How do you get a good launch ?
02-15-2007, 09:19 AM
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RE: How do you get a good launch ?
I get the best times with my auto by actually NOT dumping the throttle but gradually applying it to full throttle off the brake. Otherwise big time wheel spin for 30 foot or more and no traction.
02-15-2007, 01:04 PM
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RE: How do you get a good launch ?
ORIGINAL: LoLO
With an automatic mustang GT ? (2006)
I just bought a G-tech device which shows me the 0 to 60 mph time and I was always getting something in the 5sec.. and I notice that this happened because of my launch.
Since I had my car tuned, I have much more power at the end of the gear but at the launch from a dead stop I dont start fast enough or if I floor it too much I spin too long.
I tried to hold the break and accelerate a bit and then release the break and by doing that I obtained a 4.7sec time !
Maybe all I need is better tires.... what do you think
With an automatic mustang GT ? (2006)
I just bought a G-tech device which shows me the 0 to 60 mph time and I was always getting something in the 5sec.. and I notice that this happened because of my launch.
Since I had my car tuned, I have much more power at the end of the gear but at the launch from a dead stop I dont start fast enough or if I floor it too much I spin too long.
I tried to hold the break and accelerate a bit and then release the break and by doing that I obtained a 4.7sec time !
Maybe all I need is better tires.... what do you think
Add a few mods, though....and that is pretty easy to attain.
02-15-2007, 02:34 PM
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RE: How do you get a good launch ?
How do you defend this accusation Lolo? Is he right?
ORIGINAL: 6xStang
You have just answered a question that I was wondering about. The GTECH meter is apparently good for showing a relative improvement from one launch (or one pass) technique to another....but as a true measure of acceleration it is not very accurate. 4.7 0-60 in a stock GT, auto or otherwise, is a bit optimistic.
Add a few mods, though....and that is pretty easy to attain.
ORIGINAL: LoLO
With an automatic mustang GT ? (2006)
I just bought a G-tech device which shows me the 0 to 60 mph time and I was always getting something in the 5sec.. and I notice that this happened because of my launch.
Since I had my car tuned, I have much more power at the end of the gear but at the launch from a dead stop I dont start fast enough or if I floor it too much I spin too long.
I tried to hold the break and accelerate a bit and then release the break and by doing that I obtained a 4.7sec time !
Maybe all I need is better tires.... what do you think
With an automatic mustang GT ? (2006)
I just bought a G-tech device which shows me the 0 to 60 mph time and I was always getting something in the 5sec.. and I notice that this happened because of my launch.
Since I had my car tuned, I have much more power at the end of the gear but at the launch from a dead stop I dont start fast enough or if I floor it too much I spin too long.
I tried to hold the break and accelerate a bit and then release the break and by doing that I obtained a 4.7sec time !
Maybe all I need is better tires.... what do you think
Add a few mods, though....and that is pretty easy to attain.
02-15-2007, 02:38 PM
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RE: How do you get a good launch ?
If you are doing 4.7 wth stock tires you will do 4.5 easy withrace rubber.
Great times for a stock auto anyway man! - the Ford said speed is only 5.1 for stock.
Great times for a stock auto anyway man! - the Ford said speed is only 5.1 for stock.
ORIGINAL: LoLO
With an automatic mustang GT ? (2006)
I just bought a G-tech device which shows me the 0 to 60 mph time and I was always getting something in the 5sec.. and I notice that this happened because of my launch.
Since I had my car tuned, I have much more power at the end of the gear but at the launch from a dead stop I dont start fast enough or if I floor it too much I spin too long.
I tried to hold the break and accelerate a bit and then release the break and by doing that I obtained a 4.7sec time !
Maybe all I need is better tires.... what do you think
With an automatic mustang GT ? (2006)
I just bought a G-tech device which shows me the 0 to 60 mph time and I was always getting something in the 5sec.. and I notice that this happened because of my launch.
Since I had my car tuned, I have much more power at the end of the gear but at the launch from a dead stop I dont start fast enough or if I floor it too much I spin too long.
I tried to hold the break and accelerate a bit and then release the break and by doing that I obtained a 4.7sec time !
Maybe all I need is better tires.... what do you think
02-15-2007, 02:47 PM
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RE: How do you get a good launch ?
Easy now; not meant as an accusation.My point was thatI don't know of any reliable or verifiable reports that have put a STOCK S197 under 5 seconds, with amateur or professional drivers. My point was that unless LoLo's car is modded somehow to shave off a few tenths, I expect that the GTECH is doing the shaving.
Which is fine because it can still tell you whether a launch technique is faster or slower on any given day...and may be able to tell you if a tune or mod had made an impact (though weather can be a variable too).
My stock 5-speed Mustang GT seems as fast as any GTthat I have driven or been in, but it is in no way a 4.7 second car.
Which is fine because it can still tell you whether a launch technique is faster or slower on any given day...and may be able to tell you if a tune or mod had made an impact (though weather can be a variable too).
My stock 5-speed Mustang GT seems as fast as any GTthat I have driven or been in, but it is in no way a 4.7 second car.
ORIGINAL: WuStangKlan
How do you defend this accusation Lolo? Is he right?
How do you defend this accusation Lolo? Is he right?
ORIGINAL: 6xStang
You have just answered a question that I was wondering about. The GTECH meter is apparently good for showing a relative improvement from one launch (or one pass) technique to another....but as a true measure of acceleration it is not very accurate. 4.7 0-60 in a stock GT, auto or otherwise, is a bit optimistic.
Add a few mods, though....and that is pretty easy to attain.
ORIGINAL: LoLO
With an automatic mustang GT ? (2006)
I just bought a G-tech device which shows me the 0 to 60 mph time and I was always getting something in the 5sec.. and I notice that this happened because of my launch.
Since I had my car tuned, I have much more power at the end of the gear but at the launch from a dead stop I dont start fast enough or if I floor it too much I spin too long.
I tried to hold the break and accelerate a bit and then release the break and by doing that I obtained a 4.7sec time !
Maybe all I need is better tires.... what do you think
With an automatic mustang GT ? (2006)
I just bought a G-tech device which shows me the 0 to 60 mph time and I was always getting something in the 5sec.. and I notice that this happened because of my launch.
Since I had my car tuned, I have much more power at the end of the gear but at the launch from a dead stop I dont start fast enough or if I floor it too much I spin too long.
I tried to hold the break and accelerate a bit and then release the break and by doing that I obtained a 4.7sec time !
Maybe all I need is better tires.... what do you think
Add a few mods, though....and that is pretty easy to attain.
02-15-2007, 02:53 PM
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RE: How do you get a good launch ?
What are some normal times that you have seen with the auto (not what Ford says, actual times)? If one was trying to decided between the auto and the stick (with the auto being a little better in the bad weather I have here in Jersey), how much power is lost with the auto 0-60, 0-100, or from a roll compared to a 5-spd.
02-16-2007, 01:31 AM
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RE: How do you get a good launch ?
Ok first of all I am not stock I have CAI and custome tune and pulleys... and 4.10 next week ! so 4.7 is possible. I think it's pretty acurate actually.. the G-tech works fine
