Before I did headers and injectors, I raced a 99 + mustang gt. We both spun bad, I got the jump, then he slowly reeled me in and jumped a nudge ahead when we quit.

So last night I run into another mustang gt. I don't know mustangs well, but it was a newer model and a 5 speed.

I roll up to the red light where he is at, and it turns green before I am stopped. I roll by him at about 10 mph and I hear him punch it. By the time I see this and pin it, he is at my door. To my surpise, all through first gear he was pulling on me. I hit second gear and he stopped pulling on me, then I started slowly creeping away from him and we let off. I thought it would have been the other way around-lol


Close races are the best

 

good run! those PI stangs run pretty good with 5 spds, and with exhaust, gears, and tires, wake up very well, like most stangs.

 

Yea, I know he had def had exhaust. But didn't chat with him. I never had a car pull on me in 1st gear before

 

Wish that was true for me as well, but pullin 2.3 short times, and having no top end at all, im pretty much screwed.

 

The PI Mustangs AKA 99-04 GT/Mach 1's/Bullitts really get to speed well. Stock they run 14.3's-13.9's based on driver skill. theres a local guy here with 4.30 gears, full exhaust, pullies and a NX 100 shot running 8.4's in the 1/8th with some tire spin....He wont hit the button on the slicks, fraid his rear end might go bye-bye lol.

 

the newer gts all have fake hood scoops... good looking but such a waste... all they do is f uck up the aerodynamics

 

IROCThe5.7L: 2.77 rear gears or 3.23?

 

As far as I know 2.77's. The car came with 2.77's but I never pulled the cover to check for myself.

 

your racing that beautiful car??? LOL j/k

you can tell what gears you have by checking rpm at a certain mph......then go here http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/5755/math.html

and scroll down to the formula for mph and rpm to plug in some numbers to see what you have.

and i do find it hard for alot of cars out there to pull on a L98 in first gear......700r4 has a deep first gear and it really pulls nicely

 

You only live once, gotta enjoy the car It's a garage queen anyway, gotta clean her out once in a while

If I recall correctly, I am at 2k @70mph. I'll have to check again, I tested that a long time ago.

 

yep, 2k at 70 is about where i am at

and your right, every once in a while you need to feed some speed thru your ride! LOL

 

Wow 2k would be sweet... im probably at 3500 at 70- 75 ish.. havent changed the speedo gear yet thats with 3.73s and no converter lock-up. whats funny is with light throtle i hit OD at 40-45 lol.