My 1st run in along time today. I had just filled up with gas and had my clubs and 2 bags of golf balls in the trunk so she was loaded.



It was at the 4-way stop of New poag and University drive outside edwardsville heading towards 143.



I was coming to a stop and I glanced in my mirror and seen the mercedes behind me come around the corner pretty quick, I didnt think anything of it though . I stoped and let the other car cross and then rolled out in 1st then shifted to 2nd and was cruising 2nd at about 3500rpm, then I hear a v8 sound take off and I look in my mirror and the mercedes in coming fast so I punch it. He reaches me side by side and vtec engages at about that time so I didnt lose any ground. We were DEAD even up to 80-85 and he pulled a fender till about 90-95 and then I let out. I was suprised so I slowed a little to see what it was, it was a e55 amg. I speed up a bit to give him a but then he took off again , so I just let him go.

I think if I would have had my car in 1st when I heard him take off I could have had a better advantage, but o well





Cliffs:



2001 Honda S2000 - stock

2001-02ish style e55 AMG - unknown



AMG Pulls fender from 20ish-95ish roll

 

i guess it's possible that you hung with the e55 if it was a 2002, but the newer one's are a LOT faster so watch out before you mess with one of those!

Nice run

 

He (E55) obviously wasn’t racing… E55 AMG 0-60 mph at 4.2 ; 0-100 in 9.4 with 1/4 mile in low 12 sec… That is just general numbers from testing…

Road and Track squeezed a 13.9 1/4 mile and a 0-60 of 5.4 for the 2004 S2000 which has a 2.2L and better gearing that the 00-03 S2000’s…

Anything can occur on the street, but probably the E55 probably wasn’t “racing”… If he did go WOT, the outcome would have been more than a fender….

 

^^ yeah but the 2001 e55 amg is a 13.6 1/4 mile...

feasible imo.

 

So it wasn't a side by side race from the beginning?

 

As I stated, anything can occur in a street race… The issue is, an E55 01-02 will trap mid 13’s… The OP stated he was in 2nd gear at 3500 rmps and hits the throttle, because he hears the MB go WOT… The E55 is WOT and the S2000 keeps up to 90… The S2000 is not in Vtec and does not have FI, so this is difficult to believe… Unless the E55 is 200 yards back…

Don’t know too many non FI S2000’s that can rocket from 2nd gear at 3500 rmps and be impressive... S2000 has no low end torque…

 

I'm on the same page^. The e55 amg is a very capable car even though it weighs a ton and the outcome would have been alot different if it was a newer model... And if it was actually a race.

 

i left the stop and got out about 200 ft and hear him gun it, so i gun it and by time he gets next to me im in vtec and thats basically where the race started, we were even up to 80ish then he pulled a fender or so on me to 95ish and i let off

 

btw guys i wouldnt make up a kill story, it rarely happens that i race someone on the street

 

He was out on you by a fender..? That’s not a kill… I’m just amazed that you could hear him go WOT when he is 200 feet back and you are in 2nd gear doing 3500 rpms…