Rafal

Here is a link to a 1.5 lap segment of a race-cam video, which I took from the E55 at the Eastern Creek, Sydney circuit last week.

Observe as I exit the main straight into Turn1 there are several cars in the distance, 1/4 mile away. I close in on a red Ferrari, a silver Carrera and a black Porsche Turbo.
The Ferrari lets us pass and the two Porsches try to stay in front, putting up a bit of a struggle. Back on Turn 12, I exit behind the Turbo at 50mph, put my foot down to the floor and reel-in the black Porsche inside 1/4 mile down the main straight, reaching 135 mph. a quick tap on the brakes and into Turn1 at 100mph, accelerate to 110, hard brake before a sharp left hairpin (photo below shows tight cornering at 50mph), exit to the right, overtake a Caterham and chase the silver Carrera.

I later overtook the Carrera down the main straight just like I did the Turbo.

Enjoy the VIDEO and turn up the volume!
(File converted and posted by my son, Tommaey)
http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=E...reek-Australia

Jakpro1

Further adding fuel to my lifelong quest to prove the Beast is a decent handling car...again, NOT an M5, but NOT a minivan either.

THANKS for that. !!!

MBE55AMG

Werd. That's a very nice video. Thanks for the share!

enzom

Thanks for posting!

AMGfan

Enjoyed the video, especially the 1/4 stretch passing the Porsche.

jangy

Nice video......hehe...the BEAST taking 911s on a tight track no less.

Evolution Marine

Rafal - Nice Video! I noticed that you never had to counter steer while turning the car, those new tires must really stick! - Bob

mrankovic

Rafal

Very nice video. That black Porsche just totally ran out of steam when you hit the end of the straight. Also, you were driving much better lines than those Porsches as well.

Next stop for you my man is to get some sponsorship, go mod the hell out of an E55 and put it in Bathurst next November! Now that I would like to see - a full blow race E55 up against the Holdens and Fords. I reckon it would be possible to have a credible race car on the mountain!

houston

I don't know if it's my end or putfile just totally sucks butt. I've tried several times today and haven't been able to get to the video. Someone needs to upload it somewhere else. Once I get it I'll host it somewhere as well.



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medici78

Wow, that video was impressive!!!
What kind of steering wheel is that?

adx

You make us proud that the beast can hold its own on the circuit track!

DerekFSU

Nice, very nice. Your lines were MUCH better than that black porsche. Nice driving.

vraa

It works fine on my end houston.

One thing I love about you Rafal is that your videos are perfect!

BoBcanada

Porshowned!

BMWEATR

those new tires were kicking a$$

PCH_4.2

Nice video, Rafal. You did great & like another member mentioned, GREAT LINES!

Feelin' the adrenaline rush watching the video. The overtake of the 996TT is sweet.

-=PCH=- :p

houston

I must be the only one not being able to view it. I can't even get onto www.putfile.com .

vraa

Do you have a firewall or anything?

houston

Yeah, but my puter is DMZ'd. I've gone to that site before. It's just not letting me get there anymore for some strange reason.

Anyone kind enough to host the file? I would really like to check out the vid. thanks

OzE55

Did you leave it in Auto or shift manually?
Really smooth and I couldn't hear any tyre squeal.

Great job!

Rafal

Watch my "magic fingers", it's all MANUAL, 2nd and 3rd all around the circuit. In DRIVE downshifts are far too slow. 4th at the end of the straight for 200m and down to 3rd into Turn 1 at 165kph.
No tyre squeal, no ESP orange light flashing, no overheated brakes until pit lane, and back to the track in 40 minues as good as new. 5 x 9-lap sessions,
4km/2.5mi per lap. Average lap time just under 2 min with heavy traffic

mtfour

Try this, it should be a direct link.

http://x502.putfile.com/videos/b7-22504594160.wmv

houston

Thank You mtfour! That worked perfectly fine.

Truble911

First of all I enjoyed the video but after reading the replys I had to chime in. I have an 05 E55 and a 02 996 tt. While the performance of the two are similar I just could not get over all you E55 guys breaking your arm patting yourselves on the back at an E55 overtaking a 996 tt. We have no idea what the details are of the track event but the 996 driver is obviously not an experienced track driver.
The only way a stock E55 can overtake a stock 996 tt on a track is with a very poor driver like the one driving the black Porsche. You can clearly see it from the video, his lines are terrible. Even though the E55 makes more HP the horsepower to weight ratio - a much better performance indicator favors the Porsche.
A stock 996 - 8.81
A 996 w/ x 50 pkg - 8.13
E55 - 9.04

Face it guys our e55's are pigs and are certainly not sports cars or track cars. Don't get me wrong, I love the cars but you guys are dreaming if you think our cars in stock form will outperform sports cars. The e55 comes in at around 4243 lbs and a 996 tt is around 3659lbs.
Love the car but guys at least tell it like it is.

vraa

Check the video bro. It doesn't matter who's driving, we kept with the Porsche.