Patrick Dietrich
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Only mod is E85 tune period.
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They are pirelli winter zotto tires. Normal street compound. Hard as can be.Holy cow, very nice. When you say street tires, are they the stock tires?
Can't say for sure but I know with drag radials I'd be at least 11.30s. 60 ft was 1.85.I would think with stock tires you would’ve gotten at least a tenth or two better.
Well actually that's not the case in dragracing. If they can't launch with sticky tires then they have no clue how to use the power or the clutch. If I put drag radials on I'd easily have 1.6 short times.I actually think the harder tires are better in this case because they allow for more wheel spin to launch the car easier getting it up to speed in the power band. My reason for that is the complaints from testers of the 2019 GT350 with the cup tires providing too much traction and difficulty getting the car to launch without bogging down.
Just flex. Car has always ran extremely strong . ThanksIs this a “flex” tune or dedicated E85 tune ?
Very impressive either way !
Yeah , car certainly definitely runs strong for just a flex tune . Whose tune ?Sorry. I sent Burnin the timeslip. 12.97 @120.19 is off memory . I'm not home to look. Picked up 31 in back half. But you can see first and half of second spinning really screwed me up .
I'm not advocating massive amounts of wheel spin. Managing any wheel spin requires proper use of the clutch. I'm just suggesting that many professional journalists have had trouble launching the GT350 for good 0-60 and quarter mile times because of the extremely high revs required to break the tires loose to keep the engine from bogging. As Ford as said many times, this car is not a drag car, wasn't built for it, no low end torque to get her rolling. Same is true for the GT 5.0. The Camaro blows its doors off thru the quarter but keep going to a half mile and the Camaro is no where in sight. As a side note, the temp outside today was 55 degrees and I had a ton of fun running hard acceleration runs thru second gear without putting any undue stress on my clutch without 5K RPM launches. Cup 2 tires demand respect in cold temps but they sure are a lot of fun.Well actually that's not the case in dragracing. If they can't launch with sticky tires then they have no clue how to use the power or the clutch. If I put drag radials on I'd easily have 1.6 short times.