Mustang Track Day Video.....

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Hi there


Just a video I came across whilst searching for some new wheels for my car:-

Part 1

Part 2


Nothing over exciting but shows you what a stock Mustang with very simple cheat bolt-on mods can do.

That car is not supercharged, has standard brakes etc.

Its only mods are brake ducts, uprated pads along with Tokico adjustable suspension and springs which cost about £500. The rest of car is just a CAI along with remap taking it to approx 350BHP.

Watch and hopefully enjoy. :)
 
I love the sound it makes!

How long did it take you to get used to left hand drive when you first got your mustang?
 
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Some people can never get over the LHD aspect.

Others, like myself, find no issue and adapt to it in no time at all.

Didn't even once try to open the door instead of changing gear whilst driving in my first one :D
 
Andr3w said:
I love the sound it makes!

How long did it take you to get used to left hand drive when you first got your mustang?
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Hi there

About one day, what took the most time is changing gear with the other hand.

But now I can hop in and out of LHD and RHD cars no problem. :)
 
I have to say that the driver didn't actually appear to be trying too hard, didn't change gear that much, just surfed the torque, and whilst he had the american muscle car chase tyre squeal, not a lot of corrections in use.

All the same, worth watching the vid just for the noise, that's awesome. Having driven an entry level new Mustang last year, I can certainly understand the attraction.
 
Gibbo said:
About one day, what took the most time is changing gear with the other hand.

But now I can hop in and out of LHD and RHD cars no problem. :)
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Same here, very odd on the on the first day trying to pull away quickly and having your left hand grabbing at nothing when trying to shift into 2nd. :D

I now find LHD more comfortable when driving on multi-carriageways then RHD, and on normal roads I don't notice any difference other than tolls/car parks.
Happy said:
:D

Love the sound they make :)
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I keep meaning to grab a video of mine and the noise it makes, complete grin factor.
 
Hi there

This is what a proper sorted Mustang can do:-


Thats the Griggs GR40TT.

Its supercharged producing 460RWHP, its got full Griggs suspension setup which is the best and also most expensive, its running 6kg wheels on each corner and has Griggs braking system.

Needless to say stupidly fast and its a road car, not a track car, unlike many of the cars it flies past on that race day!!
 
love the way he weaves about a bit, thinking he's driving a F1 car needing to get heat into the tyres.

To be fair, he might have had cold tyres and wanted to get a bit of heat into them, but the token gesture of 3 or 4 weaves isnt going to do it lol

good vid though, as already said the exhaust note is automative porn.
 
GSXRMovistar said:
I now find LHD more comfortable when driving on multi-carriageways then RHD, and on normal roads I don't notice any difference other than tolls/car parks.
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I'd have always thought that with a LHD car on LHD roads, you'd be constantly riding over the roughest parts of the road surface, and so it'd be less comfortable

I adapted to LHD driving after 2000 miles of it in the States, but I get a feeling it's a different ballgame when driving on the LHD roads we have here. I always get the feeling I'd end up forgetting one day and driving with my seat in the middle of the road, smashing the wing mirrors off the cars going the other way :\
 
PMKeates said:
I'd have always thought that with a LHD car on LHD roads, you'd be constantly riding over the roughest parts of the road surface, and so it'd be less comfortable
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How come? the car itself still has the same position on the road, it's only the driver that's moved.

Also I think for me I found the change very easy as I ride a bike so used to being positioned all over the place.
 
GSXRMovistar said:
How come? the car itself still has the same position on the road, it's only the driver that's moved.
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That's what I mean - sort of like when you hit a pothole, there's a notable difference in harshness depending on what side hits it. I'd have thought they'd be more "happening" on the nearside suspension, and so the rougher surface would be more noticable if you're sitting above it. It was just a guess, but by what you're saying it seems it's not the case :p
 
Hi there

Another video of the Griggs GR40 car at another track, first car it passes it whatever an Spoon RSX Race Car is, looks like a DC5 to me anyway, which then comes flying past later in video, still really good video:-

 
whats the major differences between yours and the GR40 car gibbo

Yours has already got 550bhp so the power is the same, and you went from some pretty trick suspension if i remember rightly.
 
MrLOL said:
whats the major differences between yours and the GR40 car gibbo

Yours has already got 550bhp so the power is the same, and you went from some pretty trick suspension if i remember rightly.
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Hi there

Griggs has a completely custom bespoke suspension setup, the entire setup for front and rear is circa $8000 I believe damn expensive, but the results seem to speak for themselves, if it can make a road car handle as good as a race car on the track but still have road car characteristics on the road then my hat goes off to them.

My suspension setup in the rear is very trick and probably not too far off the griggs setup, my cars weak point is the front pushing wide (understeer), so I need to work on increasing front bite:-

I have got a list of new bits too add:-
Steeda X5 ball joint kit - $150
Steeda bump steer kit - $150

Those two improve front tyre contact patch on lowered cars, so should be a good start at improving front end grip and nice and cheap.

Next step is:-
Tokico D-Spec Adjust structs/shocks - $550
Steeda Sport Springs - $250

The adove been adjustable means I can set the front a bit softer than rear to try dial out understeer. Plus the Tokico/Steeda stuff is rated higher than Saleen kit for handling.

Then I can add an adjustable front sway bar to help things and my other mod is a set of lightweight wheels which should aid handling further. :)


Here is the Griggs car doing a hill climb:-
 
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