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Old Dec 27, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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Default Re: Needwings downpipes review

I have no tune. (yet) The best I've seen at the drag strip is 13 flat at 109 with lots of wheel spin. I just can't get the hang of drag racing. When I got the Code 3 my times got worse. Then the dual CAI and they stayed slow even though the car felt faster. My bag is not drag racing, it's road racing. I have no doubts about how fast the car is, the problem is measuring it in a meaningful way. I have 3 track events in January and I plan on participating in a private drag rental on the 15th. I could an go to a different dyno that reads higher. I was told, but don't know, that 311 on the Mustang is 340 on the other dynos. It's only money, I just might do it. The final number is irrelevant to me, what I'm focused on is the improvement on the same dyno. Let's see what happens tomorrow with the cutouts open and in the month of January. For day to day I'd rather not have the downpipes but I race my car and spend lots of time at redline. The MPH on the dyno are spot on in my experience. The actual time in the 1/4 depends on the driver. To be honest, I wondered if my car was a weakling until I had an instructor that had a GT3 as his daily driver. He thought my car was faster than his. (480 hp I believe) Since then I don't fret over the dyno numbers. Not to mention how much difference you can see from how the car is tied down or how much air pressure is in the tires. I don't know, time will make it all clearer. Tomorrow is with the cutouts open, who knows what the numbers will be. But so far I'm a believer.

Les
 
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