Purple Haze

Well, heres how it went.

Was cruisin home from work in the RT. Medium heavy traffic ( Just enuf space to pop between cars to gain a lane ) And I came up on this nice blue Mustang. 99 or newer. So I bumped it down a gear and came up on his ***, he downshifted and we started to play dodge traffic. He would pull on me a lil, but I kept up with him in traffic. We finally got to a spot where we were able to get out and get it wound WAY open. Up to about 110 or so he pulled me by about 2 car lengths... Not too bad Considering I was driving the Stratus... AHAHAHAHA my lil 3.0 V6 was doggin a 4.6 V8 AHAHAHAHAHA If he only knew.....

Danno

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98 DA CC R/T
12.99 @ 104.72

shakerboy

danno, i love ya, and you know i love my dodges...but come on!!! the stratus R/T is quick, but the 4.6 'stangs can be mid 14 second cars in the right hands out of the box....flame suit on!


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SHAKER
99 flame red club cab R/T 14.335 @ 94.90
273.4 RWHP
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HotRod

If it was a 99-newer it goes 14.0s to high 13s on stock rubber. Of course the driver can make it real slow. Maybe missed a gear?
Good non-kill, Danno.

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Rod K.

'93 Lightning #1529 NLOC #675
13.27 @ 101.55 Au Natural
12.67 @ 102.52 Kinda juiced..
'98 SVT Contour E1 #5782
'00 Suzuki Bandit S1200 10s??

Purple Haze

Youd be suprised how good this thing pulls once rolling But Im sure driver had alot to do with it as well hehehehe. Anyway... it was a non kill, but I bet he was wonderin!! And I was wishin I was drivin the Dak instead!! AHAHAH

Danno

Purple Haze

Shawn,

Ya driven one? They pull REAL strong once they get rolling. I wouldnt wanna stoplight race anything, but I have the 5 speed version.. and it flat goes ( not like my Dak of course ) from a roll I was fairly impressed myself. Suprised would be a better word. Anyway... Go test drive a Eclipse GT with a 5 speed... its the same car

Danno

hankd

Mid 14's??? WTF? More like 13.7-13.8...14.0 is typical though...

I vote for a missed shift or the GT guy was just jackin' around...


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lightngsvt

All I can say is my 99 GT Convertible, AUTO ran 14.5 bone stock. So a 5 speed GT would easily be a low 14's car with a decent driver. So is this the new 200hp Stratus?

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Chuck P
1993#3951 (24k miles, mod'ed and lots of custom parts)
NLOC#138
NLOC Michigan area Regional Representative
MiLOC#10

00 Focus ZX3
99 GT conv
91 GT (race/show car- in hibernation)

shakerboy

of course i've driven 'em. i worked for dodge til 3 weeks ago, remember? i'm just saying it seemed kinda far fetched, big boys like us can't make rice go that fast. hehehehe need someone scrawny like damon!!

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SHAKER
99 flame red club cab R/T 14.335 @ 94.90
273.4 RWHP
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shakerboy

would i believe it? yes! have i seen it done? no. and definately not with an auto car. 5spd maybe...

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SHAKER
99 flame red club cab R/T 14.335 @ 94.90
273.4 RWHP
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hankd

Are you talking about the GT times? Yes...those are for 5 spds...

shakerboy

yea, i figured

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SHAKER
99 flame red club cab R/T 14.335 @ 94.90
273.4 RWHP
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R/T EATER

My girlfriends 2001 runs high 13's and all it has is a H-pipe, flowmasters and Pro 5.0 shifter. I don't think those mods helped performance much, it just made it sound better.

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94 white lightning
#3785 of 4007
Mods include
blue racing strips
cowl hood
hard bed cover
roll pan
level 10 rebuild
billet torque convertor
level 10 shift kit
Auburn Pro locker
Bassani equal length headers
Bassani off-road xpipe
Flowmasters
Chip (still has speedlimiter)
Autometer pillar gauges(trans. and water)
White face gauges
MSD ignition w/ timing control
125 shot of nitrous

Purple Haze

Yup, An '02 with 1487 miles on it Its the commuter car so I dont have to put miles on the Dak... I was actually suprised I hung with the guy as well as I did. I figured dumb driver and automatic

I know how fast the real GT's are. Ive smoked a couple at the track that were runnin 14.4's or so. I had a vid that I posted on here at one point showin that kill That was with the Dak BTW ahahahah

Danno




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98 DA CC R/T
12.99 @ 104.72

Purple Haze

One other thing to consider,

ET is basically mostly in the launch. IE torque. I dunno how well the 4.6 GT pulls on the top end, but Ill bet it comes out of the hole WAY stronger than this Stratus. So from a roll, if Im in the right gear, correct RPM and I get the jump on him, it IS possible to pull on something like a GT, and or keep up decently. A good V6 with good top end power in a light car will pull pretty good. Not sayin that I would beat a 4.6 in the Qtr with it!! Just sayin from a 60MPH roll I wasnt too far off his ***..... Big diff.

Danno



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98 DA CC R/T
12.99 @ 104.72

shakerboy

doesn't matter anyway, danno. you're still the sexiest racer 'round!!!

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SHAKER
99 flame red club cab R/T 14.335 @ 94.90
273.4 RWHP
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