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99GTNOOB

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was a huge dissapointment! lol i had not been to the track in 2 years nor drivin a 5 speed in the same amount of time and i just seemed to not have a good day. first off i have a bone stock 99GT 5 speed. stock rims with street tires and the track is repitable to usually be prepped pretty good. best time was a 14.7 flat and that was starting at idle. i couldnt even launch at all because everytime the damn tires would burnout through 2nd gear then finally catch resulting in high 15 sec runs. shifted around 5k to 5200 rpm. 60fts were horrible, best was a 2.34 and that was when i ran my best time of 14.7. could never get my mph to 100 best mph was 96. Any suggestions with the street tires? shift points? like i said it was the first time being out there again, so was that incredibly terrible or what to expect from a stock 99gt 5 speed with street tires and a somewhat beginner driver??
 

02nightmaregt

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Dude don't worry about it. Is your car in good running order? If not giver her a good ole' tune up, let a little air (not much) out of the tires, launch a little higher than idle, and shift closer to redline and you'll knock down those times. When i ran my 02 bone stock thats what i did and i ran a 14.01, and that was after being deployed for 6+ months and never even owning a stang b4 that. So that was my first time running her. It's all good man you'll get better.
 

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youll get it down. you need to shift it at 59-6000k.
 

BurningRubber

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Winters98GT said:
youll get it down. you need to shift it at 59-6000k.
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Yep, PI 4.6's like the extra RPM.

My car pulls solid to 5800 RPM or so, going over isnt doing much for me since I have gears but pulling right before the limiter on a stock geared GT will help get it back in the powerband..
 

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wow i want to go back now and get some good numbers!!! lol i feel like an idiot shifting at 5k but someone on a thread had said thats where i should be shifting. whos knows but im going again this week so we will see the improvement
 

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Even a non PI should shift at around 5400 RPM (they choke hard after that).

Definatly wind it out a little more and you will see an improvment.

My first time out I shifted between 4800 and 5000, lol. I ran a 15.1 and a 14.9 at 96mph.
 
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