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Okay, first off, I have to compliment you on your mods and your dyno. You have a fast car, relatively at least. As I'm sure you know, it's powerful enough to give you some launch issues. With your power levels, I don't see how you can launch with out spinning your tires for at least two seconds -- maybe less if you do a nice little burnout before you stage.
So, on a great day, if you had a good deal of practice with your car, you could possibly pull mid 12's, maybe a tenth or two lower if the G-ds were with you, which happens. I'm not a drag racer but I've read so many posts on here, that I have a pretty good idea of what these cars do.
Plus, I have an L99 and my car's had different mods done at different times, so I know how my car drives when it has 336 rwhp/ 361 ft/lbs tq; 395 rwhp/ 392 ft/lbs tq; and now 470 rwhp/ 440 ft/lbs of tq.
When my car had the 336 rwhp, with just an exhaust, my car would peel out pretty good on most launches. But after several launches, my tires would heat up and my engine would too so it would obviously lose some power, and therefore my car would hook pretty good.
When my car had 395 rwhp it usually acted like it did on launch when it had 336 rwhp because I had a centri on it and the tune was off (that's why it didn't make very much power) and it made most of it's power up top. But still, I probably had as much power as you in the lower rpms. And again, on early runs it would spin the tires on launch but after a few runs it would start to hook pretty good.
So bottom line, traction will be your biggest issue, coupled with your launch technique.
On average, I would guess you could run mid to high 12's maybe even low 13's still, because drag racing has so much to do with practice.
Now, if the Mustang owner is pretty good with his car, even though he has less power than you, his car is lighter, and he could likely run very low 13's too. Maybe even crack the high 12's. And every one can have a great day, so perhaps he could even run better than that.
I would say, practice your launch techniques for a couple of weeks. And then run him. And like someone said bedore me, bet him a steak dinner first, because I'm sure with a bit of practice you'll take him.
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