99-04 GT vs. Me
08-03-2008, 11:34 PM
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99-04 GT vs. Me Me- 99 Trans Am...auto, whisper lid, ported TB, no muffler...full weight and a passenger
John- 99-04 Mustang GT...auto, intake, exhaust, fuel rails, injectors, 93 octane tune, spark plugs, carbon fiber hood, fiberglass front end(some goofy body kit), no spare or jack, also had one passenger
This is a street everyone races on, its marked exactly 1/4 mile down the road.
1st race, light changed too fast, i hit it, he was asleep at the light. I spun through first, lit up second. He didn't really spin and got to my door as i was spinning. However, as soon as i hooked i pulled away. I had about 2.5 cars by the 1/4 mile marker.
2nd race. We stalled them up at the light. He hooked i spun first and chirped second again. By the time i hooked, he was a half car ahead. I reeled him in and passed him. By the time i hit the marker to end the race, I got him by a half car.
I'm glad i won both, but something doesn't add up. I've raced bolt-on autos before and have beaten them by worse. In that second race, once i got that half car, it stayed that way. Something makes me wonder if he was spraying a small shot because in the first race, once i pulled away, i PULLED away. I understand my traction issues allowed to keep up, but in that second race once i stopped spinning, i pulled that half car, and it stayed that way instead of me pulling. The upgraded rails and other fuel system parts make me wonder if he's spray a small shot, or he's lying and has gears or other mods. car was loud, but typical mustang loud...Discuss.
John- 99-04 Mustang GT...auto, intake, exhaust, fuel rails, injectors, 93 octane tune, spark plugs, carbon fiber hood, fiberglass front end(some goofy body kit), no spare or jack, also had one passenger
This is a street everyone races on, its marked exactly 1/4 mile down the road.
1st race, light changed too fast, i hit it, he was asleep at the light. I spun through first, lit up second. He didn't really spin and got to my door as i was spinning. However, as soon as i hooked i pulled away. I had about 2.5 cars by the 1/4 mile marker.
2nd race. We stalled them up at the light. He hooked i spun first and chirped second again. By the time i hooked, he was a half car ahead. I reeled him in and passed him. By the time i hit the marker to end the race, I got him by a half car.
I'm glad i won both, but something doesn't add up. I've raced bolt-on autos before and have beaten them by worse. In that second race, once i got that half car, it stayed that way. Something makes me wonder if he was spraying a small shot because in the first race, once i pulled away, i PULLED away. I understand my traction issues allowed to keep up, but in that second race once i stopped spinning, i pulled that half car, and it stayed that way instead of me pulling. The upgraded rails and other fuel system parts make me wonder if he's spray a small shot, or he's lying and has gears or other mods. car was loud, but typical mustang loud...Discuss.
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Traction issues are killin' you, but the fuel upgrades have me wondering too. Why put money there when the car's damn near stock?
He's hanging awful well with that slushbox in the tunnel.
He's hanging awful well with that slushbox in the tunnel.
08-04-2008, 01:35 AM
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Something wrong there. A stock auto 99-04 puts like 180 to the wheels. I cant see him putting down more than 210 with just those mods. Who knows. How does everyone have a hard time hooking on the street? I seriously never had a problem even when I put my 3500 stall in. Then again I had sportlines on the car then, maybe it was all squat and no spin?
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Something wrong there. A stock auto 99-04 puts like 180 to the wheels. I cant see him putting down more than 210 with just those mods. Who knows. How does everyone have a hard time hooking on the street? I seriously never had a problem even when I put my 3500 stall in. Then again I had sportlines on the car then, maybe it was all squat and no spin?
180....?
I'd give even a weaker automatic PI Mustang atleast 205. Hell, my friends '96 GT made 238rwhp with a PI swap, intake, and a full exhaust through an AODE.
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sounds like he may have been spraying, how much?? Who knows.....BUt with the Injectors and upgraded fuel system, he may simply be getting ready for a heads and cam upgrade which would make a little sense for having that stuff.......
Again, who knows unless you ask......
Good kills though.....
Again, who knows unless you ask......
Good kills though.....
08-04-2008, 10:47 AM
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Sounds like he has more mods than he's letting on.... When my wife owned a 04GT Auto I got crushed racing a 98 Trans Am. After getting the hit and jumping out about 1.5 cars he blew by me and won by 3+ cars. He wasn't stock but his mods were minimal. The GT probably had gears (4.10's). Good kill... and race him again and get a vid!
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Me- 99 Trans Am...auto, whisper lid, ported TB, no muffler...full weight and a passenger
John- 99-04 Mustang GT...auto, intake, exhaust, fuel rails, injectors, 93 octane tune, spark plugs, carbon fiber hood, fiberglass front end(some goofy body kit), no spare or jack, also had one passenger
This is a street everyone races on, its marked exactly 1/4 mile down the road.
1st race, light changed too fast, i hit it, he was asleep at the light. I spun through first, lit up second. He didn't really spin and got to my door as i was spinning. However, as soon as i hooked i pulled away. I had about 2.5 cars by the 1/4 mile marker.
2nd race. We stalled them up at the light. He hooked i spun first and chirped second again. By the time i hooked, he was a half car ahead. I reeled him in and passed him. By the time i hit the marker to end the race, I got him by a half car.
