Thread: quick short race-97 accord and 01 mustang gt

this happened a while ago b4 my flexplate cracked.
went out with a few friends and was on the way back home on the freeway just playing around pacing each other around 1-2AM in the morning and not alot of cars out. one is a 97 honda accord SOHC Vtec 5-speed with CAI and a muffler and the other is an 01 Mustang GT also a 5-speed with a BBK CAI, 3.73gears, and just a flowmaster series muffler. and both drivers are brothers and very competitive with each other(somewhat large egos).

anyways we're on an open stretch 3-lane with the accord in the far left, the mustang in the middle and i was also in the middle following the stang but was at least 3-4 car lengths back. the brothers paces each other at ~65-70mph and i noticed they gunned it and started pulling away from me. well 1-2 second delay i got on it and followed suit. suprisingly the accord held its own and prolly by 110mph the stang was at least a car length on it only. i made up the 3-4 car length by 115 and was beside them, and by 120 i was going to pull on the stang but he and the accord braked and slowed down and called it quits . this was with the 3.1" pulley and ~19-20* of timing with cutout open FWIW. the accord and stang each had a passenger and i was alone.

cliff notes-accord and stang raced @65-70mph and i sarted behind 3-4 car lengths back. i made up the car lengths by 115 while the stang edged the accord by a car at 110. i would of pulled the stang by 120 b4 the race was over. both accord and stang each had a passenger(girlfriends).


edit-mods to the accord was a CAI and a muffler and the stang had a BBK CAI, 3.73gears, and just a flowmaster series muffler.

Nice.

Your car is pretty modded out man. I think you should have smoked them

well he started behind them 3-4 cars. and didn't gas on it right away. to make up the head start that was pretty sweet. and with the honda, maybe it was a vtec from another car?

did you try posting a thread under the engine section? just click whichever engine you have and start a thread if you dont see an old one that answeres your question. you'll get better responses on that thread then on someones kill thread.

i would imagine the driver in the mustang prolly didnt downshift to the correct gear, giving the honda adequate time to run with him until it went higher into the speed.

good real in!