automatic lovers take notice!
03-31-2008, 06:48 PM
#52
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RE: automatic lovers take notice!
ORIGINAL: 05MustangSally
Drove my neighbor/friend's 05 GT Automatic. It's good for cruising a 300 mile trip if you're tired. Still have more fun in the manual and I feel more in control of the car.
Drove my neighbor/friend's 05 GT Automatic. It's good for cruising a 300 mile trip if you're tired. Still have more fun in the manual and I feel more in control of the car.
03-31-2008, 07:50 PM
#53
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Location: The High Country
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RE: automatic lovers take notice!
ORIGINAL: bodyputtyless
You'd be correct. The GT Vert weighs in the heaviest. Hiwever, apparently the wieght is right over the rear axle. Just where you want it to be. I myself was amazed when I looked over the "stock" elapsed times and found the rag top GT automatic the fastest from the factory doors. How sweet it is!
ORIGINAL: Orion_240
That statement is going to need some explanation!
We don't have enough wheel spin to take away from a 1/4 mile time, so weight distribution is nominal in our autos. I think you got an engine in the vert that is 5-6 HP more than the Coupe. No 2 engines are created equal and all put out different HP numbers on a dyno.
The convertibles are heavierthan coupes, aren't they?
A stock, automatic vert is the heaviest of all the 3 combos.
Or did you just chop the top off a stock coupe?
ORIGINAL: bodyputtyless
Even better, my "stock" automatic convertible GT will beat them all in the quarter mile. The vert is faster...and as they say..you can look that fact up!
ORIGINAL: chain1
So the consensus here is that with two good drivers, a stock auto will outrun a stock manual in the 1/4? Just want to be sure.
So the consensus here is that with two good drivers, a stock auto will outrun a stock manual in the 1/4? Just want to be sure.
We don't have enough wheel spin to take away from a 1/4 mile time, so weight distribution is nominal in our autos. I think you got an engine in the vert that is 5-6 HP more than the Coupe. No 2 engines are created equal and all put out different HP numbers on a dyno.
The convertibles are heavierthan coupes, aren't they?
A stock, automatic vert is the heaviest of all the 3 combos.
Or did you just chop the top off a stock coupe?
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