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The wife and I were driving along a nice new stretch of 4 lane and pull up next to a new Mustang GT350, which BTW sounds absolutely wicked, and we ease away from the light, at about 25mph he nails it, so for a grin so do I, and damned if he pulls me by a car length, and we stay just like that up to 90mph where we both backed off. I was shocked that he didn't just leave me in the dust! What with the light weight, and the Ktuned ecm This little hot rod still wows me. Kinda think the Mustang guy was equally surprised. Even the wife was impressed!
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These Ktuner tuned turbos feel more like a small V6 than a tiny four cylinder at times. So much better than stock.
 

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Sounds like a fun race. I had the previous generation '07 Saleen Mustang S281 Super Charged. Fast car, but the issue was these Mustangs are heavy lol.

Advantage for our Civics are the low weight and helps bit for having less power.
 

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The wife and I were driving along a nice new stretch of 4 lane and pull up next to a new Mustang GT350, which BTW sounds absolutely wicked, and we ease away from the light, at about 25mph he nails it, so for a grin so do I, and damned if he pulls me by a car length, and we stay just like that up to 90mph where we both backed off. I was shocked that he didn't just leave me in the dust! What with the light weight, and the Ktuned ecm This little hot rod still wows me. Kinda think the Mustang guy was equally surprised. Even the wife was impressed!
I wasn't there obvs, but my guess is he lost traction. That car is blisteringly fast with decent tires. Also, ya they sound amazing!

With that said, tuned Si's will surprise a lot of people.
 


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I wasn't there obvs, but my guess is he lost traction. That car is blisteringly fast with decent tires. Also, ya they sound amazing!

With that said, tuned Si's will surprise a lot of people.
My 21 psi tuned non-Si has surprised many an unsuspecting GTI and WRX and some V6 and V8 vehicles. Tuning transforms our little 1.5 turbo into a bit of a baby beast.
 
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He was probably just cruising honestly, really don't stand a chance to that. Our cars are not that fast :).
I had the same thought, but it sure sounded like he stood on it. I'm sure after 90 he would have left me in the dust. I am on the Ktune 19/23 tune with rev hang disabled. I supposedly have the TSP tune, but never have been able to load it. That being said, the Ktune 19/23 is a blast.
 

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I've driven a GT350 pretty hard, and I can confidently say he was just toying with you or didn't know how to drive. The sound is phenomenal, the shifter linked to the Tremec 6-speed is brilliant, and it's glued to the road (unless you take too much liberty and end up off the road as Mustangs are infamous for). It's a manic ride with those 295 wide front tires tram lining like no tomorrow, and the revs climb up to the 8K+ redline so quickly with it's flat plane crank engine that you may hit the redline if you aren't ready to grab the next gear.

You'd need to be north of 300whp and really going at it to surprise a GT350, all things considered :)
 


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yea no, A regular Mustang GT gaps us he must have been just messing with you. They have an active valve exhaust on those GT350's and they sound very loud and also the GT350 is a flat plane crank revs MUCH higher then the regular GT models so I wouldnt take just "Sound" as a signal that he was flooring it.
 

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I am as big of an Si nut hugger as you'll ever find on here, and even I am calling B.S.. That guy was trolling you, no way you keep up with just a tune.
 
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I don't doubt it, the Mustang sounded wicked just idling, he was probably just giving me a thrill. From what I've heard of them (GT350's) I was kidding myself, I'm not telling the wife though!:nixon:
 

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The wife and I were driving along a nice new stretch of 4 lane and pull up next to a new Mustang GT350, which BTW sounds absolutely wicked, and we ease away from the light, at about 25mph he nails it, so for a grin so do I, and damned if he pulls me by a car length, and we stay just like that up to 90mph where we both backed off. I was shocked that he didn't just leave me in the dust! What with the light weight, and the Ktuned ecm This little hot rod still wows me. Kinda think the Mustang guy was equally surprised. Even the wife was impressed!
Hahah nice man. I give Challenger Scatpacks a good race But im FBO + E85 and tune haha
 

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Those Mustangs are loud as hell, I like them alot but my Si gets much better gas mileage. I toy with those Mustangs and just about anything on the road with my Hayabusa.
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