Alright so heres my story (I will try to make it as interesting to read as possible):
Well its a nice sunny day here in CT. 55 degrees slight wind, the perfect day to drag our 86 GT to emissions for the second time. After failing miserably the first time we threw some 19 lb injectors, dropped the timing down to 8 degrees base, and hooked up the air pump to bake the rear cats. Around 3:30 we hook the trailer up and head to the shop. Get the car on the rollers, run it through the test and just slightly fail. After getting the car off the machine we begin to "chat" with the shop owner, an OBVIOUS chevy guy. Now I am far from brand loyal and appreciate all cars and all companies but there are just times I can tell a Chevy owner.
In light conversation about the car (there were a few car people there and a guy with an LS1 Z28 going on the rollers next) we mentioned the motor in it being a GT40P stock cammed motor that ran 11s. The shop owner immediately laughed and goes "haha those damn Mustangs are so light, all you need is a gear to run 11s, what gear did you have". My dad responded with 4.30s, and the shop owner continued his ramblings. He went on to tell us how with just a gear any 5.0 Mustang will run high 11s, how he can make 500 hp out of a 350 chevy with about $200, and then tried schooling us in the fine art of maximizing a combo, getting the "pistons, heads, camshaft, and intake to work together". Personally I find this all amusing, but it makes me wonder, if a shop owner, and former racer is spouting off this kind of crap, what would someone with no real car history wonder?
Oh well, it was an eye opening experience for me this afternoon. Surrounded by Chevy guys telling me how easy it is to make a car fast, make power, or run 11s in a Mustang!
Well its a nice sunny day here in CT. 55 degrees slight wind, the perfect day to drag our 86 GT to emissions for the second time. After failing miserably the first time we threw some 19 lb injectors, dropped the timing down to 8 degrees base, and hooked up the air pump to bake the rear cats. Around 3:30 we hook the trailer up and head to the shop. Get the car on the rollers, run it through the test and just slightly fail. After getting the car off the machine we begin to "chat" with the shop owner, an OBVIOUS chevy guy. Now I am far from brand loyal and appreciate all cars and all companies but there are just times I can tell a Chevy owner.
In light conversation about the car (there were a few car people there and a guy with an LS1 Z28 going on the rollers next) we mentioned the motor in it being a GT40P stock cammed motor that ran 11s. The shop owner immediately laughed and goes "haha those damn Mustangs are so light, all you need is a gear to run 11s, what gear did you have". My dad responded with 4.30s, and the shop owner continued his ramblings. He went on to tell us how with just a gear any 5.0 Mustang will run high 11s, how he can make 500 hp out of a 350 chevy with about $200, and then tried schooling us in the fine art of maximizing a combo, getting the "pistons, heads, camshaft, and intake to work together". Personally I find this all amusing, but it makes me wonder, if a shop owner, and former racer is spouting off this kind of crap, what would someone with no real car history wonder?
Oh well, it was an eye opening experience for me this afternoon. Surrounded by Chevy guys telling me how easy it is to make a car fast, make power, or run 11s in a Mustang!