Ran 180mph in the standing mile last weekend!
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Ran 180mph in the standing mile last weekend! My latest toy is my 2007 C6 A6.
I had a set plan for it before I bought it. I wanted a car that made 500rwhp, and was basically OEM in appearance.
I took the car to MTI, with about 500 miles on it, and they slapped on a ATI D1SC kit, with longtubes, x-pipe, and highflow cats. everythingelse untouched. I ended up with 540-550rwhp, and the car with the hood closed sounds absolutely stock.
At the last minute I pulled it out of the paint shop (the next step in my plans) to run the texas mile. So I didn't have a chance to setup a camera mount that would pass tech. plus after seeing a 180mph bug splat..i'm glad I didn't have the new paint on it
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I had a blast, I ran serveral 179mph runs saturday, and finally bagged my 180mph slip sunday morning. I had alot of people that seemed shocked I was getting the speed out of the car that I did. The car even at the big end sounded stock.
I know there were alot of big boost cars running insane numbers, but I was really pleased with how mine ran. A great kit, and Jason and the guys did a great job with it. Even hooked me up with a pull on the rollers the day before just to make sure everything looked right before we headed out to the race.
I have a few vids but they are huge, and pretty hard to see...not like panning a 1/4 mile strip LOL!
I had a set plan for it before I bought it. I wanted a car that made 500rwhp, and was basically OEM in appearance.
I took the car to MTI, with about 500 miles on it, and they slapped on a ATI D1SC kit, with longtubes, x-pipe, and highflow cats. everythingelse untouched. I ended up with 540-550rwhp, and the car with the hood closed sounds absolutely stock.
At the last minute I pulled it out of the paint shop (the next step in my plans) to run the texas mile. So I didn't have a chance to setup a camera mount that would pass tech. plus after seeing a 180mph bug splat..i'm glad I didn't have the new paint on it
!I had a blast, I ran serveral 179mph runs saturday, and finally bagged my 180mph slip sunday morning. I had alot of people that seemed shocked I was getting the speed out of the car that I did. The car even at the big end sounded stock.
I know there were alot of big boost cars running insane numbers, but I was really pleased with how mine ran. A great kit, and Jason and the guys did a great job with it. Even hooked me up with a pull on the rollers the day before just to make sure everything looked right before we headed out to the race.
I have a few vids but they are huge, and pretty hard to see...not like panning a 1/4 mile strip LOL!
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braking was no problem at all. First run I was hesitant, I got out of the throttle, then lightly went to the brakes..then noticed the end of the track was coming FAST!! Still had no problem shutting it down.
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Trust me with the hood open you know its there, but with the hood closed, and inside the car..you can't here it at all. outside the car with it closed...its barely noticeable (maybe I'm just getting use to it), but pulling through the staging lanes, I got several "damn you got a procharger on that thing?" remarks when I would pop the hood. definately if your a few feet off from it, you don't hear it.
But overall what I meant by stock sounding, is..I have the OEM catback, the motor is stock.
I have 4 vids making passes at the mile filmed from the return road, 3 of them you can't even hear my car over the background noise.
Compared to my old nitrous c5, at WOT it was like the bat signal, calling all cops from the surrounding counties.
But overall what I meant by stock sounding, is..I have the OEM catback, the motor is stock.
I have 4 vids making passes at the mile filmed from the return road, 3 of them you can't even hear my car over the background noise.
Compared to my old nitrous c5, at WOT it was like the bat signal, calling all cops from the surrounding counties.
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I sold it to my dad, the car has pretty much been untouched after the 8.5 run several years ago. It got strapped to the dyno several months back and injured the motor. I'm buying it back from my dad, and the car is in one of the sponsor shops, motor is being checked out, and the chassis is being gone through..just for a little TLC.
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