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Nice driving! No way that B302 is stock power level. I wasn't getting left like that by the stock B302's when I was on track with them. Walked, sure, but

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Old 05-29-2013, 10:08 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Nice driving! No way that B302 is stock power level. I wasn't getting left like that by the stock B302's when I was on track with them. Walked, sure, but that guy is turning on the afterburners or something!
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Nice driving! No way that B302 is stock power level. I wasn't getting left like that by the stock B302's when I was on track with them. Walked, sure, but that guy is turning on the afterburners or something!
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Nice driving! No way that B302 is stock power level. I wasn't getting left like that by the stock B302's when I was on track with them. Walked, sure, but that guy is turning on the afterburners or something!
I was running there too this weekend. I saw that Boss, and it's stock. I'm not sure why a modified Nismo can't keep up with it in the straights, given the weight difference. The weight difference between drivers was pretty significant as well. takjak made me look heavy at 6'2", 180 lbs.

Not everybody was out there for lap times, I think a lot of people just wanted to have fun. I passed an FR500 a few times, a Shelby Cobra, had a Roush 427 Trak Pak take a couple laps to chase me down. A few guys were also nice enough to pull off the track to let me pass too. One almost hit the tire wall though. That seemed like a poor decision.

Overall it was a fun weekend, and nice meeting you at the banquet takjak.
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3631 / 444 = 8.1
3314 / 350 = 9.4

Might not seem like a lot but this a pretty significant power to weight advantage. Ford did a pretty decent job keeping the weight down on the Mustang considering its size. Plus with stickier tires it is easier to get the power down off the corner exit which is a good part of it.

Hope they fixed the oil consumption issue, the early Boss's were chewing through crazy amounts of oil at high RPM's on track and Ford ended up doing a bunch of engine swaps.

A bunch of my friends were there this weekend with all kinds of hardware, Blue Z06, Red Z06, another Boss 302 (2012) just to name a few. Met takjak a couple of years back at Summit Point Shenandoah, he was throwing the car around really well on street tires.
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