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Originally Posted by BurgessMW' date='Jun 25 2005, 10:03 AM
[quote name='derrickj' date='Jun 24 2005, 11:10 PM']My neighbor is about to order his first BMW and take it on ED.? (I guess he finally got tired of me beating his Chrysler 300C)? 
ANyway, he is struggling with the SMG option of rather or not he should get it.? Would those of you who have it buy it again?
P.S.? JDN we finally made a convert out of him??
ANyway, he is struggling with the SMG option of rather or not he should get it.? Would those of you who have it buy it again? P.S.? JDN we finally made a convert out of him??
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I have a question for you though...
Any chance you can tell us more about you spanking his Hemi? I would've thought the two cars would be pretty close in performance. What mods did he have?
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[/quote]Thank you all for your response, I will tell him all like it! To answer the question, the 300C has a cold air intake, borla exhaust and JET performancee chip. I have no modifications whatsoever, but I beat him everytime at the 1/8 mile track. Only 1/10ths of a second, but still the 545 won everytime.
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Originally Posted by derrickj' date='Jun 26 2005, 08:18 AM
To answer the question, the 300C has a cold air intake, borla exhaust and JET performancee chip.? I have no modifications whatsoever, but I beat him everytime at the 1/8 mile track.? Only 1/10ths of a second, but still the 545 won everytime.?
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WOW two 545s next to each other? COOL! or is he wating for a 550? I forget I'll have to scroll up and re-read.
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Originally Posted by JDN' date='Jun 25 2005, 04:56 AM
[quote name='derrickj' date='Jun 24 2005, 11:10 PM']My neighbor is about to order his first BMW and take it on ED.? (I guess he finally got tired of me beating his Chrysler 300C)? ANyway, he is struggling with the SMG option of rather or not he should get it.? Would those of you who have it buy it again?
P.S.? JDN we finally made a convert out of him??
ANyway, he is struggling with the SMG option of rather or not he should get it.? Would those of you who have it buy it again? P.S.? JDN we finally made a convert out of him??
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[/quote]He actually had $36K into, but he knew it wasn't what he needed. We pushed him over the edge.
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' date='Jun 26 2005, 03:33 PM
WOW two 545s next to each other? COOL! or is he wating for a 550? I forget I'll have to scroll up and re-read.[snapback]143188[/snapback]
[/quote]Actually, JDN and I went head to head, steptronic v SMG at the same track. It was very cool. We are going to do it again to get a real winner, that night there were some issues, so we we were not able to determine a winner.
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Originally Posted by derrickj' date='Jun 26 2005, 06:43 PM
Actually, JDN and I went head to head, steptronic v SMG at the same track.? It was very cool.? We are going to do it again to get a real winner, that night there were some issues, so we we were not able to determine a winner.
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Originally Posted by derrickj' date='Jun 26 2005, 07:43 PM
[quote name='EBMCS03' date='Jun 26 2005, 03:33 PM']
WOW two 545s next to each other? COOL! or is he wating for a 550? I forget I'll have to scroll up and re-read.[snapback]143188[/snapback]
[/quote]Actually, JDN and I went head to head, steptronic v SMG at the same track. It was very cool. We are going to do it again to get a real winner, that night there were some issues, so we we were not able to determine a winner.
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[/quote]Yes, I would also be very interested in seeing what the result would be. I would imagine that launch technique on both cars would be critical. I don't know how you would launch the SMG car with the best traction off the line. Lack of Posi-Traction would hurt both cars.
Derrick, did you have the computer traction turned off completly during the drag race? Also, did you power brake to get a good launch. I have to race a 300C that my good friend has as well and need some technique tips.
I am used to dragging a 400HP Trans Am 6 Speed at the Track.
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Originally Posted by mehall2' date='Jun 26 2005, 11:21 PM
I don't know how you would launch the SMG car with the best traction off the line.?
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Originally Posted by Rudy' date='Jun 26 2005, 11:26 PM
[quote name='mehall2' date='Jun 26 2005, 11:21 PM']I don't know how you would launch the SMG car with the best traction off the line.?
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[/quote]On the three runs Derrick and I made, I never got it right. I thought I was in launch control once (DSC, et al turned off, Sport mode, pedal to the metal, etc.), but it was not remarkable, plus I kept interfering with the shift since I am programmed to pull the flippers for the shift. Once I was in manual and thought I was in D1 for launch. Bad show. One time (Derrick and the 300C were playing each other) I had a spectacular burn out, tons of blue smoke, etc. delayed the take off. Not fun. I had driven around the water to try for a dry start, but managed to break the right rear lose anyway. There may have been some water left from the previous starter or maybe she just broke lose. But Derrick definitely has his steptronic routine down pat -- no question about that. I'm not sure that I could beat him anyway.
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