Is my TA really that slow?
02-28-2004 | 11:04 PM
#22
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A buddie of mine has a 94 lt1 stock 6 speed car with 3.23 and he totally blew the mustang out of the water from a dead stop and a 30 mph roll and 20 mph. This one still had all the dealer stickers on the windows and had a nasty exhaust
02-28-2004 | 11:22 PM
#23
Originally Posted by RevGTO
Deep Blue, did your car have 2.73s before the switch to 3.42s? If so, nailing it from a 35 roll should have given you first, not low rpms in second, blasting you past the 5.0
02-29-2004 | 12:44 AM
#29
Originally Posted by chevyzz8
ya, with A4 you wont get 2nd gear at a 70 punch. 60-63 is the optimal spot atleast on mine, and 23-25mph, will lite up the tires and your gone.
There it is ... A4 with 3:23's and you're gonna be at the bottom of 3rd gear .... That was the reason.
02-29-2004 | 12:47 AM
#30
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From: MS
Hey thanks everyone! Yeah, I didn't think there was anything wrong with my car (except my tires are really crappy). Hopefully I'll be ordering a Yank PT4200 in a few days so I can wake my car up from a roll.
02-29-2004 | 12:56 AM
#31
Originally Posted by NightKidWS6
Hey thanks everyone! Yeah, I didn't think there was anything wrong with my car (except my tires are really crappy). Hopefully I'll be ordering a Yank PT4200 in a few days so I can wake my car up from a roll.
Stall, gears, and DR's ... the only way to go with an auto. Just those mods alone and you will see a HUGE improvement in your car ... especially from a dig.
02-29-2004 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by xphantomws6x
Whaaattttt ?
Dude ... you both drive AUTOMATICS ... there is no driving skill involved in an auto from a 70mph roll .... you mash the gas, car does the rest.
As for the actual post ... the guy probably had an M5 and had a good jump on you (as you said) so he was already going a few mph more then you were when you jumped on it ... at 70 your auto should shift down to around 5,000 in second gear. The problem here was probably that he had an M5, vs your A4 ... he had a decent head start, and an m5 stang will not trap much lower then your non-stalled a4 ... especially if you have 2:73 gears and not 3:23's. If you had run him from a dead stop, it probably would've been a different ballgame.
Plus, you never know if he was stock or not ... tons of cars go for a stock sleeper look ... and he may have sprayed, who knows.
Dude ... you both drive AUTOMATICS ... there is no driving skill involved in an auto from a 70mph roll .... you mash the gas, car does the rest.
As for the actual post ... the guy probably had an M5 and had a good jump on you (as you said) so he was already going a few mph more then you were when you jumped on it ... at 70 your auto should shift down to around 5,000 in second gear. The problem here was probably that he had an M5, vs your A4 ... he had a decent head start, and an m5 stang will not trap much lower then your non-stalled a4 ... especially if you have 2:73 gears and not 3:23's. If you had run him from a dead stop, it probably would've been a different ballgame.
Plus, you never know if he was stock or not ... tons of cars go for a stock sleeper look ... and he may have sprayed, who knows.
Just my 2 cents.
02-29-2004 | 03:02 PM
#34
yep dont slam shift it.. you can but it heats stuff up really bad... id do it only incase of emergencys (like gettin an asswoopin by a gt...j\kl) but you can modify your tranny do this without harmong it you just gotta buy a kit, cooler and i think a manual valve body (im not the one to ask about tranny parts) but i know it can be done pritty easily
03-01-2004 | 09:32 AM
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I have an automatic SS and have NO problems whatsoever killing Mustangs. Rolling start or dead stop they don't have a chance. I have a friend with a 5.0 and after a h/c swap from a roll I still handed him his a$$. It is kinda wierd that you can't beat GTs, and even for an automatic my car doesn't feel weak to me from a roll. It takes longer to downshift, but when it does the power is there. 
03-01-2004 | 04:42 PM
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From: MS
Thanks guys for all the comments! I'm pretty sure I could have taken him if I wouldn't have let him get such a jump on me, but I thought it was an '03 or '04 cobra and I just wanted to make sure what I was up against. I probably would have ran him anyways, but it's just good to know the competition.
03-01-2004 | 04:57 PM
#40
If you race a 03 or 04 cobra prepare to get beat, from what i hear those things are pure evil. But you should be able to slaughter all GT's, i've got a buddy who bought a 2003 new and at all speeds i can smack him around like i would most imports.