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Old Feb 14, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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eh, id never need more than 350-400 hp on the street, anyway (said the guy for a month after obtaining 400hp..then he wants 5, right?)...but it is amazing to hear about those kind of numbers coming out of the 3.8. (or 4.2s or 4.3's..)
Old Feb 14, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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The 4.5L V6 isn'ta normalenginethough. lol What kind of power is your car running? Isn't it set up for track use not drag racing?
Right at this very second, my car makes about 240 ish.... it's torn down to N/A trim. When I put the blower back on I'm toning it down to 450-500 this time. Yes, it's set up for open track/road course, but I plan on having it at the V6 Challenge in March anyway. It doesn't hook at all. There is no front to rear weight transfer like a drag car needs. It's built to stay flat and level.

Old Feb 14, 2008 | 12:04 PM
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The 4.5L V6 isn'ta normalenginethough. lol What kind of power is your car running? Isn't it set up for track use not drag racing?
Right at this very second, my car makes about 240 ish.... it's torn down to N/A trim. When I put the blower back on I'm toning it down to 450-500 this time. Yes, it's set up for open track/road course, but I plan on having it at the V6 Challenge in March anyway. It doesn't hook at all. There is no front to rear weight transfer like a drag car needs. It's built to stay flat and level.

Are you still running the m112? You know I think your car is the only one I've never seen a vid of anywhere.
Old Feb 14, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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What all do you have done to the car for the track and handling? I am trying to set mine up for handling but I am sort of stuck right now. lol I don't know if I want to try and build this car up, do an IRS conversion to the rear, or just buy a 98 Cobra.[&:]You can PM me if you want.

I love Mustangs because you can do so much with them but then I hate it at the same time because sometimes there are too many decisions to make. lol
Old Feb 14, 2008 | 05:19 PM
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Are you still running the m112? You know I think your car is the only one I've never seen a vid of anywhere.
All of my original stuff was on my old lap top (build pics, tech info, write ups etc...) That crashed with all my stuff on it.

Since then, I have been doing other stuff and haven't gotten the blower on again and tuned right.

What all do you have done to the car for the track and handling?
A lot - more or less took off the stock junk and swapped in a lot of Roush and custom made goodies. I shyed away from the IRS at first - but now that Steeda and MM have beefed up their IRS lines, I'm going back to looking at IRS.
Old Feb 14, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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Yeah, I am sort of stuck on what I want to do right now. I don't know if I should just do a mild little suspension build or try to go all out or just get a completely different car.

I would love to have a fully builttrackcar but that won't be able to happen with me only making what I do right now. College takes up too much time and money. lol More than likely I will just do what I have been planning to do for a while and leave it at that. I have springs,shocks/struts, c/c plates, getting the X2 balljoints, gettingLCA's, SFC's, rear sway bar, and strut tower bars.

I have thought about getting a 96-99 or a 2001Cobra but I just don't think that I want a car payment right now.

I have a Mach 1 engine but I don't know whether I want to go to the trouble of swapping that in or not either. lol I have thought about just selling my car and looking for a 96-98 GT with a blown engine but a built suspension and sticking the Mach 1 motor into that.

Sorry for the OT and novel length post. lol
Old Feb 14, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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Are you still running the m112? You know I think your car is the only one I've never seen a vid of anywhere.
All of my original stuff was on my old lap top (build pics, tech info, write ups etc...) That crashed with all my stuff on it.

Since then, I have been doing other stuff and haven't gotten the blower on again and tuned right.

What all do you have done to the car for the track and handling?
A lot - more or less took off the stock junk and swapped in a lot of Roush and custom made goodies. I shyed away from the IRS at first - but now that Steeda and MM have beefed up their IRS lines, I'm going back to looking at IRS.
Bah, did you try to have the data recovered? I'm guessing you have nothing out on the web anywhere?
Old Feb 14, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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Are you still running the m112? You know I think your car is the only one I've never seen a vid of anywhere.
All of my original stuff was on my old lap top (build pics, tech info, write ups etc...) That crashed with all my stuff on it.

Since then, I have been doing other stuff and haven't gotten the blower on again and tuned right.

What all do you have done to the car for the track and handling?
A lot - more or less took off the stock junk and swapped in a lot of Roush and custom made goodies. I shyed away from the IRS at first - but now that Steeda and MM have beefed up their IRS lines, I'm going back to looking at IRS.
So what numbers did you end up with when it was on? I heard something like 448?
Old Feb 16, 2008 | 12:36 PM
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Flirted right at 580-590 to the wheels.
Old Feb 16, 2008 | 04:06 PM
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Flirted right at 580-590 to the wheels.
Your so mysterious:P I've never seen a dyno, an engine bay pic, or even a sound clip of your car.
580 was with the EATON? or is their something else under their?



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