I don't know what happened to my wonderful time it's 78 temp at track 93 octane 150ft below sea lvl. I must be running rich cuz of sea lvl. Any thoughts I'm at the track. Thx leticia

 

Is yours a stick or automatic?

 

Yes its automatic, i just notice i didnt have my traction control botton off. Question to anyone if the traction light is on does that mean its off right.

 

Yes, light on esp off.

 

thx for the info

 

Did you run that 14.81 at a track? If you did thats not bad for an auto

 

i ran this time at houston with the traction control off. this time i forgot to take it off and i was running at a 150ft below sea lvl and it was 78f temp at the time.

 

yeah the t/c kills the car.. I thought below sea level was better, theres more atmospheric pressure?! I guess thats only true with carbuerotors.

 

More air the lower you go and the more power. I can't wait to take my XF to a low altitude location. I satisfied with the performance at 6,000ft and would be very interested to see how much faster it goes in the lowlands.

 

itsky, have you ever ran your car in the 1/4 mile?

 

No, not yet. I have only had mine for six weeks.

 

oh ok, darn I keep seeing different 1/4 mile times, I have a stock 6 speed and I will be happy with a 14.5 atleast, what do you guys think can I get a 14.5 at 4000ft altitude?

 

no........

 

i ran a 15.3 at 2600 feet in Tucson AZ. but.......... i couldnt get my 60ft down! i too drive a 6spd. pull the 17 and 18 fuses and the cars awsome! you just have to be careful not to over rev before launching cus the car will bog down id say 1500 to 2500 is you best bet but i only got a chance to run the car twice because of how packed the track was. i think i could have broken 14s easy if i nailed the launch.

 

does pulling the fuses really work? cuz i thought traction control couldn't be disabled

 

^ No traction control here. Don't know if it will help the launch any with the open diff... but it certainly won't be applying the brakes on me.

EDIT: Although your screen name implies you own an 04. And there has been some concern that the TCS fuses don't even exist on that model year. Good Luck.

 

yes I do own an 04 but even with traction control off if I spin my tires off the line I can feel it slow me down a bit

 

theres a thread on the forum about pulling the fuses. it only works on mid year 04s and up... i think! do a search and youll see. i pulled mine on my 05 and roasted the tires before i staged! it was awsome!!!! i have a 6spd so that helps.

 

it does not fully disable it I don't think, because I drove with the fuses off, and traction off and the light still comes on.

 

^ If the "active traction control" light comes on... you are screwed.

I pulled one of my 2 appropriately labeled fuses (available in my 07 model year crossfire), the ABS and Stability management malfuction lights popped up on the right side of the cluster, and I can spin one wheel at a time till the cows come home... for whatever that is worth.