Legion5

That's great, but i would do the 91 octane tune, it gives you more power and actually saves you money on gas because your engine will be more efficient per liter of gas. At high prices like this, octane booster cost which is factored into the difference between premium and normal gas is kinda negligable. So the boost in mpg by making more power at lower rpm ends up costing about the same and often less than running a lower octane tune. So you can save gas and make more power at the same time.

Hope that helps.

Flatline1980

I would think the way our drive and Nitrous would be the 2 biggest contribs to it.. Thats my opinion..

So adding underpulleys will wear out the motor faster?

Fletch

Yes. And they also use the same internals in our S197's as in the Shelby's, Roush's, etc. They also produce racing packages which essentially are the same thing as the packages as most of us are getting from aftermarket suppliers (albeit more expensive).

These cars are made to handle more horsepower. Believe me, if the engineers at Ford were given free reign, we'd all be driving cars that are on the same plane as a car like the Corvette. You'd also be paying for it. You're forgetting part of the equation. A focus group. And just as much time as the engineers devoted to "engineering" our car, you can bet there was an "equal and opposite" analyst trying to make the car affordable for that focus group.

My point is even though we got a decent stock car, don't think for a second that the engineers at Ford favored the mechanical limts over the financial limits.


~Fletch~