skunk
Veteran CEG'er
I wanted to post this up seperate from my mods post. I'm still learning this car and I'm not afraid at all to say this car is scary!! I have been driving my contour for 7yrs and I know her like the back of my hand, I throw her into turns and know just what she will do, she wil tell me when it is to much and what to do to correct it. the contour doesn't really over react to throttle lift and if the back end gets light you can plant the gas and the front end pulls you forward, the list goes on and on.
throw it out with rear wheel drive, plus the mustang has more power and tourqe. I have been go at it slow but so far it the mustang can take the same roads I do in the contour and higher speeds it grips better and has better tourqe curves. I was shocked. the one thing though this car demands more of you has a driver!! I lifted of the throttle to hard getting nervous when the back end got light and it upset the car far more than the contour, I put throttle back in with some steering to get her happy again, buy holy crap, the back end wanted to go right around. I took the corner to late and put to much steering into it not so much a problem in the tour it would let you drift up and back out not the stang.
I'm still learning how to handle the power going into through and out of turns also. I'm mostly up at the old airport road or old ames parking lot. but pretty much sofar it like this know your braking, this also upsets this car more than the tour. you have to be on/part on the throttle through the whole turn don't lift, if the back end gets light or starts to come around use the throttle and steering to get it back...steering alone doesn't work(tried it) using the brakes you are going around(tried it) lifting out of the throttle upsets it which will make you over steer and when you hit the gas again and it grabs, well you know.
I searched on line and read a couple of articles on this. they pretty much use the throttle/sterring to straighten the car out. i tried it out in the old ames parking lot coming around the back of the building holding a tight radious.
I don't plan on making this a habit. I wanted to find the limit I want to drive this car in. I know the contour can take corners really fast and I pushed for along time to find out what the limits where, how the contour reacts to them and how the fix it. once I found them I backed it down a couple of notches so I play within note within those limits w.o really pushing the car so I can have fun and not really hurt the car and get it back qiuckly if something comes up.
I'm getting there with the mustang, the thing that still scares me is even toning it down with this car, I still think it will get away from quicker and never be has much fun through the turns has the contour, even though it takes them with more athourity and drama the contour feels more like putting on a really nice suit, it just feels damn good.
so I don't know. they are both different animals and this topic could go on and on.
I'll sum it like this:
the contour is like a well mannered child, you can let him loose and you know don't have to worry all the time.
my mustang is like a crazy step son running around town, you have to keep constant watch to keep him out of trouble :laugh: .
It wil take along time to feel the same comfort level I do in tour if I ever get there totally. the mustang though is really fun, i mean really fun. the hp is fun and there is so much that can be done to these cars it unreal. straight line power with my 3:73 gears is ear to ear grin fun. It will throw you in the seat when power shifting through the first 3 gears going down the road and I left a pretty good amount of rubber in front of my house :crazy: , hey gotta play. yep stangs are fun guys.
throw it out with rear wheel drive, plus the mustang has more power and tourqe. I have been go at it slow but so far it the mustang can take the same roads I do in the contour and higher speeds it grips better and has better tourqe curves. I was shocked. the one thing though this car demands more of you has a driver!! I lifted of the throttle to hard getting nervous when the back end got light and it upset the car far more than the contour, I put throttle back in with some steering to get her happy again, buy holy crap, the back end wanted to go right around. I took the corner to late and put to much steering into it not so much a problem in the tour it would let you drift up and back out not the stang.
I'm still learning how to handle the power going into through and out of turns also. I'm mostly up at the old airport road or old ames parking lot. but pretty much sofar it like this know your braking, this also upsets this car more than the tour. you have to be on/part on the throttle through the whole turn don't lift, if the back end gets light or starts to come around use the throttle and steering to get it back...steering alone doesn't work(tried it) using the brakes you are going around(tried it) lifting out of the throttle upsets it which will make you over steer and when you hit the gas again and it grabs, well you know.
I searched on line and read a couple of articles on this. they pretty much use the throttle/sterring to straighten the car out. i tried it out in the old ames parking lot coming around the back of the building holding a tight radious.
I don't plan on making this a habit. I wanted to find the limit I want to drive this car in. I know the contour can take corners really fast and I pushed for along time to find out what the limits where, how the contour reacts to them and how the fix it. once I found them I backed it down a couple of notches so I play within note within those limits w.o really pushing the car so I can have fun and not really hurt the car and get it back qiuckly if something comes up.
I'm getting there with the mustang, the thing that still scares me is even toning it down with this car, I still think it will get away from quicker and never be has much fun through the turns has the contour, even though it takes them with more athourity and drama the contour feels more like putting on a really nice suit, it just feels damn good.
so I don't know. they are both different animals and this topic could go on and on.
I'll sum it like this:
the contour is like a well mannered child, you can let him loose and you know don't have to worry all the time.
my mustang is like a crazy step son running around town, you have to keep constant watch to keep him out of trouble :laugh: .
It wil take along time to feel the same comfort level I do in tour if I ever get there totally. the mustang though is really fun, i mean really fun. the hp is fun and there is so much that can be done to these cars it unreal. straight line power with my 3:73 gears is ear to ear grin fun. It will throw you in the seat when power shifting through the first 3 gears going down the road and I left a pretty good amount of rubber in front of my house :crazy: , hey gotta play. yep stangs are fun guys.