TheBoss8688

So here's the story, my fiancés little brother and her father got a V6 2011 Mustang. I am always telling them about my car and things I do to it. They call my car super slow and think it's crap. He has driven it and has floored it. They both say the mustang has more power. I drove the mustang and I think it's slow. But anyway they challenged me the other night to race. So in a few weeks we are going to the drag strip. I have never raced on a strip and he is a automatic. So first I think I'll win but let me get opinions and suggestions on best ways to launch and who will win.

Cobalt Mods: Full bolt-on w/ GMS1 and BYT Tune at 25psi

Mustang: Axle-back exhaust and K&N drop in filter

nhanson

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easily your cobalt

SuperchargedSS

It's up to you to lose.... The car is capable of ownage...

jonathan923

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lol sorry but you cant be serious bro. you have to be a horrible driver not to beat those cars. with your mods you should be able to destroy that car.

Phyrric

I'd say he's gonna win the first time, if its both your first time at the track and he has to mash a pedal and you have to actually drive stick and such, he may win

09BlueBaltSS

1/4 you will run him down 1/8 may be close if you blow the launch. Your lighter and have more power

jonathan923

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lol well i gotta admit the first time at the track was pretty bad for me haha. i kept doing 14 secs @ 110mph jaja i couldnt get to launch my car right because i was afraid of braking axels or too much wheel hopping lmao

nhanson

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roll race on the street first

FasterIsBetter

Put it this way....at an 1/8th my 1st time ever being to a strip I get lined up next to a guy in a new 5.0 with .373s an intake and tune that knows how to drive. This is back when I had a 22psi Trifecta Select-A-Tune. I get a horrible launch and chase him down spinning the whole way down and am right on his ass to the end, my front tires next to his rear tires. So IMO, if you lose you just horribly fail at drag racing being that your tune is most likely more aggressive than mine was and those v6s are fast but no where near a tuned 5.0 with .373s. Now if you get him to run you on the street and you lose, well...lets just say you fail at life, your tune just completely and utterly sucks, or there's something wrong with your car.

Edit: Also don't forget to bring an air compressor and lower your tire pressure at least 10-15lbs. I made the mistake and forgot my compressor when I went out so I couldn't lower my tire pressure and had no grip and that's prob the main reason I lost that day.

TheBoss8688

That is what I thought guys. I am going to get a few practice runs in so I'm used to the track before but I just want to shut him up cause I know he wont do street racing.

Dart_SI

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You might as well be racing a 350z. Youl destroy him if you get the launch down.

MastaShaKe_88

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ya, jus get yer **** straight.. my first ever drag strip run, I got like 16.5 >.<

Shibito

Don't blow the tires off in 1st gear. pedal between half and 3/4 gas in 1st gear, Regular shift to 2nd, floor it, NLS to 3rd and you win.

jetaws6

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Hes gonna run mid high 13's. Its all going to depend on your launch. Your car IS faster then his but its your first time at the track and you have fwd. Like shibio said take it easy off the line, you should be able to run him down

drewbroo

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a high 13 is a BEST case scenario with a manual V6 stang in negative DA. Auto mustang v6's even with the track packs run low to mid 14's. Here in tucson low 15's.

Frogstofall

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Definitely good advice on lowering the tire pressure. Thats a given at a drag strip. Honestly, from what I understand about these aftermarket tunes, you would probably be better off racing him on the stock tune. Less wheel spin and craziness to have to control and its still plenty fast enough to beat 'em.

Good luck. Make sure someone video tapes its for you.

06SS ALL DAY

GO AROUND THE WET-BOX!!!!!! and do a burnout for 2 seconds TOPS. launch as u do on street. you win. boom

Shibito

On stock tune he's going to have a very hard time making up lost ground from the launch if the Mustang gets out of the hole quicker. There's not a gap in acceleration between the Mustang and stock tune LNF.