A likely story

93GTDIN · 08-07-2003, 04:48 PM

TFS TW heads
TFS 2 cam
EGR delete
full exhaust (longtubes)
15" (rim size) slicks w/ 3.73's

all of the above in an otherwise stock (injectors, TB, MAF, i mean STOCK otherwise) 94 hardtop cobra

can you see that combo running 12.3's @110+ all day with a perfect tune?

Dark_5.0 · 08-07-2003, 05:18 PM

I think it would run about a 13.0-13.3 at maybe 106-107.

I could see it in a notchback but not a sn95.

Dark_5.0 · 08-07-2003, 05:19 PM

I take that back. Yes it is possible. with a good driver/60ft.

tmoss · 08-08-2003, 08:39 AM

Yes it's possible.

HotRoddin · 08-09-2003, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 93GTDIN
TFS TW heads
TFS 2 cam
EGR delete
full exhaust (longtubes)
15" (rim size) slicks w/ 3.73's

all of the above in an otherwise stock (injectors, TB, MAF, i mean STOCK otherwise) 94 hardtop cobra

can you see that combo running 12.3's @110+ all day with a perfect tune?

When pigs fly

TMASTER · 08-09-2003, 02:20 AM

no way! lol

93GTDIN · 08-09-2003, 03:03 AM

Well I witnessed it here at the track in san antonio (SAR). He was running 12.6's many times in a row and claimed to see 12.3 - 12.1 regularly which i believe because everybody was running a few tenths off their best. humidity was awful..

Anyay I looked under the hood and all I can say i saw for sure was stock cobra upper, stock tb, stock MAF, no nitrous, no power adder...

Ideas? A stroker perhaps?

'89GTStang · 08-09-2003, 03:52 PM

a good port and polish can do wonders!! as well as going on a good diet.

93GTDIN · 08-09-2003, 03:57 PM

they were the stock unported (i was told) old style tfs heads.

HotRoddin · 08-09-2003, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 93GTDIN
and claimed

Long time ago, I had a 58 Ford Fairlane. It was as stock looking as stock looking gets ... right down to stock hubcaps. It had a big block FE motor in it. I "claimed" to everybody i met it was a basically stock 352 (all FE blocks have 352 cast very visably into the front of the block) ... I told them it was a very mild almost stock cam in a stock car. The Car was an old race car my brother had abandoned ... if you looked in the glove box you were looking at the steering column ..nothing under the dash at all, empty ..the rain came into the car through the outside cowl grill if i didn't cover it. The hood had all the structure cut out, nothing but sheetmetal left. the back windows were fixed plexiglas. The car was stripped totally. That "352" was actually a 406 with heavly worked 427 heads, it had tri power (3, 300 CFM Holleys) on a Ford aluminum manifold. It had a Ford NASCAR short track cam in it made to pull out of corners and it just oozed low end torque. It had 4:56 gears. It had 13 to 1 compression (you could stand 10' behind the car and the exhaust would make your pant legs flap.) It was a stop light warrior ... all low end ... I totally destroyed people here in So Cal stop light to stop light for about 6 years .... when i finally wore the thing out and kissed it goodbye, everybody in town still thought it was a basically stock 352 in a big heavy 58 Ford.
Point being, Hotrodders are the biggest Bullsh***ers on the planet next to maybe fishermen (i'll tell you about the world record Bass i caught sometime) ... take everything you hear with a grain of salt ... the crap you read in the hot rod books ... do you really think they are gonna spend 10's of thousands of dollars making their car competitive then tell you exactally what they did so you can go fast as them without spending all that time and money ???? lol
Use some logic ... if you could go low 12's in a basically stock 302 then my old 58 would have been running low 9's and all the guys on this board with fairly modified 302's would be running mid 10's easy. I'm stickin with my original reply ... when pigs fly ... you'll never convince me its gonna happen.

lx mike · 08-09-2003, 11:51 PM

There's something he's not telling you about the car.

08-07-2003, 04:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
93GTDIN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Live music capital of the world, TX Posts: 324	A likely story TFS TW heads TFS 2 cam EGR delete full exhaust (longtubes) 15" (rim size) slicks w/ 3.73's all of the above in an otherwise stock (injectors, TB, MAF, i mean STOCK otherwise) 94 hardtop cobra can you see that combo running 12.3's @110+ all day with a perfect tune? __________________ 96 Cobra - a bit too stock. 14.0 @ 101

08-07-2003, 05:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dark_5.0 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,331	I think it would run about a 13.0-13.3 at maybe 106-107. I could see it in a notchback but not a sn95. __________________ 92' LX-Big brakes, Lots and lots of suspension, Vortech A-trim 7 psi 331 stroker, Canfield heads, Edelbrock Performer RPM II intake, Big comp cam looking for a home.

08-07-2003, 05:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dark_5.0 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,331	I take that back. Yes it is possible. with a good driver/60ft. __________________ 92' LX-Big brakes, Lots and lots of suspension, Vortech A-trim 7 psi 331 stroker, Canfield heads, Edelbrock Performer RPM II intake, Big comp cam looking for a home.

08-08-2003, 08:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
tmoss Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 632	Yes it's possible. __________________ Tom (Torque) Moss 88Gt 5spd Vert, FLowmaster Catbacks, stock cam advanced 4° @ 108.5° ICL, NMRA prepped GT40P heads 1.85/1.55 valves and 1.7 rockers, MAC P headers Jet-Hot coated, 97 Exlporer intake (ported lower), TB and injectors. 277RWHP/330RWTQ (SAE). http://www.fastlanecars.com/

08-09-2003, 03:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
93GTDIN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Live music capital of the world, TX Posts: 324	Well I witnessed it here at the track in san antonio (SAR). He was running 12.6's many times in a row and claimed to see 12.3 - 12.1 regularly which i believe because everybody was running a few tenths off their best. humidity was awful.. Anyay I looked under the hood and all I can say i saw for sure was stock cobra upper, stock tb, stock MAF, no nitrous, no power adder... Ideas? A stroker perhaps? __________________ 96 Cobra - a bit too stock. 14.0 @ 101

08-09-2003, 02:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
TMASTER Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 161	no way! lol

08-09-2003, 03:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
'89GTStang Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: greenwood, ar Posts: 118	a good port and polish can do wonders!! as well as going on a good diet. __________________ '89 GT K&N, Twisted Wedge heads, TFS intake,FMS 1.7 rockers, Trick Flow stage 1 cam(221/225 .530in\.542in) , 3.73's, headers, off road H-pipe, Flowmasters, FMS Clutch, Tremec, PRO-5.0, FMS driveshaft, fluidyne alum. radiator, and more to come.

08-09-2003, 03:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
93GTDIN Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Live music capital of the world, TX Posts: 324	they were the stock unported (i was told) old style tfs heads. __________________ 96 Cobra - a bit too stock. 14.0 @ 101

08-09-2003, 11:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
lx mike Undescribable Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Ft Myers Fla Posts: 1,535	There's something he's not telling you about the car. __________________ Rice Haters Club Member #101

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