Slow fox or just me?

[25thmustang]

25th, have you weighed your car and/or his car? A couple hundred pounds could make a world of difference.

Weight is definately something I was thinking about as well. I know what mine weighs, no idea what his or hers weigh. Mine will be lighter, as I have no rear seat, no smog stuff, no tailpipes, no sway bar. If I had to guess maybe 100-200 lbs difference possibly?

I guess this is all mute simply because without a good comparison or idea of his actual power, I can't really say much.

 

[Cobra912]

i wish mine were close to stock again. I'd be richer and would actually drive it more.

 

[Shaolin Crane]

i wish mine were close to stock again. I'd be richer and would actually drive it more.

no you dont

 

[25thmustang]

i wish mine were close to stock again. I'd be richer and would actually drive it more.

That sounds insane I know, but a LOT of guys I know say the same thing. They seemed to enjoy their cars more when they were 12-13 second cars. Less breakage, less down time, on the street a 12 second car feels fast enough, etc...

 

[NIKwoaC]

That sounds insane I know, but a LOT of guys I know say the same thing. They seemed to enjoy their cars more when they were 12-13 second cars. Less breakage, less down time, on the street a 12 second car feels fast enough, etc...

I think that is just one of those things that is easy to say. Half the fun of owning these cars is building them to be faster and fixing them when they inevitably break. Of course, I'll tell you for sure when my car finally runs 11s.

 

[Shaolin Crane]

That sounds insane I know, but a LOT of guys I know say the same thing. They seemed to enjoy their cars more when they were 12-13 second cars. Less breakage, less down time, on the street a 12 second car feels fast enough, etc...

I agree with my that for my truck DD 13sec vehicle is plenty fast, but my toys however i want insanely fast

 

[25thmustang]

Yeah, I am only going off what friends have told me, even racer. A few have 10-11 second cars and say they had more fun back in the stock motor racing days.

Now others have fun with their 400, 500, 600+ hp cars and don't say those things, but I can't comment as I don't have anything that quick.

 

[fiveohwblow]

i wish mine were close to stock again. I'd be richer and would actually drive it more.

+1

 

[tannerc91gt]

Anyone looking to go back to stock i'd be willing to cut one of you guys a good deal on a stocker.

 

[Makdaddymac]

for what its worth i am not running my quad shocks,,,someone told me that removing them gives better traction

 

[cenok is family]

who ever told you that is a dumbass. they're there to prevent wheel hop. wheel hop isn't good. as long as you don't have wheel hop with them removed then it doesn't matter but removing them DOES NOT improve traction

 

[blackened88lx]

Brian do you have any in car videos of yours?

 

[Kumm3]

Is it wierd that i have never driven a stock fox? When i first drove mine, i had already installed a cobra intake, exhaust, electric fan, larger TB & MAF. So i really have NO clue what a stock fox feels like.

I also have no idea what the stock shifter feels like, haha

 

[25thmustang]

Nick, your not missing much. Although the cars I drove has similar mods as yours. A stock shifter, I have never driven one in a 5.0 that I can recall. I did have one in my 4cyl!

 

[Makdaddymac]

who ever told you that is a dumbass. they're there to prevent wheel hop. wheel hop isn't good. as long as you don't have wheel hop with them removed then it doesn't matter but removing them DOES NOT improve traction

yeah i figured, come to think of it though, i had them on before i cahnged gears, and i could brake first loose back then (2.73's) but this was also all before my low oil pressure and overheating symptoms........

 

[Kumm3]

Nick, your not missing much. Although the cars I drove has similar mods as yours. A stock shifter, I have never driven one in a 5.0 that I can recall. I did have one in my 4cyl!

If anyone in the Hartford, CT area has a stock 5.0 with the stock shifter, get a hold of me. i NEED to compare!

 

[RARE NOTCH]

My notch when i got it. With just a off road h-pipe and flowmaster cat back and 355 gear's the motor was stock even had the air silencer in the fender and stock timing went a 13.55 @ 101mph with a 1.9 60 ft on street tires. the worst pass was a 13.9. I think the car had a 13.2 in it but i never had the chance when i was there cause the track rental time ran out. I took the car to get dynoed and was
expecting around 210 to 215 rwhp and 250 rwtq. And boy was i suprised the first pull it layed down 241rwhp and 311rwtq WOW!!! So over last winter i did h/c/i and my tuner was so busy that i havent had it dynoed. I am hoping to get 300 rwhq and around 350 rwtq. I guess my car is a factory freak for sure.
And i think the 15000 miles help to.

 

[90lxcoupe]

My notch when i got it. With just a off road h-pipe and flowmaster cat back and 355 gear's the motor was stock even had the air silencer in the fender and stock timing went a 13.55 @ 101mph with a 1.9 60 ft on street tires. the worst pass was a 13.9. I think the car had a 13.2 in it but i never had the chance when i was there cause the track rental time ran out. I took the car to get dynoed and was
expecting around 210 to 215 rwhp and 250 rwtq. And boy was i suprised the first pull it layed down 241rwhp and 311rwtq WOW!!! So over last winter i did h/c/i and my tuner was so busy that i havent had it dynoed. I am hoping to get 300 rwhq and around 350 rwtq. I guess my car is a factory freak for sure.
And i think the 15000 miles help to.

holy crap, if those numbers are accurate then thats pretty amazing. you shoulda threw some slicks on there and shot for a faster number. If that was my car i think i would have kept the motor bone stock and seen how fast it could have gone with just weight removal

 

[Notchbck93]

My notch when i got it. With just a off road h-pipe and flowmaster cat back and 355 gear's the motor was stock even had the air silencer in the fender and stock timing went a 13.55 @ 101mph with a 1.9 60 ft on street tires. the worst pass was a 13.9. I think the car had a 13.2 in it but i never had the chance when i was there cause the track rental time ran out. I took the car to get dynoed and was
expecting around 210 to 215 rwhp and 250 rwtq. And boy was i suprised the first pull it layed down 241rwhp and 311rwtq WOW!!! So over last winter i did h/c/i and my tuner was so busy that i havent had it dynoed. I am hoping to get 300 rwhq and around 350 rwtq. I guess my car is a factory freak for sure.
And i think the 15000 miles help to.

I would also guess that your car is weighing in around 2850 without driver.

 

[RARE NOTCH]

I would also guess that your car is weighing in around 2850 without driver.

The car weight's 3040lbs and that is with the spare in the trunk and a half a tank of gas. i think i weight less now that i did the h/c/i cause those stock head were heavy as hell. Havent had a chance to weight it since then.