WTF::very upset with car

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Mac-man

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#1
i am the owner of a 96 mustang gt. the mods include a mac exhaust 3.73 gears a,d lakewood traction action lift bars..and a complete pi headswap drom and 03 gt.
my question is why am i stillgetting beat by 04 gts. arent they supposed to be the same as all the other pi cars. my car doesnt have a k&n..but niether does the car i race. we even swap drivers and that car still wins. what could be worng with my car??? or is the headswap just overrated
 
#4
i have the pi heads cams and intake. and the cars spin about the same. maybe a me a little more. but i figured the gears would help with that as far as catching back up to him.there is about a 3 car difference in the cars. he only gets me about a half car out of the hole from me spinning.
 
#5
there is somthing wrong with your car, if a headswap gears and exaust cant take care of busness then something is wrong. do a compression check, check your injectors, change your plugs and fuel filter, and get it tuned. let use know if that works.
 
#6
i just changed the plugs and wires and have some new injectors from an 02 gt i am going to put in today. i will see if that works. it feels likeit picked up power though, b/c i took out the fram and put a friends k&n onn for alittle while and the thing really came alive. just that air filter had it breaking third gears loose really bad.
 
#7
Dude your cars screwed up or something. I have a 98gt w/ only exhaust k&n and nittos and im right there w/ or beating stock pi gt's. My newest time in the 1/8 is 9.027. And there isnt many 99+ gts that run that! Have you had the car tuned. dynoed or anything? how about track times?
 
#10
just because it's old doesnt mean it's in bad shape. mine runs great. i'll be confident my car would be great with she gets headswapped next month with 108K+ miles. great running car if taken care of:nice:
 
#14
i only paid for the parts and about 400 dollars labor. the rins were about 125 for the set and the bearings were $6 per rod and the main cap set was $50 bucks. i also had to buy new rod and main cap bolts..they are torque to yield i think but the whole thing was roughly $650. i also put in forged rods and pistons, but i had those from a friend gt that was totalled
 
#15
Mac-man said:
i only paid for the parts and about 400 dollars labor. the rins were about 125 for the set and the bearings were $6 per rod and the main cap set was $50 bucks. i also had to buy new rod and main cap bolts..they are torque to yield i think but the whole thing was roughly $650. i also put in forged rods and pistons, but i had those from a friend gt that was totalled
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The forged rods and pistons are probablly your problem. Are they lower compression pistons? Make sure your friend didn't give you a set of low-compression pistons that are meant for boost.
 
#16
i have about 10.5:1 right now. the pistons are similar to the ones i took out of the car. i dont knwo if the extra compression would make an aftermarket mid-pipe necassary. b/c everything else onmy car right now is stock except for the mufflers and gears. i even have a fram air filter.
 
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