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Old Jul 10, 2010 | 11:42 PM
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So I took my car to the track for the 1st time today, and it was awesome. To start things off, a guy with a 2010 mustang GT pulled up next to me in the pit area and started blowing smoke about how fast his car was, how he smoked some guy in the new 5.0 mustang, and how his will probably run in the 11's, even though it's bone stock. My dad and I just listened to him blabber, and told him I have a stock motor in an LT1 body (which is true, except for the intake/exhaust that I also mentioned). To sum everything up I'll simply quote what he said to me, "Well, maybe you can give me race."
For my first test & tune run I ended up running next to the mustang. As we roll into the burnout box I hear the announcer say "Now this is the kind of match up I like to see, Ford vs Chevrolet!" I had a poor reaction time of .728, and thought I was going to spin so I acted like a granny and didn't give it much gas... Since I practically rolled off the starting line the mustang completely dusted me out of the gate. Then, like a genious, I realized I could actually nail it and by the 1/8 mile mark completely blew by the mustang. His E/T: 13.95, my E/T: 13.28. Needless to say, when we returned to the pit area he blew a lot less smoke and conceded "Man...you spanked me!"

I did better my second run with a 12.95 @ 105.00
My 3rd run was my best
R/T --- .424
60' --- 1.842
330 --- 5.283
1/8 --- 8.194
MPH --- 84.28
1000 --- 10.718
1/4 --- 12.854
MPH --- 105.39


I can't believe how much fun that was! I'm looking forward to going back to the track to see if I can improve on my take off. I felt like a complete rookie next to the pro-comp guys in the staging lanes, but i'm happy for it being my first run ever.

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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 01:43 AM
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Nice times dude.
Am I reading that right?
4.10's in an a4 tranny?
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 04:53 AM
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Nice run's now all u need is a stall converter to run some low 12's high 11's.
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 12:08 PM
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Congrats man..
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Old Jul 11, 2010 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by dannyz
Nice times dude.
Am I reading that right?
4.10's in an a4 tranny?
Yeap, you're reading it right. 4.10's in an a4. I want to go to 3.73 for better highway driving, but that's going to have to wait a lil bit
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