dig or roll
01-10-2007, 01:12 AM
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dig or roll
A lot of you guys say mustangs are really good from a roll, but I have been experimenting and just started to race just a couple friends of mine and it seems like I do way better from a dig. Are mustangs better from a dig generally or from a roll for you guys?
01-10-2007, 01:31 AM
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RE: dig or roll
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
01-10-2007, 01:38 AM
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RE: dig or roll
ORIGINAL: MustangChris04
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
01-10-2007, 01:40 AM
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RE: dig or roll
ORIGINAL: handyandy
That explains something to me. A few days ago I raced my friends Evo VIII, and he would race me from a 40 mph roll and he always schooled me by about 1.5 car lengths. But then we went from 10 mph roll and I was only behind by about .5-1 length. I knew we might be dead even if I raced him from a dig, but he didn't want to for some bull**** reason. Something about how his computer will sense stress on the differential so it will put stress on the clutch or something else to relieve the differential.... i dunno. So he wouldn't race from a dig. I always feel like I pull and start way harder from a dig though over a roll.
ORIGINAL: MustangChris04
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
01-10-2007, 01:43 AM
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RE: dig or roll
my buddy has a 1.8 turbo jetta
from 0-60 i get him by 6-9 cars < dig big difference once turbo spools up its a little different
from 40-60 in second i get him by half-1 car
from 70-100 i get him by 1-2 car
ORIGINAL: handyandy
That explains something to me. A few days ago I raced my friends Evo VIII, and he would race me from a 40 mph roll and he always schooled me by about 1.5 car lengths. But then we went from 10 mph roll and I was only behind by about .5-1 length. I knew we might be dead even if I raced him from a dig, but he didn't want to for some bull**** reason. Something about how his computer will sense stress on the differential so it will put stress on the clutch or something else to relieve the differential.... i dunno. So he wouldn't race from a dig. I always feel like I pull and start way harder from a dig though over a roll.
ORIGINAL: MustangChris04
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
01-10-2007, 01:46 AM
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RE: dig or roll
ORIGINAL: Fryguy22
it's because he knows you'll win from a dig. Tell him to run a real race.... from a dig. A roll race takes barely any skill.
ORIGINAL: handyandy
That explains something to me. A few days ago I raced my friends Evo VIII, and he would race me from a 40 mph roll and he always schooled me by about 1.5 car lengths. But then we went from 10 mph roll and I was only behind by about .5-1 length. I knew we might be dead even if I raced him from a dig, but he didn't want to for some bull**** reason. Something about how his computer will sense stress on the differential so it will put stress on the clutch or something else to relieve the differential.... i dunno. So he wouldn't race from a dig. I always feel like I pull and start way harder from a dig though over a roll.
ORIGINAL: MustangChris04
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
mustangs are much better down low from a dig. You will rip a lot of cars out the hole but from a roll it may be a different story
No body wants to race me from a stop because I will beat them But i dont want to race anybody from a roll because I know I dont trap high enough to touch some of these turboed cars.
01-10-2007, 01:46 AM
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RE: dig or roll
RWD- allows the weight upon launching to shift to the back, over the tires that are driven, *check RWD
Gearing- 3.27's, (or in your case, 4.10's) are EXCELLENT for getting out of the hole, not to mention the added torque multiplication
HP- we all know that 225 wheel hp isnt a lot. so the longer we can keep the speeds below 100 (quarter mile) the better
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simple ideas, but all true
Gearing- 3.27's, (or in your case, 4.10's) are EXCELLENT for getting out of the hole, not to mention the added torque multiplication
HP- we all know that 225 wheel hp isnt a lot. so the longer we can keep the speeds below 100 (quarter mile) the better
:-)
simple ideas, but all true