Mehh....400hp...900hp. What does it matter, they still all seem to run 12's when they get to the track.
^ I cant imagine what size hood you would have to run to make that intake work. Looks more designed around the Cobra R intake. The key to making good power out of a 5.0/5.8 is to get rid of that traditional 180* bend intake. Well that is if you want to make power above 6,000rpms.
It would be nice if someone made a LS1 style heads/intake package for the 5.0. You can easily replace the distributor with a cam sensor and coil packs these days. That will probably be my next mod actually.
I found this new intake from Edelbrock, looks very interesting....
Edelbrock.com - EFI - EFI Manifolds - Ford
It works great. The people that say the car has no low end torque don't know what they are talking about. I've got over 315rwtq by 3,000rpms.
I don't race anyone at 3,000rpms or below so I see no point in all that torque at 2,000rpms unless you plan to pull your mobile home with your car.
I don't race anyone at 3,000rpms or below so I see no point in all that torque at 2,000rpms unless you plan to pull your mobile home with your car.
Indeed. If I wanted to start making power above 3,000RPM, I would have bought a Honda.
so why do the big boys in racing have big motors?Amen. Power and torque below 3000rpms is meaningless.
Kurt
so why do the big boys in racing have big motors?
and what is going to be more fun on the street and around town?
have you people ever heard the statement that ET is a function of torque while trap speed is a function of horsepower?
torque wins races, not horsepower
unbelievable
This post is kind of confusing. First you say "what is going to be more fun on the street and around town" implying low end is more fun around town.
Then you say "have you people ever heard the statement that ET is a function of torque while trap speed is a function of horsepower".
Which is ironic to me because how fun a car is on the street is related to trap speed not ET. Example, a guy traps 126 and runs mid 11s. Fairly common with cars unable to get traction. Guy #2 traps 117 and runs mid 11s. He hooks hard.
Which car is going to be more fun on the street? Well it's certainly not going to be guy number 2. Guy #1 traps 9 mph faster and has a car that is gonna be alot more fun to drive around on the streeet then guy #2 whos car without slicks and fancy suspension would probably be around a 12.2 when guy #1's car with slicks is a 10 second car.
I'm just saying, when it comes to the street trap speed says alot more about a car.
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