Why can't ford...
03-14-2007, 07:55 PM
#22
6th Gear Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Gainesville, FL
Posts: 11,278
RE: Why can't ford...
You rented a stock automatic convertible. That's the slowest s197 you can get besides a v6.
Was your friends car a manual? It would seem silly racing from a roll if it was.
Was your friends car a manual? It would seem silly racing from a roll if it was.
03-14-2007, 09:12 PM
#27
Gentleman's Relish
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: AZ
Posts: 13,090
RE: Why can't ford...
ORIGINAL: Baddog
...Build a fast automatic stang? As I've mentioned, I rented an '06 auto vert and blasted it up to Whistler. It's not to say it's slow but it certainly left me wanting in the acceleration department. Going back to '87, there has always been such a difference in performance between the slushbox and the T5 in stangs. An '87 couldn't light the tires without starting with a brakestand. Even then, once the brake was released the smokeshow stopped almost IMMEDIATELY. The same was true with the '06 I rented. What gears do the new stangs come with? I know adding gear would help but probably not enough. I am a ford guy so don't get me wrong but my friend who drove up with me and my girl has a 95(!!!) black t-roof equipped M6 LT1 Z28 which is bone stock like the stang. He fed me my *** in every kind of race we came up with. It just dissapointed me that a 12 year old cartook me downafter all the smack (jokingly) I was talking. GM somehow has the equation figured out. My other friend has an SLP SS camaro M6, the kind with the two duals side by side out the middle of the car. It's rated at 345hp and is a blast to drive. Thing is, the best recorded quarter times in that model were routinely (always ,really) put downin the automatic. The same was true in all the camaros starting in '93, the autobox being almost paint on paint with the six speed. Why can't ford do likewise with their performance automatics? Me, I don't really care cause I'll never own an automatic but I'm curious just the same...
...Build a fast automatic stang? As I've mentioned, I rented an '06 auto vert and blasted it up to Whistler. It's not to say it's slow but it certainly left me wanting in the acceleration department. Going back to '87, there has always been such a difference in performance between the slushbox and the T5 in stangs. An '87 couldn't light the tires without starting with a brakestand. Even then, once the brake was released the smokeshow stopped almost IMMEDIATELY. The same was true with the '06 I rented. What gears do the new stangs come with? I know adding gear would help but probably not enough. I am a ford guy so don't get me wrong but my friend who drove up with me and my girl has a 95(!!!) black t-roof equipped M6 LT1 Z28 which is bone stock like the stang. He fed me my *** in every kind of race we came up with. It just dissapointed me that a 12 year old cartook me downafter all the smack (jokingly) I was talking. GM somehow has the equation figured out. My other friend has an SLP SS camaro M6, the kind with the two duals side by side out the middle of the car. It's rated at 345hp and is a blast to drive. Thing is, the best recorded quarter times in that model were routinely (always ,really) put downin the automatic. The same was true in all the camaros starting in '93, the autobox being almost paint on paint with the six speed. Why can't ford do likewise with their performance automatics? Me, I don't really care cause I'll never own an automatic but I'm curious just the same...
