starting motor swap tomorrow!

mob said:

you "should" be around 260hp, and you "should" run 12's with traction, good luck. Sounds great

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What he's saying is goodbye 16s hello 15s!

not bad at all.. i run thumpers.. good heads.. i have a more agressive cam though.. which i personally like with the powerband it has.. 6300 rpms and the car doesnt break a sweat.. good luck with the swap.. id change out motor mounts if you havent already.. buy a set of prothanes

Im saying low 13's

260 sounds a bit optimistic.

Low 13's are likely what the timeslip will look like.

I think the stock intake is going to be a bit of a bottle neck, i'd look at replacing that next.

its ported by tmoss it will be no bottleneck. all you guys do is bash. go over to the corral and take a look at the handful of cars that are running REAL low 13's stock and even a high 12. id say youll be right on par foxfan!

pistonhead351 said:

its ported by tmoss it will be no bottleneck. all you guys do is bash. go over to the corral and take a look at the handful of cars that are running REAL low 13's stock and even a high 12. id say youll be right on par foxfan!

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+1 At least it will be a good bit faster than stock whatever it is.......

It's not bashing, it's being realistic. I've been around stangnet for time, and mustangs since started driving in 92. Seen tons of E7 ported guys come and go, Most if not all run low 13's.

I also happen to have a copy of Tmoss's dyno records that he keeps from all different combos, and according to that chart, the ones with cobra/gt40 style intakes and others, make more power.

Instead of us going to another site, maybe members that only want to hear positive reply's and things they want to hear, should put with their post title "yes men wanted".

I've read foxfans posts here, seems to be be a down to earth guy, and i think he appreciates what people have to say, regardless of wheter or not it's what he was looking to hear.

I ran a 13.6@102.15mph with a 2.05 60 foot with the mods in my sig, oh and the ambient temp at the track was 95 degrees. Tires were spinnin pretty bad half way through 2nd gear and I had a ton of crap in my car, I could easily drop 100lbs off the car, weighed 3360 with me in it. Im getting some drag radials, I definatly think there are 12s in the thumper combo.

If you get it dynoed be happy with anything above 250 rwhp. Mine made 250 untuned with 10 degrees timing and 44psi fuel pressure. I upped the timing to 15 and dropped the fuel pressure to 39 and it picked up 10rwhp in 90 degree weather on the dyno. When I put my 1/4 mile mph in a hp calculator it said the car is making something like 265 at the wheels. Its not far off from what the dyno said, so I believe it.

With sticky tires be happy with low low 13s or high 12s. I know I will be stoked if I run a low 13 or a high 12 next time I go. I also plan to go when its not hotter than hell out for once lol.

13's is still faster than me... Good luck with the swap, I fear one of those will be in my future.

Id say ditch those stock valves. They seem to be the biggest bottle neck in the heads. Good valve job, larger valves and some milling can do wonders for your already thumper'd up heads. It will probably be 250 rwhp and low 13s, but with that work done and maybe a better intake, and hello mid 12s.

12s are not hard to attain, especialy on worked E7s, and the right supporting mods. Just have to drive it hard, and not be afraid!

E7's aren't worth bigger valves/valve job/milling.

That's like $500 in work.

I've seen a pretty good group's worth of ported and cleaned up stock motors run 12's. How well the combo matches up will make or break your quest for 12's. Stome stickyness will certainly help out as well.

I for one, will be looking for you to break into that zone. Good Luck!