Know what 490 FT LBS of torque feels like??
08-11-2004
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Know what 490 FT LBS of torque feels like??
Muscle car shootout on Speed was awsome!! Screw any import when it comes to raw power. Feels like the fattest person you know sitting on your lap pushing you in your seat, all on demand at only 3000 rpm!! Could you imagine that TQ in a Civic??
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Originally Posted by aznboysrfr
bleh ... you can just take a test drive in the 05 Mercades CL65 ... 723 pounds of tq ...
awwman just cant beat a twinturbo v12
it makes THAT much torque at 3000RPM!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by skarteez
awwman just cant beat a twinturbo v12
it makes THAT much torque at 3000RPM!!!!!!
are they trying to make it look nice with the carbon fiber cover? 
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Originally Posted by Mr.Modify
gah damm HOLY WTF!! I WANT ONE!!!!
well i have a plan..
we need about 30-40 civics.. and we'll all trade our civics in for that mercedes..
..and then i get to take it home.. sounds coo?
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Originally Posted by Milamber
you are talking about two completely different classes of cars...
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Rep Power: 294 I'll take the c6 which will be in my driveway in about 5 to 6 weeks from now. 400hp 400pounds of tq 3000lbs brute american sports car.
to bad its my fathers and not mine
I want it!!!!
I get to drive it though
to bad its my fathers and not mine
I want it!!!!I get to drive it though
. It's fast but still it weighs alot and its just so pimpin.
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Originally Posted by redvtec04
Muscle car shootout on Speed was awsome!! Screw any import when it comes to raw power. Feels like the fattest person you know sitting on your lap pushing you in your seat, all on demand at only 3000 rpm!! Could you imagine that TQ in a Civic??
Who wants to volunteer? C'mon... c'monnnn 
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Rep Power: 0 and for the clk-65 amg.. they had to lower the torque so the tranny would last longer.. damnn i want one.. but only 200 of those are commin to the U.S.A.. all that torque at 2000-4000rpm too.. its 604hp
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Rep Power: 295 i've been in a 6 sec dragster...its a 1990 honda civic hatch which is the only honda part on it other than the 4 cylinder engine...1700 hp, 1400 ft-lb tq....most insane car i've been in...its a tube chassis with a civic shell nothing more than that except 2 seats 2 400 shot nos bottles alcohol fuel tank and a huge *** turbo with an engine attatched to it...nothing more
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Rep Power: 302 bout the chirping thing... i can chirp into 3rd with my drag raidials!
but yeah, benz, enzo, whatev... all are sick cars
but yeah, benz, enzo, whatev... all are sick cars
