Does your car feel slow to you after awhile?
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Agreed. I drive the truck all winter and give her the beans on occasional to blow the dust out of her. Feels kinda spunky, especially for a truck with a relatively small motor. Then I drive the RS on occasion and the truck feels slow. Then I drive the Cobra on the first nice day of the season and then the RS feels like a turd. It's all perspective and what you've gotten used to. The silver lining - in my eyes anyway - is that it allows you to feel that rush over and over again when you come back to the "fast" car.
Ha. I read the post title as, “Does your wife feel slow....”
Jeremy Clarkson said this about F1 drivers too. At the beginning of the season the cars are insanely fast.
Halfway through the first weekend they are begging for more power.
Halfway through the first weekend they are begging for more power.
This is why you need a big body on frame truck for a daily and a sports car/muscle car as your fun weekend toy.
It's always jarring going from a slow heavy tank that has your 5 feet off the ground to smaller sporty car with actual suspension and handling dynamics.
Goes the other way too.
It's always jarring going from a slow heavy tank that has your 5 feet off the ground to smaller sporty car with actual suspension and handling dynamics.
Goes the other way too.
My supercharged mustang is still under 400rwhp and I still think it’s fun to drive, after almost 7 years of ownership. Given I drive the car on occasion, and daily my truck. I wanted to build an engine but now I think she’s ok at this level. Handling has me more interested than adding power. I find taking a corner at speed is more entertaining than going fast in a straight line.
Pick your poison.
Pick your poison.
This couldn't be more true. Im thinking to myself some days, "is my car really making what the dyno reported". Then I drive it when its a little chilly outside and it hasn't been heatsoaked yet and Im like "damn I forgot how fast it can feel sometimes".
Truth
A 60+ hp 2 stroke death machine that weighs less than 200lbs will ruin everything you once thought was fast and "handled well" lmao.
^This!
I drive my car once week, twice a week if I'm lucky. So, my car always feels fast to me.
I need a 100hp superkart to make my 2 stroke feel slow......2020 goals. Those mother ****ers blitz the road courses.
Daily driving a Hellcat ruins things for your sense of perspective.
Still it was awesome to drive my GT500 after a while, then jump back into the Hellcat and wonder where the 700hp went
Now that I’m driving a truck again daily, I’m sure my Shelby will feel even more insane.
A funny aside, when NASA tested humans for space travel, one of the things small children didn’t fear was straight line acceleration. Centrifugal rotational forces not so much. So we’re wired to be ok with fast drag cars. That’s what I got out of the lecture
And once your car feels slow, just add more mods.
-J
Still it was awesome to drive my GT500 after a while, then jump back into the Hellcat and wonder where the 700hp went
Now that I’m driving a truck again daily, I’m sure my Shelby will feel even more insane.
A funny aside, when NASA tested humans for space travel, one of the things small children didn’t fear was straight line acceleration. Centrifugal rotational forces not so much. So we’re wired to be ok with fast drag cars. That’s what I got out of the lecture
And once your car feels slow, just add more mods.
-J
I don't feel my Mustang needs more power for my usage and it doesn't feel slow. When I upgraded the suspension and brakes, it transformed the handling and made it much more enjoyable on the road course.
Details on your setup please.
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My 14 felt slow when it was delivered, compared to my 11.
Driving a 5.0 F150 for a D/D allows the 14 to get my attention when I take it out..
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Driving a 5.0 F150 for a D/D allows the 14 to get my attention when I take it out..
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Not mine.
2500 lbs and 540 some odd HP at the wheels. I can't always put the power down on the street.
But then again I feel the street is not the best place to put power down (not that I don't).
But no, my car always keeps me interested in driving.
E
2500 lbs and 540 some odd HP at the wheels. I can't always put the power down on the street.
But then again I feel the street is not the best place to put power down (not that I don't).
But no, my car always keeps me interested in driving.
E
Sure. This is probably well over $22k in mods.
Aero(all functional and wind tunnel tested):
AJ Hartman Custom Front Splitter, full carbon fiber with large curved tunnels
GT350 OEM Spoiler
Versus Engineering rear diffuser
Tiger Racing Carbon Hood
Suspension:
-Cortex Racing JRi SA shocks(front camber is -3.5*, I don't remember off hand what the rear camber is)
-Corner Balanced
-Cortex Monoball kit
-Cortex Sway Bar End Links
-Cortex Bump Steer Kit
-BMR Sway Bars
-BMR Vertical Links
Brakes:
-AP Racing RadiCAL front brakes
-Ferodo DS.UNO pads for track, DS2500 for street
-JLT brake cooling kit
Engine/Exhaust:
-Tuned by Altnernative Auto
-ARH Catless Headers
-Borla Atak Exhaust
Wheels:
Forgestar F14 (street) with Pilot 4S, 295/35/19 all around
Forgeline GA3R (track) with Toyo R888R, 315/30/18 all around
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Thanks! I always think my car isn't fast enough. I was thinking of getting a ported 2018 intake manifold and having the car tuned. I would imagine I would be between 400-450 at the wheels if I'm not already at the low end of that. I don't care much for straight line racing; I'd rather beef up suspension, handling, brakes, and tires and drive the hell out of it on a road course. I was curious about your set up. Sounds amazing!
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