Wes_T

American Muscle has an interesting video series about upgrading a 2005 V6 Mustang.
Their baseline run with the completely stock car was:
159 WHP, and 184 Torque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdhsD...ayer_embedded#


With a CAI/Tune & Dual exhaust they bumped up to 200 rwhp & 250 torque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJOzf...eature=related

Here's the link to their project page:

http://www.americanmuscle.com/2005-v6-project-car.html

Don't mean to advertise for them, but there are a forum sponsor and I think it's got some good info for those of us who are modding V6's.

MOOK3456

41 rwhp gain from cia/tune and exhaust? Thats not too shabby.

ODDYSEY

159 is retarded low... something doesn't sound right.

MOOK3456

Yeah, I've read most other places 175-185 in that range at the wheels stock. But I've also seen stuff saying like 1 in 10 doesn't achieve that. No idea why...

MoneyShot

well either way that is a huge gain from some simple mods that ford should have, and now does, from the factory. also note that im sure they are running a 93 tune.

somewhat off topic if you look at Inside line's dyno of the new gt and it put down 395 at the rear wheels! that is literally 5% drive train loss! either that or Ford is watering down numbers

legendlime05

159 ive never heard of one being that low, i like AM as a company but this just seem like fluffyin or i guess skimping on number to look better.

Snakebite64

I am sure I am not telling you anything you do not know (maybe forgot?) but different dyno's achieve different numbers. A dynojet will read out 440 to my rear wheels but a Mustang dyno will read 395ish to my rear wheels. I personally follow the Mustang dyno as it gives a real world number ie hp under load etc. Sure it sounds nice to say 440 hp but I do not mind the real number. The long and short of the story is numbers mean nothing but the track surely does. Peace.

ODDYSEY

I thought about that also. But unless they dyno'd on a mustang dyno for a baseline, then a dynojet for the tune/cai addition, that doesn't make sense.

*shrug*

Alec

That's exactly what I was thinking
I was expecting at least in the 160-170 range

Sancho805

those base numbers look wiggity wack...