5.0 vs Camaro SS 1/4 mile race

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FF to :34 seconds. Stock L99 with handheld tuner vs 5.0 on NT05R drag radials, muffler delete, cai, 3.73's manual.



Closer then you would think. Enjoy.

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Originally Posted by bluebeastsrt

HUH? Who woulda thunk a sticky tired 5.0 would have beat a SS???

Who would have thought a stock L99 would trap more then bolt on(well cai, muffler delete unturned) 5.0 manual on 3.73's with DR's?

[2012 Mustang GT]

Lousy driver???? Never trapped that low ever in my car. 111 in the heat 113-114 in cool weather

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Originally Posted by 2012 Mustang GT

Lousy driver???? Never trapped that low ever in my car. 111 in the heat 113-114 in cool weather

He ran 12.7 @ 111 mph in Mississippi bone stock on the tires it came with.

He still has timeslip with him.

You need to look around before you go saying 12.7 in stock 6-speed manual 5.0 is lousy driver.

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Originally Posted by bluebeastsrt

Dont mind him. He posts these goofy videos all the time like they are supposed to represent every driver out there.

The trap speed is lower because of his 3.73's, he has to shift into 5th before end of 1/4 mile at around 105. My friend's 3.31 auto 5.0 stock trapped 109 mph.

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Originally Posted by bluebeastsrt

Why would having 3.73 gears cause him to shift into 5th in a fairly stock car that has a 7000K red line????????????????

4th gear redlines at 105

[CobraBall]

Originally Posted by bluebeastsrt

After your done counting try dropping by the mustang forum and see what the actual owners say their top speed is for 4th gear. I'm pretty sure once you do the math you'll find a 3.73 car is closer to 115@ redline in 4th gear. And the 3.31 standard gear in a Mustang is good to about 125MPH.
http://forums.themustangsource.com/f...-0l-gt-482773/

I'm not sure about the first run in that video, but in the second one, he most certainly hit 5th at the end of the run. It's a loud car and I know what a 5.0 sounds like, count the shifts, he hits 5th right before he goes through the traps(a couple seconds or so after the kid says "he chirped 4th"). You can't really tell with the first run because someone starts doing a burnout close to the camera right as the cars were going through the traps.

Dude your making this sh!t up as you go. Count the shifts in the video below. It'll hit 100 in third easily.

http://www.streetfire.net/video/2011...ph_2381508.htm

Watch that video again, that's an auto, listen to how smooth and early the shifts are. Not only do autos have completely different gear ratios in the box, they also have the crap ass 3.15s out back, not 3.73s. I have an auto 5.0 and I've been doing data logs lately locked in 3rd gear, it's absurdly tall. Red line is well over 110 mph in 3rd.

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Originally Posted by bluebeastsrt

110 in third.

Are you that dense? How many times do we have to explain to you he has 3.73's and it's a manual?

[2012 Mustang GT]

with a clean launch you will be right at the end of 4th gear with the 3.73's and right around 109-110. Shifting to 5th will lose a little time but gain some mph. They do not top out at 105 in 4th try again.

[2012 Mustang GT]

Originally Posted by bluebeastsrt

Dude your making this sh!t up as you go. Count the shifts in the video below. It'll hit 100 in third easily.

http://www.streetfire.net/video/2011...ph_2381508.htm

After your done counting try dropping by the mustang forum and see what the actual owners say their top speed is for 4th gear. I'm pretty sure once you do the math you'll find a 3.73 car is closer to 115@ redline in 4th gear. And the 3.31 standard gear in a Mustang is good to about 125MPH.
http://forums.themustangsource.com/f...-0l-gt-482773/

110 is right on the soft limiter in 4th with the 3.73's with the stock tune
im right on the limiter at 115 with the 3.31's in my car on the stock tune and stock tires. With the 18" Dr's and stock tune im shifting into 5th around 109-110

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Originally Posted by 2012 Mustang GT

110 is right on the soft limiter in 4th with the 3.73's with the stock tune
im right on the limiter at 115 with the 3.31's in my car on the stock tune and stock tires. With the 18" Dr's and stock tune im shifting into 5th around 109-110

False.
He did that and it redlined and he trapped 104-105 mph. He is on these 05ish S197 GT wheels and Nitto NT05R, they are a little tall. That may be too blame.

I have ridden and driven his car, it goes to 105. Period.

[2012 Mustang GT]

Taller tires would give him more more MPH in 4th not lower it

[newmoon]

Originally Posted by bluebeastsrt

Why would having 3.73 gears cause him to shift into 5th in a fairly stock car that has a 7000K red line????????????????

You wouldn't think so but it's that way, when I took my 5.0 to the track the only semi clean pass I got I was at the 7000 rpms in 4th maybe 50-100' before the traps, I decided to ride out 4th instead of 5th. The 5.0's rev very quickly. My trap on that pass was 109.2

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Originally Posted by bluebeastsrt

This! End of story! No company on earth that builds a car that's world renown for drag racing is going to have you rowing thru the gears like a retard. Every shift causes you time! The OP keeps posting videos of his non-driving friends and trys to pass them off as normal. The kid is a complete fool. PERIOD! Do you see how stupid he is. Taller tires could be to blame he says??? LOLOL tall tire effectively make the gears smaller you idiot!

Says the guy who doesn't know the difference between 3.31 and 3.73 gears, another member and I tried to explain but he blew it off. Instead posting videos and links to a base auto geared 5.0 and how it gets through 1/4 mile in 3rd.

Have you driven a wrx Sti? You are in 5th gear by the end of the 1/4 mile in that too.