FikseGTS

here is the first real world timeslip I've seen, any others?


http://www.dragtimes.com/Ford-Mustan...slip-9506.html



any dyno graphs posted yet?

McChicken

Wow 12.5 stock, that's OK with me.

That looks right about what the major publications were saying. I think someone pushed a 12.2 out of it but that was the best I've heard of.

But that is the first actual timeslip I have seen.

STLRedbird

I agree with the comments posted there - I was expecting better. My ignorance about the dragstrip is very nearly comprehensive, but shouldn't this car be in the 11s? Maybe it's just not broken in yet. Driver says he was running basically even with a c6 corvette, but those words could mean just about anything.

TheDutchTexan

Now that is pretty pathetic for a 500 horse car… 200bhp more than the standard gt… but only about a second faster.

But then again, it is heavier than a GT... And we all know weight killed the race car just like video killed the radio star...

bodyputtyless

Wow! I guess an extra $30K doesn't buy much in the "elapsed time" market these days. The GT convertible does 13.7. So if I bolt on a $5k super charger, add the tune,bust the exhaust from the manifolds back for another grand, I can get to 12.5 for the qtr and still have $23k to burn. And I don't have to pay the Federal gas guzzler tax. Amazing.

SpecterGT260

115 is an 11s trap isnt it? maybe he just didnt launch well.

Twister086

yeah he mentioned in his comments to the right that his launch wasnt that good...

BigDave

Bodyputtyless,
That was my plan. I had 2 deposits down for a $10k over deal and chickened out.

nautiluscont

Interesting, when I was at Milan, MI last Friday, 7/21/06 a writer was borrowing a GT500 from Ford to do a story and brought it to the track to see what it could do. The best pass after consulting with me about air pressures and launching was a 13.5 on street tires with a DA(density altitude - what altitude the car thinks it is at for the given weather conditions) of over 2700'. I was consistently running 13.03 on slicks which equates to about a 12.61 with a 700' DA. My car has 165hp less and was destroying the GT500. The GT500 may have hp but it goes to show you that hp isnt everything if the car is not setup properly.

FikseGTS

what were his trap speeds? was the launch really terrible, 60'?