GP GTP asked for it and almost got "slapped"
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Originally Posted by xphantomws6x
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I was wondering this when I read the story ... so I tried it on my way home from school today ....
Rolling at < 20 mph, car goes into first ... going faster then 20mph, first gear lock takes over and doesn't allow you to get into it ..... so how did you manage to get your car into 1st at 40mph? Plus, it should be SCREAMING at that speed.
Granted I have 4.10's, but still ...
I was wondering this when I read the story ... so I tried it on my way home from school today ....
Rolling at < 20 mph, car goes into first ... going faster then 20mph, first gear lock takes over and doesn't allow you to get into it ..... so how did you manage to get your car into 1st at 40mph? Plus, it should be SCREAMING at that speed.
Granted I have 4.10's, but still ...
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I never questioned the validity of your story ... I was just wondering why my car doesn't let me downshift into 1st, and yours did. It could definately be due to the fact that I have 4.10's, and you have stock gearing, as I had said earlier. Maybe your lockout point is 30mph and mine is 20 due to the diff gears. Maybe the 98's didn't have a 1st gear lockout or had a completely different engagement spot. No clue, just wondering. Sorry if I sounded like I was calling BS, I wasn't ... I'm sure you dont have problems beating GTPs.
I never questioned the validity of your story ... I was just wondering why my car doesn't let me downshift into 1st, and yours did. It could definately be due to the fact that I have 4.10's, and you have stock gearing, as I had said earlier. Maybe your lockout point is 30mph and mine is 20 due to the diff gears. Maybe the 98's didn't have a 1st gear lockout or had a completely different engagement spot. No clue, just wondering. Sorry if I sounded like I was calling BS, I wasn't ... I'm sure you dont have problems beating GTPs.
#23
Originally Posted by xphantomws6x
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I never questioned the validity of your story ... I was just wondering why my car doesn't let me downshift into 1st, and yours did. It could definately be due to the fact that I have 4.10's, and you have stock gearing, as I had said earlier. Maybe your lockout point is 30mph and mine is 20 due to the diff gears. Maybe the 98's didn't have a 1st gear lockout or had a completely different engagement spot. No clue, just wondering. Sorry if I sounded like I was calling BS, I wasn't ... I'm sure you dont have problems beating GTPs.
I never questioned the validity of your story ... I was just wondering why my car doesn't let me downshift into 1st, and yours did. It could definately be due to the fact that I have 4.10's, and you have stock gearing, as I had said earlier. Maybe your lockout point is 30mph and mine is 20 due to the diff gears. Maybe the 98's didn't have a 1st gear lockout or had a completely different engagement spot. No clue, just wondering. Sorry if I sounded like I was calling BS, I wasn't ... I'm sure you dont have problems beating GTPs.
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Originally Posted by xphantomws6x
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I was wondering this when I read the story ... so I tried it on my way home from school today ....
Rolling at < 20 mph, car goes into first ... going faster then 20mph, first gear lock takes over and doesn't allow you to get into it ..... so how did you manage to get your car into 1st at 40mph? Plus, it should be SCREAMING at that speed.
Granted I have 4.10's, but still ...
I was wondering this when I read the story ... so I tried it on my way home from school today ....
Rolling at < 20 mph, car goes into first ... going faster then 20mph, first gear lock takes over and doesn't allow you to get into it ..... so how did you manage to get your car into 1st at 40mph? Plus, it should be SCREAMING at that speed.
Granted I have 4.10's, but still ...
I don't remember what 1st tops out at but i know that 2nd tops at like 62-63 mph
#25
I did a search and here is what I found for my 3.42 stock gears : @5500 rpm, which is where I try to shift:
1st = 46mph
2nd = 69
3rd = 94
4th = 123
5th = 166
6th = 245
obviously theoretical, i.e in a vacuum, so 40 is probably about where I want to shift out of 1st in a drag race I guess. But I will keep playing it by ear as well. I am getting to know her pretty well, and can feel when she wants another gear, at least I hope so.
1st = 46mph
2nd = 69
3rd = 94
4th = 123
5th = 166
6th = 245
obviously theoretical, i.e in a vacuum, so 40 is probably about where I want to shift out of 1st in a drag race I guess. But I will keep playing it by ear as well. I am getting to know her pretty well, and can feel when she wants another gear, at least I hope so.
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I wasn't saying you were BS'ing. I believe ya. I was just saying be careful, cars can break and that costs money. And, they don't make FBodies anymore!!!
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Originally Posted by 98Z-6Speed
What I said was I went into first at around 30, NOT 40. Well I don't know about not letting you into first, that seems kind of odd. At 40 MPH in first I am at around 5500 rpm. I have the stock gears. I just know that I had no problem downshifting to first at 30 mph (maybe it was 28 mph, hell I was not taking notes) when I needed to get on it. Now I am not saying I left it there for long, it only takes a second to go 30 - 40 in first gear, and then of course I immediately went into second. Believe me, if I was going to make up a story about a kill, it would not be on a GP GTP, it would be a viper or a testerosa or something. And hey, I even admitted the dude may have hit his brakes when my car attempted to byatch slap his car.
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You wasted a shift if you went into first at 30mph because you immediately had to shift right back into second anyway. You lost traction so badly because of your choice to use first gear. You should've stayed in second. Just trying to help...
Nice kill. Time for some mods now. Not every car out there is as slow as a GTP.
Nice kill. Time for some mods now. Not every car out there is as slow as a GTP.
#29
Thanks Unit. That is why I post here, so I will be better prepared the next time someone throws a rev my way.
I am going to start modding after the track opens this year. I want to get in some bone stock runs first so I can see the improvements from modding first hand, and post them here. I also want to kill at least one mustang GT bone stock as well. I have a new lid sitting in my garage right now, and I have a shop picked out to do heads and a mild cam.
I am going to start modding after the track opens this year. I want to get in some bone stock runs first so I can see the improvements from modding first hand, and post them here. I also want to kill at least one mustang GT bone stock as well. I have a new lid sitting in my garage right now, and I have a shop picked out to do heads and a mild cam.
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Originally Posted by 98Z-6Speed
Thanks Unit. That is why I post here, so I will be better prepared the next time someone throws a rev my way.
I am going to start modding after the track opens this year. I want to get in some bone stock runs first so I can see the improvements from modding first hand, and post them here. I also want to kill at least one mustang GT bone stock as well. I have a new lid sitting in my garage right now, and I have a shop picked out to do heads and a mild cam.
I am going to start modding after the track opens this year. I want to get in some bone stock runs first so I can see the improvements from modding first hand, and post them here. I also want to kill at least one mustang GT bone stock as well. I have a new lid sitting in my garage right now, and I have a shop picked out to do heads and a mild cam.
Keep up the good work!