/8 mile mark to the 1/4 mile mark??? mashing the gas??? bottom line is get to the track, just being there will lower your anxiety about driving, thus giving you a better time because you are more focused and less distracted...
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thanks!!! and i tell people all the time that you cant to the 1/4 without driving through the 1/8... a short track is GREAT practice, because what are you really doing from the 1/8 mile mark to the 1/4 mile mark??? mashing the gas??? bottom line is get to the track, just being there will lower your anxiety about driving, thus giving you a better time because you are more focused and less distracted...
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2007 Mercedes E63 AMG
how is drag racing without an LSD?
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positive the won't be going now. not sure what he is moving into
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There are hardly any racers here, that's obvious but also understandable. These are Mercedes. I had a few rentals late Fall and I don't think one Benz guy showed up at any of them (except cnterline) but he was with me and we both kinda set it up so he doesn't count. The rentals were a go bc of the V forum so no, there aren't many racers here, obviously! Only a handful. I will probably bring mine to the track this year to see what it'll do but I don't really care on that car...this is why I say that it is understandable that there are not many Benz racers.
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