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Originally Posted by gamefreakgc
Hi All,
I've had a dream of owning a stupid fast car for some time. I don't know if I ever will as I'm fairly broke but you never know, I might win the lottery some day. I've built up my 4Runner into a vehicle that's a blast to drive off-road as well as holding it's own for on-road performance. My dream cars are ones made for driver's enjoyment: Porsche Cayman S, 911 Turbo, or a Lotus Exige. Small, lightweight cars with big power. I'm ok with turning a wrench and doing minor engine work but it must pass CARB smog rules. I don't want to do $500 smog checks every two years for the rest of my life.
Another thread brought up a Mercedes E550 that weighs 4400 lbs (ouch) but with a CARB approved tune makes 540 Horsepower, 715 Ft-Lbs Torque at 3400 RPM! I've ridden along in a Cadillac CTS-V with the supercharged V8 so I do appreciate large sedans that have serious power and can still turn (looking at you Dodge).
Any other favorites that the collective 4Runner family have owned or always wanted?
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My last car before my 4r was a 2014 e550....and YES id did the Wiestec tune that you are refering to. I cannot say enough how much i enjoyed that car. It was a beast and a real "sleeper". There were no drivability issues with the tune and I put over 100k miles on it with the tune and not a single issue with the car. It is a really well built engine the M278...It has fractured con rods, dry sump oiling and all the proven go fast internals. Because it was used in many models, it had all sorts of different levels of tune, so the wiestec tune was not pushing it to its limit. If i recall correctly the s550 with the m278 was rated at close to 500 hp stock.
I will say this....and i am not usually one to say something like this....it bordered on being too much power for the e550 suspension. I often wish I had purchased the e63 (which was approved by the wife) but i felt like it would be wasted as a daily driver.
Anyways i was always a really fast driver...so i know you should never street race, but I did like embarrassing sports cars. Other cars that i actually ran against from 60 ish mph to over a hundred and beat. Late model camaro ss, 392 dodges, late model mustang gts, a supercharged vette, m3 and many other "fast cars"
the only car that ever pulled away was a hellcat......i did run a audi r8 v10 and we were dead even up to about 120, we let off, but i think he would have crept away.
fwiw, because it was AWD, it was actually easy on tires.
get any merc with that engine (as long as tune is available) and you wont regret it.
my old baby....
