Crossfire vs. 211 E55

[moparrbust]

I went out last night for some runs and two E55's showed up(wich is very rare). I talked to a cool guy that ownes a silver one and he told me that his buddy ownes the black one and it put down 480rwhp and would be a good race against me. I ended up lining up against the black one by luck of the draw and here's the result.............

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[Benz-O-Rama]

Your Crossfire is quick, no doubt. But with only a 112 MPH, that E55 has some issues. Most likely a bad I/C pump.

And did he completely fall asleep at the line? That's got to be one of the worst R/Ts I've ever seen.

[RacerX0911]

Originally Posted by Benz-O-Rama

Your Crossfire is quick, no doubt. But with only a 112 MPH, that E55 has some issues. Most likely a bad I/C pump.

And did he completely fall asleep at the line? That's got to be one of the worst R/Ts I've ever seen.

lol

[moparrbust]

Originally Posted by Benz-O-Rama

Your Crossfire is quick, no doubt. But with only a 112 MPH, that E55 has some issues. Most likely a bad I/C pump.

And did he completely fall asleep at the line? That's got to be one of the worst R/Ts I've ever seen.

The E55's time doesn't seem that far off to me. I had a 460rwhp Charger SRT-8 and it could only manage 12.8's at 109 with a 2.0 60'.......and I raced and beat a E63(by a fender length) in it as well. With that being said and the E55 supposedly making 480rwhp a 12.5@112 with a 2.0' is on par. This race was at LVMS, not Famoso or some other track that has 0 or negative DA.


I too thought the guy took a short nap before leaving the line. Maybe he thought he would play with the little Crossfire by giving a big head start and reeling me in to add insult to his intended win. I didn't get a chance to talk to the guy before or after the race.

[cal1]

Nice run, what kind of mods are you running on that quick car.

[moparrbust]

Originally Posted by cal1

Nice run, what kind of mods are you running on that quick car.

SL55 complete intake
my own custom modded AMG manifolds
inmotion tune(that needs re tuning)
custom 3 gallon resevoir in trunk and separated s/c cooling system
LET 185 pulley

[frankthetank]

Originally Posted by moparrbust

The E55's time doesn't seem that far off to me. I had a 460rwhp Charger SRT-8 and it could only manage 12.8's at 109 with a 2.0 60'.......and I raced and beat a E63(by a fender length) in it as well. With that being said and the E55 supposedly making 480rwhp a 12.5@112 with a 2.0' is on par. This race was at LVMS, not Famoso or some other track that has 0 or negative DA.


I too thought the guy took a short nap before leaving the line. Maybe he thought he would play with the little Crossfire by giving a big head start and reeling me in to add insult to his intended win. I didn't get a chance to talk to the guy before or after the race.

This claimed 480rwhp sounds optimistic. That's nearly 100hp over stock and it only ran a 12.5@112? A stock e55 would be the same or better even at a higher elevation. Maybe the car is not running %100 or maybe the hp is guestimated. Either way, your car is really quick and this e55 should be quicker.

[E55AMGGG04]

I was just at the track a few nights ago for the first time ever. I had some bad 60 ft's and bad reaction times lol. My best was 12.5 @ 114.6 2.0 60 ft. I'm going to another track which records quicker times for watevr reason.

[jmf003]

Originally Posted by moparrbust

I went out last night for some runs and two E55's showed up(wich is very rare). I talked to a cool guy that ownes a silver one and he told me that his buddy ownes the black one and it put down 480rwhp and would be a good race against me. I ended up lining up against the black one by luck of the draw and here's the result.............

Nice work to get your SRT running 12.0 @ 116!

Originally Posted by E55AMGGG04

I was just at the track a few nights ago for the first time ever. I had some bad 60 ft's and bad reaction times lol. My best was 12.5 @ 114.6 2.0 60 ft. I'm going to another track which records quicker times for watevr reason.

Don't sweat the reaction time. If you're running against the clock rather than the car next to you, r/t just doesn't matter.

Key thing is the 60' time. Nail that and everything else will follow.

FWIW....

[moparrbust]

Originally Posted by frankthetank

This claimed 480rwhp sounds optimistic. That's nearly 100hp over stock and it only ran a 12.5@112? A stock e55 would be the same or better even at a higher elevation. Maybe the car is not running %100 or maybe the hp is guestimated. Either way, your car is really quick and this e55 should be quicker.

His buddy said he took it to Vadim and had it dynoed in Cali and it put down 480rwhp. 211 E55's run mid to low 13's out here stock.............nobody ever believes me until they come and run their cars. Everybody that I've ever seen bring out a high dollar high hp car(that is stock) goes home disappointed and thinking something's wrong with their car after running at LVMS. The semi high altitude, bad dry air coulpled with poor track prep= sub par timeslips...........especially for N/A cars.

[cahiil55k]

Originally Posted by moparrbust

His buddy said he took it to Vadim and had it dynoed in Cali and it put down 480rwhp. 211 E55's run mid to low 13's out here stock.............nobody ever believes me until they come and run their cars. Everybody that I've ever seen bring out a high dollar high hp car(that is stock) goes home disappointed and thinking something's wrong with their car after running at LVMS. The semi high altitude, bad dry air coulpled with poor track prep= sub par timeslips...........especially for N/A cars.

The time slip speaks volumes, moreso than dyno numbers, so great win for you there. As for the 480hp E55, I corrected their mid-12 second ET and trap speeds and something just doesn't seem right. Corrected, considering the night of the 13th was hovering near 3000' DA, they're still only running ~12.2ish with traps under 118. For comparison, my 465rwhp (Dynojet) in 1800' DA trapped 122.9xx on 3 runs with street tires and poor track prep.

[Deuuuce]

Originally Posted by moparrbust

The E55's time doesn't seem that far off to me. I had a 460rwhp Charger SRT-8 and it could only manage 12.8's at 109 with a 2.0 60'.......

To put that in perspective, a 400rwhp Charger would run 12.6s @ 114mph in negative DA. Or that 12.8 @ 109 time at 100 degree outdoor temps.

A H/C SRT-8 like that would run low 12s @ 117mph or so?

[mrphotoman]

cool video.

what did you do to your im's?

[V12Godspeed]

Now that's how you fall asleep at the tree...LOL.

Nice Run for the SRT!

[tyanger]

Originally Posted by V12Godspeed

Now that's how you fall asleep at the tree...LOL.

Nice Run for the SRT!

+1

At first I thought it was a bracket race