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5.0 magazine article...126 RWHP? WTF

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Old 01-24-2006, 01:22 PM
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were talkin about rwhp here. is the 225 that it's rated for comin from the crank??????
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Old 01-24-2006, 01:27 PM
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sucks, I hate AOD, and I deffently hate AOD with a convertable lol. Give you mustang to me, ill get you around 250-280 rwhp.

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Old 01-24-2006, 03:36 PM
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were talkin about rwhp here. is the 225 that it's rated for comin from the crank??????
The 225 is NOT to the wheels. I also read that article and found it strange..... I dont know. You should write them and ask them.
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Old 01-24-2006, 05:48 PM
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My bone stock 91 LX AOD was dynoed with 142k miles. It made 184.4rwhp. It was stock down to the air silencer and cats.
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Old 01-24-2006, 06:01 PM
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we dynoed one back in dec. it was bone stock aod still had factory plugs and wires and it put down 174rwhp
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Old 01-24-2006, 06:05 PM
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Were the numbers in the article from a Mustang Dyno possibly?
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Old 01-24-2006, 06:12 PM
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They had to be, I dont think that 5.0 wouldnt dyno on anything else.
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Old 01-24-2006, 06:19 PM
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Thats really strange then. Them numbers kinda upset me lol.

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LoL I think they upset us all...
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Old 01-24-2006, 08:48 PM
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well that suxs if its true and makes me want to drive my car off of a cliff....
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