Raced A '98 Benz E430 Today!!

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Old 11-02-2001, 09:01 PM
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Raced A '98 Benz E430 Today!!

me & my friends had met up to go eat and my friend drove his dad's e430 (lorinser kit, exhaust, intake, rims) and i was in my type s.....he kept tellin me to run it with him and so on the way we slowed down for a light to turn red........when we took off....he started to pull away in first gear at about 3000-4500 rpm...when vtec kicked in.....i started to catch up and at the end of second, i was 3/4 car length ahead.......i raced him with vsa off and in sport shift(for a longer 2nd gear) and i talked $hit to him all night.........


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Old 11-02-2001, 09:27 PM
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Yeah, i did the same thing too. My friend has a 2000 e430 sports w/AMG rims. I raced him 5 times from 0-85.... I beat him till 65-70, then after that, the V8 kicked in. But he was shocked how fast the TLS was.
Old 11-03-2001, 12:46 PM
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I raced a '97 740i last nite and off the line I was definitely ahead. We raced to about every other light and I took him with no problem. Although I suspect had it been on a highway, he would have caught up with me at about 80 or so.
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Good kill!
If it was any longer the MB will definitely pass you.
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good kill! get the headers and RES so you can be competitive above 80!
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Guys guys guys.

If you wind your Type-S out to 7200 in 2nd and 3rd you will be a match for either the 430 or 740 up to 115MPH.

I've done it enough times to know first hand. If you don't believe me then try it out for yourself.

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