No one knows the difference between loyalty and ignorance. "ford in a ford, Chevy in a chevy" is fine and all but surely most "car guys" understand the envelope has been pushed long since the OHV 5.0L died off...
No one knows the difference between loyalty and ignorance. "ford in a ford, Chevy in a chevy" is fine and all but surely most "car guys" understand the envelope has been pushed long since the OHV 5.0L died off...
Oh don't get me wrong, Im a ford guy as much as anyone on the boards, I'm just willing to admit there are much better platforms. I'd take a 4v or another 408 over an LSx any day in a fox. But I'm also completely ok with guy's f you dealership. Btw, I'll take the viper fox
The viper mustang has already been done. But I always thought I'd join my local corvette club someday and park some bastardized c5 in the middle of the pack. Send me a brochure when the **** you factory is up and running
I'm torn on this one probably because I've been around so long. 20 years ago I would have said there is absolutely no replacement for displacement. At that time I was a windsor nut. I ran a windsor and kicked the hell out of a lot of people with one. Fantastic set up, as Nik said, it's how the fox should have been.
The thing is though, nowdays, There's no reason to not use forced aspiration. I am in absolute awe of the folks who turbo a terminator and squeeze 1000hp out of them like it's nothing. If you told me in 1990 they'd be doing that with a factory stock rotating assembly and block I would have laughed at you.
I've got a windsor block on a stand right now that I wanted to put a chp 408 kit in, and now I'm second guessing it because the block is only good for 700hp, give or take.
I love windsors, but If you are going to really go big, you'd better buy a dart block to do it with, or you're going to wind up a lot of scrap metal.
Now, If you'll excuse me, I'm going back to waffle some more on what engine I'm going to use....
The thing is though, nowdays, There's no reason to not use forced aspiration. I am in absolute awe of the folks who turbo a terminator and squeeze 1000hp out of them like it's nothing. If you told me in 1990 they'd be doing that with a factory stock rotating assembly and block I would have laughed at you.
The magazines, and people always make it sound easy. The 03 cobra stuff will make dyno pulls at 1000 hp, but how long it will last is quesitonable. Dont get me wrong, its awesome what people are doing today, but 1000hp isnt easy by any means.
I loved my car when it had the charger on it, but to me personally, unless you are trying to go low 9's or 8's in the 1/4 mile, doing it NA is alot more fun. The past few weeks ive been thinking about how much i like my car NA. 3 summers, same motor, beating the bag out of it and changing parts here and there. Its been alot of fun, and the next motor i piece together is going to be 700hp, SB, NA, on pump gas.
Im might be buying the intake for it this week Nik.Believe it or not, it is $150 bucks brand new from the manufacturer lol
What intake??
Ill post pics when/if i get it. Till then ill keep you in suspense. I'd be willing to bet you couldnt guess what it was though.
There was a ls local to me for 1800, complete with wiring and all.
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