Beat 98ish 'Stang GT

[Cyprus106]

Damn right... and you can kiss my ass, SVT.

I'm up at the front of the stop light aith my subs blairing, on a quest to get to the mall to get my g\f something for christmas and this stang GT pulls up next to me and for some reason, takes my bass as a challenge. I faintly hear him revvin and flip the music off. I'm half a car behind him so I can see the big GT on the back (not to mention the nice big purple license plate light) and figured I'd get stomped but I'd still be fun since I hadn't had a race in a while. The light turns green and I got a great start. Almost full traction and a nice pull. I got half a car in front of him in 1st and maintained through second. I pulled more in 3rd and got almost a full car before we hit the next light. I was turning and we both ended up at the mall parking lot. The windows were tinted so I couldn't see the person. The way it shifted hinted that it was an auto. I still won.
Anyways... Highlight of my life. Woohoo... We're all happy.

[Self]

It wasn't a GT, he wasn't racing you, he missed every shift, or he was running in 4 cylinder mode.

[mnd643]

Nice kill man, dont even trip about readin the fools post bove this, notice it always seems to be a V-8 owner rippin on these racing threads. Theres nothin wrong with havin 4 extra cylinders, I like bigger engines, but that doesnt make ya'll unbeatable by foreign 4's.....

[-The Stig-]

Sorry but this time I think I've got to agree with my good buddy Self... this story doesnt Add up correctly... I dont think the Mustang was trying.. or it was a V6.

With your current mods I highly doubt you could burn a GT stang. And if it was an Auto, its almost fool proof... meaning it cant miss a shift.

He must of not been trying, or it was a V6...I think it must of been a mistaken Identity on the owner of the Mustang... Like how people put Type-R badges on certain Hondas?

I can think of only one thing...
Did he have a loud exhaust? I know some people with really loud exhaust and it sounds like they're going really fast but they're not. And i'm talking about V8 cars. So it could of been a mistake???

[Self]

Originally posted by mnd643
Nice kill man, dont even trip about readin the fools post bove this, notice it always seems to be a V-8 owner rippin on these racing threads. Theres nothin wrong with havin 4 extra cylinders, I like bigger engines, but that doesnt make ya'll unbeatable by foreign 4's.....

I'm not ripping on anyone's racing story, and I don't think V8s are unbeatable by any means. But what I do KNOW, is that the 260 horsepower of the GT would be MORE THAN enough to overcome a nearly stock EX. SO, either the Mustang was a badge-switching RICE BOY, or he wasn't racing, and it just sounded like he was going all out because of his loud exhaust. That's happened to me on more than one occasion. I'll pull up somewhere and people will ask me why I was speeding. I'll look at them like they're crazy and then tell 'em that I was only going 25, the car's just loud

[TerminalVelocity]

low 15 sec cars stock

vs a high 16?

you have some mods, but the sound system you have would be enough to weigh it down to where you basically are stock...

1...could have been a gt and been trying, but screwed up a shift
2...engine could have been shot to hell, you defentally would have won
3...you could have gone into f&f mode and somehow hit your nos eventhough you dont have it, and won

(adding the 3 just for fun, not to be an ass :P)

Even if its a 6, good kill
if its an 8, ,better kill

eather way, good hunting, keep posting the kills

[94svt5.0]

A couple things here. First, if you had to turn music off to really hear exhaust of GT then it was not packing a v8. More likely a heavy auto v6, that might pull a high 16 on a downhill slope on a cold day. Also. if there was a GT emblem on the back then it was not a 98 or older GT with the 215 hp rating... It would have to be a 99 or newer, since that is when they started putting the emblem on the back. So, in that case it would have 260 hp and run mid 14s with a good driver on a auto trans. So, I am quite sure your cold air induction and a shifter would not make up the 2 second deficit between your times and theirs. So, cyprus, It would be safe to say, you raced someone not racing. Very ricer like I might say. You may start kissing now.

[YogsVR4]

To sum up all the other posts. Good kill - even on the chance he wasn't racing.

[Self]

Originally posted by YogsVR4
To sum up all the other posts. Good kill - even on the chance he wasn't racing.

hehe, yes, that's pretty much the jist of it

[Cyprus106]

Hey, svt. Theres this thing that happens a lot of the time when racing. It's called a driver. Some of them aren't very good and some of them are. A good driver can mean the largest difference in a race. Yes, he was racing, yes I did still beat him. unforseen variables can mean everything. I don't know if you want me kissing, I bite.

