Here are REAL results from a Diablo 6.0 racing a new Mercedes Cl65 from a member of my forum, this is in hsi words, not mine:
Saturday night, My Fiance and I had gone out for dinner with my family to celebrate our Engagement (Took place in Poland January 1st), I off course had to take out the Diablo.
We had left the Italian Restaurant at around 10:30 PM and were heading to a local club for a night of dancing and a couple drinks, nothing outrageous. I mentioned to Zuzanna, if she fancied stopping by the local car cruise hangout, many of my friends are usually there on a Saturday night & I though it would be a good way to let everyone know of our engagement. She was up for that, so off we went.
As soon as I pulled in, the crowd walks over to get a good look at the car, as well as my Fiance, (damn she was smoking)! One of the guys asks "Hey you wanna run a Mercedes tonight Kurt, I said no, I'm just out having a night on the town with the Lady, I asked what kind of Merc was it anyway, It's the New CL65 V12 Twin Turbo, Damn, I knew that car was VERY fast. I looked at Zuzanna & she said, go ahead, i was quite surprised at her enthusiasm :-)
I said to the owner, you fancy going from a 30 MPH roll, and he said sure. So off we went.
We lined the two cars up on the local high speed test track, 7 miles of 4 lane hwy. I slowed down to 30 mph, shifted into 1st gear, the Merc pulled up next to me, gave the two thumbs up motioning he was ready, on 3 honks of the horn, we had agreed to go. I had to honor of this. One two three, I hit it.
I was in the power band @ 30 MPH in 1st gear, I had to be, with that Merc putting 730+ Ftlbs Tq. down, I needed it. I was expecting him to jump me out the hole, but nope, I shifted @ 7200 RPM into 2nd, damn car is so loud, it was screaming, My Fiance was just focused on what was in front. The Merc was still out of sight, actually, I could see his Headlights in my rear view mirror. I kept waiting for this car to start pulling on me, I pulled 3rd gear, stayed in it up to 7000 + rpm, then shifted into 4th stayed in it for a few seconds and then let off, by this time, I could clearly see the Merc, he was about 2 cars back.
we lined up again for round 2, this time though, it was a 3rd gear punch, i hit it again, i was expecting the Merc once again to come round me, with that kind of TQ. the car makes and been in 3rd gear already traveling @ 70 MPH, the weight becomes less of a factor, but even so, the Diablo stayed in front up to the top of 4th, maybe pulling 1 car length.
Both wins went to the Diablo
I headed back to the local hangout and met up with the Merc owner, he was VERY surprised to have lost, in fact, he told me he had owned a Diablo 6.0 before & said that my car was a lot faster than his one, they asked if they could see the motor, so i opened up the hood & they looked everywhere for the hidden nitrous, looking under the fender wells the whole nine yards, they were sure i had sprayed them. I told them there is no NOS on there (There isn't) but i;m not sure if they believed me.
A great night, The Diablo earnt a whole new level of respect with the local car guys, beating up on the mac daddy of Mercs too.
Kurt.
Here is also video of him racing a modded Fbody that has run low 11's right around 125mph:
http://www.inductionperformance.com/...blo_VT_6.0.avi
And then there is video of him around racing and beating a 560hp Z06.
Allan