An optical centrifuge pulse drives carbon dioxide molecules into ultrahigh rotational states with rotational frequencies of omega approximate to 32 THz based on the centrifuge frequency at the full width at half-maximum of the spectral chirp. High-resolution transient IR absorption spectroscopy is used to measure the time-evolution of translational and rotational energy for a number of states in the range of J = 0-100 at a sample pressure of 5-10 Torr. Transient Doppler profiles show that the products of super rotor collisions contain substantial amounts of translational energy, with J-dependent energies correlating to a range of Delta J propensities. The transient population in J = 100 is short-lived, indicating rapid relaxation of high J states; populations in J = 36, 54, and 76 increase overall as the super rotor energy is redistributed. Transient line profiles for J = 0 and 36 are consistently narrower than the initial ambient sample temperature, showing that collision cross sections for super rotors increase with decreasing collision energy. Quantum scattering calculations on ArCO2(j) collisions are used to interpret the qualitative features of the experimental results. The results of this study provide the groundwork for developing a more complete understanding of super rotor dynamics.