A Class All Around Mustang Roundup - Closed

[Blooze]

There are already a number of threads out there for this or similar projects.  So lets start with finding one of them "officially".

The restrictions are that it must be of the Mustang (Ford, Shelby, Saleen) family and PI of 850 or less.  The measuring stick is the Quick Rank.  We are looking for the best all 'round build/toon so each entry should be the same build/toon for all three tracks.

There are a number of Career Races for these cars so folks should be able to defray expenses some what and maybe improve their Career ranking as well.

Leaderboard

Driver	Car	Atl II	Seb II	Tsukuba	QR
Serial	05 Mustang GT	54.371	71.752	55.057	181.180
Snyder005	Cobra R	54.860	71.659	55.068	181.587
Serial	Cobra R	54.933	71.940	55.412	182.285
Bazdc2	Boss 429	55.121	71.910	55.438	182.469
Spiny Anteater	05 Mustang GT	55.265	72.328	56.000	183.593
Drift2XL	07 Shelby GT-500	55.745	72.523	56.150	184.418
Blooze	Cobra R	55.458	73.008	56.006	184.472
Spiny Anteater	05 Mustang GT Torquer	55.499	72.874	56.228	184.601
LarryCR	05 Mustang GT	55.969	72.778	56.257	185.004
BarbecuePete	Saleen S281	55.918	72.839	56.343	185.100
Fndrbndr	05 Mustang GT	56.028	73.039	56.482	185.549
Blooze	05 Mustang GT	56.362	73.339	55.876	185.577
Blooze	Saleen S281	56.189	72.865	56.529	185.583
Spiny Anteater	S281 E Saleen	56.393	72.863	56.622	185.878
Blooze	Boss 429	56.237	73.350	56.308	185.895
TheJohnNewton	Cobra R	56.330	73.566	56.223	186.119
BarbecuePete	05 Mustang GT	56.573	73.444	56.159	186.176
SK15Kev	Saleen S281	56.351	73.018	56.913	186.282
BimmerLovere	05 Mustang GT	56.320	73.132	57.110	186.562
SK15Kev	05 Mustang GT	56.464	73.460	56.856	186.780
Chuckrateez	Cobra R	57.674	75.218	58.321	191.213
Silent Flower	Shelby GT500-KR	58.514	74.916	57.812	191.242
TopBoost	Cobra R	58.936	75.242	58.362	192.540
Silent Flower	07 Shelby GT-500	59.544	75.175	58.124	192.843
PureStankonia	Shelby GT500-KR	60.766	75.277	57.857	193.900

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[Hoplee]

What are the quick rank tracks now?

[BarbecuePete]

Just so im clear and it will probably get asked at some point QR tracks are...

Sebring Short?
Tsukuba?
Road Atlanta Short?


Looks like hop just asked it before I could post... lol

[bimmerlovere39]

Hm... a good chance to see how my Boss o' Grip will handle.  I'll take out the new 'Stang, too, maybe the Cobra R to round it off. 

[Spiny Anteater]

Just so im clear and it will probably get asked at some point QR tracks are...

Sebring Short?
Tsukuba?
Road Atlanta Short?


Looks like hop just asked it before I could post... lol

If it's not these my spreadsheet needs updating

[Blooze]

Just so im clear and it will probably get asked at some point QR tracks are...

Sebring Short
Tsukuba
Road Atlanta Short

These are correct.

For a bit more elaborate discussion of the QR business see this post....
http://forza-tuning.net/index.php/topic,455.msg7515.html#msg7515

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[larryCR]

Sorry to say I can't make this one unless it runs on for a while. I'm headed to Road America this weekend for a two day driving event, and have two weeks of work to get done this (short) week before heading out. Plus I need to get my car cleaned up and ready (so I can get it real dirty with bugs and brake dust). I'm afraid that won't leave any time for Forzacating. But if you're still running next Thursday or so maybe I can pull a Mustang or two out and see how it/they will do.

Cheers,

larryCR

[bimmerlovere39]

Mustang GT

SebringS: 73.397
TsukubaL: 57.110
RAtlS: 56.320

(I have no clue if these are good times )

Now in Grabber Blue 

I'm liking the looks, I'm unsure about the color now though, Grabber Orange, Grabber Green, and Grabber Blue all look equally retro-awesome 

On cold tires on Tsukuba, there's only one way to describe driving this thing: Cobra. 

[TheJohnNewton]

I obviously didn't spend any time on my A class hot lap times, lol.  A few quick laps in my chosen car here, a Mustang Cobra R, with the stock toon and I set new bests on the two tracks I tried.  I don't know if this car is going to be fast but it looks pretty cool.  I don't have full times to post yet but I'm slightly faster than your Tsukuba time, slightly slower than your RAS, time Bimmer.  I forgot what the third track was    so I didn't give that one a go.  Oh and not that it matters but due to our lack of a board here for bit I went over to the dark side... um I mean the Exodus board and started running sans assists (I was only using ABS anyway) so I'll see how it goes.  Other than one panic breaking move on Tsukuba (oops) it wasn't too bad on these initial laps.  Oh and the stock tune on this thing seems pretty solid.

[bimmerlovere39]

Are you running aero?

While Cobra-ing out of turns is great fun, I'm pretty sure there are faster lines on Tsukuba.

Now that you mention it, I'm not sure I've ever really gotten the line around Tsukuba tbh

[Hoplee]

Somebody say "Cobra"?

I've been playing around with variations on the Mustang Cobra R, and noticed something Drift said about a lot of downforce. It just so happens that I checked, and the max available DF setting for the front is pretty normal, but the REAR MAX IS 397 LBS!!!

There's gotta be a way to abuse that...

[fndrbndr]

Mustang GT

Tsukuba 56.52
Sebring 73.536
RA2 56.372
QR 186.428
This was one of the first cars in my search for an A-classer.  It's a full grip build, based loosely on the mustang challenge car.  There are probably better times in it, as the wheel nut has tightened during this project (doesn't it always?).  It's a blast to drive, though.  This is with a 54.5% WB and a 78% SWR IIRC.  If not, the WB is right and the SWR is pretty close.

Edited for boldness.  No, really, I forgot to bold my times.

[TheJohnNewton]

Yep full aero, max tires, one less than full weight reduction.

[Spiny Anteater]

Looks like I may be propping up the board on this one. I've only done a few tuning laps so far, but I was in the 57's on tsukuba and Road Atlanta, while Sebring turned into a photo shoot (gotta love destroying those cones ). While I should drop that a bit when i run it seriously in Free Run without a load of telemetry blocking my run, I think running a car with 550bhp stock isn't helping matters. That and it tyres and weight reduction being an either/or scenario is I want to keep the car (S281E) in A Class.

Personally, I would side with Hop on this one and say that I'm expecting the Mustang Cobra (with all that grip not to mention the downforce) to take this one.

[fndrbndr]

The issue with the Cobra 'stang is that it can't fit full WR and full-width slicks.  I think you can just keep your regular width (still pretty wide) or maybe even use a lower-level slick (I almost always use goodyear) and still fit WR, so maybe I should give that a shot.