Cliff notes: Beat neighbor by 1 CL this time. From a roll, a C5Z pulls my SRT-8 about 1 to 1.5 CLs.
Got a nice call from my neighbor asking if I wanted to run on the 'private road' again.
He now has some more "seat time", new spark plugs and as before, aftermarket mufflers. Otherwise stock '03 coupe. Nice car!
He's not the most experienced so the one clean run we had time for at about 35mph, I spun a little in 1st gear and it shifted into 2nd right away. However, I put 1-1.5 on him. I saw him inching up when he hit 3rd. (I've heard good things about 3rd gear on the Cobra)....but I was getting into my powerband in 3rd gear as well so that stopped and I ended up 1 CL ahead.
NOTE: I was solo (210lbs) with a full tank of gas. He isn't a big guy, a medium sized passenger and half tank.
I'd like to try a variety of different speeds for grins sometime.
C5Z on the 'private road' again:
WICKED exhaust note, and possibly a tuner's decal in the lower, center rear window. I caught up in 2nd gear at 55mph, he knew I was interested. I 3-honked, made sure he was game and we hit it.
My hopes were dashed in about a second (or less) when he pulled about 1, maybe 1.5 CLs ahead of me and that''s where he stayed at WOT until we both let up, me in the powerband of 3rd gear.
He asked my mods/power, I told him 400rwhp (91 oct tune) and he said he just did exhaust. And said he was in 3rd gear. Sounded like full exhaust to me.
Soooooo my conclusion:
I think trap speed differential between my car and his is probably 5-6mph, assuming both under IDEAL condtions (113-114 vs. 119-120) Since we started off at the peak of my powerband, and I suspect he shifted from 2nd to 3rd, I would say the race was pretty representative.
If he had gone from a low speed roll, him powershifting, to the mid teens, it wouldn''t have been pretty (for me).
Got a nice call from my neighbor asking if I wanted to run on the 'private road' again.
He now has some more "seat time", new spark plugs and as before, aftermarket mufflers. Otherwise stock '03 coupe. Nice car!
He's not the most experienced so the one clean run we had time for at about 35mph, I spun a little in 1st gear and it shifted into 2nd right away. However, I put 1-1.5 on him. I saw him inching up when he hit 3rd. (I've heard good things about 3rd gear on the Cobra)....but I was getting into my powerband in 3rd gear as well so that stopped and I ended up 1 CL ahead.
NOTE: I was solo (210lbs) with a full tank of gas. He isn't a big guy, a medium sized passenger and half tank.
I'd like to try a variety of different speeds for grins sometime.
C5Z on the 'private road' again:
WICKED exhaust note, and possibly a tuner's decal in the lower, center rear window. I caught up in 2nd gear at 55mph, he knew I was interested. I 3-honked, made sure he was game and we hit it.
My hopes were dashed in about a second (or less) when he pulled about 1, maybe 1.5 CLs ahead of me and that''s where he stayed at WOT until we both let up, me in the powerband of 3rd gear.
He asked my mods/power, I told him 400rwhp (91 oct tune) and he said he just did exhaust. And said he was in 3rd gear. Sounded like full exhaust to me.
Soooooo my conclusion:
I think trap speed differential between my car and his is probably 5-6mph, assuming both under IDEAL condtions (113-114 vs. 119-120) Since we started off at the peak of my powerband, and I suspect he shifted from 2nd to 3rd, I would say the race was pretty representative.
If he had gone from a low speed roll, him powershifting, to the mid teens, it wouldn''t have been pretty (for me).
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