Mine can do about a 6-7 sec 60mph run...
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My car actually feels like it has gotten faster since that day two years ago.
The trick is getting the proper take-off. In the video, I had to pull back onto the road to do the run.
It's hard to tell where you start in the video, but your car seems a little faster, probably because you have a stick.
Did i just see 100mph in third gear? Was this a standard shift or automatic?
I did WOT going to Nashville this weekend from about 70 mph and that V6 engine took off like a rocket, nose went up and before I knew it I was right on top of the 120 mark.....had plenty of tach left. Do they have a limiter on the darn thing?
Did i just see 100mph in third gear? Was this a standard shift or automatic?
My auto at WOT shifts into 3rd (and chirps the tires) at around 60-65mph so I would guess that around 100 for the 4th shift would be about right. On the few times that I've run it well past the pegged 120 speedo I wasn't really paying attention to the tach. I was too busy watching the road. Don't like running it that fast. It gets a little floaty over 120 with the body style. The 91 C4 Corvette my Dad owned up until a couple months ago was much better at high speed. At 170 it would hunker down and drive like it was on rails with that wedge shaped body.
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2005 V6Mustang coupe. Automatic. Black with Charcoal Interior
Mods: JLT CAI, Bamachips 91 race tune, single Mustang V8 muffler, Mustang V8 swaybars
Looks: smoke front turn signals, sequential taillights, 14" shorty antenna, MRT rear window louvers and a little chrome for the interior 2000 C5 Corvette convertible, Torch Red with Black Interior. Full of options, Corsa exhaust 1990 Ford Bronco 351ci engine- it runs.
Good to know. Now I know I'm not alone. I can see no feasible way to do the 6.9 secs that Consumer Guide Auto claims without modding it.
6.7-6.9 should be just about right for a bone stock V6. If it's taking more than 7.0 either something isn't right or you spend all your time driving at 10,000ft. Like I said earlier, I got 68.3mph in 6.9 at 5000ft with nothing but a tune. Take out the tune and drop a few thousand ft and you should still be 6.9 or better.
Take it to a track and give it a run to see what it can do. If you've never been it's a lot of fun and real easy. A couple minutes of instruction by the guys running the track and you'll know what to do. The track here has Friday night 'test and tune' runs for 3 hrs before the street legal drags. That's when you can take everything including the family minivan down the track just to see what it can do.
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2005 V6Mustang coupe. Automatic. Black with Charcoal Interior
Mods: JLT CAI, Bamachips 91 race tune, single Mustang V8 muffler, Mustang V8 swaybars
Looks: smoke front turn signals, sequential taillights, 14" shorty antenna, MRT rear window louvers and a little chrome for the interior 2000 C5 Corvette convertible, Torch Red with Black Interior. Full of options, Corsa exhaust 1990 Ford Bronco 351ci engine- it runs.
ya i alwas wanted to do this so i got a gtech and i used it 1st run was 6.7 later with intake headers race muffler 17x9 wheels in the back and sme heat rap on the headers to keep heat away from the intake and i did it at night arond 2am so it was like 70deg and my best tine was 5.3 so not bad i have a tune now but my brother has the gtech so i have to wate till he comes back home
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mustang v6, s&b intake, with painted cover flowmaster, 16x7 in front 17x9 in back,with 2 inch drop in the front, costume paint on rims, black grill, with gt fog lights with angel lights, and running mustang, smoked headlights, with headlight splitters, smoked out turning lights, racing stripes, blackout trunk kit, all new audio system, 4 jl audio 5x7 speakers front and back 2 jl 12 inch w6v2 with 2 jl 500/1 amps and pa system 1967 mustang working on
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My auto at WOT shifts into 3rd (and chirps the tires) at around 60-65mph so I would guess that around 100 for the 4th shift would be about right. On the few times that I've run it well past the pegged 120 speedo I wasn't really paying attention to the tach. I was too busy watching the road. Don't like running it that fast. It gets a little floaty over 120 with the body style. The 91 C4 Corvette my Dad owned up until a couple months ago was much better at high speed. At 170 it would hunker down and drive like it was on rails with that wedge shaped body.
The reason that the C4 handled the speed so much better is because it has a much much better suspension set-up than the stock 6 suspension set-up. The 6 suspension set-up is not suited for high speeds or handling at all, it was built to handle everyday driving comfortably. The C4 suspension was built for high speeds and handling. The body has a little to do with it but not as much as you think. Compare the new C6 to the S197 in terms of aerodynamics and then you can talk about how the body helps out in high speeds. lol
The reason that the C4 handled the speed so much better is because it has a much much better suspension set-up than the stock 6 suspension set-up. The 6 suspension set-up is not suited for high speeds or handling at all, it was built to handle everyday driving comfortably. The C4 suspension was built for high speeds and handling. The body has a little to do with it but not as much as you think. Compare the new C6 to the S197 in terms of aerodynamics and then you can talk about how the body helps out in high speeds. lol
Yup, the C6's go like stink too. With the C4 body shape being a virtual body sized wing though, I read a test on them a while back and there's a LOT of downforce on it at speed and I could definitely feel it while driving. Don't know if it's true but I've heard that if you could get it up to 250-260mph you could drive it on the roof of a tunnel. I know the suspension is a lot better in the Corvette. The Mustang is designed as a 1/4 mile car, the Corvette is designed to do a 190mph (and it should for the price).
