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Old Nov 19, 2002 | 05:55 PM
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Lost to a new Mustang

I raced a brand new mustang mach1(had a crazy hood and mach 1 stickers) today from standstill to about 80 and he beat me by 1.5 car lenghts. he could've beat me by more if he didnt spin his wheels in first gear. i had esp off, rev up to 2k and let the brakes go. i beat him to 30 but after that it was bye bye CLK. That thing was fast!!
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Old Nov 19, 2002 | 06:05 PM
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oh well.. can't win them all... those new mustangs especially the mach 1 has some serious hp under the hood, 305 i think, cobra's have about 390 hp... whooo......what does your signature mean... 19 and 1.5? i'm assuming 19 inch wheels and lowered 1.5 inches?
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Old Nov 19, 2002 | 06:11 PM
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Remember he may have beat you. But he still drives a Rustang:p
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 02:21 AM
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Originally posted by altai1083
oh well.. can't win them all... those new mustangs especially the mach 1 has some serious hp under the hood, 305 i think, cobra's have about 390 hp... whooo......what does your signature mean... 19 and 1.5? i'm assuming 19 inch wheels and lowered 1.5 inches?
good guess altai. ur right. 19"AMG'z and 1.5" H&R's.
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 02:30 PM
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Remember he may have beat you. But he still drives a Rustang:p
That's why I got the best of both worlds
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 03:54 PM
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ohh well, you can't wind them all, thanks for sharing tho. I know there isn't much that can touch those new Cobras, they are "F"ing fast! The looks have improved a lot too.
But you still drive a nicer car all around.
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 07:46 PM
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Go back to 17" wheels and you might have a chance
I noticed my 'stang slowed a bit when I put on 18"s...
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Old Nov 20, 2002 | 10:47 PM
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Go back to 17" wheels and you might have a chance
I noticed my 'stang slowed a bit when I put on 18"s...
You are right, now that he is running 19"s it is like having 2.60 something instead of 2.87
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it's all because of moment of inertia, stupid physics *curses under breath* yeah, by increasing the radius to mass concentration, you raise the moment of inertia.
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Old Nov 21, 2002 | 11:00 AM
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it's all because of moment of inertia, stupid physics *curses under breath* yeah, by increasing the radius to mass concentration, you raise the moment of inertia.
exactly
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