Cripple Fight!!!

[Novice_cardude]

I have a tale to tell of my first street race ... It was pathetic.

One of my coworkers got his mustang running and drove it up to the shop. it's a 1994 V8 5.0 High Output. Well, i drove it around a little bit, and it's friggin' slow. Something's just not working right with the intake, so it's all choked up.

After we closed, the guy starts warming it up, saying the intake opens up when it's been running a while. So he starts revving it up, letting it idle, then eventually it grows some balls. It can actually do a burnout, and has decent throttle response once it's warmed up...

Anyways, we decide to have a little race, just because I'd been talking all kinda smack about how slow it is. I never talk about my car being fast tho (4-door 4-cyl Camry ...)

So we go out on the highway, there's no traffic behind us. We're almost side by side (he's about 1/2 car length in front of me), going 20, then I honk it off and we go.

I couldn't believe I stayed with him all through second. I shifted at 4k rpm, because I didn't really want to beat the car up. Through 3rd I catch up to him, through fourth i'm pulling him, and once I hit 5th it's all over, all the way to 80.

Yeah, it was pathetic, but kinda funny. He's gonna have a time living this down tomorrow :P

Just thought i'd share, sorry I kinda wrote a book there...

[bigbird]

this highway was of course in a video game or closed track setting...right

yeah that thing must have been screwd up. i got my ass handed to me(expected) by a 95 5.0. and i got the v6. this was also on a track

[Novice_cardude]

Yeah, closed track, no traffic. ... raced from a roll so he wouldn't burn up the clutch ...

EDIT: besides, I can't really call it a race... If there had been traffic they woulda been overtaking both of us.

[EvoFire]

That is pretty funny.... lol

I generally avoid Mustangs, I'm not too worried about those V6 thingies..... but the V8's aren't nice to play with.

[Venom_5]

^ yeah, 5 Liter engines are no joke!

['_']

Originally Posted by Novice_cardude

I couldn't believe I stayed with him all through second. I shifted at 4k rpm, because I didn't really want to beat the car up. Through 3rd I catch up to him, through fourth i'm pulling him, and once I hit 5th it's all over, all the way to 80.

Just curious but when is the best time to up-shift on the auto 4cyl? ie. at approximately what RPM does the engine start to lose power?

[geoff5093]

Originally Posted by corruptninja

Just curious but when is the best time to up-shift on the auto 4cyl? ie. at approximately what RPM does the engine start to lose power?

If you mean to get the most out of your engine, I'd say around 5500-5800 would be a good spot, since the max horsepower is at 5400RPM.

[GrkBallaG]

I dont beleive that for a second. First off even shifting at 4k and beating a 5.0 mustang is horseshit, unless it was automatic. My co-worker has a 5.0 foxbody, manual with some mods on it and i can barely keep up with him, and thats me going balls out.

[Venom_5]

Originally Posted by corruptninja

Just curious but when is the best time to up-shift on the auto 4cyl?

its automatic ... press the ECT/PWR button and let it shift when it wants

peak hp is around 5400 rpms tho [peak tq is 4400]

[JayMax03]

Originally Posted by Venom_5

its automatic ... press the ECT/PWR button and let it shift when it wants

peak hp is around 5400 rpms tho [peak tq is 4400]

really... i didn't think about it, but I always have it on for some reason

[N35QU!K]

Originally Posted by Venom_5

its automatic ... press the ECT/PWR button and let it shift when it wants

peak hp is around 5400 rpms tho [peak tq is 4400]

I remember when I first found out about what the ECT does... Best discovery ever.

I bet you were laughing your ass off after you took him down :P

[bigbird]

the ECT allows me to convince myself not to get a manual, that and DC, MD traffic

[N35QU!K]

Originally Posted by bigbird

the ECT allows me to convince myself not to get a manual, that and DC, MD traffic

Hahahaham definitely. I already know that if my car were a stick, I would never take it to San Francisco; those hills are a bitch.

[213solider]

ECT doesn't really help that much....for me.

[Venom_5]

^ then its not working

mine shifts around 5k with my leadfoot and ECT engaged