Ok,

As you know Today was the first day of the 2002 season at the New England Drag Way..

The Weather: Partially cloudy. Temp 47-42, Humidity: 40%-50% B.P 30.15

My CLS: Injen CAI, NGK Iridium Plugs, and 18" 235/40/18 555 Nittos, Wheel wheight 23 Lbs. No Spare Tire, No Jack.
I had a personal record of 14.613 @ 95.81 MPH

I beat all who aligned except a monster camaro....the Timeslips

My Times are so so... so here we go:

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Track Date Time R/T 60' 330' 1/8 1/8 MPH 1000' 1/4 1/4 MPH C&D Weight T.P. Fr/RR Shift Temp. BT </b>
New England Dragway 13/OCT/00 9:08 PM .995 2.370 6.590 10.002 72.08 12.961 15.461 90.31
New England Dragway 13/OCT/00 9:49 PM .627 2.712 7.681 11.267 70.00 14.286 16.817 89.40

New England Dragway 21/APR/01 8:06 PM .706 2.902 7.494 10.886 73.14 13.788 16.223 92.82
New England Dragway 21/APR/01 9:04 PM .995 2.370 6.590 10.002 72.08 12.961 15.461 90.31
New England Dragway 21/APR/01 9:26 PM .558 2.800 7.166 10.569 72.87 13.482 15.925 92.77

New England Dragway 18/JUL/01 7:07 PM .784 2.322 6.487 09.841 73.50 12.742 15.189 92.30
New England Dragway 18/JUL/01 7:47 PM 1.194 2.431 6.658 10.055 72.35 13.000 15.479 91.29
New England Dragway 18/JUL/01 8:39 PM .509 2.408 6.517 09.843 73.79 12.730 15.171 92.46

New England Dragway 18/SEP/01 7:09 PM .346 2.473 6.662 10.021 73.56 12.919 15.362 92.40
New England Dragway 18/SEP/01 7:51 PM .714 2.515 6.786 10.212 71.92 13.185 15.690 90.16
New England Dragway 18/SEP/01 8:52 PM .341 2.409 6.553 09.904 73.36 12.813 15.268 91.93
New England Dragway 18/SEP/01 9:39 PM .650 2.422 6.526 09.862 73.03 12.772 15.226 92.01

New England Dragway 06/APR/02 2:15 PM 1.283 2.374 6.433 09.713 74.97 12.556 14.953 94.18 3632 Lb 36/36 lb SS /R.L. 47 No
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 2:44 PM 1.208 2.397 6.421 09.686 75.20 12.525 14.926 93.99 3630 Lb 36/36 lb D123/R.L. 47 No
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 3:14 PM 1.207 2.337 6.468 09.766 74.86 12.613 15.014 94.08 3628 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 47 No
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 3:27 PM .933 2.314 6.337 09.595 75.47 12.421 14.805 94.69 3630 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 46 1800
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 3:39 PM .964 2.326 6.330 09.578 75.53 12.405 14.790 94.61 3630 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 46 1800
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 3:44 PM .886 2.283 6.269 09.503 75.98 12.313 14.688 95.13 3630 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 47 2000
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 4:04 PM 1.178 2.318 6.308 09.536 76.16 12.337 14.696 95.75 3628 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 46 2000
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 4:08 PM 1.099 2.314 6.277 09.506 75.67 12.615 14.691 95.19 3628 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 45 2000
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 4:13 PM .605 2.254 6.219 09.450 75.80 12.255 14.613 95.81 3626 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 43 2000
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 4:17 PM .540 2.382 6.328 09.532 76.64 12.311 14.655 96.36 3622 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 42 2000
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 4:21 PM .641 2.350 6.333 09.566 75.82 12.367 14.725 95.77 3622 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 42 1800
New England Dragway 06/APR/02 4:24 PM 1.112 2.325 6.257 09.471 76.09 12.269 14.623 95.97 3622 Lb 28/36 lb D123/R.L. 42 2000



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Nashua:

Congratulations on your 14.6 - blazzing fast and you beat my 14.7. There were only about 20 of us doing runs from 9 - 10:30 am.

I was there until 10:30 am and did not see any other CL-S's there. What time did you get there?
Wish I could of run against you.

 

I saw your note on my thread.
How did you like your tires?
Any rubber in 2nd gear?
All this time I thought my Xephyr CAI would come out ahead of your Ingen.

Without the hints from that guy I would have not known how to line up, what the lights were for, etc....

