Ever get this problem?

When you floor it and you are thrown back to a point where your seat belt tensor locks?

I hate that problem

 

Yeah, that happens to me sometimes. Especially when I'm going around a sharp corner and hit the gas. Really locks you into the seat though!!

 

You'll have to let us know if your 'short pedal' calibration technique delivered any noticable results

 

I tried it both ways, full calibration felt like it had a touch more lag, doing it 1/2" short of the stop seemed normal again. Hard to tell because its so humid. But there was still throttle movement between the last 1/2" and the floor. I ended up driving about 6 new GT's today before mine again so I really can't tell either way because of being desensitized. For some reason the exhaust sounds a little different though, who knows

 

Interesting experiment! I tried calibrating mine the other day, if it is very quiet in the car you can hear the throttle body motor humming when you push the gas pedal down. I did not try short cycling it though. Interesting idea.

 

I redlined the taurus I had and it lived till 230k+ miles, the stang has stronger parts. You'll be fine.

At 230k on the stang it would be the yr. 2073 at the current pace

 

Even my mechanic told me not to be afraid to mash the pedal to the floor once in a while. Worst thing you can do is not vary the RPMs; if you drive mostly at the same level all the time, you actually risk etching fine grooves into the piston walls, which in turn reduce the smoothness and ultimately, your performance.

Just remember to wait till the engine is warmed up first, though.

 

thanks alot for all your input guys it relaly makes me feel better. i feel bette rto the poitn that i have been mashing alot more since i posted. o an d does the calibration actually work

 

You mean you can actually shift without red lining it every time? I did not know that...

 

Only one thing here that people seem to have missed. I agree completely with all that's been posted here with ONE exception. Do not ever run an engine hard until it is up to full operating temperature.
Why? The aluminum pistons expand at different rates than the cast iron sleeves in the aluminum block. When cold your pistons are a little loose in the bores which is partly why most engines tend to be slightly noisier when cold.
The amount of expansion varies with different types of pistons, cast forged or hyperutectic, but the same basic thing happens with all engines.
Absolutley there's no problem with driving the car agressively, just go easy until it's at full operating temperature.

 

As far as I can tell the calibration thing did nothing

 

Are you telling me that they sometime are not lock?

 

r u kidding?! its a mustang its meant to be beat on. i cant stand people who baby their mustangs. u want a car to baby get a jag.

 

I don't believe I missed that >>

 

It's fine to work it for all its worth! Just make sure it's warmed up first!