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      08-03-2013, 10:08 AM   #1
Tom C
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Drag Strip Times for my F10 M5

I finally hit the drag strip yesterday afternoon/early evening with my F10 M5. The only mods I have are Supersprint race mufflers and K&N drop-in air filters. The M5 had about 5/8 tank of gas. The weather was about 82 degrees on my first run (plugging in the data at 75-80 Dragway shows DA of 2,000'+). I did two runs BOTH WITHOUT LAUNCH CONTROL and without touching the tire pressures. I also weigh 240lbs (my mom says I am not fat...just big boned). I had intended on trying LC but the guy in the left lane staged too quickly the first time and the tree was coming down right after I finished staging and I felt rushed (the second time I staged first but the same guy took his time and I figured it would just time out anyway so I didn't even bother). Anyway the results...

Run #1: 11.835 @ 120.87 mph (with 1.981 60' time)

Run #2: 11.903 @ 120.67 mph (with 1.940 60' time)

I have had faster cars (tuned '05 CL65, full bolt-on /tuned GT-R and CTS-V with bolt-ons/tune), but NONE faster with just drop-in filters and mufflers. Just for comparisons sake my best time in the CL65 (with drop-in air filters and stock tires) was 12.478 @ 118.08 mph in similar summer weather. My '09 CTS-V ran on the same track in similar conditions with a full custom cat-back and K&N drop-in filters a 12.356 @ 115.2 mph. I never ran the GT-R without a tune but even with a Cobb generic 93 octane tune, mid pipe and drop-in filters (and no LC) it ran 11.552 @ 122.17 mph but also in much cooler conditions.

The M5 really impressed me last tonight. I didn't think I would crack 12s or 120mph and it did both pretty easily. To be honest I just mashed the throttle off idle, the car bogged the first 20' and then it just took off with no other drama and I let the DCT do all the shifting. So the results should not be attributed to any great skills of mine...in fact if a lighter driver took the helm and used launch control...it could probably have run an 11.5X @ 122+mph.
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