I had little less than 1/4 tank of gas and empty trunk but left the spare in the car. I weigh 175 lbs.

Congrats again...
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ahoo,

First, Congratulations on your FAST runs...

The thing that I hated most is I kept losing traction (Wheel hop in the last 2 runs, breaking lose on 1-2 shift on all runs. Damn.. I lowered to 28 lb in FR tires so I can do moderate Break torque. I think with slicks 14.2s is possible. Also, With Headers and RES we should be running in 13s and beating those V8 Camaros... I also beated couple Convertible Mustangs.

The last 4 run I was beating a Chevy Extreeme truck We were the only 2 left on the strip... so we had to run against each other.. The guy was pissed when I start leaving him behind at the top of the first....

I also saw an Integra type-R he claimed running 14.4s. He said: Uhh your CL-S is a fast sedan...."... CLS is a coupe...

I hit the Rev Limiter many times... :P

I had only 3 Galons of Premiun 93 over the Red Light. Acutally I hit the Empty Light in the last 3-4 runs....

I love my Nitto Tires...

I also noticed the same thing you mentioned in 3rd the CLS loses its stream and hence the need of Headers would open it up nicely... Please give me some headers.... :'(

Finally, as one noted running the CLS back to back is best.....

I posted this in your thread:

 

"The V6 CL-S's make a small statement today at New England Dragway!!! Goooo CL-S!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

Imagine no SC just Bolt-ons (CAI, Headers, Pulleys, RES and MM-II, light weight rims and sticky tires) and you are beating V-8 Camaros running in mi 13sec at 105 MPH!

 

Nashua, thanks for representin' against the Heavy Chevys and Fast Fords!

 

Those are great times. Way to represent the CL-S.

 

So you ever try a run by leaving it in D3 & just flooring it ??

 

Just a FYI, your car will only run that good in that type of weather. Even still I do agree those are great numbers. I ran the same time with just intake when it was around 45 - 50 degrees outside. But when it gets hot you can count on that going up at least 2 tenths of a second. Best time I ran with intake, spark plugs and headers was 14.3 but that was in 80 degree weather. I really should take it out when its cold and see how good it will do. With me living in houston its best knowing what it will run at 80 because of how hot the weather is here year round.

 

The only V8 Camaro you MIGHT have a chance at tying or edging out is the older LT-1 that came from the factory with 285hp/300torque ('93-'97). And that's only if they're bone stock and you have every mod for the CL-S, including invisible make-believe ones like the RES and MM2.

 

don't hate, or is it jealousy? you can't compare a cls to a camaro.. the cls is a luxury performance coupe/ the camaro is a perfomance coupe.. go sit in and drive a cls and then drive your camaro there is no comparison.. ok the camaro has higher factory horsepower but thats it.. this is coming from someone that owns both so don't say i haven't driven a camaro or anything like that.

 

How the hell did you manage to dig this thread up??? It's three months old!!!

 

hey man, at least the guy's using the SEARCH feature!!

to this day, newbies are STILL askin bout what bulbs to get lol!!

 

just goes to show the variance in times based SOLELY on the temperature

Zapata gets ~14.7 with intake ONLY in 30 degree weather...headers, exhaust, and plugs later in mid 60's, breaking 15's is nearly impossible...not what u wanna see after spending that kind of money!!!

 

Way to dredge up an ancient thread.

Okay homo, first of all no one's "hating" or jealous. Maybe when you've been around here more than five minutes you'll get used to how we all interact here. Also, I drive both cars as well. The camaro has around 2.5 metric assloads more torque so no it's not JUST horsepower that it has more of. There IS no comparison - the Z28/SS will blow away a CLS every time.

 

i'll second that, with a little less aggression.

2 totally different cars.

one nasty, one nice.

Joe

99ss
01cls

 

Nice run keep up the good work!!!

 

nice runs with only intake does a cls have alot of wheel hop

 

Yes! it does... and Nitto tires make that worse... u lose traction... then grab... resulting in a hop...to minimize that.. drop the front PSI and raise the back PSI to the max legal...

 

thanks night hawk what about with stock rims and tires do the tires just spin or do u have wheel hop

 

depending on how much Brake toruque and how hard you are on the throtle a mere sec after the green light...

 

Nashua, have you made a run since adding pulleys and headers?

 

Yes.. I was consitent at 14.7s due to lack of traction ... the nittos are at the end of their life .... Next April we will know...

How about drag racing on Winter Tires

I should update my posted linked in the sig to include the new 2002 timeslips.. like 2 dozens