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Took my 2011 5.0L Mustang GT to the track

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Old 11-01-2010, 05:46 PM
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WOW @ a tune-only improving .6 secs!
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Old 11-01-2010, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by onederful100
or so it would seem to the untrained eye.
I'm well aware of the skill and nuance required to successfully hurl a projectile as fast as possible. Less so on an auto, but still.

In either case, the steering wheel remains largely unused at a drag strip. At a track, you get to handle traction management in four different directions, not just one.

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Old 11-01-2010, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by hawkeye18
Protip: you took it to the strip, not the track. "Track" implies actual driving.

Good numbers, though.
I've got a hairpin turn at the end of the 1320... So I can get off. LOL
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