drove 4.6 01 GT not impressed

Unit 5302 · 04-29-2002, 06:57 PM

Alright TryMe, you're so horribly misinformed that I don't know where to begin. Take a look at Jeff Chambers car. Stock GT40P heads. Mild cam. Edelbrock Intake. Naturally aspirated. 11.4@118mph. 1990 Mustang GT. That's impressive. What's more impressive is this year he switched to a mild intake and a Holley 650cfm carb. 11.343@120mph, at 4500ft cutting 1.59 60ft when he normally 60ft's in the high 1.4's to low 1.5's. In other words, he's got a 10sec car with Factory Explorer heads. Jeff was running high 11's on stock GT40 Irons.

Take the fastest stock Gen 1 4.6L Vert in the galaxie and come to a place where the tracks aren't 200ft short, and then see what it'll do. Nobody in their right mind will believe your car is a stock Gen 1 4.6L vert running 14's. A fox running 12's off the factory floor is just about as believable as your claims.

Lizard King, it may be that I have exhuast. Still has cats. I'm also at stock timing, and my 1st gear ratio sux way more than stock. My 87 can do over 50mph in 1st gear if I were to strech it. Believe me, there is a night and day difference between the 2.95 1st gear on 2.73's and the stock 3.35's. There was a 3.08 option from the factory, and 3.27 for the AOD cars as well. I wince at thinking about bad my 5.0 would have killed the 01 had it been equipped with the 3.08's and a 3.35:1 stock tranny when I ran them. Other factors. 161,000mi on the engine, no tune for over 15,000mi. Dirty air filter. Dual sub iso baric bandpass in the trunk, and it was 90* out. The 5.0 HATES hot weather. If there was ever a time the 87 would have been running slow, it was then.

QKHORSE, you really don't want to do the dyno numbers like I've done above. Fine, let's go there. Average SD 5.0. 185rwhp. Average 1999+ GT. 220rwhp. I don't know where you're coming up with 225-230. Might want to check out a few more dyno pulls not made on a Mustang dyno that's been tampered with. The Bullitt isn't even dynoing 230.

Now. Take the 5.0 and bump the timing, remove the intake silencer. 200rwhp.

Weight of SD Mustang Coupe. 3000lbs. Weight of 99+ GT. 3250lbs. Now. Which one launches better? Lizard King is considered by many on this board to be an excellent driver, correct? His 60ft's are 2.1-2.2. An excellent driver can pull a 1.9-2.0 on street tires with the coupe 5.0. Now you've got a 4 tenth advantage for the 5.0 right off the bat. Plus, it's 250lbs lighter. It's only down 20rwhp. The 5.0 and the new GT can trap at the same mph, in fact, Lizard's 98-99 isn't even top form for a real strong running stock 5.0.

Check out these following sites. Some of you may have heard of Mr 5 0, the site administrator, who has personally witnessed a stock, not even broken in 87 LX run a 13.8 in the quarter just off the showroom floor.

http://members.tripod.com/tomak3/page9.html

http://www.corral.net/projects/deepf...eezemods1.html

For the non believers, I'm going to setup another run with the 87GT. This time it'll be the new 2002GT vs the 1987GT. Like I said earlier. Gloves are coming off, and I'm actually going to tune the 87 up and bump the timing on it for the first time ever. Any suggestions on shift points for the 2002? The 87 get's shifted at 5800rpm and traps 100+

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04-29-2002, 06:57 PM	#39
Unit 5302 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5,246	Alright TryMe, you're so horribly misinformed that I don't know where to begin. Take a look at Jeff Chambers car. Stock GT40P heads. Mild cam. Edelbrock Intake. Naturally aspirated. 11.4@118mph. 1990 Mustang GT. That's impressive. What's more impressive is this year he switched to a mild intake and a Holley 650cfm carb. 11.343@120mph, at 4500ft cutting 1.59 60ft when he normally 60ft's in the high 1.4's to low 1.5's. In other words, he's got a 10sec car with Factory Explorer heads. Jeff was running high 11's on stock GT40 Irons. Take the fastest stock Gen 1 4.6L Vert in the galaxie and come to a place where the tracks aren't 200ft short, and then see what it'll do. Nobody in their right mind will believe your car is a stock Gen 1 4.6L vert running 14's. A fox running 12's off the factory floor is just about as believable as your claims. Lizard King, it may be that I have exhuast. Still has cats. I'm also at stock timing, and my 1st gear ratio sux way more than stock. My 87 can do over 50mph in 1st gear if I were to strech it. Believe me, there is a night and day difference between the 2.95 1st gear on 2.73's and the stock 3.35's. There was a 3.08 option from the factory, and 3.27 for the AOD cars as well. I wince at thinking about bad my 5.0 would have killed the 01 had it been equipped with the 3.08's and a 3.35:1 stock tranny when I ran them. Other factors. 161,000mi on the engine, no tune for over 15,000mi. Dirty air filter. Dual sub iso baric bandpass in the trunk, and it was 90* out. The 5.0 HATES hot weather. If there was ever a time the 87 would have been running slow, it was then. QKHORSE, you really don't want to do the dyno numbers like I've done above. Fine, let's go there. Average SD 5.0. 185rwhp. Average 1999+ GT. 220rwhp. I don't know where you're coming up with 225-230. Might want to check out a few more dyno pulls not made on a Mustang dyno that's been tampered with. The Bullitt isn't even dynoing 230. Now. Take the 5.0 and bump the timing, remove the intake silencer. 200rwhp. Weight of SD Mustang Coupe. 3000lbs. Weight of 99+ GT. 3250lbs. Now. Which one launches better? Lizard King is considered by many on this board to be an excellent driver, correct? His 60ft's are 2.1-2.2. An excellent driver can pull a 1.9-2.0 on street tires with the coupe 5.0. Now you've got a 4 tenth advantage for the 5.0 right off the bat. Plus, it's 250lbs lighter. It's only down 20rwhp. The 5.0 and the new GT can trap at the same mph, in fact, Lizard's 98-99 isn't even top form for a real strong running stock 5.0. Check out these following sites. Some of you may have heard of Mr 5 0, the site administrator, who has personally witnessed a stock, not even broken in 87 LX run a 13.8 in the quarter just off the showroom floor. http://members.tripod.com/tomak3/page9.html http://www.corral.net/projects/deepf...eezemods1.html For the non believers, I'm going to setup another run with the 87GT. This time it'll be the new 2002GT vs the 1987GT. Like I said earlier. Gloves are coming off, and I'm actually going to tune the 87 up and bump the timing on it for the first time ever. Any suggestions on shift points for the 2002? The 87 get's shifted at 5800rpm and traps 100+