keep 4.6 or sell for new "5.0"?
12-05-2009, 11:16 AM
#12
Well if your talking about buying the 2011 Mustang, then I don't understand why you don't just keep the 03 you have now, rebuild the motor and put twin turbos on it and be pushing 800rwhp. I mean you talking about buying a 2011 but saying you would want to find a place to rebuild your motor for dirt cheap? That doesn't make sense to me as a new Mustang would cost MUCH more than building what you have now.
281 to 302... not much to write home about. No doubt the heads will better, but as a "platform" nobody knows, weight keeps going up and personally I wouldn't want to mess with a new expensive car with aftermarket stuff and "junk it up". If they come out with the new svt raptor 2v with 7.0l potential and put that in a mustang... then sell your house and buy it.
Besides, the new GT's are probably capable of running in the 12's right out of the box. And their interiors aren't bad, either.
12-05-2009, 11:42 AM
#13
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That itself could cost more than a brand new GT. It's not as cheap and easy as most people want to think.
281 is to 302(?) as 260hp is to 400hp. Enough to write home about.
Besides, the new GT's are probably capable of running in the 12's right out of the box. And their interiors aren't bad, either.
281 is to 302(?) as 260hp is to 400hp. Enough to write home about.
Besides, the new GT's are probably capable of running in the 12's right out of the box. And their interiors aren't bad, either.
PLUS.. just imagine how well these will respond to a tune...
12-05-2009, 11:59 AM
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I would wait a few years for the 5.0 to drop in price , You can probably get a new used one way below dealer value with 20 to 30 k miles (prebreak in milage as I call em). There gonna be monsters either way , As for me Im looking forward to the 3.7 model.
