Last night was another drag rental here in my tropical paradise. Arrived to the track around 7:00 PM, swapped out the street tires for drag radials and went to visit with the regulars and what do I see on the other side of the track? A white 32 SLK AMG. I talked to the owner for a while. 65 mm pulley, nitrous and tuned locally. (185 ordered) He claimed 380 hp and 500 with nitrous. Well, when my car was more or less cool I pulled around to make a pass and who's sitting in the other box, Yep SLK guy. Here we go, sweating it big time, brief burnout, to the line, lights .. GO GO GO GO! We leave together and I jumped ahead. Going down the track he's gaining little by little and it's going to be a foto finish. Then he lets off after 1000'. Whew! Got the slip 12.1 @ 116.xx, parked the car and took a walk to where he sat. He forgot to open the bottle. He hit the rpm to activate and the timing pulled, fuel increased and no NOS. His car has *****. Later that night he got it all working and ran 11.6 @ 121.xx. I think it's got a lot more in it once he figures it out. Regardless, he's talking cams and a other goodies.
I'm calling Eurocharged for a retune! (they know Jerry)
My best on a hot night was 12.022 @ 116.12.

Les