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2005 V6Mustang coupe. Automatic. Black with Charcoal Interior
Mods: JLT CAI, Bamachips 91 race tune, single Mustang V8 muffler, Mustang V8 swaybars
Looks: smoke front turn signals, sequential taillights, 14" shorty antenna, MRT rear window louvers and a little chrome for the interior 2000 C5 Corvette convertible, Torch Red with Black Interior. Full of options, Corsa exhaust 1990 Ford Bronco 351ci engine- it runs.
how much would 3.73 gears help our v6's 0-60 time? gears along with the tloc that is.
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Performance: C&L CAI with Xcal 3 Tuner. 93 Race tune by Bamachips. GT sway Bars. 8.8 Rear axle with 4.10 gears. Dual Magnaflow Exhaust.
Not performance... 7 inch In dash Pioneer DVD/touch screen deck, Shaker 500 system, Chrome taillight trim. Sequential taillights. Window tint, Viper alarm with remote start. Cobra radar detector with GPS. Black 18" bullitt wheels with Sumitomo High Performance HTR Z II Tires.
how I pay for my mods: andydew.myvi.net
If you begin timing as soon as the needle moves, it's around 7.2 to 7.3 seconds. But the thing is, I noticed that there is maybe a half second delay from the time the car begins moving and the time the needle begins to move. If I time it from the moment I press the gas (you can hear it in the video), it will be more like 8.2 seconds. Now I wonder if track timing is that particlular.
This was also filmed with a full tank of gas, I bet I can get it to around the advertised 6.9 seconds on a near empty tank. I want to try that again next weekend after I burn this tank off.
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ok ya ther is if the car is in drive
i got 6.2 whith just a cai ( no tune ) aand a muffler
this is what u do
take off tcs
overdrive off
and put in 1st the shift 2nd to 3rd, that way thers is no delay
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mustang v6, s&b intake, with painted cover flowmaster, 16x7 in front 17x9 in back,with 2 inch drop in the front, costume paint on rims, black grill, with gt fog lights with angel lights, and running mustang, smoked headlights, with headlight splitters, smoked out turning lights, racing stripes, blackout trunk kit, all new audio system, 4 jl audio 5x7 speakers front and back 2 jl 12 inch w6v2 with 2 jl 500/1 amps and pa system 1967 mustang working on
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anyone notice a big difference in 0-60 time with 3.73 gears?
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Performance: C&L CAI with Xcal 3 Tuner. 93 Race tune by Bamachips. GT sway Bars. 8.8 Rear axle with 4.10 gears. Dual Magnaflow Exhaust.
Not performance... 7 inch In dash Pioneer DVD/touch screen deck, Shaker 500 system, Chrome taillight trim. Sequential taillights. Window tint, Viper alarm with remote start. Cobra radar detector with GPS. Black 18" bullitt wheels with Sumitomo High Performance HTR Z II Tires.
how I pay for my mods: andydew.myvi.net
The limiter is set at 118 mph and I could hit that in 4th with just the exhaust addition, so I believe there is alittle more power there but I ran a 6.2 60
i got 6.2 whith just a cai ( no tune ) aand a muffler
this is what u do
take off tcs
overdrive off
and put in 1st the shift 2nd to 3rd, that way thers is no delay
This has come up alot in this fourum and I have to agree, the automatic transmission is designed to be smooth on the street, and not over rev the engine. The shift points (stock) are WAYYYY to conservative and the only way to achieve a full utilization of the un-modded power band effectivly is to manualy shift the auto. With a tune however, these shift points can be adjusted considerably and that does effect 0-60 times. I still feel that I can beat the tune by manualy shifting though. The computer has no idea what the seat of my pants is feeling, and I shift when I feel the power JUST begin to diminish (usualy very close to the redline) It hits harder when it shifts this way, and the accelaration feels better. Could just be placebo effect, but I would swear by it. If the guy that made this vid gave me his car, I garentee I could shave half to a full second off of his 0-60 time with driving alone. Plus when you start in drive, the car is in a tall gear when at rest and the trans has to downshift to get into first gear. When you manually put it in first, it stays there just waiting for you to nail it and the dead stop responce is noticably better.
