Without the traction control on it would just spin too easy on the stock rubber and you still wouldn't go any faster.

Now on drag tires it would be a different story.

 

Well, yeah, they can. 1/4 mile isn't everything. You can't autocross or road race very well with an auto, especially when there isn't a sport mode to keep it in gear, or paddle shifters. I'm sure Ford will address this soon.

 

Your always a party pooper!

 

The auto is very nicceeeee.

 

We need more info. But ****, that auto is fast. Who would have thought a 12 second Mustang with a auto could come out of Detroit and let
alone Ford? These are the good old days. Good job Ford Motor Company. I love you.

 

I am the guy that ran the Mustang last night,this is what drag racing is all about.I was in elimination till the finals (and won) everyone knew we were going to run after eliminations so we had a preety good size crowed what a blast.The guys from Vendicated were very cool.I cant wait to run Billy again. PS.My chubby Camaro ran a best of 12.79 @ 111 last night with Long tubes only no tune.

 

Nice. not bad at all. Get a tune and hmm 12.6 you think ?

 

He can't help himself.

 

This is a pleasant suprise. My 2011 Mustang GT has the 6-speed automatic. I always chuckle when someone first sees my new 2011 and loves it but then sees the automatic and whines "Awww man, no manual transmission?!?!? That sucks!" I tell them, you obviously haven't driven the Mustang GT 5.0 with 6-speed automatic.

Although I didn't know until now how well the auto performs against the manual, I knew how well it performed according to my butt-o-meter and it told me it was a very strong performer. I've also seen the Mustang automatic vs Camaro automatic drag race video clips on Youtube and the Mustang just shuts the Camaro automatic down (yeah, I know the Camaro automatic only has 400HP vs the manual's 425). Still ...

With the new 6-speed automatic, a guy with a manual tranny had better be good and quick because this new 6-speed auto ain't no slouch. Kudo's Ford!

 

Didn't know that, never seen a camaro at the track break 12.9 in real life stock.
nice runs btw, get a tune should wake up it

 

Lol...I took my car to Sac Raceway. Once. My best was 15.8 @ 89. although it had 96k miles on it and I didn't realize it had a slight misfire. It was a good time though, and even though I was the 2nd slowest vehicle there (the only thing slower than me was a fricken Dodge 3500 Ram Quad Cab Dually with the Cummins diesel and he was running 16.0!!) no one was bashing me for bringing my V6 Auto out. It was pretty fun and there were some fast rides out there!

 

Nice 1st post by the way. I think you'll find we don't bite, much.

 

Originally Posted by wantsan11
Corvette is slow because of torque management.

Hey !!! I resemble that remark ! Actually, I have eaten myself out of my C6, than's why I have an '11 GT vert coming. Lots of room in the Stangs (getting one of those super-fast automatics, too).

 

Thanks next up cai and tune,I cant wait for the transmission tune this thing is horrible.Jannetty racing has a couple L99's running 12.4's with LT's,Cai and tune from what I hear the trans tune is the ticket.

 

Thanks I wish the track could be that much fun every night.

 

Kaler next time you go send me a PM. I'm not going to be taking my POS there, but I like to go and be a spectator. Let's get some vids of the SS vs. the 5.0!

 

Those quarter mile speeds seem a little high. Especially the 14:41 car. His sixty was real slow, which could have been wheel spin, and so the 14:41 could have been a low 14s pass, and the MPH is a little closer to what it should have been.

Not unusual for timers to be off, the distances have to be perfect for the times/speeds to be right. You'll even find variations between lanes at the same track. If guys tell me that their car always 60s better at a certain track, then you can figure it's a little short in the 60.

I don't know what system that track uses, but it's not Compulink, so I'm not sure if the increments are the same as what we usually see, but they seem to be.

Oh.....you'll see boosted cars with big MPHs compared to time because of boost coming on, or drag radial cars that are set soft at the hit, but thse are NA cars, at least the Mustang.

 

Kaler was saying that someone said (wow, almost linked to Kevin Bacon!) that the traps are 3-4 mph higher at this track compared to Infineon in the same car, so to take it with a grain of salt. HOWEVER, I'd say we should just wait for more times from different tracks. I have a hard time believing a 115 MPH trap, but I am no expert on the subject so I could easily be wrong!

 

Yeah well Infineon looks like it's going uphill!

 

Is that the one where it goes uphill and downhill on the track? I recall someone on the Challenger forums talking about a track like that, saying it was the craziest track they've ever seen.