BY THE TIME I GRABED 2ND GEAR I WAS PULLING AWAY BY THE TIME WE HIT THE 1/4 MILE I HAD BEAT HIM BY A BOUT 2 CAR LENGTHS I HAVE IT ON CAMERA IS THERE A PLACE TO POST VIDEO ON THIS WEB PAGE.
THANKS RYAN
early 80s GTs, especially automatic trans cars, were not that quick. A solid mid 15sec Escort GT could beat it, could, same goes for early 80s F bodies and early 90s Mustang 5.0s GT autos.
as exampled with my ´80 TA kill a few posts earlier. you can beat those hefty automatics off the start easily, but gettin some speed going and then they prefer to pull away from you nicely
About a month ago me and two of my friends went drag racing out in the country roads. I drove my 92 EGT, my friend had his 01 Mustang GT and my other friend had his 2000 Grand AM GT.
Guess what? i took BOTH them off the line and hit 60 before them. But by the time i hit 70, my car has the tendancy to turn right, really fast, and on those narrow roads it scared me, so i decided to stop, letting them take me to the 1/3 mile (there was a cross road there, so we didn´t want to fly through there). I don´t care though, because i spanked them off the line and to 70 mph. They just whine "all i did was spin out at the start" and i figured hey, go to Cali and that excuse won´t save you the money you bet.
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