[Pnoi Q]

Originally posted by 94svt5.0
So, in that case it would have 260 hp and run mid 14s with a good driver on a auto trans.

14 seconds is pretty quick... at least compared to my econobox.

[-The Stig-]

but having an Automatic pretty much eliminates the driver error...

i mean.. he cant miss a shift...


At least how i see it.

[carrrnuttt]

Hey guys. Haven't been on in a while. Saw this and HAD to respond.

I actually got the chance to cruise to Speedworld Motorplex here in Phoenix last Wednesday. Went with my bud who was doing tuning runs with his CRX. I would like to say that I saw a TON of Mustangs there that night. I even thought there might've been a Mustang meet or something...though I doubt it. Anyways, getting to my point, I watched every run that night and I'm here to tell everyone that the fastest I saw the newer Mustangs (99-up) run that night was about a 14.5. The 96-98 variety of Mustangs that night AVERAGED about mid-15's...with low 15's being the norm. I don't know whether they were stock or not, but some were louder than others...but even those ran only VERY high 14's. You could chalk it up to driver, but there were at least a dozen that ran that night...and I am sure that at least one of those guys knew how to marginally drive...which is what most Mustang people will claim it takes to take a '98 GT to 14's. The ones I mentioned above were the ones that didn't blow their launches...the ones that did ran 16's and there was a couple in the 17's.

Incidentally, there was a '01 EX that night that ran consistent 15's with a lowest pass of 15.6 with just I/H/E and removed back seats and passenger seats.

The best race for me that night was a blue '92-'95 Civic hatch on slicks that beat a black Z06(dunno what year Z06...I'm assuming '00). The Civic ran a 12.60 against the 'Vette's 12.90. The Civic guy even turned his hazards on right BEFORE the quarter-mark just to rub it in. Don't know what the Civic was running, but he definitely didn't have a turbo or SC...no BOV sounds or turbo spool-up or SC whine at all...mebbe nitrous? But then again, he never purged anything at all in his three runs...all-motor?(God help me if I claim that )

Funny thing, after hearing about all these awesome Mustangs from SVT, all I could think about watching them at the track was what excuses he'd come up with for all these Mustangs not living up to his hype. Not trying to flame here, but that WAS what I was thinking.

For those of you that don't believe me, here's Speedworld's number...(623) 388-2424. It was the Wednesday night runs on the 18th of December.

P.S.: My friend's CRX was running on a supposed drag-only ECU that wouldn't let him shift past 7000RPMS...his best run was a 14.3 all-motor. Also, I saw this stupid 5.0 that was revving on me out in traffic a week earlier. I would've raced him for shits and giggles if there wasn't any traffic...he looked pretty menacing with his unpainted cowl hood...he ran a 17.7:finger:.

[KrNxRaCer00]

Well there is some useful information. Thx carnutttt (No sarcasm, being serious). All i kno, is when i first read this i was with the others, simply because of the fact that IF it were a 99-up GT, then there wouldn't be much of a chance w/ out poor driving, or something of that sort.

I still think that the guy was running against a V6 auto, but thats only my opinion. this guy had full seats in, w/ a sub in the back. no way that a guy w/ 135hp (giving him 8hp from I/E) and running around 2600 lbs, is going to beat even a 96-98 w/ OUT it being a poor driver.

any who...still a good kill way to go Cyprus.

[94svt5.0]

So, carrnutt are you saying that moddified mustangs only run high 14s to 15s stock? with a good driver? Because that is what is sounds like. Those are stock times for the respective years of the mustangs you where talking about, unless your at a track above 5k feet above sea level. Just because a mustang sounds "LOUDER" doesnt mean its modified other then exhaust. I would have though you would have known better then that Or is it you just look for any chance to take a shot at me? Sure there is always the senario where a driver screws up, it happens. But, in cyprus case he did not mention the GT spinning out, so that portion of the lauch was correct for the GT driver, leaving the source of error to be in shifting. Hmmm the consensus is it was an auto , not much room for a mistake there. Are Mustangs the fastest on earth?, No. Can a mostly stock mustang beat a mostly stock civic without any trouble, Yes. The difference in the two times is to great, even with major errors on part of the mustang driver, most likely he was not racing. But, if he was racing, he was a sorry driver or made a large driving error ( read. left trans in nuetral) If so, then jolly good kill cyprus.