The learning curve for the car now, and the insane application of power at the wrong time almost cost me dearly.
I took the car to work today. It needed gas first, so I took it down the street, filled it, and left out for work. I’m thinking as I start out..
“ I wonder if I’m short shifting this thing, let’s see what happens if I flat foot it to 7 grand and then shift”
Before I tell you what happens when you do that, let’s all just collectively try to guess how fast a car like this might be going at the top of first gear at 7000 rpm...
What do ya think,..40, 50, maybe 60 mph?
Whatever speed that is, at 7000 this thing becomes an animal, the tires literally scream, and the car violently gets out of shape..
I lift...it snaps back the other way,...It’s sliding towards the median, but for having had experience in trying to control a skidding car this whole story would be over now, with the nose of the monster buried into the median of the 4 lane divided highway I tried this out on..Obviously, I didn’t wreck.
But I got the sht scared out of me nonetheless.
This is a weird thing for me, the car is not that fast up to the point where it hits 15 psi, but once it does,...
it’s INSANE!
It was partially my fault..I pulled that stunt in a slight curve in the highway...in other words,...not quite straight.
Because I’m not the type to let a car scare me, I’m also not the type to do something stupid like that twice...The next time I try it, I’m absolutely straight.
My rear tires spin at 60 miles per hour...at 15 psi..( This seems like a recipe for disaster)
The lag is the deceptive part..as the engine comes into power, it goes from “ Ok...this is fun” , to “ OHHH SHHTTT!” In about the time it takes to go one, two, three. If there was the same kinda torque down low like the 250 had, then I might be better able to anticipate it, but this comes outta nowhere. And the 250 mighta made 400 whp maybe...and by the time it was at 6000 rpm, it was done making that power..
I cannot even imagine this car at 20 psi...
but,....
I’m gonna find out.
For those of you that think that a Fairmont is a big car...