i_am_jon

I pull up to a stop light and glance to my right and see a acura tsx w/ limo tint and some rims. When the light turns green i take off slowly not expecting to race and i notcied he started to haul ***(i guess he was assuming that i was gonna romp on the gas from the beginning) so i catch up to him in 2nd and we take off on a roll. i let him get about more than 1/2 a car length on me(basically letting him hit vtec) and then i floor it(forgot to mention i'm already in 3rd gear where the nice FD powerband kicks in). In no time im about 4 or more car length ahead of him and i turn on the hazards. i guess it kinda pissed him off so he started to tail gate me. i switch lanes to turn into the shopping center because i was going to the bank and when he passes by i give him a great big smile =).

my 1st kill was an 06 mustang(not sure if it was a GT). i pull right behind him at a stop light and when it turns green we both made left turns. again i am driving normal and once he gets straight he takes off. so i switch lanes and play catch up. i finallly caught up to him at the end of 3rd gear and pass him by 1 car length or more. i tried to wait for him as we slowed down so i can say hello but i guess he was too embarred and stayed far behind me. so i end up just getting on the freeway and that was the end of that. i know what everyone is thinking the 1st kill isn't really worth talking about but i just felt like sharing it because i recently purchased my FD. little things like this get me excited because i can't wait to start fixing my dream car. my car is a 93 brilliant black R1, it's completly stock. all i've done are the reliability mods like spark plugs, fuel filter, etc. i will be doing the cheap bastard intake mod and installing an RB dual cat-back and hks downpipe. thanks everyone for looking and i just wanna say i love my FD -=)

POWER to all FD owners....lol


-jon jon

SLOASFK

iTrader: (5)

If your FD was stock, the Mustang was a V6. Even though the V8s weigh 2 tons, from a roll he'd have gotten you with more wheel hp than you make at the crank.

good kills though the V6 Mustangs are no slouches either.

pwwatkins

v6 mustangs are soo slow

efranklin

theres no way he would only put 1 car length on a v6 mustang

OneRotor

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+1

have you ever driven one? if you have, then you wouldn't be saying this

i_am_jon

your right it was probably less but it was hard for me to tell because i was going 110+ mph already

efranklin

No but i have beaten an 02 mustang v6 in my old 2000 v6 accord, i cant imagine that much of a difference for an fd to have trouble with it.

efranklin

One car length sounds right for to pull on a newer v8 mustang, i did a little research via google and found that the normal stock times for them are anywhere between 13.7-14.0.

jkimbro

iTrader: (3)

I've never raced an '06 V6 mustang...but I've heard they're decently quick nowadays. Unlike the old sixxers.....fwiw

Nice kills man..

pwwatkins

I had one for about 4 years, got it with about 10000 miles on it. My friend had a new gt mustang in 2003, my brother has a stock mk4 tt supra and pwned the gt. Mustang cobras are nice cars though, I had a 2001 cobra that was pretty fast. I also test drove a 2005 or 6 auto mustang gt and it felt like a v6.

i_am_jon

thanks everyone for the comments!!

HardHitter

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06 Stangs are NOT fast. When I had my 8, I burned my friends 05 V6 Stang. Went 3-4 times to make sure it wasn't a mistake and each time I pulled easily. Possibly because he was an automatic, but who knows. We all know our FD's are quite a bit faster than the 8's.

SLOASFK

iTrader: (5)

The 05/06 V6 Mustangs have 210hp vs the older ones that had 160 IIRC.

The new V6s are pretty quick considering they are an economodel V6.

pwwatkins

The old mustang v6's were 190 hp. Took 2 sec to find.

Mustang's 3.8-liter split-port V6 engine develops 190 horsepower at 5250 rpm, with 220 foot-pounds of torque at 2750 rpm.

And they have a 0-60 in 9.9 seconds. Pretty quick???

adrock3217

From a stop, the 05-06 Mustang GT's haul ***. From 50+...forget about it. The power just stops (stock, anyways). I kept up with one in my 8...was pulling on him a little (I was behind him)..Might've been driver, or my redline being considerably higher ? O.o

Gouki7

Hey nice kill man. I lived in Oxnard before coming to school. I'm thinking about driving down there to visit some friends maybe we should meet up

Eternal_Gamer

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I raced a 06 manual GT and he took off first way before me from 85-140, and I caught up to him before letting off. And this was before I put on the Racing Brat Exhaust and i only had 2.5" dp and mp with 10psi. I will say they are not fast at all, at least not on the top end. 06 mustangs weigh almost 4000 lbs if you didnt know. the convertible weighs 4008 which is 112 lbs more than the coupe. did u guys read car and driver of the new 2007 Ford Shelby GT500 Cobra convertible? it runs 13.4 with 550bhp and the coupe ran 12.9. pathetic for the hp #s. If I had 550 hp in my fc, id be at least in the 10s. I rather get the older 03-04 SVT Cobra which is faster and better looking.

Gouki7

I've seen a Cobra GT (New body) running around here how fast are those? Man i have to say that Cobra looked pretty nice.

Eternal_Gamer

iTrader: (10)

like i said 12.9 for the coupe and 13.4 for convertible with 550bhp and 480tq.

Dcrasta

Man stop jacking this tread. A Brillant Black R1 .. AWESOME thats my dream care too (But in Silver!) one day I will 'upgrade' my FC to a FD

pwwatkins

yeah I read that article too I can't believe they didn't try to lighten those things up more. All those new cars like the charger, camaro, mustang and so on, are 4000 lbs. I think the charger is even around 4150. Those are some pathetic numbers for all the hype and a 550 hp motor.