opinions on an engine
08-02-2009, 03:10 PM
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08-02-2009, 10:38 PM
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Jive cam, decent heads, too big for the engine if anything, unless it's going to rev to 10 grand, and a small engine. Unless it's a pure race engine, which I doubt, running 13:1 compression, it will never see 11's N/A, or unless it wants to rev to 10 grand as I said. Takes a lot of power to push over 3000lbs to touch 11's. Assuming the car weighs roughly 3200lbs + yourself, if it's a street car, you'd need roughly 400 ponies at the wheels to even touch 11's
For the record my 86s is only going to be stripped of any unnecessary accessories so it should be about 150-200 lbs lighter than stock.
08-02-2009, 10:42 PM
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I've seen a lightweight fox with the gt-40 top end kit and a drag suspension setup go high 11s. With the suspension I'm doing on the car, the new 4.10s going in, and a set of Mickey Thompson DRs, I think I'll easily be in the 11s with some practice.
For the record my 86s is only going to be stripped of any unnecessary accessories so it should be about 150-200 lbs lighter than stock.
For the record my 86s is only going to be stripped of any unnecessary accessories so it should be about 150-200 lbs lighter than stock.
is this with a stock cam? do you know around what weight the car was? this is pretty much the build im doing. id love to see some vids of this car running
08-03-2009, 09:38 AM
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He said the gt40 topend kit that you can order from any mustang magazine so I'm assuming the E cam that comes with the kit. I see him down at englishtown almost every time I run. As soon as the car is completely back together I'm going down to run it, so I'll try to get some video of him running, and I'll ask exactly what he's running for you.
