Adam

I won an AMEX promo and got the car for 50% off, not bitter one bit

LostBoyz

thanks for posting it smaller, but will you let us know why you are posting it?

SteedaGus

Thanks! It is awesome to be able to run those times with just simple changes.

On the first responder saying we called it stock with drag radials, we didnt say that. Here is a copy and paste from the article.

"Recently one of our 2011 Steeda Mustangs equipped with our proprietary Steeda Cold Air Intake, a Steeda Performance Tune, and Nitto 275/40/17 NT05 Drag Radials blasted down the quarter mile at the South Georgia Motorsports Park with an unbelievable time of 11.96 seconds at over 115 mph !"

We are not claiming it is stock. Further in the article we mention stock exhaust, which it is, down to the mufflers. Not even the axle back has been changed. We are not saying the whole car is stock though.

I would not want people to just read whats in this post and then not bother to read the article itself and assume that is what we said. It does bother me when people take a title to infer the meaning of the whole article and go on to call it misleading, as you noticed. LOL

SweetSandMan

^^Stop posting pictures of your car...in the wrong section...

Riptide

It can easily be avoided by the OP actually making the title clearer. Frankly I can see room to be bothered by both angles. Yah you should read the article first. But the person who makes the frickin title should name it better as well.

Also I'm sure you guys are aware of this but it might be worth repeating. I've seen others pick up "only" .25 in the 1/4 mile from an intake/tune on these cars. There is a guy over on s197forum who had that experience. He ran a 12.7 stock and then a 12.5 after the intake/tune. Results are going to vary because the weather and track conditions vary from one day to the next.

Long Stroke

Your 100% right.

Thats why when we first designed the CAI I went to the track to do this....

https://mustangforums.com/forum/2005...k-testing.html

Test the car 100% stock, then with just CAI and tune, then bolted up some Nitto's. All on the same exact night.

Problem I had was with the cheap 235 stock tires, adding more HP only caused more tire spin. Even with the radials I figured out how launch it right. But going from a 3.31 to a 3.73, and adding CAI, Tune and Nitto's was just under a full second at the track. Sick.

No doubt though, these cars fly.

pitchdogg

there is a well known company that also posts misleading VIDEOS on youtube.
Then they argue about clarity....

302_GT

^ You've got me curious. Which videos?

SweetSandMan

We're just being hard on you Steeda that's all. It was a great run and we can't take that away. But surely you can see how it's slightly misleading with the way it's advertised. Look at the title and ask yourself, "Was the car modified further than the title lists?" The answer is Yes. Granted, it says it in the story outline (AKA fine print). But it just comes across as a marketing ploy that doesn't tell the whole truth up front....kinda like the Chevy Volt's "230 mpgs" before that was called out.

SteedaGus

Actually no, I dont see it as misleading, as I've already stated.

When did it become a requirement to have a title tell you everything you need to know about an article? The title is an introduction to what you are going to read. Somehow at somepoint some people seem to feel entitled to have the article title tell them what the entire article is going to say.

I don't and will not agree with that. A title is meant to be an introduction and certainly not meant to tell you every little detail. Thats what the article was for. And if someone starts making assumptions and saying incorrect things cause they didnt bother to read the article I will not hesitate to call them on it.

What is there to read if everything is told in a short title? You might as well skip writing an article altogether. Thats how I see it and we'll just agree to disagree.