That sebring might have been supercharged. It's a slow car but when they put a blower on them (yes they make um) that'l put them ahead of your car. Our year 5.0 is the most de-tuned you can get with crimped headers, smog crap, 4 count'em cats, heavy and the stock auto sucks to boot. Plus your gears probably suck. Put those gears in and open up thgat engine to breathe and see what happens.
What the hell?!
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bjl95mustang
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94opalgt said:
I said run 6-8 for nitrous. These cars were tuned for 87 octane gas and just becuase you have never heard of a higher octane hurting performance dosent mean it's not true. Having a higher octane causes the fuel to burn a little bit slower your trying to get the biggest bang out of the engine when it fires why would you want a slower burn? A car with a higher compression or a power adder can bennifet from a higher octane when it's needed for performance to keep detination down due to the higher chamber pressures.
BlueOvalStangGT
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AHHAHAHHa first a cobalt, then a taurus and now were getting beat by sebrings?!?!? The world is coming to an end!!!
bjl95mustang
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bjl95mustang
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BlackVert
15 Year Member
i think opening it up means removing some of the air flow restrictions like the lower intake, exhaust, heads, maf, and throttle body.
sociopath5.0
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For those of you who do not already know, octane is a measurement of how well the atomized fuel resists detonation. The higher the octane, the more resistance to detonation caused by carbon deposits and higher than normal combustion chamber temperatures, which can cause pinging or detonation. A higher octane fuel used unecessarily can have the same effect as a small amount of timing retard.
CManT1914
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sKyZ said:
You can get an intake. I got my cobra intake used for $200, and it already had a port job. That will really wake it up, and it won't have any negative side effects on your engine, other than you may be in the throttle a lot more cus it will be a lot more fun.
bjl95mustang
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chrisilversvt said:actually it doesn't...just looked at carstats.com...
'01 sebring.... 0-60/8.8 sec. 1/4 mile/16.6@84
and you lost to one????
Ic could have been supercharged.
95Vert
New Member
Quit worrying about the nos blowing your engine. You could even blow a brand new engine if you don't use it wisely. A friend of mine added nos to his 94 stang with over 180,000 miles on it and not once did it crap out. Oh, and this guy would go through a bottle in a week. And still had it running well over 190k before he sold it.
bjl95mustang said:
maybe, but honestly even if it was supercharged,your still dealing with a frontwheel drive slushbox.....even with a supercharger it might make it run high 15's,mid 15's at best......even an auto vert should be able to handle even a modded sebring......a low boost supercharger on a front wheel drive car such as a sebring honestly isn't going to suddenly make it a fast car...
Scott_95GT
New Member
Give your car a tune up. You said the guy before you didn't take care of it and that your worried about blowing the motor. It sounds to me like your car is running like ass, especially since you got owned by a sebring (Which is not good BTW).
Not flaming here, but I don't see why people (Not necessarily you, but in general) mod thier cars before the basics are taken care of. It doesn't make sense to me. What good is a h-pipe and a stall converter if your having internal motor problems?
Not flaming here, but I don't see why people (Not necessarily you, but in general) mod thier cars before the basics are taken care of. It doesn't make sense to me. What good is a h-pipe and a stall converter if your having internal motor problems?
