Launching my mustang auto?
01-30-2006, 03:50 PM
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RE: Launching my mustang auto?
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
01-30-2006, 03:56 PM
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RE: Launching my mustang auto?
ORIGINAL: Clif Brohn
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
01-30-2006, 04:21 PM
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RE: Launching my mustang auto?
ORIGINAL: 03YellowPony
You can turn off the O/D too. BUT!!! Leave it in drive. DO NOT manually shift it. 2 reasons...first you can damage the tranny, and 2, you can over rev the engine. I KNOW I KNOW, the engine has a rev limiter. BUT, I tried to manually shift once, BEFORE the DiabloTune, and went WAY into redline. It should have stopped at 5300RPM, but it went to almost 6500RPM.
ORIGINAL: Clif Brohn
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
01-30-2006, 04:23 PM
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RE: Launching my mustang auto?
ORIGINAL: NewMexMustang
wow, THAT is getting a little high on the rpms...I would have apologized to my car if i let it go that high...
ORIGINAL: 03YellowPony
You can turn off the O/D too. BUT!!! Leave it in drive. DO NOT manually shift it. 2 reasons...first you can damage the tranny, and 2, you can over rev the engine. I KNOW I KNOW, the engine has a rev limiter. BUT, I tried to manually shift once, BEFORE the DiabloTune, and went WAY into redline. It should have stopped at 5300RPM, but it went to almost 6500RPM.
ORIGINAL: Clif Brohn
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
01-30-2006, 04:26 PM
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RE: Launching my mustang auto?
ORIGINAL: 03YellowPony
I did! Profusely! And I promised her it would never happen again! LOL
ORIGINAL: NewMexMustang
wow, THAT is getting a little high on the rpms...I would have apologized to my car if i let it go that high...
ORIGINAL: 03YellowPony
You can turn off the O/D too. BUT!!! Leave it in drive. DO NOT manually shift it. 2 reasons...first you can damage the tranny, and 2, you can over rev the engine. I KNOW I KNOW, the engine has a rev limiter. BUT, I tried to manually shift once, BEFORE the DiabloTune, and went WAY into redline. It should have stopped at 5300RPM, but it went to almost 6500RPM.
ORIGINAL: Clif Brohn
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
I wasn't looking for 14s in the car, i said that 14 second quarters is probably really good for the average high school student. I have the nicest car at my school that actually is titled to a student. there is an H2, a '65 hardtop stang and a Lexus convert that are nicer, but the kids didn't pay for them like i did. Thats why I decided to race the stang, high 15s and low 16s is probably better than average or average for the high school crowd. And if thats not enough, I'll convinve the old man to let me race the SRT-8, haha. I don't think I'm gonna try and manually shift my auto though. And Do I need to turn off T/C and the O/D, or just T/C?
01-30-2006, 06:10 PM
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RE: Launching my mustang auto?
just to let you guys know the rev limiter IS in the 6k's. Your motor will be fine if you go into the 6k's and you hit the rev limiter that is why its there. Its by no means good for the motor but it wont damage it. Also the beginning of the red line, the 5300 rpm redline that is just your max power band line. It just is letting you know if you go past that line it is pointless because your motor is making no more power than if you hit that line and shift it. If you look at the stats for my car for instance, my cars max power is 5250 in a 2000 5speed 3.8 V6. My redline starts at 5250-5300 (cant really read it exact) but thats all that is. So the rev limiter if you would have let it go yellow would have kicked in when it was supposed to.
01-30-2006, 07:02 PM
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RE: Launching my mustang auto?
ORIGINAL: TorchV6
just to let you guys know the rev limiter IS in the 6k's. Your motor will be fine if you go into the 6k's and you hit the rev limiter that is why its there. Its by no means good for the motor but it wont damage it. Also the beginning of the red line, the 5300 rpm redline that is just your max power band line. It just is letting you know if you go past that line it is pointless because your motor is making no more power than if you hit that line and shift it. If you look at the stats for my car for instance, my cars max power is 5250 in a 2000 5speed 3.8 V6. My redline starts at 5250-5300 (cant really read it exact) but thats all that is. So the rev limiter if you would have let it go yellow would have kicked in when it was supposed to.
just to let you guys know the rev limiter IS in the 6k's. Your motor will be fine if you go into the 6k's and you hit the rev limiter that is why its there. Its by no means good for the motor but it wont damage it. Also the beginning of the red line, the 5300 rpm redline that is just your max power band line. It just is letting you know if you go past that line it is pointless because your motor is making no more power than if you hit that line and shift it. If you look at the stats for my car for instance, my cars max power is 5250 in a 2000 5speed 3.8 V6. My redline starts at 5250-5300 (cant really read it exact) but thats all that is. So the rev limiter if you would have let it go yellow would have kicked in when it was supposed to.