Hammerhead13579
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@t-zoo
@Qcman17
@wynand32
@Cobra Jet
Thank you all for your inputs back in 2022. The mode options (changing) once in shifter S was especially interesting as I haven't seen that anywhere. However, it's 2025 and I still have not seen any evidence to support some of the claims that I have heard. Just this past week I watched some YouTube clips and two separate people said the following about how to setup the vehicle for the drag strip:
"Place the car into drag mode and put the shifter into S. This makes the car faster because it increases line pressure and shifts harder and faster."
Now, based on what I have read and the limited testing I have done on the streets (and trying to use some sort of logic), this doesn't make sense. Drag mode already has increased (harder and faster) shifts so why would the shifter position affect this? Additionally, drag mode shifts are the absolute hardest and fastest based on the literature because it's literally trying to cut tenths off your drag times....so how could the shifter in S make this better? Is this even possible?
I am under the assumption that the drive mode shifts logic OVERRIDES the shift logic from shifter position D AND from position S. It doesn't make sense to me that the computer would somehow multiply the inputs to make the shifts extra extra hard and fast just because you put the shifter into S....that's mainly there to be able to paddle shift because there is NO other way to get into full manual mode.
So here I am thinking that these YouTube folks are wrong. They are mistaking the increased line pressure for harder and faster shifts THAT ALREADY occurs in drag mode to be coming from their action of putting the shifter into S.
All of this is very relevant to me now because I am taking my car to the drag stip and plan to use Drag Mode. But until recently I didn't have any thought about changing the shifter position into S. But after searching the forums and Internet there I still haven't found anything definitive to prove that those YouTube folks don't know what they are talking about. It's 2025 now and I was hoping for data logs, info directly from Ford Engineers, something....but I have yet to see anything that shows what exactly the computer does or doesn't do in this instance. Do any of your fine people have any more information about this now? Anything at all?
By the way, this is the current verbiage I found online for drag mode from Ford:
Drag Strip
This mode adjusts the transmissions shift schedule for aggressive shifting and higher engine speeds, optimizing performance at maximum throttle. This feature increases accelerator pedal responsiveness and sets the steering to its sport setting for enhanced driver connectivity and feedback.
Depending on your vehicles options, the system optimizes the adaptive dampers for straight line maximum acceleration and sets the active exhaust to a louder tone.
Use this mode for high-performance driving on closed circuit drag strips where you need optimal straight line performance.
Note: This mode is for track use only and is not intended for public roads.
@Qcman17
@wynand32
@Cobra Jet
Thank you all for your inputs back in 2022. The mode options (changing) once in shifter S was especially interesting as I haven't seen that anywhere. However, it's 2025 and I still have not seen any evidence to support some of the claims that I have heard. Just this past week I watched some YouTube clips and two separate people said the following about how to setup the vehicle for the drag strip:
"Place the car into drag mode and put the shifter into S. This makes the car faster because it increases line pressure and shifts harder and faster."
Now, based on what I have read and the limited testing I have done on the streets (and trying to use some sort of logic), this doesn't make sense. Drag mode already has increased (harder and faster) shifts so why would the shifter position affect this? Additionally, drag mode shifts are the absolute hardest and fastest based on the literature because it's literally trying to cut tenths off your drag times....so how could the shifter in S make this better? Is this even possible?
I am under the assumption that the drive mode shifts logic OVERRIDES the shift logic from shifter position D AND from position S. It doesn't make sense to me that the computer would somehow multiply the inputs to make the shifts extra extra hard and fast just because you put the shifter into S....that's mainly there to be able to paddle shift because there is NO other way to get into full manual mode.
So here I am thinking that these YouTube folks are wrong. They are mistaking the increased line pressure for harder and faster shifts THAT ALREADY occurs in drag mode to be coming from their action of putting the shifter into S.
All of this is very relevant to me now because I am taking my car to the drag stip and plan to use Drag Mode. But until recently I didn't have any thought about changing the shifter position into S. But after searching the forums and Internet there I still haven't found anything definitive to prove that those YouTube folks don't know what they are talking about. It's 2025 now and I was hoping for data logs, info directly from Ford Engineers, something....but I have yet to see anything that shows what exactly the computer does or doesn't do in this instance. Do any of your fine people have any more information about this now? Anything at all?
By the way, this is the current verbiage I found online for drag mode from Ford:
Drag Strip
This mode adjusts the transmissions shift schedule for aggressive shifting and higher engine speeds, optimizing performance at maximum throttle. This feature increases accelerator pedal responsiveness and sets the steering to its sport setting for enhanced driver connectivity and feedback.
Depending on your vehicles options, the system optimizes the adaptive dampers for straight line maximum acceleration and sets the active exhaust to a louder tone.
Use this mode for high-performance driving on closed circuit drag strips where you need optimal straight line performance.
Note: This mode is for track use only and is not intended for public roads.
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