Great job brotha. Nothing better than to see you in there with all those cars. my car is pretty close to your same setup. Love it . Keep it up and spank some of the competition!!
Nice job getting out there and running! I built and ran my E55 a bunch at OSW about 10 years ago.I never lost a race to any true street car, running 11.6 at 123 mph. This was before the Hellcats and high powered 'stangs. In this Florida heat and humidity, you won't see much lower than a 12.0 with your mods and MPH won't change much from the high teens due to the intake temp. A longer burnout will also raise your starting intake temps. It's a losing battle as these cars heatsoak during staging. You'll see mid to high 11's at night when the weather cools, low 120's MPH with a 1.6x launch. There is nothing wrong with your E55, it's just the heat. Here's mine: th-cam.com/video/XYKF4yapVQo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/SEY7sVBUK_M/w-d-xo.html
Great try. That’s all that matters is you did your best. Might have helped if they didn’t change the rules/you added weight you may not have spun? Great job though. I like watching the races. Hope to see more in the future
need some mikey ET streets, need to adjust the suspension so weight transfers to rear. on stock suspension it works great full soft and lift but i think your on coils so much different. I havent had issues hooking on street tires im consistent 1.6 60ft
great video man love the track vids if you wouldda hooked up good could have easily kept up or even beat that new 100k audi awd lol love the idea of old cheap benzes coming in and taking the cake slk32 amg next haha that one should rip 11s no problem !!
@@Nd_72 just trailer it in next time on a full drag setup like the rest of those guys do lmao e55 would smoke em as well raw amg powaa beats all those new junkers haha and for 1/10th the price too im still waiting for a video titled "SMOKING NEW EXPENSIVE CARS WITH MY OLD CHEAP AMG" or something like that will trick the algorithm into making you go viral just compile a bunch of pulls beating new really nice cars like a c8 vett even do a title like "COOKING A BRAND NEW C8 IN MY OLD MERCEDES" people will surely gravitate to that even see if you can make a bet for like 1000$ or something with a nice car you know you can beat for a clickbait title and just film the bet the race and the reaction people would eat that shit up you have a great channel man just need to take it to the next lvl so you can make big bucks and just use that to build an old amg monster that beats any new car out there even hellcats imagine a title "CRUSHING A HELLCAT AT THE STRIP IN MY OLD BENZ" would surely go viral just keep in mind for viewer retention people have short attention spans so for a video like that just make it like 6min or so and compile a bunch of high octane footage to keep people gravitating on the channel ! Good luck and thanks for bringing us such joy and representin the amazing amg community we love ya adam !!!!
Did you switch off the traction control at the start and when you was rolling switch it back on in the video??? As when I done a launch in my car E55 the other day I left it on and lost power ??? I was thinking putting it in dyno mode next time Cheers
Leave traction control on… run the car in C not S or M. Don’t mash the pedal. Instead, roll on from your heel like when you’re walking. Make sure you heel is fully on the pedal
@@Nd_72 yes, the tires look fine, soft compound tores are usually very hard until they are up to temperature. let them spin for 4 seconds and then roll out on throttle. Gonna be a world of difference. Love your vids I have an 03 s55
@@Nd_72 lol that was the reason I thought it doesn´t hook up (unless you´ve changed the kinematics of course). The squatted look doesn´t seem that great for weight transfer. Have you found it to work better for you than stock geometry?
Good attempt, Adam! As you said from your research the bad track prep and those drag radials were no help in running your best time.
Great job brotha. Nothing better than to see you in there with all those cars. my car is pretty close to your same setup. Love it . Keep it up and spank some of the competition!!
Will be doing more testing
When will you make a video on changing out the oil pump gears. Cool video.
Maybe if you ported your supercharger and add 105 throttle body you will be good man 👍🏼
You'll get them next time!
I hope
Thanks for sharing, sucks the car didn't hook up but it sure looks like it pulls hard once it gets going at least.
