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What Am I Doing Wrong...Got beat by Mercedes CLK

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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 10:54 AM
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Im posting this to get feedback, please limit the jokes and ragging on me here.....i can take a little though..

Was on route 40 where it turns into i70 wide open, a new Mercedes i think a CLK, looked very nice, woman in it just bought it. She pulled off and i pulled of. I was sure i floored the damn thing...BUT i saw a light puff of light smoke and this thing was frekin gone...

what the hell?

I hear everyone on this forum on how these things haul ***, and how they go up against mustangs and what not...i mean i didnt pursue this car past 80, but it was pretty much a lost battle...

So my questions is What the hell?

I have the 5.7, 3.92's, Volant CAI and pulled the rear resonator off...

Thats it...

Is it me or did installing the volant hurt me a little

Thanks in advance for any insight into this...i mean 395 Horsepower , come on...
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:05 AM
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You chose the wrong car to race.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 11:55 AM
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If it had an AMG badge on the back it can have up to 480 hp and 0-60 in 4.3 seconds

CLK63 AMG
 

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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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LOL. I pulled up beside a Ferrari the other day and he blew me away too. Maybe there is a recall that I don't know about?

It's 390HP at the crank not the rear wheels in a (wait for it)








3 ton PICKUP TRUCK
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by oldjeep
LOL. I pulled up beside a Ferrari the other day and he blew me away too. Maybe there is a recall that I don't know about?

It's 390HP at the crank not the rear wheels in a (wait for it)








3 ton PICKUP TRUCK
Legen.....

Wait for it, and I hope your not lactose intolerant becuase its "Dairy"
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:18 PM
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And at 80 it just starts to roll!!!!!!!!!

Also our trucks have aerodynamics more closely resembling a block of wood than that slick machine.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:21 PM
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Now, if she'd played fair...
She'd have had a 2000lb trailer with a big blunt windsail front hitched on back.
The RAM has real nice power, but is way heavier and with a much bigger air resistance profile - and at highway speeds that air resistance really stacks against you.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:23 PM
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Default it was a CL600

I went to their website, and it was a blue CL600 two door coupe. Good lord, it says they can have 510Horepower...I know this was the car because not only A) it looks exactly like the one that blew me away but B) They pulled into a private community of houses that would fit my house in their living room...

I mean i saw a poof, and this thing was frekin Gone...
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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old jeep that is classic!!! lol.


yeah, as a whole. the RAM is FAST!!!! for a pickup truck, against other pickup trucks.

almost like how some harleys are "fast" compared to other harleys, but 99.9% of them will never hang with a 180-190hp jap bike that weighs 430lbs....

i used to show that to the harley guys with my 8.90's busa about 8yrs. ago.....
 
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Old Mar 21, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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I got aggravated by a tailgating SOB in a Ram pickup, so I floor boarded it to put some distance tween us. When he passed me at 115MPH he flashed a V-6 at me.
 
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