4.6 2V a dog?
08-27-2006, 01:54 AM
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4.6 2V a dog?
The more I read in here and research on the net, the more I come to realize that it might not be worth it to build a 2V 4.6L engine. It seems like the only way one can get decent power out of this engine is forced induction or NO2.
Is this engine just a boat anchor?
Is this engine just a boat anchor?
08-27-2006, 02:04 AM
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RE: 4.6 2V a dog?
I think its a dog because I own a lightning (2001) and my truck is faster than my car...but if you havent driven one try it they're not that bad...Look anything that'll go 100mph in a 1/4 mile is fast enough because you're better than 75% of the cars on the road period. Its just most of us want to be in the 95 to %100 percential...and I bought my car brand new for 24k, find me another car for that price that'll do that in the 1/4
08-27-2006, 02:14 AM
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RE: 4.6 2V a dog?
i think a lot of other 'sports cars' are more of a dog than our 4.6 2v v8 that can hit low 14's stock and still get 22 mpg if you drive nice. and still have the sound of a mean v8. if you bought a gt expecting a 11-12 second car or quicker for cheap, you should be smacked...thats a cobra.
08-27-2006, 02:25 AM
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RE: 4.6 2V a dog?
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i think a lot of other 'sports cars' are more of a dog than our 4.6 2v v8 that can hit low 14's stock and still get 22 mpg if you drive nice. and still have the sound of a mean v8. if you bought a gt expecting a 11-12 second car or quicker for cheap, you should be smacked...thats a cobra.
i think a lot of other 'sports cars' are more of a dog than our 4.6 2v v8 that can hit low 14's stock and still get 22 mpg if you drive nice. and still have the sound of a mean v8. if you bought a gt expecting a 11-12 second car or quicker for cheap, you should be smacked...thats a cobra.
08-27-2006, 02:31 AM
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RE: 4.6 2V a dog?
ORIGINAL: ackuric
i think a lot of other 'sports cars' are more of a dog than our 4.6 2v v8 that can hit low 14's stock and still get 22 mpg if you drive nice. and still have the sound of a mean v8. if you bought a gt expecting a 11-12 second car or quicker for cheap, you should be smacked...thats a cobra.
i think a lot of other 'sports cars' are more of a dog than our 4.6 2v v8 that can hit low 14's stock and still get 22 mpg if you drive nice. and still have the sound of a mean v8. if you bought a gt expecting a 11-12 second car or quicker for cheap, you should be smacked...thats a cobra.
08-27-2006, 02:43 AM
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RE: 4.6 2V a dog?
The 05 GT's did 0-60 in 5.5. The new ones with the 3V heads are supposed to do it 5.1.
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...rts-page3.html
I think this one was an automatic, but I dont think a 5spd would have fared much better
http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...rts-page3.html
I think this one was an automatic, but I dont think a 5spd would have fared much better
08-27-2006, 02:45 AM
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RE: 4.6 2V a dog?
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Mustang GTs 04 and earlier tested by car and driver and road and track never did anything better than 14.8 in the 1/4 mile....that's not low dude. And 0-60 in 6.3 is less than impressive
ORIGINAL: ackuric
i think a lot of other 'sports cars' are more of a dog than our 4.6 2v v8 that can hit low 14's stock and still get 22 mpg if you drive nice. and still have the sound of a mean v8. if you bought a gt expecting a 11-12 second car or quicker for cheap, you should be smacked...thats a cobra.
i think a lot of other 'sports cars' are more of a dog than our 4.6 2v v8 that can hit low 14's stock and still get 22 mpg if you drive nice. and still have the sound of a mean v8. if you bought a gt expecting a 11-12 second car or quicker for cheap, you should be smacked...thats a cobra.
What is really strange is that they have different times for each year, but so far as the 1/4 is concerned the cars are identical.
BTW, R&T and MT are not what you should use as a benchmark for 1/4 mile performance. not only are virtually all car magazines bias against domestic cars, but they also usually don't get anywhere near the max performance level out of the car. Hell, they have the 03/04 cobra's best time at a 13.0, and compared it as being equal in accleration to a WRX STI lol.