Are all you guys nuts? I have great traction!

After a while of owning one of these cars it's clear they aren't 'sports cars'. They're Fords (Which is okay!) with nice motors and we're pushing them farther than they probably should go.

1st to 2nd is definitely a lack of throttle body and line pressure...acceptance? Just wasn't built for Launching @ 2k RPMS and quickly slamming into 2nd at full load.

When your first set of tires die-- Don't go to the dealership and get bent over for the same garbage rubber. Do your research and get a better, sportier compound. I know on my Xport- That's my least favorite thing, The drive-train system is a close 2nd.

I think ya'll would be shocked what would happen on the strip with some better rubber. (Even just street rubber)

That also being said. I spent 300$ total on Slicks for the G35, I got a 1.5 60' with a 5AT (at the time) Transmission-- There's NOTHING like getting off the line like that (was 425whp at the time)
 
ElvenSho said:
Airbornemaikai said:
All we have in the X is traction control

same here, I turn it off but its never truly off. Maybe Torrie can disable it but then I doubt I could ever have it on.

Foot on brake and hold the traction button for a few seconds...I think the non PP guys are out of lock for that feature....I think the it can be defeated though in the tune but not sure about that. I have options in my strategy for traction control but I may only have those options because of the particular strategy. A different strategy may have more or less scalars within the tune
 
ElvenSho said:
Airbornemaikai said:
All we have in the X is traction control

same here, I turn it off but its never truly off. Maybe Torrie can disable it but then I doubt I could ever have it on.

Torrie wasn't keen on doing that for me, seems to think there's some serious issues with it-- That was a few months ago though.
 
Jtrain said:
1st to 2nd is definitely a lack of throttle body and line pressure...acceptance? Just wasn't built for Launching @ 2k RPMS and quickly slamming into 2nd at full load.



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What do you mean? I think mine shifts into 2nd pretty damn fast...The tuning ability in these new automatics and what they are capable of anymore is incredible to me.
 
After seeing what these engines are capable of I don't think were pushing these things all that hard. I did however get a better set of tires last year after having to replace them due to a huge nail in the sidewall of one of them. I went with the yokos prada spec xs
 
I guess with the 3.16 gear ratio that the PP has,we might have the edge in the quarter mile,but unfortunetly after that the non PP has us BEAT.
 
I took my 2 kids plus four of their friends to Big Bear this weekend in the E Sport. No I didn't calculate mileage but heavy footed with a 21CuFt Thule top box I'm sure it was pretty bad.  Anyway since we were there to play in the snow I did find some nice 18" thick patches, put the Sport in Sand/Manual (where is has remained for 40K miles BTW) and did some snow drifting :))  It spun effortlessly and threw up tons of snow, I didn't feel any kind of anti-spin intervention from the powertrain management?  Even second gear was uninhibited.
 
It will be nice to show a little bit of sportsmanship to one and another and respect,thats what matters to me the most,besides how fast i can cross the finishing line and get my hands on that lottery ticket.
 
ZSHO said:
I guess with the 3.16 gear ratio that the PP has,we might have the edge in the quarter mile,but unfortunetly after that the non PP has us BEAT.
I think there is a 0-60 advantage for PP, by the quarter its even, and non pp at the top.
 
FoMoCoSHO said:
ZSHO said:
I guess with the 3.16 gear ratio that the PP has,we might have the edge in the quarter mile,but unfortunetly after that the non PP has us BEAT.
I think there is a 0-60 advantage for PP, by the quarter its even, and non pp at the top.
I believe FoMoCo is correct... but that's stock, and few of us stay there... many factors involved starting with the DA...
My 0-60 is 4.0 +/- 0.1 depending on a lot of factors including pilot error, LOL... I'm rocking' it. 
 
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