Funny Stuff About V8 Guys
10-27-2005, 12:12 AM
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RE: Funny Stuff About V8 Guys
it is true many do not know how fast the SVO is. I have the fastest factory SVO 85.5 and it does well against a stock GT. The SVO is best for road type racing not drag racing.
As good as the SVO is my 5.0 SC or Cobra will blow it away.
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As good as the SVO is my 5.0 SC or Cobra will blow it away.
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01-31-2006, 04:13 AM
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RE: Funny Stuff About V8 Guys
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a 4cyl can be fast, but it takes a lot more money and in my opinion 300hp in a 4cyl doesnt feel like 300hp in an 8. It doesnt seem to give you the same kick back but thats just my opinion. also i don't like the sound of a 4cyl and the look of 90% of them. but if you like 4 bangers drive em.
a 4cyl can be fast, but it takes a lot more money and in my opinion 300hp in a 4cyl doesnt feel like 300hp in an 8. It doesnt seem to give you the same kick back but thats just my opinion. also i don't like the sound of a 4cyl and the look of 90% of them. but if you like 4 bangers drive em.
i'm pretty sure my 2.3T mustang looks like any other 5.0 mustang
You may be faster in some instances, but you still drive a 4 cylinder.... But if that's your thing then oke doke.
"you may be faster, and you're doing it with a smaller engine, but its still a smaller engine!"
you my friend, win the mullet award
congrats
02-06-2006, 04:41 PM
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RE: Funny Stuff About V8 Guys
the thing is that even though the 2.3 doesn't have the same low end power how many times do you get into the low end range when you are racing. I would take a SVO or a 87-93 fox thats had the engine swap. Damn i want to find a clean 4 banger fox so i can do the swap.
02-06-2006, 04:45 PM
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RE: Funny Stuff About V8 Guys
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I like my turbo coupes, svo's and xr4ti. Had a 86 xr4ti that would smoke most v-8 cars i came across. It was pushin 32 lbs. Mind you the stock svo's tc's and xr's came with 15 lbs. so gettin em up in the 20's and 30's isnt that hard to do. I challenge any street car from 25-160(mph).
I like my turbo coupes, svo's and xr4ti. Had a 86 xr4ti that would smoke most v-8 cars i came across. It was pushin 32 lbs. Mind you the stock svo's tc's and xr's came with 15 lbs. so gettin em up in the 20's and 30's isnt that hard to do. I challenge any street car from 25-160(mph).
02-07-2006, 04:34 AM
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RE: Funny Stuff About V8 Guys
ditto on the 32psi
i did run 28psi on stock internals and a 1035 headgasket...once
it held but it didnt run worth ****...let off at the 1/8th (approx) and cruised to a 16.4
i'm now toying with the idea of getting a trunk car or gutted capri hatch for a drag car and put my built engine in that...
...which would leave the ranger less an engine, but thinking about doing a 302 there, with a roots blower down the line....
it would just leave the ranger sitting longer, way longer...and i'd have to prep the fox body for the 2.3 goods, (ranger is ready) which would set me back even further from getting my 2.3 project on the road
i'll probably end up doing as planned, and maybe down the line do an all out drag trunk car
i did run 28psi on stock internals and a 1035 headgasket...once
it held but it didnt run worth ****...let off at the 1/8th (approx) and cruised to a 16.4
i'm now toying with the idea of getting a trunk car or gutted capri hatch for a drag car and put my built engine in that...
...which would leave the ranger less an engine, but thinking about doing a 302 there, with a roots blower down the line....
it would just leave the ranger sitting longer, way longer...and i'd have to prep the fox body for the 2.3 goods, (ranger is ready) which would set me back even further from getting my 2.3 project on the road
i'll probably end up doing as planned, and maybe down the line do an all out drag trunk car
02-28-2006, 09:40 PM
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RE: Funny Stuff About V8 Guys
i've heard all this talk..but i wanna see your numbers on the SVOs. I personally don't like it cause it is a 4 cyl...plus I dont' like the looks. I just find it humorous the little guys trying to talk smack to the V8 guys.
03-25-2006, 05:18 PM
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RE: Funny Stuff About V8 Guys
I've been on both sides of the fence. I've been the guy with the 4 banger T-coupe tossin' an *** whoopin to the v8 guys, and I've had my *** whipped by 4 bangers. But nothing is more embarassing than having your modded '81 Camaro get beat(by bus lenghts)by a stock '89 Probe GT. I raced him after he started talking smack about how his built 350 could smoke ANY 4 cyl. After we raced he changed his tune a bit and asked if it was stock. When I told him it was, he said BS! I popped the hood and he looked at it and just shook his head and walked away. The Probe wasn't mine BTW, it was a buddy's who let me borrow it.
I like both myself, I love the SVO's, they are rare and I wish I had one myself, (Especially a '85 Comp. Prep.) I wish I still had my T-coupe, But I do like my 5 liters, They are fairly inexpensive to modify and easy to get parts for. When I wanted to mod my Turbo Coupe, I had one hell of a time trying to find performance parts for it. I priced a turbo header..$800 bucks! That's when I realized modding turbo 4's wasn't for me. It's cool being the little guy beatin' up on the bigger ones....If you can afford it. Mind you, I was playing with turbo cars looong before any of this Fast and Frivilous **** was even thought of.
Moral of the story...Play with what you like and can afford, BUT NEVER underestimate the little guy.
Oh, if you want numbers..I ran a best of 15.1@91 mph in my Turbo Coupe. K&N, Centerforce clutch, stock but tweaked turbo,and Flowmasters. My stock '88 GT conv. runs 14.6's @95, My Lincoln runs 14.9's@90 lots of mods
I like both myself, I love the SVO's, they are rare and I wish I had one myself, (Especially a '85 Comp. Prep.) I wish I still had my T-coupe, But I do like my 5 liters, They are fairly inexpensive to modify and easy to get parts for. When I wanted to mod my Turbo Coupe, I had one hell of a time trying to find performance parts for it. I priced a turbo header..$800 bucks! That's when I realized modding turbo 4's wasn't for me. It's cool being the little guy beatin' up on the bigger ones....If you can afford it. Mind you, I was playing with turbo cars looong before any of this Fast and Frivilous **** was even thought of.
Moral of the story...Play with what you like and can afford, BUT NEVER underestimate the little guy.
Oh, if you want numbers..I ran a best of 15.1@91 mph in my Turbo Coupe. K&N, Centerforce clutch, stock but tweaked turbo,and Flowmasters. My stock '88 GT conv. runs 14.6's @95, My Lincoln runs 14.9's@90 lots of mods