Bzinsky
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Just wanted to make sure you 392 guys know what’s gonna happen should you line up against a 4xe.
Also hoping the guy is a member here and browses the 392 section. We chit chatted for like 1 second at the next light.
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/drag-race-4xe-vs-392xr.96663/#post-2001968
So I was out cruising in my new 4xe. Sadly I don’t get much free time to enjoy it. Either I’m in too much traffic, have kids with me, or just too busy. I took it out at 10pm to just do some spirited driving.
So I’m driving in the left lane of this 6 lane rd, going a little faster than traffic. Then this jeep pulls in front of me. He didn’t cut me off, but I had to slow down. The kind that bothers you a little but he wasn’t really being an ass.
So then he politely moves over for me after he passes the vehicle in the next lane. Then the traffic light hits. I thought it was just some run of the mill v6 or 2.0 rubicon. I could not hear the v8 at all and I had my doors off. I get next to him and I turn into a little kid and think alright, I’m gonna surprise the hell out of this guy and show him this is no ordinary jeep, ya know make him jealous a little. I was already driving in esave with traction off and in 4auto. I know how to launch cars and I’m good at it.
Then the light turns green and I punch it. Then I look over, and there is the freaking jeep doing the same exact thing and it’s staying next to me, and it’s a damn v8! I was surprised as hell. So I actually pulled on him a little up until the 1-2 shift, then he jumped about half a car length ahead because our slow AF trans tuning. I started gaining on him just a tad through the 4xe’s ridiculous 2nd gear, maybe a few inches, but I wasn’t losing ground. I didn’t see his tail pipes until around 55mph. I think I stopped around 65mph. Little does he know he’d start pulling away hard after that.
I’ve never even seen a 392 in the wild, and the first time I do, it’s a picture perfect coincidental red light drag race. I was surprised how close it was.
My 4xe had no doors and a soft top. He had full doors and a hardtop. The guy looked like he had 50lbs on me too. I don’t know if it was an xr but it looked like the tires were bigger than my rubicons. I suppose it could have been a tire upgrade. It was dark out.
4xe did way better than I thought it would. I’m sure if that guy brake torqued the launch, it would have been a different story. I think he was pretty surprised too. I hope he’s a forum member, that was fun as hell.
Also hoping the guy is a member here and browses the 392 section. We chit chatted for like 1 second at the next light.
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/drag-race-4xe-vs-392xr.96663/#post-2001968
So I was out cruising in my new 4xe. Sadly I don’t get much free time to enjoy it. Either I’m in too much traffic, have kids with me, or just too busy. I took it out at 10pm to just do some spirited driving.
So I’m driving in the left lane of this 6 lane rd, going a little faster than traffic. Then this jeep pulls in front of me. He didn’t cut me off, but I had to slow down. The kind that bothers you a little but he wasn’t really being an ass.
So then he politely moves over for me after he passes the vehicle in the next lane. Then the traffic light hits. I thought it was just some run of the mill v6 or 2.0 rubicon. I could not hear the v8 at all and I had my doors off. I get next to him and I turn into a little kid and think alright, I’m gonna surprise the hell out of this guy and show him this is no ordinary jeep, ya know make him jealous a little. I was already driving in esave with traction off and in 4auto. I know how to launch cars and I’m good at it.
Then the light turns green and I punch it. Then I look over, and there is the freaking jeep doing the same exact thing and it’s staying next to me, and it’s a damn v8! I was surprised as hell. So I actually pulled on him a little up until the 1-2 shift, then he jumped about half a car length ahead because our slow AF trans tuning. I started gaining on him just a tad through the 4xe’s ridiculous 2nd gear, maybe a few inches, but I wasn’t losing ground. I didn’t see his tail pipes until around 55mph. I think I stopped around 65mph. Little does he know he’d start pulling away hard after that.
I’ve never even seen a 392 in the wild, and the first time I do, it’s a picture perfect coincidental red light drag race. I was surprised how close it was.
My 4xe had no doors and a soft top. He had full doors and a hardtop. The guy looked like he had 50lbs on me too. I don’t know if it was an xr but it looked like the tires were bigger than my rubicons. I suppose it could have been a tire upgrade. It was dark out.
4xe did way better than I thought it would. I’m sure if that guy brake torqued the launch, it would have been a different story. I think he was pretty surprised too. I hope he’s a forum member, that was fun as hell.
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