The Mistress
04-28-2006, 09:37 PM
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RE: The Mistress
ORIGINAL: justang05
actually somewhere on the supersix site it says that the 4.0's are excellent nitrous engines...just not excellent f/i engines due to the higher compression ratio. And whats this about swapping for a 4.6? Then you would just be like every other mustang at the drag strip. I personally like the challenge and uniqueness of having a six. We are kind of like pioneers and the GT's are just the same as everyone else in the past century. Id just swap the pistons with some high compression forged ones and then you could probably even go for a 150 shot! By the way, you're doing a nice job with your car, you inspire us all!
actually somewhere on the supersix site it says that the 4.0's are excellent nitrous engines...just not excellent f/i engines due to the higher compression ratio. And whats this about swapping for a 4.6? Then you would just be like every other mustang at the drag strip. I personally like the challenge and uniqueness of having a six. We are kind of like pioneers and the GT's are just the same as everyone else in the past century. Id just swap the pistons with some high compression forged ones and then you could probably even go for a 150 shot! By the way, you're doing a nice job with your car, you inspire us all!
"For nitrous applications, these new forged pistons are also available in flat top design to retain the 9.7:1 compression ratio which works well with nitrous."
Of course the start of that same paragraph says:
"The high 9.7:1 stock compression ratio and deck integrity of the cylinder heads will probably lead to head gasket retention problems in power adder applications...."
don't those two things seem to contradict each other? LOL!
They were right about the stock pistons... that is what I'm guessing failed on my motor... BUT... I made LOTS of passes with the Zex... I made about 6 passes at the track and some test launches on the street with the 125HP shot... and my head gaskets are still in place! LOL!
04-28-2006, 09:44 PM
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RE: The Mistress
ORIGINAL: Puerto Rico 4.6
To those running the ZEX system , how do u adjust wheh the nitrous comes on ...all this broken engine stuff has me worried...maybe i will sell the ZEX kit ....stay NA
To those running the ZEX system , how do u adjust wheh the nitrous comes on ...all this broken engine stuff has me worried...maybe i will sell the ZEX kit ....stay NA
And yes, Rygen's cars seems to have some kind of delay... My nitrous comes on as soon as I hit WOT (82% pedal travel).... it certainly an odd one... For some reason I thought our cars had a bit of a delay between the time the pedal hit WOT and the computer open the TB all the way... My wild guess is Lidio has removed that delay while Rygens tune still has it.. ?????
The other thing is with the 4.10s I can only launch at 1800 RPM... So i hit WOT at like 2000 RPM! Do you know when your spray comes on?
04-28-2006, 10:40 PM
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RE: The Mistress
I wasn't thinking I would change the TC. I want to maintain some civilty on the street.
As far as power goes, I'm not really sure where this will end, does anybody?
My current goal is to hit 13.70's N/A (That's where my 94 Z28 Auto was, STOCK)
and to dip into the 12's with the laughing gas.
And I agree with whoever said it, anyone can go 13's with a GT, but there is uniqueness to a 6 doing it. It doesn't seem unique to us cause we're hanging in these boards all the time, but in the real world a 13 sec 6 is a unique and a very cool thing indeed.
I remember street racing in the mid 80's and the Grand Nationals were cleaning up, yeah they had a turbo, but they were still a six and that WAS cool.
As far as power goes, I'm not really sure where this will end, does anybody?
My current goal is to hit 13.70's N/A (That's where my 94 Z28 Auto was, STOCK)
and to dip into the 12's with the laughing gas.
And I agree with whoever said it, anyone can go 13's with a GT, but there is uniqueness to a 6 doing it. It doesn't seem unique to us cause we're hanging in these boards all the time, but in the real world a 13 sec 6 is a unique and a very cool thing indeed.
I remember street racing in the mid 80's and the Grand Nationals were cleaning up, yeah they had a turbo, but they were still a six and that WAS cool.
04-28-2006, 10:47 PM
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RE: The Mistress
ORIGINAL: ranebowcyxx
I wasn't thinking I would change the TC. I want to maintain some civilty on the street.
As far as power goes, I'm not really sure where this will end, does anybody?
My current goal is to hit 13.70's N/A (That's where my 94 Z28 Auto was, STOCK)
and to dip into the 12's with the laughing gas.
And I agree with whoever said it, anyone can go 13's with a GT, but there is uniqueness to a 6 doing it. It doesn't seem unique to us cause we're hanging in these boards all the time, but in the real world a 13 sec 6 is a unique and a very cool thing indeed.
I remember street racing in the mid 80's and the Grand Nationals were cleaning up, yeah they had a turbo, but they were still a six and that WAS cool.
I wasn't thinking I would change the TC. I want to maintain some civilty on the street.
As far as power goes, I'm not really sure where this will end, does anybody?
My current goal is to hit 13.70's N/A (That's where my 94 Z28 Auto was, STOCK)
and to dip into the 12's with the laughing gas.
And I agree with whoever said it, anyone can go 13's with a GT, but there is uniqueness to a 6 doing it. It doesn't seem unique to us cause we're hanging in these boards all the time, but in the real world a 13 sec 6 is a unique and a very cool thing indeed.
I remember street racing in the mid 80's and the Grand Nationals were cleaning up, yeah they had a turbo, but they were still a six and that WAS cool.
Actually I would think a little looser TC would not be that bad on the street... as long as you don't go crazy... LOL
04-29-2006, 03:29 PM
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RE: The Mistress
When they say power adder i think they were talking about super/turbo charger. But you cares anymore. Obviously you have proven that these engines can withstand a good amount of nitrous (at the right rpm). But as for me, i dont have the option of having a spare engine so i would probably do some internal modding first.
04-29-2006, 03:34 PM
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RE: The Mistress
One of the coolest things I've ever seen was footage of a Grand National doing a wheel stand at about a sixty-seventy degree angle at a drag-strip in the 80s.
I would love to see a V6 Mustang do something like that.
I would love to see a V6 Mustang do something like that.
04-29-2006, 03:37 PM
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RE: The Mistress
ORIGINAL: justang05
When they say power adder i think they were talking about super/turbo charger. But you cares anymore. Obviously you have proven that these engines can withstand a good amount of nitrous (at the right rpm). But as for me, i dont have the option of having a spare engine so i would probably do some internal modding first.
When they say power adder i think they were talking about super/turbo charger. But you cares anymore. Obviously you have proven that these engines can withstand a good amount of nitrous (at the right rpm). But as for me, i dont have the option of having a spare engine so i would probably do some internal modding first.
04-29-2006, 04:27 PM
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RE: The Mistress
ORIGINAL: justang05
When they say power adder i think they were talking about super/turbo charger. But you cares anymore. Obviously you have proven that these engines can withstand a good amount of nitrous (at the right rpm). But as for me, i dont have the option of having a spare engine so i would probably do some internal modding first.
When they say power adder i think they were talking about super/turbo charger. But you cares anymore. Obviously you have proven that these engines can withstand a good amount of nitrous (at the right rpm). But as for me, i dont have the option of having a spare engine so i would probably do some internal modding first.
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