JustinL

I've been to track days with the local SVT club. They are a great group of guys who are a lot of fun to talk to. I haven't had any trouble with a street driven mustang around either the autocross or road course we have up here. Some of the race prepped ones are obviously a different story. They are massively powerful cars in a straight line, but the 951 carries so much more exit speed, that it needs to be a really long straight before even the most powerful stangs match speed, let alone reel us back in.

VWaddict

Well, then there's this champion here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4upbnTnjHw

Idiot in Germany who seems to think that he can hang with a Carrera GT... in a PRE-supercharged mustang SVT.

Friggin' idiot doesn't understand that you DON'T pass on the inside in Germany.

"I can hang pretty good with 'em..."

Yeah.

Dream on, brutha.

theedge

I got tagged doing 81MPH in a 65 in Maryland (was the flow of traffic of course ). Ticket was going to be $290US, but he dropped it down to a no seat belt for $25. Probably didnt want to deal with the paperwork for an out of state/country person.

Why no seat belt is $25, dont ask me. Those numbers should be swapped.

racerxrick

I'm being too kind calling him a moron

and is it just me or did that poor Mustang take a loooooong time to gain speed.

I'm not the biggest fan of Darwin though sometimes his theory holds water....

Thom

I heard of a 951 guy over here who regularly goes double the speed limit on small and narrow country roads... Not advisable at all.
I bet this nutter has had some heart-in-mouth moments as harvesters/tractors suddenly appear uphill, coming the other way.

CPR

Here it is easy.....any speeding ticket you get that you do not wish to pay, simply take your car to a Speedo~Calibration Shop, pay the $25 calibrate fee, then slip the operator a $20 bill and tell him what you want the form to say.

Submit to courthouse....Judge has to reduce the charge to 'improper equipment', which is only $25 in most states.

Although in some instances, when say.....you were going 106 mph, the best they will do is get you under a reckless driving ticket (74 mph).

Nurburger

My performance mods aren't that significant (I'll probably miss a few things):

K27/8 turbo
Michael Mount head
Vitesse MAF/chips
72lb siemens injectors
Tial wastegate
Forge BOV
Hard pipes
MBC
B&B full exhaust & test pipe
Koni "showroom stock" race suspension
KLA solid mounts
Big black brakes / 993tt rotors

I consider this to be a nice "fast street" set up.

I'm really not sure what year the Mustang was, though I do know that it wasn't an SVT Cobra R...

The roads that I have around my lake house are really quite deserted - I rarely see the 2 local police cars during the week, so.... I have to be more careful about Harley riders! They really are a pita around here.

67King

The 03-04 Cobras were faster than the Cobra R. As were the Shelby GT500's. As are the new 5.0L's.

As Todd said, anything pre-03 is kind of "meh." Looking at your mod list, I'd expect it was probably one of those. Nevertheless, compared to a stock 951, it is impressive!

I sometimes wonder if I'm the only male alive who does not get the whole appeal of street racing at all.

mudbuddha

Guys - On the topic of tickets...We recently went to VA Beach and got one coming back to MD at Stafford on South 95. My wife was driving and of course went with the flow of traffic. While passing slower cars on the left lane, she briefly accelerated to 90 from approx 80-85 to pass the slower traffic to keep up with the 2 faster cars ahead. While passing to get back on the left, faster lane, trooper clocked her doing 90 and gave her a reckless driving ticket- no fine, just a court date. Really bad luck because we were going briskly with traffic but not reckless but it is what it is...15 years with no tickets and now this.

Any advice or experience with getting out of this ticket is greatly appreciated.

Sorry for slightly OT.

xsboost90

guy i work with has an 03 cobra, supposedly now putting down 700rwhp with a bigger...everything.

V2Rocket

smaller pulleys on the eaton or swapping to a kennebell/whipple make BIG gains on that motor. upgraded intercooler system too.

JDS968

I don't understand how he's shifting, steering, and holding the camera at the same time at 150mph. Can somebody explain this to me? Or do I have to be a Ford driver to understand?

This.

First step is to hire a lawyer, don't try to deal with this on your own if you're not a professional.

Second, the best place for traffic enforcement info is here.

Reimu

Beating a Mustang on some twisty roads isn't much to brag about lol..

toddk911

Really depends on if the ticket was in MD or VA?

In MD, just court costs, fine and 3-4 points. Not a major deal and that is if the cop shows up.

However, if it was in VA, get a lawyer! VA is NO JOKE about speeding and "reckless driving". The judge will have no problem slapping down communitiy service, suspended license and $500-1,000 fines, etc.

joster86turbo

+1 on the lawyer. instead of showing up alone with essentially no power what so ever, having a lawyer will payoff.
1. they know the judges, including which ones you want to rule and ones you dont.
2. if you get an unfavorable judge, they know all the ways to motion for a new court date (and hopefully a different judge).
3. if they are a seasoned lawyer, and not a douche...they will have some sort of relationship with the clerk or prosecutor, and can ask them to review the docket. if its a busy-busy day with much bigger cases than yours, you can often have them dismiss the case.
best of luck