2002stang

Someone Pointed out that I might wanted to reach my 12 sec goal approaching it the N/A way as opposed to a s/c because the n/a setup would be more reliable for a daily driver.

Is that true?

Also, What All would it take to get me into the 12s respectively.


Thanks again

98LS1

Downhill track with a STRONG tailwind....

Just look at MDValdosta's mods, I think he's hit 12's. He'll be here shortly.

Js281GT

12's? Md is gonna hit the 11's naturally aspirated.

98LS1

Right now he's making 13 second passes....soon to be in the 12's from what I understand.

Dan04COBRA

If you have a 99+ GT, this could be pretty easy.

Get your car to run consistant 13.8's or so, spray 100 shot and be well into the 12's.

USAMuscle

If you want easy 12's N/A, dump a 351 in there. More cubes is the easiest way to go faster. My goal for my Pontiac is high 9's N/A at 3600 lbs. Easy to do with 461 cubes.

Anyway the 4.6 is fully capable of hitting 12's N/A, but I think you'd be pretty close to maxing out the engine's potential without a power adder. Get some slicks and every bolt-on under the sun, plus some internal modifications like cams and P&P heads, and you can do it.

Dan04COBRA

He's looking for reliability, or street driveability.

I think it's much easier to handle a high 13 second car all day that uses the happy juice when it's at the track.

98LS1

Yea, the fastest N/A stock displacement 4.6 has ran 11.7x. I forget the exact number. I posted a thread on it a LONG time ago. It was in MM&FF I believe.

USAMuscle

True, having a power adder will definitely make your ride more streetable. But if N/A is what you want, you gotta deal with what it takes to get there.

mdvaldosta

A supercharger setup will be more reliable than a 12 second NA car - if you'r gonna hit 12's in a full weight mustang your gonna need all the bolt-ons and a cams too. Cams = rough idle.

No I haven't hit 12's yet, so far my best runs are 13.4's - but thats with 60's over 2 seconds and a DA of 2200 feet.

On a dry 70* night that would put me at about a 13.1 with my same 60' time of 2.0. If I got my 60' time down to 1.8 (which would require me to ditch the Steeda Sport springs in favor of some looser units + drop my front sway bar) that 13.1 would drop to a 12.7

But this is all a bunch of bench racing, back on topic like I said - it will be much more reliable and probably cheaper to go the supercharger route in my opinion.