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8K Clutch Drop, no rev limiter and powershifting = 0-60 in 5.2 ???!

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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 07:09 PM
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8K Clutch Drop, no rev limiter and powershifting = 0-60 in 5.2 ???!

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/8...700_194035.htm

he has no real extensive mods,
so is this possible ? if so how bad will it affect the tranny
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Impressive . 5.2 sounds unlikley but he certainly is fast
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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So dumb.

It never shows it from a dead stop. Seems to me like he's starting on a hill. By hiding the very beginning, you wouldn't notice the very small increase in speed due to gravity. I've always wonder how many people do this, but this one seems pretty obvious.

5.8 sec 0-60 on stock tires? Riiiight.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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I'd like to know how he got his to rev out to like 9700 or 9800 RPM's?
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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What waste of a perfectly good transmission.

Bet he did it on a dyno.
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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Smells like burnt clutch
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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it's not on a dyno you can see him turning the wheel
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Old Jul 17, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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This guy is called Aespo22. Look at his mods at the end of the video. Didn't he say that he had the RB Flash to make it go to 9700rpm?! Jeez, some of you just have to watch the full video. So what if it slightly cuts in the beginning, you could still see that he did it from a complete stop. All he did was do a launch as soon as the video started.

I remember asking him how much power he actually put down, he said that it was never dynoed but estimated around 210whp. He also has 265's in the back and 235's in the front which are Toyo T1-R, not the stock crappy tires.

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