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Can I Beat A New Mustang???

Old Jul 26, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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buddy of mine just bought a new mustang ...put a cold air intake on it and headers ....its a standard with short shift.....he drove my truck about a week befor he got it and thought it was pretty fast for a trucki believe its a little deceiving
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 09:24 PM
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dont know for sure but keep us posted if ya race him
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 09:25 PM
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get him from a dig and u should be leave him in the dust
 
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Old Jul 26, 2008 | 10:11 PM
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I think 2500HeavyDuty nailed it. From a green light I
usually get beat by the stang, but if I'm already rolling...

Let us know how it turns out.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:04 PM
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I have ran the new Shelby from a 65mph roll and all the way to the 128mph mark "via GPS" I was in front of him by 2 car lengths... A regular mustang should be no problem at all... But do it from a roll.. Our tq makes up for there light weight cars...
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 12:19 PM
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Race him twice-

Once with a boosted launch in 4H and once from a roll at about ten or so.

I think you'll beat from a dig and it'll be pretty close from a roll but you should come out ahead.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:49 PM
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make sure when ur doing a roll bold the brake and accelerator down at the same time to load the engine and build boost
 
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 06:20 PM
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yea do it from a round, it takes a lil to get these 8000lb trucks rolling
 
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 11:52 PM
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What clutch are you running? if it's a dual disc, do a 3rd hi 4X4 boosted launch, and you will beat him for sure!!
 
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 12:50 AM
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if I read the sig right it's an auto and almost making 500 so I would say a good boosted launch and you should be able to take him. if he can't drive very well he may not get any traction either.
 
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