V6 (1994-2004) Mustangs Technical discussions on the 3.8L and 3.9L V6 torque monsters

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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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i have the 40th addition 6er and i want to know how much power the car has (no mods) and how much power it can handle before i have to rebuild the head/ internals
Old Jul 16, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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First off, your car has heads, it's a V block (3 cylinders on each side.)

The stock power is 190 at the fly wheel, about 165-170 at the wheels depending on auto/5 speed. The 3.8 bottom end is good to the 350 ball park without f.i...
Old Jul 16, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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and with fi?
Old Jul 16, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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Top hp on a stock motor (minus fuel) is 450 rwhp. That's with a nice turbo set up and ONE HECK OF A RACE FUEL TUNE. 350 hpis the "safe" max on the bottom end - anyway you get to it.
Old Jul 16, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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450 on a stock v6 bottom end? Doubt it.

2v 4.6's are good to 425-450.
Old Jul 16, 2008 | 07:23 PM
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450 on a stock v6 bottom end? Doubt it.

2v 4.6's are good to 425-450.
He said with race fuel(race tune with 110+ octane), you can pull WAY more HP with Race Gas!!
Old Jul 16, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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thanks guys.. is 350 safe with excessive tuning or without.. i'm going to tune it after each extreme mod fi, fuel injectors ect... are procharger superchargers any good?
Old Jul 16, 2008 | 10:33 PM
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Old Jul 20, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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450 on a stock v6 bottom end? Doubt it.

2v 4.6's are good to 425-450.
He said with race fuel(race tune with 110+ octane), you can pull WAY more HP with Race Gas!!
Ya think? Your connecting rods will say no!
Old Jul 20, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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450 on a stock v6 bottom end? Doubt it.

2v 4.6's are good to 425-450.
there are 800 HP v6s running stock blocks/cranks, what a 4.6 can handel is completely irrelivent there completely different motors, you cant even compare a 3.8 to a 5.0



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