our darlings have the same name! only difference is you ahve yours! mines still on hold!

 

Excellant write up, wish I could have been there with you! Bet you had a ball.

 

Great story...I love to see people enjoying their new mustangs now if I can only teleport to the future to get my 07 cobra and be done with nursing school I would be doing that too...lol.great story Boss

 

very fun to read! Nie to see people actually out driving these like they were made for! i plan to take mine out before xmas to see how she does with all the mods....i'm hoping for low 13's or high 12's with some skilled driving....wish me luck!!!

 

second yellow? I always launch on the 3rd yellow and that nets me usually a .530 -.600 r/t on a sportsman tree. Launch on the 2nd and you will more than likely get a big fat redlight.

 

Good times Boss! Man i hate to say it, but the 05's defintely give my car a run for its money.

 

Mongoose

 

Some dude here in vegas was like dude the mustangs are slow i saw one running a 16.5. I said it must have been a v6 and he said it was a gt. Then we got into an arguement and we had to get sepperated. So can anyone give me driving tips or racing tips?

 

I'll give you one (a tip). Don't drive or race. Return your Stang to the dealer and let someone else drive it.

 

First of all, props to you for posting numbers. They may be low compared to the mags, but that means nothing. I'd rather hear it from a fellow Stanger.

Two questions:

On the third run, why did you granny shift into 3rd, and secondly, why did you shift into 4th at the end?

Once again, thanks for your posts!

 

I panicked . . . .

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I panicked . . . .




OK, maybe only half true After missing third on the second run, I was more than a little gun-shy. I made the decision to granny shift third about 3 microseconds before I did it. The decision to go into 4th was a bit more complicated. When the tach was somewhere north of 5,000 rpm, I had about a ten minute conversation with myself. I considered how far I was from the finish line, I analyzed the performance of myself and Ruby thus far on this run and finally I remembered one of our members saying his ran faster by shifting into fourth. After carefully weighting all these items, I made the decision to shift to fourth. Being satisfied with that decision, I then turned to the question of power shifting or granny shifting fourth. I though back over the previous two runs and realized I had not had any problem hitting fourth. So I made up my mind to do it when I suddenly remembered that I had not gone fast enough to warrant going to fourth on the two previous runs and that was why I did not have a problem shifting! This did throw considerable doubt into my mind about going to fourth or not. . . . . I finally decided to go for it and as luck would have it, I successfully completed a full power shift to fourth!

The Boss Hog
(OK, maybe I did just panic . . . . . . . . . . )

 

Cool beans! Although I must say, I did not see the post where a member said he had better times by shifting into 4th, and I that does not seem to plausible to me...

If you look at the dyno curve of the 05 it keeps climbing all the way to redline at 6K, so according to that it would make no sense to shift into 4th unless you are hitting the rev limiter (which I believe is set at 6250 or something like that).

I'm open to being corrected though. B)

 

I don't know how long you've been drag racing, but that is just funny to me because I can picture it in my head you going through your second run. I see it time and time again when I go to the track, but it's all a matter of practice and getting to know your car and clutch. Oh and please don't expect your rear-end to hold up too long if you keep dumping the clutch at 4,000rpm!!! :nono:

 

second yellow? I always launch on the 3rd yellow and that nets me usually a .530 -.600 r/t on a sportsman tree. Launch on the 2nd and you will more than likely get a big fat redlight. [/b][/quote]
Yes it should be when you see the last amber that you begin to launch. This will net a good reaction time. However, I don't know why people make a big deal about their R/T, you're racing against the clock and it doesn't start until you start moving. That is unless of course you're racing the guy next to you for some cash :P

 

Yes it should be when you see the last amber that you begin to launch. This will net a good reaction time. However, I don't know why people make a big deal about their R/T, you're racing against the clock and it doesn't start until you start moving. That is unless of course you're racing the guy next to you for some cash :P [/b][/quote]
Duh! That's what I meant - the THIRD amber, not the second.

Thanks for pointing that out. I've edited my post to correct the mistake.

 

I don't know how long you've been drag racing, but that is just funny to me because I can picture it in my head you going through your second run. I see it time and time again when I go to the track, but it's all a matter of practice and getting to know your car and clutch. Oh and please don't expect your rear-end to hold up too long if you keep dumping the clutch at 4,000rpm!!! :nono: [/b][/quote]

This whole series has been written in a maner to bring a little fun to the forum, not to hold myself up to ridicule. If I could not afford to break it, I would not be at a drag strip. But I can so please don't waiste your condescending attitude ( :nono: ) on me.

The Boss Hog

PS 1st time on drag strip was 1966 in a '58 Pontiac Superchief at Fremont CA

 

Dunno what the hail that guy is talking about, because with this modular engine, you pretty much HAVE to launch at 4K or so in order to get into the torque curve, although slipping the clutch is definitely the way to go over just dumping it...not so much to save your drivetrain, but because too much wheelspin=crappy ETs.

Just like on my motorcycle, (which has a redline of 9,500), I launch at 5K or so. If I don't, it bogs...

 

HAHAHAHHAHAHHA

 

"axle tramp"

Isn't that supposed to be what the live axle is supposed to be good at avoiding relative to an IRS and one of its main raisons d'etre over an IRS???

Good showing at the strip though, better get thyself to a helmet store :-)

 

I`m 57 haven`t been to the drags in 40 yrs tell b-day i had the same run first time.