I humbled an 07 Mustang!

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Today I had a go with an 07 Mustang and I surprised the hell out of him! Ok so it was only a 6 cylinder Mustang! I was driving my 95 MK8 and this guy was weaving in and out of traffic so I decided to play! The best that we could do is line up side by side second car at the light. I tried to get him to drive slow to let there be enough distance between us and the first cars that were at the light; but he just didn't get it! Finally there was enough distance for him to pass the car in front of me and I followed suit. Obviously he had the jump on me but I was still able to pass him when I hit about 90 MPH. He asked me what was done to the car and I told him just a slightly higher stall speed in the converter.

I was surprised that I didn't just blow right by him so I did some research.
AT http://www.carforums.net/showthread.php?t=10251 they have supposed published times for both cars.

This website suggests that I should have lost because a 6 banger Mustang is supposed to run 6.9 seconds 0 to 60 and 15.3 seconds in the 1/4 while a 95 MK8 is supposed to run 0 to 60 in 7.6 seconds? and the 1/4 in 15.8 seconds?! I have very little done to the MK8 but it ran 14.9 in the 1/4. If I had read this info before I ran it at the track maybe I would have run slower! A 93 MK8 is stated as running 4/10's faster in the 1/4 than a 95 MK8? What is the difference in the 93 MK8 and the 95 MK8 to make such a difference?

I guess that you can't believe everything that you read on the internet.
 
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Those numbers for the 95 Mark VIII are bull****. I have never seen a tuned up stock Mark VIII not able to run low 15's bone stock.
 
I kind of figured that the numbers were bogus or as you said bull****! I honestly have a slightly higher stall speed (2500 to 2600 rpm) and a decently built tranny and I ran 14.9 seconds in the 1/4 in 85 degree heat! That is almost a full second faster than that website's published times! Maybe someone pulled a plug before that particular test!
 
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Maybe someone pulled a plug before that particular test!!
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Or they ran the test at some crappy high altitude dragstrip.
Altitude/Density Altitude makes a huge difference in dragstrip times.

Unless both cars were ran on the same day, at the same track, with the same drivers... then.. there IS no comparison.
 
The new 6 banger mustangs are actually relatively quick for what they are... not as fast as the Mark but around the same...

Congrats on the win.
 
I have to agree that for what they are the new 6 Banger Mustang is relatively quick. If they really run 15.3 1/4's then are about as fast as a mid 80's Iroc Z Camaro If they had the old 3.8L V6 in them they would be real slugs!
 
My supervisor has an 07 v6 manual. He ran a 15.8 when I went to the track with him, and before that his best was a mid 15 he said.
 
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