I know what the differences are. I did stay right with him when we went, and his was a 92 5.0 LX. maybe his car wasnt tuned right. I know mine was running a bit rich. But thats what happened and thats what i had done. I added a cam and roller rockers but im fairly sure that i did this after we had at it. And i do remember beating a few other mustangs around 83-84 with the setup before the cam. Maybe i was a better driver, but i was fairly new to launching it and didnt do so hot. Whatever it may be i will hold true to my original statement that you have to watch out sometimes when it comes to carbed cars. You may not think it but there are some dawm fast carbs runnin out there.

dont know about fulie cars dominating carbs... me and a guy here both had alost the same set up... alum heads, stock cam with 1.7's.. couple differences were my afr's to his e'brocks.. I have a 2 1/4 exhaust to his 2 1/2... and he didnt run cats... I ran more MPH than him... and the ET's were about the same... and he ran DR's and 3.73's to my 3.55's..... both had performer intakes.... I pulled about 20 more RWHP... dont think it was just from the heads... and I would have lost most of that with the cats... ;-)

It's hard to judge cars by riding in them, I thought my friends 98 LS-1 Camaro was gonna tear me a new one because of the endless torque it felt like it had. We lined them up and I walked away, even at the top end.

BTW my stock 82 motor with a holley 600 carb, offy manifold, 5 speed, 373's, pulleys, 2 1/4" dual exhaust, and 1 5/8" headers could keep up with a lot of stock fuelies until 3rd gear.

heheh... I just swapped the 7.5 with 3.55's for am 8.8 with 4.30's... such a fun sleeper... ;-)

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is it just me or does a 5.0s power curve seem like that of a truck motor, just a thought,my motor blows i know,but thats just how it seems to me . rip em boys!

we ran again but i wasnt driving hehe
 

well, i cant seem to get a straight answer on this motor but today he tells me he has gt40 ps and an x cam, my liscense is currently on suspension so i let my friend race him with me in the passenger side.first time my buddy bombed and spun like there was no tommorow, we lost that only by about a car,the second time we didnt spin as bad but my friend just totaly missed second, he only got us by a half a car that time, if i was driving i could have taken him if i was behind the wheel, my dawg could have taken him the second time with ease with out the bad shift, but he did win fare and square,my car is faster though, laugh all you want but this is the truth,373s in a 4.6 seem like the wind for ever compared 410s in a 5.0! but had to let you know about the loss:( ,we still gotta run at the track though!! and im gonna smoke em unless he turns on the silly juice hehe

Those carbed cars can be fast, i know of two dudes around with carb setups running low 12's one with a 302, and one with a 347, the 347 felt slow when i rode in it, but thats because im used to the torque feel in my efi, also they run victor jr. intk, and just a small holley dp carb, well on the track i saw him rape a c-5 in e.t, and mph, gas mileage wasnt the greatest, it ran fairly reliable, except for those dang regulators......

With a more mild setup, low compression, dual plane, aluminum heads, vac secondaries carb, you could see high 12's, of course on a roller motor.

BTW, to uhh slow98, 5.0's dont feel like truck motors, not with a 5spd anyway, but i know my f-150 was blowing away civcs;)

i dont know but 12.30 is pretty damn fast. so dont tell me that carbd cars are slow.

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who said carbed cars are slow? i havent seen that listed on this post anyway?? what would you guys say to building a 460 with a block thats just layin around and puttin it in an 86 body that just sittin around...good idea? hehe let me know what u think

I didn't say carbed cars were slow anywhere, either. Just because an 82GT has weak head, pistons, cam, and intake doesn't mean the aspiration device can't make power.

It just means the engine can't. Although I can't say the races above didn't go down the way they were stated, I do know the SEFI fox body 5spds in the right hands can run low/mid 14's from the factory and the stock 82HO doesn't have a prayer in hell of doing that. Car vs Car, it's not gonna happen. With variables, it certainly can.