hey guys!
so i took the car out this weekend and was heading to a hookah bar with a buddy. there is a local street about two miles from my house that people cruise up and down, so we decided to make a run through on our way there. lately it has been really hot and humid at night so i thought that might have something to do with it, but considering that both cars are running in the same weather i ruled that out.
anyways, so we run up north about 3 miles and head back down south about 4. this challenger srt8 pulls up next to me after we get rolling from a stop light. his gear is dropped and he keeps jerking it back and forth. seeing that he has 3 people in the car, im like ok, why not. ( street racing is bad and wreckless. im sorry) but we roll to about 40 and i slowly drop to second gear. i let him get the hit, but as soon as his car jumps forward i get on mine. instantly ( and much to my surprise) i go up on him roughly a car length. i didnt expect this to happen, because he got the hit. so i assume that this one is in the bag. however, as soon as i shift into third, right about the same time he did, he instantly closes the gap and starts pullin away hard!
judging by the way his car sounded ( not very accurate i know) it seemed to be stock. but by the time we ended third gear and maybe stabbed 4th, he had put on a car and half maybe two cars on me. needless to say, i was pissed!!! he had 3 people in the car with him. it was pretty embarrasing. i know you win some and loose some but i just did not expect that out come.
the funny thing is, i should not have gone up on him that hard and then fell back even harder! he hit it, and i pulled up on him....then he flew by! Well i got to thinking and realized that this same thing happened to me a couple of weeks earlier when i raced a co-workers trans am! full bolt-ons and headers auto.( i understand that if both cars were to be deemed equal at factory, he still has more mods than me).... but its just hard to explain, my car goes up hard on these cars.... and then instantly its like third gear has no steam! i have always read that 2nd and 3rd gear is where our cars truly shine! but my car is very doggish around town. i dont feel it has the same pep as most dohc mustangs of its caliber! does this sound about right for my mods, or lack of! or should i be concerned.
i would understand if they would just start pulling at the top of the higher gears considering i do not have any real major mods to the car, but its almost as if my car falls flat on its face when i hit 3rd!
background on the car: 130k daily driver. jlt, o/r x, slps, sct 4bank! never did put the 98 cams in. and car has not been on a dyno. i didnt think i needed it dynoed until maybe headers or something major!
p.s. last friday, it was 115 degrees outside and i was caught in traffic. with the a.c. on the needle started to climb passed half way. i managed to cool her down immediately and did not drive it the remainder of the weekend until that night! i checked the coolant before i went out and actually put a 1/4 of a bottle of coolant/water blend. i have had my friends check numerous times for any smoke indication of where it might have went and nothing shows. so im assuming that its just hot and the coolant was never changed by the owner before me. its an 03 and i bought it 3 years ago with 89k!
im sorry for the long post but i figured the more info, the better idea you get!!!
so im wondering if something might be wrong with my car! i had coil pack issues for a long time and am hoping i didnt mess up the valves! is there way to check these things without opening the motor? any suggestions on what might not be working right? the car feels very doggish!!!! very lazy and very heavy! also, when i rev the motor, i notice that the needle drops a bit before it makes the climb up! i have noticed my car revs slower than the 4v cars around here that rev at me! please help!
so i took the car out this weekend and was heading to a hookah bar with a buddy. there is a local street about two miles from my house that people cruise up and down, so we decided to make a run through on our way there. lately it has been really hot and humid at night so i thought that might have something to do with it, but considering that both cars are running in the same weather i ruled that out.
anyways, so we run up north about 3 miles and head back down south about 4. this challenger srt8 pulls up next to me after we get rolling from a stop light. his gear is dropped and he keeps jerking it back and forth. seeing that he has 3 people in the car, im like ok, why not. ( street racing is bad and wreckless. im sorry) but we roll to about 40 and i slowly drop to second gear. i let him get the hit, but as soon as his car jumps forward i get on mine. instantly ( and much to my surprise) i go up on him roughly a car length. i didnt expect this to happen, because he got the hit. so i assume that this one is in the bag. however, as soon as i shift into third, right about the same time he did, he instantly closes the gap and starts pullin away hard!
judging by the way his car sounded ( not very accurate i know) it seemed to be stock. but by the time we ended third gear and maybe stabbed 4th, he had put on a car and half maybe two cars on me. needless to say, i was pissed!!! he had 3 people in the car with him. it was pretty embarrasing. i know you win some and loose some but i just did not expect that out come.
the funny thing is, i should not have gone up on him that hard and then fell back even harder! he hit it, and i pulled up on him....then he flew by! Well i got to thinking and realized that this same thing happened to me a couple of weeks earlier when i raced a co-workers trans am! full bolt-ons and headers auto.( i understand that if both cars were to be deemed equal at factory, he still has more mods than me).... but its just hard to explain, my car goes up hard on these cars.... and then instantly its like third gear has no steam! i have always read that 2nd and 3rd gear is where our cars truly shine! but my car is very doggish around town. i dont feel it has the same pep as most dohc mustangs of its caliber! does this sound about right for my mods, or lack of! or should i be concerned.
i would understand if they would just start pulling at the top of the higher gears considering i do not have any real major mods to the car, but its almost as if my car falls flat on its face when i hit 3rd!
background on the car: 130k daily driver. jlt, o/r x, slps, sct 4bank! never did put the 98 cams in. and car has not been on a dyno. i didnt think i needed it dynoed until maybe headers or something major!
p.s. last friday, it was 115 degrees outside and i was caught in traffic. with the a.c. on the needle started to climb passed half way. i managed to cool her down immediately and did not drive it the remainder of the weekend until that night! i checked the coolant before i went out and actually put a 1/4 of a bottle of coolant/water blend. i have had my friends check numerous times for any smoke indication of where it might have went and nothing shows. so im assuming that its just hot and the coolant was never changed by the owner before me. its an 03 and i bought it 3 years ago with 89k!
im sorry for the long post but i figured the more info, the better idea you get!!!
so im wondering if something might be wrong with my car! i had coil pack issues for a long time and am hoping i didnt mess up the valves! is there way to check these things without opening the motor? any suggestions on what might not be working right? the car feels very doggish!!!! very lazy and very heavy! also, when i rev the motor, i notice that the needle drops a bit before it makes the climb up! i have noticed my car revs slower than the 4v cars around here that rev at me! please help!
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