Premium for pristine 88 5.0 owned by old lady who has never abused it. $1500.
Subtract engine rebuild, since it no longer needs it. -$570.
Pristine 5.0 surcharge $930
Pro 5.0 $200
Catback $200
Coldair $140
Pullies $80
S.Adjust$90
190 LPH $90
I still don't see why you want me to add the price of parts that will almost certainly be found on these cars. It would be very possible to find a car with the rest of the full exhaust for the same price or a couple hundred more. Finding an 88 5.0 in pristine condition like you have described would most likely cost more and be nearly impossible to find in bone stock condition (there are many on this board who have searched, you can ask), but if you want a perfect 5.0, then I want a perfect mint condition ricer counterpart priced. You asked what it would cost to get a 5.0 into the 11's including purchasing the car. My estimate is accurate, since it's more than likely what is going to be found. Still, I'll mold it around your desires. The total is now $8630 for a mint condition never abused reliable 11 second machine. Remember, I don't wanna see some ragged out '87 CRX with a GSR motor. You can do this on the totally up and up. I want a pristine car using it's stock motor as a base for modification. The import must be reliable and you must be able to drive it away from the track on the streets. Otherwise you'll faint at the combo I'll throw your way. I'm sure I can get an 11 sec stang all together for $4000 total.
As far as why are most stangers in the 13's and 14's, it's for the same reason most ricers are in the 15's and 16's. $$. That's still hugely expensive. Adding $4500 in mods to create a reliable 11 second machine is a lot for most 5.0 owners. Mismatched combo's, poor tuning, running heavy, lack of driving skill, and lack of suspension mods are what keeps the 5.0's in the 13-14 range. A well driven 88 5.0 with just freebies and maybe a set of underdrives can run 14.0, Mr 5.0 has seen one run 13.80 with freebies and optional 3.08's off the floor with NO mods (I wish I cold drive like that). Getting 2 seconds out of them can be accomplished with a good combo.
If you don't beleive the combo is capable of that, please feel free to look at 88workcar's combo, from which most of the mods are based on. He's running real low 12's w/o spray (12.1 on slicks 12.3 on radial), I've made it a little more aggressive to compensate for the loss of slicks so that the T-5 could be kept. If the N20 was used, you can absolutely guarantee 11's.
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