First Race (At the Track)

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I was able to race my cousin, who has a 1998 SVT Contour, as do I. He has Y-pipe, Cat-Back exhaust, underdrive pulleys, and ford racing wires, with 97,000 miles on it. Mine is bone stock, with 58,000 miles on it. Track light turns green, He spins, I don't, I beat him by a car. I was very shocked. I figured he would reel me, but I held him off. Could it be that the significant mileage difference helped?

Many variables, Tires what size and brand?? Driver also is important, mileage could be an issue. Mainly the drivers!!

He is a good driver, but he does not drive the car often, and I guess just had a really bad launch. I got lucky.

Originally posted by svtcontour80:
He is a good driver, but he does not drive the car often, and I guess just had a really bad launch. I got lucky.

by the way what was ur 60, and 1/4 time with mph??

Originally posted by Arhethia:

Originally posted by svtcontour80:
He is a good driver, but he does not drive the car often, and I guess just had a really bad launch. I got lucky.

by the way what was ur 60, and 1/4 time with mph??

what he said..thats the important thing

im guessing the street didn't have timing equipment

Originally posted by obicanobi0:
im guessing the street didn't have timing equipment

i knew that, jsut wanted to see what his excuse was going to be??

The mods he has maybe net 12-15hp. Not a big enough difference if one driver is better than another. I'm also guessing you have a cleaner upper and lower intake manifold. At 97k it has to be pretty gunked up if it has never been removed.