NEARLY 2 YEARS WAITING: New Mustang GT PP is finally mine!

Housey said:
That R8 time is vastly off the pace. Not a cat in hells chance it's 10 seconds a lap slower than the quickest cars on that track if driven/performing properly. US lap times always seem out of kilter with European ones.
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Is it not a heavy car in comparison to the more track based stuff? (without even looking at stats)
 
hurfdurf said:
Is it not a heavy car in comparison to the more track based stuff? (without even looking at stats)
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It's lighter than mine and feels it and it is very fast. Mine is no slouch, but the new one just feels sharper, though with MUCH less feel with all the systems, especially the chronic adaptive steering. It shows itself lower down and gives the impression of being quicker at the lower speeds, though the figures suggest it isn't as night and day as it seems.


This gives you an impression of how quick it is off the line and also belies the track test. I would suggest set up and tyres would have a significant impact on track too but having seen the Evo test where they run it against the Turbo S at Bedford in the wet the R8 is quicker and its traction is ASTONISHING. At the Ring I think the RS was around 12 seconds quicker on the times posted, but the R8 driver is not known from my VERY basic look. I am not suggesting a McLaren, 488 or RS are quicker, but 10 seconds quicker no.
 
MrKnifey said:
Is that just the CAI giving them gains? If so impressive!
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CAI and remap. :)

Next is Shelby GT 350 intake manifold & GT 350 throttlebody, that should give a peak gain of 30BHP but peak power moves from 6400rpm upto 7500rpm, so the power no longer drops off so gains after 6500RPM are around 60BHP.

Then I will do headers, they should give around 50BHP everywhere, so should be over 500BHP NA when finished, so 100BHP from bolt-ons pretty impressive. :)
 
Hi there


I am going to be very poor! :D



Confirmed Kooks long tube headers and ordering GT 350 IM and TB for some serious horsepower gains and high revving fun. My car will be an identical match to the above car in the video. :D
 
ScoobyDoo69 said:
450bhp from not a lot of work. This V8 is a good'un!

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that's the beauty of a Yank V8.........450 HP is easy to achieve, most small block crate engines are about 380 to 430hp on a moderate tune......500hp is chicken feed for a 5.3 litre engine, the engine is hardly stressed at all.

you compare this to a highly strung k20 running 450hp at 10 000 RPM......... it's screaming its head off :eek:
 
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Mal X said:
that's the beauty of a Yank V8.........450 HP is easy to achieve, most small block crate engines are about 380 to 430hp on a moderate tune......500hp is chicken feed for a 5.3 litre engine, the engine is hardly stressed at all.

you compare this to a highly strung k20 running 450hp at 10 000 RPM......... it's screaming its head off :eek:
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The K20 would be turbocharged and still sound totally junk. :D

Also the Ford motors are making a lot more power per litre compared to GM and Doge rivals, considering the Coyote is a 5.0l, I am quite confident the full headers alone will put me close to 500 horsepower and Shelby intake will take it close to 520 horsepower which is near 105BHP per litre NA.
 
Gibbo said:
The K20 would be turbocharged and still sound totally junk. :D
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uuum ........aaah...............you said it not me :D


as for the V8s they all make a lot of HP, but a 500hp Crate seems about right for performance and price, including of course its transmission and axle.

let's see what happens on this forum first ;);)
 
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Gibbo said:
The K20 would be turbocharged and still sound totally junk. :D

Also the Ford motors are making a lot more power per litre compared to GM and Doge rivals, considering the Coyote is a 5.0l, I am quite confident the full headers alone will put me close to 500 horsepower and Shelby intake will take it close to 520 horsepower which is near 105BHP per litre NA.
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Are you sure? The Dodge Challenger Hellcat is 114bhp/litre whereas the Mustang 350R is 101bhp/litre. Maybe I'm missing something
 
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