My aeroforce gauges indicates 25 hp... when cruising at 50 mph in OD.
4.6 3v 2009 gt
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My aeroforce gauges indicates 25 hp... when cruising at 50 mph in OD.
MrAwesome987
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I'm sure that's accurate LOL.
HG6283
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You'll always be chasing the weakest link. I have a Stage 2 E-Force and went ahead with forging the motor. So one day I was playing (showing off) and hit second gear hard. The tires hooked up...much to my surprise with stock tires.... but after that the 5-speed made whining noise in every forward gear except 4th. Now I have a TR6060 in the car.
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just needed a countershaft bearing, but it probably ate the gears fairly quickly.
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I always wonder how these high horsepower setups maintain traction in the lower gears.
We don't, we just love 3rd gear burnouts at 60mph
I believe they call that a...."rolling burnout". My back end starts to wobble side to side at the top of 2nd gear. 394 rwhp / 378 rwtq. MPSS 305-35-19.... 28 psi.
BMR relocate brackets in middle hole. BMR lca/uca. Roush suspension. Tru-trac. WL watts link.
I give up. That wobble freaks me out. Any suggestions ? BMR lca relocate could go down to bottom hole. But the opposite of wheel hop...is brake hop.
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Imagine that but at the top of 3rd, that was me this morning. It gets old fast.
So how do u keep it straight?
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Mine made 460 on the Dyno and it hooks up in 2nd really good.
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I always wonder how these high horsepower setups maintain traction in the lower gears. Maybe you just don't use the lower gears? I guess I need better tires.
Hell I can do that when it dry out in 3rd gear.
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Not impressed until it's an overdrive chirp!
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I find people lie like a motherfucker when they can spin the tires. My car is built to the goddamn hilt, terrifying, and I don't spin the tires that much... I have driven stock 5.0's, and the owners are like "yeah I get a big scratch hitting 5th after putting in that panel K&N and an air freshener."
Come on. Go tell that to a woman somewhere with a mazda 3.
Come on. Go tell that to a woman somewhere with a mazda 3.
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I immediately dial in steering, but as I said I really understand how everyone crashes and dies with this much power. You assume you will hook as the pavement is usually OK, but one minor thing and you are spinning the rears at 100 mph. That is something to pay attention to. Yesterday on the way to get fuel I buried it in 3rd on an onramp, there were some dips in the pavement, and it was fun to watch the tach go up and down as the tires spun and hooked a few times. Fun for now.
I cannot get the sensation of the GT350R with race rubber, -3 deg camber up front, and racier brake pads out of my head. Drove it a couple of weeks ago. It did not spin... owner claimed he could hook in 1st. He said launch control was useless, the engine just died. The car steered around the road like a video game, a thought of where you wanted to be and you were there, or even beyond. It accelerated and slowed like a 1000 cc motorcycle. 140, 60. 160, 80. You could literally activate ABS with a finger on the brake pedal.
I need one!
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I agree with this.
Maybe it's the way my suspension is set up but I don't get how some of these cars on video end up in an instant 90 degree slide when they hit the gas. You see videos and you would think they just cocked the wheel at lightning speed the way the cars just throw their ass around. If I spin in 1st or second my car actually still heads in a straight line. I am referencing all the "fail" videos of rear wheel drive cars.
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I can start the smoke show in 1st, grab 2nd and it requires a bit of steering adjustment, but it's mostly a straight like, and very controllable. Idk what happens in some of the videos online. Maybe they hit a puddle?
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No, they simply don't immediately, intuitively countersteer when the car starts to move. I have never tried it (maybe on an airstrip one day,) but I'm pretty sure the car would just start spinning if I did nothing. Drive off the road.
I can drive because I've been frying tires since 1996. I believe of the "fail" guys just bought the car with middle aged money, they have no idea what they are doing. That video? That's the first time they got the tires spinning, turned off traction control.
I can drive because I've been frying tires since 1996. I believe of the "fail" guys just bought the car with middle aged money, they have no idea what they are doing. That video? That's the first time they got the tires spinning, turned off traction control.
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They also don't back out of the throttle. I think a lot of them believe the "when it doubt throttle it out" saying. Maybe they freeze or maybe they really don't know any better.
I will say tires made the biggest difference for me. I went from changing lanes unexpectedly to staying mostly straight with decent tires.
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