making the car feel fast
03-27-2007, 04:05 PM
#12
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RE: making the car feel fast
It feels fast on my butt dyno, but my eyes don't reallyperceive the speed. The hood on our cars is bulky and blocks our view of the road racing under the car. Make sense?
Anyway, I just realized that I only have 3.31's in my car. Next mod after CAI/Tune is definitely 3.73's...
Anyway, I just realized that I only have 3.31's in my car. Next mod after CAI/Tune is definitely 3.73's...
03-27-2007, 04:16 PM
#13
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RE: making the car feel fast
why do you want to feel you are going faster? it makes you be in less control.if you want a car that feels faster buy a 4cyl. take all the weigth outand put the 10k dollars left from our priceinto mods. then your car will feel like you are going 100 mph when you are giong 55.
03-27-2007, 04:52 PM
#15
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RE: making the car feel fast
Feeling fast is just a perception. Usually remedied by by driving a slower car for awhile.
No matter what you do to your car you will get used to how it feels. With all my bolt-ons, I feel like my Mustang is as fast as it ever was the day I bought it, but I know better than that.
That is why this is like crack. You buy a new part, and the car feels faster. Then you get used to it, and you need new parts to make it feel fast again, but you eventually get used to that too. It never ends.
No matter what you do to your car you will get used to how it feels. With all my bolt-ons, I feel like my Mustang is as fast as it ever was the day I bought it, but I know better than that.
That is why this is like crack. You buy a new part, and the car feels faster. Then you get used to it, and you need new parts to make it feel fast again, but you eventually get used to that too. It never ends.
03-27-2007, 05:04 PM
#16
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RE: making the car feel fast
Perhaps, but I doubt you could "get used" to forced induction. If you just romp it you could go out of control. I feel like I'm not used to 1st gear and never have been...if I gun it through a turn, I'm sideways. I love it.
Can't wait to get gears, will I do 360's?
Can't wait to get gears, will I do 360's?
03-27-2007, 05:35 PM
#17
Join Date: Jan 2007
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RE: making the car feel fast
ORIGINAL: GT Newbie
Better yet, keep your oem driveshaft and go on a diet and lose 20 lbs.- it's free, and it would be good for you (well, it would for me at least...).
ORIGINAL: owero01
l. Get an aluminum driveshaft and drop 20lbs, off the car[:@]
l. Get an aluminum driveshaft and drop 20lbs, off the car[:@]
Better yet, keep your oem driveshaft and go on a diet and lose 20 lbs.- it's free, and it would be good for you (well, it would for me at least...).
03-27-2007, 07:13 PM
#18
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RE: making the car feel fast
I know what he means. I drive my buddy's (modded) G35 and feels like a rocket. Then I get in my GT and It feels slow, though is faster than my buddy's in any gear. I dont know why it feels like that. I like the feeling of a car ripping and throuwing me back. I guess a tune and some gears. Going from 3rd into 4th at redline, it feels like you just downshifted cause 4th pulls really hard.
03-27-2007, 11:41 PM
#20
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RE: making the car feel fast
The sensation of speed I believe is in direct realtion to how well the car handles....and the ride height.... Notice how in a truck it seems like your going faster... something to do with the angle you view the road at.....a perception thing...
But the main contributing factor is how well the vehicle handles the power it has... Get in an old car with a bouncy suspension, and you'll feel like your flying along.... the more control the car offers the more in control you feel thus the sensation of speed is relative to that...
But the main contributing factor is how well the vehicle handles the power it has... Get in an old car with a bouncy suspension, and you'll feel like your flying along.... the more control the car offers the more in control you feel thus the sensation of speed is relative to that...