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This week"s Kill Story was originally shared to the forum in a thread by "swapped3vgt", who shared a pair of videos of his 2018 Mustang GT taking on a friend"s 2017 Camaro SS. The video above comes from the Driven Lifestyle YouTube channel and was recorded from inside of the Chevy while the video below shows the same races from the perspective of the Mustang, with that clip coming from the 10r80 lifestyle YouTube channel.The CompetitorsThe competitors in these two videos are a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro SS with the 6-speed manual transmission and a 2018 Ford Mustang GT with the 10-speed automatic transmission.The Camaro has been upgraded with a cold air intake, headers, full exhaust, an MSD intake manifold, a ported throttle body and an E85 tune leading to wheel power figures of 481 horsepower and 460 lb-fft of torque.The Mustang has been upgraded in the same fashion, including the cold air intake, headers, exhaust, ported throttle body and E85 tune, but where the Chevy has an aftermarket intake manifold, the Ford is working with a ported stock manifold. With this setup, the Mustang made 474 horsepower and 426 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels, so the Ford is slightly less power, but it weighs less, it has "slightly lighter wheels" and, most importantly, it has the quick-shifting 10-speed automatic transmission.The Racing ActionIn the videos here, the 2017 Camaro SS and 2018 Mustang GT go head-to-head from a roll four times with varying starting speeds.In the first race, the two cars start at 50 miles per hour and early in the run, they are staying side by side. However, as the Camaro driver shifts, the Mustang hops ahead bit by bit. Even though the in-car footage lets us hear how quickly the Chevy gets from one gear to the next, the Ford"s automatic transmission gives it an advantage at every shift point. As a result, the Mustang slowly creeps away, but around 120 miles per hour, the Camaro closes and passes before they get to 145.On the second and third runs, the Mustang hands the Camaro a pretty sound beating and on the fourth run, the Ford pulls away only to have the Chevy begin to close the gap up over 125, but they both lift before the LT1-powered muscle car has time to catch up to the Coyote. ALSO SEE: Camaro SS Battles Mustang GT500 The fact that these two cars stay so even early in the race, with the Camaro pulling harder on the top end shows that the two are very evenly matched in terms of power and performance, but the Ford"s 10-speed automatic transmission allows it to pull away every time the Chevy driver has to shift.Crank up your speakers and enjoy!
Date written: June 19, 2018
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ID: 12269
This week"s Kill Story was originally shared to the forum in a thread by "swapped3vgt", who shared a pair of videos of his 2018 Mustang GT taking on a friend"s 2017 Camaro SS. The video above comes from the Driven Lifestyle YouTube channel and was recorded from inside of the Chevy while the video below shows the same races from the perspective of the Mustang, with that clip coming from the 10r80 lifestyle YouTube channel.The CompetitorsThe competitors in these two videos are a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro SS with the 6-speed manual transmission and a 2018 Ford Mustang GT with the 10-speed automatic transmission.The Camaro has been upgraded with a cold air intake, headers, full exhaust, an MSD intake manifold, a ported throttle body and an E85 tune leading to wheel power figures of 481 horsepower and 460 lb-fft of torque.The Mustang has been upgraded in the same fashion, including the cold air intake, headers, exhaust, ported throttle body and E85 tune, but where the Chevy has an aftermarket intake manifold, the Ford is working with a ported stock manifold. With this setup, the Mustang made 474 horsepower and 426 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels, so the Ford is slightly less power, but it weighs less, it has "slightly lighter wheels" and, most importantly, it has the quick-shifting 10-speed automatic transmission.The Racing ActionIn the videos here, the 2017 Camaro SS and 2018 Mustang GT go head-to-head from a roll four times with varying starting speeds.In the first race, the two cars start at 50 miles per hour and early in the run, they are staying side by side. However, as the Camaro driver shifts, the Mustang hops ahead bit by bit. Even though the in-car footage lets us hear how quickly the Chevy gets from one gear to the next, the Ford"s automatic transmission gives it an advantage at every shift point. As a result, the Mustang slowly creeps away, but around 120 miles per hour, the Camaro closes and passes before they get to 145.On the second and third runs, the Mustang hands the Camaro a pretty sound beating and on the fourth run, the Ford pulls away only to have the Chevy begin to close the gap up over 125, but they both lift before the LT1-powered muscle car has time to catch up to the Coyote. ALSO SEE: Camaro SS Battles Mustang GT500 The fact that these two cars stay so even early in the race, with the Camaro pulling harder on the top end shows that the two are very evenly matched in terms of power and performance, but the Ford"s 10-speed automatic transmission allows it to pull away every time the Chevy driver has to shift.Crank up your speakers and enjoy!
Date written: June 19, 2018
More of this article on the LS1 Tech website
ID: 12269