Nice job getting out there and running! I built and ran my E55 a bunch at OSW about 10 years ago.I never lost a race to any true street car, running 11.6 at 123 mph. This was before the Hellcats and high powered 'stangs. In this Florida heat and humidity, you won't see much lower than a 12.0 with your mods and MPH won't change much from the high teens due to the intake temp. A longer burnout will also raise your starting intake temps. It's a losing battle as these cars heatsoak during staging. You'll see mid to high 11's at night when the weather cools, low 120's MPH with a 1.6x launch. There is nothing wrong with your E55, it's just the heat. Here's mine: th-cam.com/video/XYKF4yapVQo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/SEY7sVBUK_M/w-d-xo.html
Wish I could be your neighbor lol I've owned a crossfire c240 cl55, currently a ml55 and clk55
Lol
Nice video
Do proper burn out sit in one spot for 3 secs.
Looks like fun
Definitely need some Mickey's et street as work very well on a bad prepped track your mph is low due to that hot day more than likely
Great try. That’s all that matters is you did your best. Might have helped if they didn’t change the rules/you added weight you may not have spun? Great job though. I like watching the races. Hope to see more in the future
need some mikey ET streets, need to adjust the suspension so weight transfers to rear. on stock suspension it works great full soft and lift but i think your on coils so much different. I havent had issues hooking on street tires im consistent 1.6 60ft
great video man love the track vids if you wouldda hooked up good could have easily kept up or even beat that new 100k audi awd lol love the idea of old cheap benzes coming in and taking the cake slk32 amg next haha that one should rip 11s no problem !!
My Slk32 would of hooked up
@@Nd_72 just trailer it in next time on a full drag setup like the rest of those guys do lmao e55 would smoke em as well raw amg powaa beats all those new junkers haha and for 1/10th the price too im still waiting for a video titled "SMOKING NEW EXPENSIVE CARS WITH MY OLD CHEAP AMG" or something like that will trick the algorithm into making you go viral just compile a bunch of pulls beating new really nice cars like a c8 vett even do a title like "COOKING A BRAND NEW C8 IN MY OLD MERCEDES" people will surely gravitate to that even see if you can make a bet for like 1000$ or something with a nice car you know you can beat for a clickbait title and just film the bet the race and the reaction people would eat that shit up you have a great channel man just need to take it to the next lvl so you can make big bucks and just use that to build an old amg monster that beats any new car out there even hellcats imagine a title "CRUSHING A HELLCAT AT THE STRIP IN MY OLD BENZ" would surely go viral just keep in mind for viewer retention people have short attention spans so for a video like that just make it like 6min or so and compile a bunch of high octane footage to keep people gravitating on the channel ! Good luck and thanks for bringing us such joy and representin the amazing amg community we love ya adam !!!!
Gotta do a longer burnout! Next time sit there and get diff tires that will heat up nice
Do unthinking the tires are too cold
Did you switch off the traction control at the start and when you was rolling switch it back on in the video??? As when I done a launch in my car E55 the other day I left it on and lost power ??? I was thinking putting it in dyno mode next time Cheers
Leave traction control on… run the car in C not S or M. Don’t mash the pedal. Instead, roll on from your heel like when you’re walking. Make sure you heel is fully on the pedal
Go back when it’s 45* outside lol. My e55 trapped 5 mph faster vs 90* weather - ice tank car also
Ya it is way to hot to break records
Nice great footage,gotta work on those burnouts tho man.
That is what people are saying
@@Nd_72 yes, the tires look fine, soft compound tores are usually very hard until they are up to temperature. let them spin for 4 seconds and then roll out on throttle. Gonna be a world of difference. Love your vids I have an 03 s55
@@shosaleen ok so longer burn out
Your car looks pretty low in the rear, is that by design?
Yes was hopping that would make it hook up
@@Nd_72 lol that was the reason I thought it doesn´t hook up (unless you´ve changed the kinematics of course). The squatted look doesn´t seem that great for weight transfer. Have you found it to work better for you than stock geometry?
Hey, the rear wheels you put on, did you need spacers for it or was it straight bolt on? also which tyre set up worked for you too?
Yes I got 15mm spacers