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scupking

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I know I know its another how much power thread. I was very close to ordering custom cams last night from mph. How much power would LTs and stage 2 cams get me? I would like to see 300rwhp.
 

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I don't think through an auto
 
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speaking from experience, I would just save that 1400ish dollars for a mongoose kit. You will get about the same gas mileage and make way more power. I tried that NA route on my old car, and I much prefer the blower route!
 

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SilverBullet00 said:
speaking from experience, I would just save that 1400ish dollars for a mongoose kit. You will get about the same gas mileage and make way more power. I tried that NA route on my old car, and I much prefer the blower route!
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Yeah that would be the best thing to do. I will save. Has anyone made 400 rwhp with the mongoose kit?
 

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It'll be difficult making over 400rwhp through an auto unless you up the boost, which could be risky on a stock motor.

But FWIW my GT with the auto trans. and KB 1.7L @ 9 PSI put down 381rwhp, and made 428rwhp when the auto was swapped for a t56. So if you're making 360rwhp, that would be around 400-410 through a manual.
 

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02LaserRed2V said:
It'll be difficult making over 400rwhp through an auto unless you up the boost, which could be risky on a stock motor.

But FWIW my GT with the auto trans. and KB 1.7L @ 9 PSI put down 381rwhp, and made 428rwhp when the auto was swapped for a t56. So if you're making 360rwhp, that would be around 400-410 through a manual.
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How much was it for the T56 swap?
 

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Even if you don't hit 400 you'll land further than the N/A mods would have taken you, you could also look into building your own kit with a used head unit and all new fuel system/ piping.
 

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02LaserRed2V said:
It'll be difficult making over 400rwhp through an auto unless you up the boost, which could be risky on a stock motor.

But FWIW my GT with the auto trans. and KB 1.7L @ 9 PSI put down 381rwhp, and made 428rwhp when the auto was swapped for a t56. So if you're making 360rwhp, that would be around 400-410 through a manual.
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just FYI, saying you'd have 405 thru a manual and 360 thru an auto implies an auto is 11% more drivetrain loss than the 5-speed. With 15% of a t45 ot tr3650 that would mean 26% on a 4R70W. It's more like 20-20.5% or 19-19.5% if you rebuilt it with lighter parts. So 405 through a manual would really be closer to 385 through the 4R. The 10.5% you experienced is most likely due to the t56 being a different loss rate or weather conditions as you can relate to with your first dyno run with the new KB
 

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Not tryin to jack your thread, but where do you get a mongoose kit for $1400ish?
 

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Night Shifter said:
Not tryin to jack your thread, but where do you get a mongoose kit for $1400ish?
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http://www.mustangforums.com/m_3332042/tm.htm
 

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scupking said:
I know I know its another how much power thread. I was very close to ordering custom cams last night from mph. How much power would LTs and stage 2 cams get me? I would like to see 300rwhp.
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1 million H.P.
 
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