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He's in an automatic 5.0 Mustang with CAI and exhaust. I'm in my stock LGT 5EAT. I launch at 2.7k.

 

 

The results:

 

 

5.0 Mustang / Legacy GT

 

R/T: .994 / .901

60': 2.497 / 2.355

330: 6.650 / 6.416

1/8: 9.999 / 9.768

MPH: 74.04 / 73.97

1000: 12.843 / 12.642

1/4: 15.256 / 15.042

MPH: 93.22 / 94.10

 

I guess I forgot to mention the light was on a tree. :) Anyways it was a good race, I almost hit 14's. A higher launch next time...

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He's in an automatic 5.0 Mustang with CAI and exhaust. I'm in my stock LGT 5EAT. I launch at 2.7k.

 

 

The results:

 

 

5.0 Mustang / Legacy GT

 

R/T: .994 / .901

60': 2.497 / 2.355

330: 6.650 / 6.416

1/8: 9.999 / 9.768

MPH: 74.04 / 73.97

1000: 12.843 / 12.642

1/4: 15.256 / 15.042

MPH: 93.22 / 94.10

 

I guess I forgot to mention the light was on a tree. :) Anyways it was a good race, I almost hit 14's. A higher launch next time...

 

 

Good kill. Always fun to hear about a Mustang getting trounced by a turbo Subaru.

 

I was wondering how you managed to rev someone in a stock LGT and get their attention! ;)

 

These cars are quiet. 'Stealthy power,' as Motor Trend describes it.

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Agreed on the 60'. A little higher launch and I should get high 14's. I'm thinking a high stall torque converter and AP stage 1 will get me to mid 14's. Right now I'm trying to justify spending the money...
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What year Mustang 5.0??

 

The Mustang 5.0's were really bad with the automatics.

Late 80's to early 90's models might have run high 6's

 

The mid 90's version was no better than mid 7's with the auto stock.

 

It's no surprise you took him.

A 2.3 60' time in the auto isn't that bad. I don't think you'd be able

to do much better than MAYBE a 2.1 stock.

 

How were the conditions at the track?

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Conditions at the track were close to 75F and it's pretty close to sea level. Wind coming from the left. His car was a 1990 LX hatchback.
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Yeah, I owned three Mustang 5.0's

Two LX 5.0's (1988 and 1989)

MGT (1989)

back in the late 80's and early 90's

 

All were manual and they ran to 60 in about 6.0 seconds

and low 14's in the 1/4. About as fast as it got back then, unless

you owned a Corvette or exotic.

 

The autos though ran about

6.8-7.0 seconds to 60

and low 15's in the 1/4

 

So again, his times were right on and means his car still runs

damn good for that old of a car.

And, an auto LGT would be a tick or so faster...as your outcome showed.

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I manually shifted using the steering wheel buttons about 100 rpm before redline so by the time it shifted it had just barely hit the red zone. I found this is better than using sport mode or just leaving it in drive.
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