23 is pretty good, its pretty flat through the plains. I think the reason mine wasnt the greatest is because the whole way to El Paso is hills and mountain ridges, lotsa uphill driving.

I was also doing some research today, some guys on allfordmustangs have posted 12.7's on 3.31 gears, wonder how that is? probably less wheel spin/hop at launch maybe?

On street tires the 3.31s will help with traction issues on the launch, so assuming you hook you could definitely cut a 12.7. I think a 3.31 car could even dip in to the .6s or high .5s depending on the DA and launch with street tires.

I'm in El Paso and theres a strip about 2 miles from my hotel room, that track hurt my pride a bit with my Z (i'll attribute that to altitude and shitty track prep), I'm debating going this weekend, what do you think man? If I go and run a 14, i'll shit a brick and I dont know if my pride could take the hit :(

which track are you talking about?

Go and learn the car.

I am going this Friday and while I have a goal ET of 12.7 I won't be disappointed if I don't hit that target. It's been a while and I haven't launched this car yet, so I need some seat time.

I have LOTS of 17-20 second time slips from my old Mustang. If I felt I blew the launch or messed up a shift I would just coast the remainder of the track. There's no sense in using the car up if you know the run is no good. IMO, it's better to give up and run a 17.9 @ 50 mph than go down trying with a 13.9 @ 115. :icon17:

the raceway in Clint, its about 8 miles east on I-10 from El Paso.

I think i'll go make a pass, if its terrible, i'll spare myself the embarrassment and not pull up to the line again :icon17:

Back in el paso. When do I get a drive

Haha, well if you cut a poor 60', you just need more practice.

So far it looks like folks are having good results just launching off idle. You can also drop your rear tire pressure a bit for more contact patch on the launch.

I will try a few different things on Friday and let you know what I find works the best.

[QUOTE=Red370;723373]the raceway in Clint, its about 8 miles east on I-10 from El Paso.[/QUOTE

Thought that was the one u were talking about. Now that i know what area your staying in u can just leave the keys in the car tonight and take for a little spin lol

name a time and a place, im more than happy to share the 5.0 love:tup:

[QUOTE=kgreen;723391]well im probably going to go out saturday night to the drags if you all wanna come out there and watch, i'll even let you make a pass or two if you want.

awesome, launch RPM's, tire pressure, drop or feather the clutch, idle, i'd love to hear your input on all of those, I hear 20 psi is the money maker for tire pressure, give that a shot to begin the night.

Don't start off too low. It's easier to drop pressure than to add when you're in a pinch for time. :)

I'm going to drop the rears from 35 to 28 and start from there. :tup:

Wow your too kind...im not sure if i could offer that! me and my boys might be out there as well

awesome, i'm going to get there around 8 so I can be one of the first in line, hopefully i'll see yall there.

I have my own little battery powered air compressor, woot! good idea though, makes sense.

A 2010 Shelby with 600 and something rwhp did a 10.9 @140! Tonight!!!

The Brembo cars come with a compressor since we don't have a spare. :icon17:

:rofl2: wtf was ford thinking? crazy bastards I tell ya.

damn, very nice, did it have slicks and skinnies on it?

Weight savings. :tup:

As long as I have a can of that slime crap, a tire repair kit, and compressor I should be alright. :driving:

Sliicks yes but stock up front.

I guess at this track if your moded car can run under 11.00 you need a cage???? So they told him take it a bit easier or stop racing...

:rofl2: take it easy in a 600whp Cobra? is that an oxymoron? :icon17:

speaking of weight savings, im wondering if I pull the passenger seat/spare/jack i'll improve my time by a tenth or so..

You will. You can save over 100 lbs by pulling the passenger seat, rear seats, and spare/jack.

hmm... i may have something to keep me busy tomorrow...

Haha... I'd get some bone stock baseline runs in first. But that's just me.

Does ride quality or anything else besides MPG suffer?

No, the gear ratio isn't going to have any impact on ride quality. ;)

Unless you consider shifting more a lesser ride quality :icon17:

:icon17:

I heard driving mustangs gives you cancer...

but then what doesn't these days?..

:roflpuke2:

Or you consider louder worse ride quality.

Louder exhaust? ahh kinda... my car is pretty loud, exhaust and road noise.

I'll make sure I post a video of how my car sounds with the Magnaflow muffler delete pipes :) yall havent heard loud yet :tup:

Oh lol i have no question that the mustang will be much louder with any sort of exhaust. I just meant that road noise is pretty bad in the Z. The exhaust while no were near a straight piped 5.0, is still pretty agressive.

I hope the build quality has improved over at Ford.

I dumped an 01 GT for my Z and it had 73k on it but it felt like 150k. I love a tourqey V8 as much as the next guy but I can't stand how american cars just simply fall apart just before or definitely after 100k