whenever I loose I hit the ebrake at 100+ so at least it's a cool exit 
so do i have anything to worry about?
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From: MO
I've raced a couple GT's auto's and each time were from a roll around 25 mph with TC off and in drive with 92 octane in the tank. The 25 range helped my TC launch to keep a 1/2 car lead to 80 and pulled a tad bit more to the finsh at 100 mph. Sometimes when you creep from a dig and feel 1st grab and then punch it so it downshifts and TC is up, it moves pretty quick that way.
From a dig, massive tq steer. hope the stang spins.
I also raced the same two GT's from a roll manually shifting from 1st through the gears and gained more against each. So use your tap shifter when driving. Just make sure you keep an eye on your tach and don't listen to the stangs exhaust.
I raced a 5 sp with exhaust, tune and K&N on the highway from 50 mph. I tapped the gas pedal to wake up the converter and took him off the line until 85 - 90 mph and then he just passed me and beat me by 2 cars. No way to catch him. He's a friend so i know the mods and he can drive. Surprised him though...
BTW, all stock with a dirty paper filter.
Good luck and let us know how it turned. Sometimes you gotta do it for the thrill...
From a dig, massive tq steer. hope the stang spins.
I also raced the same two GT's from a roll manually shifting from 1st through the gears and gained more against each. So use your tap shifter when driving. Just make sure you keep an eye on your tach and don't listen to the stangs exhaust.
I raced a 5 sp with exhaust, tune and K&N on the highway from 50 mph. I tapped the gas pedal to wake up the converter and took him off the line until 85 - 90 mph and then he just passed me and beat me by 2 cars. No way to catch him. He's a friend so i know the mods and he can drive. Surprised him though...
BTW, all stock with a dirty paper filter.
Good luck and let us know how it turned. Sometimes you gotta do it for the thrill...
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alright, ill have to be doing it soon b/c hes getting an intake and i believe a tune soon so then it wouldnt be a fair stock for stock race..but i have found out when experimenting with the tapshift that if you drive it right, it really helps out if your starting from a roll. ive got one more question though..why did some of you say turn off T/C?
with t/c on it limits the amount of power your car will put down when launching. With it off the computer uses little torque managment to stop the tires from spinning. so with t/c on you wont really spin much but with t/c off and your good at launching, you have more power at your disposal and can launch faster but that requires more skill with the gas pedel. Remember dont just punch the gas to the floor you need to balance it so you dont really spin your tires but too little gas and you wont go anywhere fast. Its hard to do, espcially in our cars.
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well guys i hate to pop all the anticipation but the owner of the pustang was racing my friend today and spun out at 100mph, he now needs 4 new tires and an alignment, and after all of that whos to say that the spin out didnt take his ***** out with it... but anyway he says that he pulled the ebrake and spun out..but my friend said that he moved into the other lane and oversteered it too much and spun out.. imho i think that he just fucked up and doesnt want to admit it.
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he was only racing a 97 gtp lol... but he said it wasnt a real race he just "did it" i still think that he lost control, hes lucky no one hit him, there was traffic behind him and he almost hit the median
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