Motorweek BOSS 302 test review
Maybe they meant 124" @ 12.4mph for the 1/4 mile
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124 MPH - funny.
I'm betting they use a gtech pro for 1/4 times.
I'm betting they use a gtech pro for 1/4 times.
Motorweek gushes over the new BOSS, had nothing but raves for the car. And for once not a single mention of the solid rear axle.
Their performance numbers:
0-60 4.4 seconds
60-0 111 feet
12.4 @ 124 1/4 mile, absolutely screaming on the top end!
Pretty good review and better than Motorweek's usual 1/4 mile reports.
Their performance numbers:
0-60 4.4 seconds
60-0 111 feet
12.4 @ 124 1/4 mile, absolutely screaming on the top end!
Pretty good review and better than Motorweek's usual 1/4 mile reports.
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124 mph trap speed
Hi guys I just want to tell a story about an experience I had in my 2012 boss. I took it to the drags for the first time last night and after several runs I was able to get 12.888 at 111 mph. All my other runs were in the low 13s and my speed was pretty consistent, 109 to 111. I had a guy next to me in a Honda when I ran the 12...I pulled away off the line and was smoking him past the 1/8 and then... right at the very end of the 1/4 he caught me and crossed the line at 124 mph. Our times were really close, he was 12.686. I think maybe he had nos? Not sure but I agree 124 is flat out crazy. That had to have been a typo. Anyone know of some good light rims to buy for racing? Thanks #774 KB.
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Okay all, I e-mailed Motorweek and asked about their reported trap speed for their test and here is what the host, John Davis, wrote me back:
First reply.
And the second follow up e-mail reply,
So, some sort of glitch apparently in their timing equipment.
First reply.
On 9/12/11 10:20 AM, "John Davis" <jdavis@mail.mpt.org> wrote:
>Curtis,
>
>You are right to suspect the 1/4 mile on the Boss. We should have caught
>it. A car that fast would have been in the 11s. We are going back to look
>at the test records. I have a feeling it should have been 114 mph at the
>end which would match up with the time. We will get back to you later
>this week and very very sorry for the confusion. It may have also been a
>computer malfunction but still it should have popped up in our eyes
>before it did in yours. Thanks for your effort to keep us correct. John
>Davis
>Curtis,
>
>You are right to suspect the 1/4 mile on the Boss. We should have caught
>it. A car that fast would have been in the 11s. We are going back to look
>at the test records. I have a feeling it should have been 114 mph at the
>end which would match up with the time. We will get back to you later
>this week and very very sorry for the confusion. It may have also been a
>computer malfunction but still it should have popped up in our eyes
>before it did in yours. Thanks for your effort to keep us correct. John
>Davis
Curtis,
We have checked on the numbers from our test session and what others got for the same car and we must conclude our test computer malfunctioned. The time looks right but speed is high. My guess it is closer to 114-116 mpg. No way of knowing exactly. Thanks for catching this and we'll make corrections but unfortunately we cannot pull the show back.
Very best regards,
John Davis
MotorWeek
We have checked on the numbers from our test session and what others got for the same car and we must conclude our test computer malfunctioned. The time looks right but speed is high. My guess it is closer to 114-116 mpg. No way of knowing exactly. Thanks for catching this and we'll make corrections but unfortunately we cannot pull the show back.
Very best regards,
John Davis
MotorWeek
Originally Posted by Stangpilot007
114-116 mpg?! Go **** yourself Prius! 
Good catch!!
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This race seems to dictate that the mph is just a simply typo. Motor Trend ran a simple drag race and achieved 12.4@115 in the Laguna Seca.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDP7P...layer_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDP7P...layer_embedded
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At our 75-80 home track, the BOSS quickly went to work with a 4.4-second trip to 60. That’s 3-tenths faster than the last Mustang GT we tested. It was all business as usual down the quarter mile, as well, tripping the clock at 12.4-seconds at 114 miles-per-hour from the written review
http://www.motorweek.org/reviews/roa...stang_boss_302
http://www.motorweek.org/reviews/roa...stang_boss_302
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At our 75-80 home track, the BOSS quickly went to work with a 4.4-second trip to 60. That’s 3-tenths faster than the last Mustang GT we tested. It was all business as usual down the quarter mile, as well, tripping the clock at 12.4-seconds at 114 miles-per-hour from the written review
http://www.motorweek.org/reviews/roa...stang_boss_302
http://www.motorweek.org/reviews/roa...stang_boss_302
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