I'm glad i won both, but something doesn't add up. I've raced bolt-on autos before and have beaten them by worse. In that second race, once i got that half car, it stayed that way. Something makes me wonder if he was spraying a small shot because in the first race, once i pulled away, i PULLED away. I understand my traction issues allowed to keep up, but in that second race once i stopped spinning, i pulled that half car, and it stayed that way instead of me pulling. The upgraded rails and other fuel system parts make me wonder if he's spray a small shot, or he's lying and has gears or other mods. car was loud, but typical mustang loud...Discuss.
John- 99-04 Mustang GT...auto, intake, exhaust, fuel rails, injectors, 93 octane tune, spark plugs, carbon fiber hood, fiberglass front end(some goofy body kit), no spare or jack, also had one passenger
This is a street everyone races on, its marked exactly 1/4 mile down the road.
1st race, light changed too fast, i hit it, he was asleep at the light. I spun through first, lit up second. He didn't really spin and got to my door as i was spinning. However, as soon as i hooked i pulled away. I had about 2.5 cars by the 1/4 mile marker.
2nd race. We stalled them up at the light. He hooked i spun first and chirped second again. By the time i hooked, he was a half car ahead. I reeled him in and passed him. By the time i hit the marker to end the race, I got him by a half car.
I'm glad i won both, but something doesn't add up. I've raced bolt-on autos before and have beaten them by worse. In that second race, once i got that half car, it stayed that way. Something makes me wonder if he was spraying a small shot because in the first race, once i pulled away, i PULLED away. I understand my traction issues allowed to keep up, but in that second race once i stopped spinning, i pulled that half car, and it stayed that way instead of me pulling. The upgraded rails and other fuel system parts make me wonder if he's spray a small shot, or he's lying and has gears or other mods. car was loud, but typical mustang loud...Discuss.
sounds like he may have been spraying, how much?? Who knows.....BUt with the Injectors and upgraded fuel system, he may simply be getting ready for a heads and cam upgrade which would make a little sense for having that stuff.......
Again, who knows unless you ask......
Good kills though.....
Again, who knows unless you ask......
Good kills though.....
CF hood?..R U serious? GUess i shouldn't be shocked given a Body kit.
at CF hood and added weight of a body kit.
08-04-2008, 02:27 PM
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I had to put premium in mine on a stock tune anyway. After owning a lot of turbo cars, I figured a plain ol' N/A V8 would allow less reliability issues and I could buy the cheap stuff. Wrong. You could hear the knocking. My buddies "bolt-on" GT (always on premium)would pull me by about a car everytime if I was on Regular- with the good stuff we were even. After that it used a steady diet of Premium.
08-04-2008, 03:42 PM
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yea, when i raced my other friends I/E auto GT (2000)...i gave him the hit off the light, and still had 4 cars by 95...I'm also on bald *** yokohama tires...i have a TCI 3500 stall in the mail, and Nitto's are next (car is my DD)...
08-04-2008, 03:44 PM
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one of my local friends has seen this car at some meets...he's supposed to let me know if its spraying because he knows more about the car than I do. Also, I'm pretty sure the car was in an accident, dents all over, and the whole front end, including the fenders are now fiberglass (i think, they felt like plastic to the touch, and bent a lil bit)...
08-04-2008, 10:18 PM
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Something wrong there. A stock auto 99-04 puts like 180 to the wheels. I cant see him putting down more than 210 with just those mods. Who knows. How does everyone have a hard time hooking on the street? I seriously never had a problem even when I put my 3500 stall in. Then again I had sportlines on the car then, maybe it was all squat and no spin?
08-05-2008, 02:39 PM
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LOL! Sounds like that's worth a couple hundred bucks to me.
I had to put premium in mine on a stock tune anyway. After owning a lot of turbo cars, I figured a plain ol' N/A V8 would allow less reliability issues and I could buy the cheap stuff. Wrong. You could hear the knocking. My buddies "bolt-on" GT (always on premium)would pull me by about a car everytime if I was on Regular- with the good stuff we were even. After that it used a steady diet of Premium.
I had to put premium in mine on a stock tune anyway. After owning a lot of turbo cars, I figured a plain ol' N/A V8 would allow less reliability issues and I could buy the cheap stuff. Wrong. You could hear the knocking. My buddies "bolt-on" GT (always on premium)would pull me by about a car everytime if I was on Regular- with the good stuff we were even. After that it used a steady diet of Premium.
Hmm? LOL@ couple hundred bucks.
08-05-2008, 03:18 PM
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[QUOTE=ponygt65;9870257] Well it certainly did kill power that's fo sho.
Too much? Not enough? I dunno. I got the Z tuned for $250- nothing exotic like a "93 octane tune" but still........
That's odd on a stock tune. I wonder if the factory tune was 'funny' in the way of timing. If the timing has been advanced and you put the 87 in, then the KS would kick in, pull timing and kill power.
Hmm? LOL@ couple hundred bucks.
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My Mustang was untuned and thus ran lean (especially in the summer) which would of course cause misfires bad enough where I would get a CEL running on 87. So I used premium for the past year and a half. Gotta love cheap-*** Ford not putting a knock sensor in the GTs...
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My Mustang was untuned and thus ran lean (especially in the summer) which would of course cause misfires bad enough where I would get a CEL running on 87. So I used premium for the past year and a half. Gotta love cheap-*** Ford not putting a knock sensor in the GTs...
Well the ones Ford put in the SVOs were so damn conservative we just unplugged them.
