12.8s, reliability, cornering ability

[svtpower]

well

All it's gonna take is some cash...

MM subframes
4.10 or 4.30 gears
Headers
Midpipe
Catback
Intake
Xcal/Pred tune
Bilstein shocks/struts
shifter
No heavy ass wheels like Bullitts or similar. Use the stock 17s or similar lightweights.
Sticky tires

Some lowering springs to get that center of gravity down for fun cornering and an AL drive would be nice too, but not needed.

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Some lowering springs to get that center of gravity down for fun cornering and an AL drive would be nice too, but not needed.

Lowering springs actually work against you from a drag racing stand point. They don't squat enough at the rear and don't extend enough in the front to let the nose of the car come up to distribute the weight when you launch.

 

[Jackie Chan]

Lowering springs actually work against you from a drag racing stand point. They don't squat enough at the rear and don't extend enough in the front to let the nose of the car come up to distribute the weight when you launch.

i pull 1.8s on street tires and eibachs with koni adj.s in the front and sensatracs in the back. about a 2inch drop

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Just think how well you might do with a set of drag springs.

Seriously though.....the edge they provide on a 13, 12 or even a high-11-second car might not be that significant by comparison (that's why it's called an "edge" and not a "leap") but at tenth here and a tenth there is going to make all the difference on the big end. And on a car making "real" power, the need for a more drag friendly suspension is crucial.

 

[Jackie Chan]

definitely, but i think you can easily get a cammed 2v into the mid to upper 12's on 17/18 inch drs with a street susp

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Absolutely agree. I'm with you 100% on the the though of all power adder Mustangs for the money invested should be breaking into the low-12/high-11-second zone. And for the most part, I'm betting about 90% of them actually have that kind of potential.

I've found that far to many owners are too quick to blame the car itself, or even one particular component of the car rather than shifting the blame to the driver or their entire set up in general. Everyone wants to start fiddling with their tuners, swapping out tires, changing pulleys or upping jet sizes to correct the problem. I mean...sure, everyone has some bugs to work out at times, but out of almost every post I see on the subject, the last component of the equation the owner tries to improve upon when low ET's occur, is the one sitting in the drivers seat.

I personally plan to go as fast as I possibly can on street tires with my new car while working out the bugs in the combination before I start worrying about how fast it will go with a new pulley or on slicks. I haven't got a very common set up as far as 4.6L's are concerned, so it should be an interesting journey to the finish line.

 

[40th GT]

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