Texas Mile Prep

Well its that time people. We are in full scale mile prep mode for the event in october.

We will be running 4 cars....

E60 M5
C63
E55
CL55

Today we had the M5 on the dyno and made some changes. We pushed the shift points and tuned around those points so that we should have perfect gearing through the run. Here is the almost finished dyno.


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Next up is long tubes and custom tuning on the C63 as well as some exhaust mods

The E55 is getting shipped in soon and that car is probably one of the fastest out there, so should be a treat. (owner is not on any forums :)

CL55 is getting custom heads, rotors, and a slew of other stuff.

190mph here we come!

Good luck guys, what day in October is it?

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Originally Posted by Sticky

Good luck guys, what day in October is it?

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thanks! Its oct 21-23 Rumors are that they are going to have to change the logo this time out!

Current logo has the record for the mile at 324mph!

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

thanks! Its oct 21-23 Rumors are that they are going to have to change the logo this time out!

Current logo has the record for the mile at 324mph!

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What ran 324??

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Originally Posted by Sticky

What ran 324??

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A jet car...which really is of no importance to me as Im only interested in street legal/semi-street legal vehicles put down

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Originally Posted by oldgixxer

A jet car...which really is of no importance to me as Im only interested in street legal/semi-street legal vehicles put down

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Same here.

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Originally Posted by oldgixxer

A jet car...which really is of no importance to me as Im only interested in street legal/semi-street legal vehicles put down

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very true, but cool as hell when your there seeing it in person.

We are hoping for 190....should be interesting....we hit 180 last time out...

Which car hit 180 last year?

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Originally Posted by Sorena

Which car hit 180 last year?

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CL55 hit 180.5, M5 did 170.4

361Motorsports will be there with our mobile Mustang Dynamometer. :)

I'll get some footage for you guys too.

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Originally Posted by SlicktopTTZ

361Motorsports will be there with our mobile Mustang Dynamometer. :)

I'll get some footage for you guys too.

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sweetness!

We had thought of bringing our dyno before, but figured the way we party thats just a bad idea!

Come over and have a few drinks with us! We should be easy to find, look for the only RV with xmas and flood lights on a 2am parked at the mile lololol

(or the police....either way easy to find)

We are looking to push my clk to 200+mph...just have to get the time to get out to Texas.....

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

CL55 hit 180.5, M5 did 170.4

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M5 just did 170? that's odd. What mods it had?

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We are looking to push my clk to 200+mph...just have to get the time to get out to Texas.....

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sweet! Gonna take massive hp to get to 200. (800whp+)

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Originally Posted by Sorena

M5 just did 170? that's odd. What mods it had?

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that actually was the record for the M5 there. A lot of people don't realize how much it takes to trap those types of speeds.

on average with conditions it takes a good 600whp to make 180mph.

the aveage modded vette does 160mph all day long.

The thing is weight and launch control are not as big an issues in the mile, as it is in the 1/4 mile. Wind drag is the power killer over a mile.

It takes massive hp to get past the 150mph "wall"

You are correct. for an unknown reason i had a hard time in converting MPH to KPH lol
my 490whp M6 did 163 MPH in an airfield with 1900 meters height from sea level, that M5 must be around 500 whp or so.

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You are correct. for an unknown reason i had a hard time in converting MPH to KPH lol
my 490whp M6 did 163 MPH in an airfield with 1900 meters height from sea level, that M5 must be around 500 whp or so.

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lol yup, its right around that!

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Originally Posted by ecampbell

We are looking to push my clk to 200+mph...just have to get the time to get out to Texas.....

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lol thatd be a neat trick ;)

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We are looking to push my clk to 200+mph...just have to get the time to get out to Texas.....

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is it CLK K8 ?

http://img2.netcarshow.com/Brabus-Me...llpaper_06.jpg

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lol thatd be a neat trick ;)

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ya that it would.....

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is it CLK K8 ?

http://img2.netcarshow.com/Brabus-Me...llpaper_06.jpg

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he has a CLK63 BS w sc....

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

sweetness!

We had thought of bringing our dyno before, but figured the way we party thats just a bad idea!

Come over and have a few drinks with us! We should be easy to find, look for the only RV with xmas and flood lights on a 2am parked at the mile lololol

(or the police....either way easy to find)

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Looks like I'm gonna have to pick up some Shiner and Heineken!

I love seeing what Boost Logic does with that black Supra.... and the Jet car was just insane once he lit up that afterburner!

Anyone wanting to see some real power needs to go to Texas Mile. :music-rockout:

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Originally Posted by SlicktopTTZ

Looks like I'm gonna have to pick up some Shiner and Heineken!

I love seeing what Boost Logic does with that black Supra.... and the Jet car was just insane once he lit up that afterburner!

Anyone wanting to see some real power needs to go to Texas Mile. :music-rockout:

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lol heck ya...

Last time out we went through a keg, 4- 12packs, and 6 bottles of vodka between the 8 of us!

Ya, SW's car is killer We tuned his benz's.

So very true.....REAL POWER indeed. There is a reason people all over the world ship cars to the mile.

Its also why I love the event so much. Its such a true result of the power the car is making. I used to be all 1/4 mile etc, and now its all mile. Weight mods don't really make a difference, your launch surely doesnt, and its all about HP!

I figure 700+ at the wheels plus a diet on the car should put us there. If not we will have fun trying.

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Originally Posted by ecampbell

I figure 700+ at the wheels plus a diet on the car should put us there. If not we will have fun trying.

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awesome! I wouldn't stress too much about the diet, it doesn't really matter that much in this event. We dropped 200lbs on one of our cars in testing there and changed .5mph lol

You going to the oct event?

The biggest issue is that I am supposed to be in South Africa on the 24th so it will mean leaving everything in Texas.

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Originally Posted by ecampbell

The biggest issue is that I am supposed to be in South Africa on the 24th so it will mean leaving everything in Texas.

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if you need help let me know.....

tks

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I figure 700+ at the wheels plus a diet on the car should put us there. If not we will have fun trying.

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Weight will have a greater affect on ET than say a mile trap. It's going to be all about HP.

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Originally Posted by Sticky

Weight will have a greater affect on ET than say a mile trap. It's going to be all about HP.

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exactly, we have shaved a few hundred pounds at the mile and not noticed much of a difference if any at all. Its all about HP.

Thats also why I love the event so much. Weight doesn't matter, the launch and driver doesn't matter, its all about what the car can do!