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Old 01-20-2005, 01:22 AM
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raced a silver e55 with black rims out of a toll booth on the garden state parkway yesterday. he was so much faster then me that he let me pull ahead until we were doin about 90, then fly past me. that would be my 4th loss. just makes me want forced induction even more, especially considering the only cars i ever lost to were forced induced.

1st loss- Yamaha R1 (blew past the cops doing about 140 on the NYS Thruway, the yamaha ran and the sop chased after him. Needless to say, the cop was unsuccessful)
2nd loss - Modified Toyota Supra (ironically, it was yellow and the driver looked like Vin Diesel)
3rd loss - Modified Nissan 300zx (it was close, but he won by about a car length)
4th loss - Mercedes E55
Old 01-20-2005, 01:28 AM
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damn.. could always get some spray, and a few boltons wouldn't hurt..

those $$$$ benz's are fast, seen a couple vids with a few of em raping past modded 03 cobras
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Looks like your tints and shift ball ain't gonna cut it.
Time to get some power making mods on that list.
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A cam and clutch will do wonders for your car.
Nice death, btw.
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Un-modded our cars were fast a couple years ago.
We need to mod now to stay on the upper part of the food chain
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Originally Posted by SouthFL.02.SS
Looks like your tints and shift ball ain't gonna cut it.
Time to get some power making mods on that list.
They're 20-30K more than the standard E class for a reason. A cam and some nitrous would make it quite a bit more interesting next time.
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judging by his sig, it looks like he forgot to mention the Zain-o mod


man, a cam and some nitrous will make that E class amg be your bitch..


nice death
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i just started modding the car, but yes, i plan on doing a cam only set-up from ttperformance. my goal is 400rwhp from a cam only with no juice. i'm goin this saturday to get my baseline dyno run to see how far i have to go.
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There's nothing like having a SUPERCHARGER
Old 01-20-2005, 07:46 PM
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trust me get a supercharger and go kill him
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Yes, those things are pretty fast for a fat 4dr. Last summer I got my doors blown off by one on the highway and from a stoplight. I would love to have one of those.
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I'm still traumatized from my E55 loss. His was Renntech modified though so he really killed me
Old 01-21-2005, 08:02 AM
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Reminds me of those videos made by Killabyte on Fuelslut racing a stock E55 in his bolton Cobra.
Old 01-22-2005, 12:11 AM
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The E55 is a super nice car too,but pricy. The E55 AMG though, which it probably was, is insane. It beat the new M5 in a Motor Trend test if I remember right. STS or Procharger would help a lot. Good Luck next time. (BTW, the R1's are crazy fast. Trust me, I know from experience)
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All e55's are built by AMG ^^^
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Yea the E55 is the AMG maybe your thinking of the E500 which has a V8 but isnt that fast.
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we shouldnt feel bad losing to cars three times the proce of ours. i can only imagine how nice my car would be if i had another 50k to spend on it.




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