I have a bone stock 98 GT 5 speed. nothing AT ALL done to it. down ti the paper filter and 2.73's. A friend of mine just pickup up a 92 5.0 auto GT conv. which, i'd asume to be the slowest possible configuration of a fox body. The car has an unknown cam which lopes pretty hard, cat-back exhaust, CAI, with the stock HO intake and stock heads. Thats all the previous owner has told him, and i'm sure thats all that is done to the car.
On to the races...
The first race was from a dead stop. We both hit it at the same time, i hooked prefect and didn't hear any spinning from him nore did he claim to have spun. I pulled out ahead right away and was able to get his front right on my rear by the top of first where i shifted around 5500ish. I hear his car shift to second right about as i did and he pulled right back instantly. Second gear fealt as if i just stopped moving as he pulled ahead 1.5 cars. 3rd gear though, i gained some lost ground and we ended the race midway through my 3rd gear with my front tires just behind his rear tires.
i was surprised i didn't get raped.
2nd race, very similar to the first. I pull out right away, but hold 1st a little longer and shift at 6000rpm. i think it did more harm than good. as like the first race his car pulls way harder than mine in second and he put 1.5-2 cars on me and i couldn't regain it back this time.
3rd and final race, again, very similar to the first. only, this time i won. :dontknow: 1st gear i pull ahead again (i'm starting to think i'm just a better driver than he is at this point and getting the hit.) i shifted much harder/faster this race than the first 2 probably out of desperation and we actually ran up to 110-115ish instead of letting out at 80-90 like the first 2. again, he reals me in 2nd but does't pull the 1.5-2 lengths as in the first 2 races and in 3rd i seamed to have stopped his pull early and crept by him by 110 with my nose being barely ahead when we shut down.
He's a good friend so afterward we bullshitted and talked about our cars for a while.
It is our conclusion that his "unknown" cam is most likely too large for his stock heads. THis may explain the lack of low end torque at take off, and the falling on its face after 2nd gear.
does the outcomes seem right? i know it being an auto vert has a bit to do with slowing it down, but will that really slow it down enough to be just be barely faster than a stock nPI 4.6l?
all in all, i'm proud of my car for not getting raped by a cammed 5 oh.
On to the races...
The first race was from a dead stop. We both hit it at the same time, i hooked prefect and didn't hear any spinning from him nore did he claim to have spun. I pulled out ahead right away and was able to get his front right on my rear by the top of first where i shifted around 5500ish. I hear his car shift to second right about as i did and he pulled right back instantly. Second gear fealt as if i just stopped moving as he pulled ahead 1.5 cars. 3rd gear though, i gained some lost ground and we ended the race midway through my 3rd gear with my front tires just behind his rear tires.
i was surprised i didn't get raped.
2nd race, very similar to the first. I pull out right away, but hold 1st a little longer and shift at 6000rpm. i think it did more harm than good. as like the first race his car pulls way harder than mine in second and he put 1.5-2 cars on me and i couldn't regain it back this time.
3rd and final race, again, very similar to the first. only, this time i won. :dontknow: 1st gear i pull ahead again (i'm starting to think i'm just a better driver than he is at this point and getting the hit.) i shifted much harder/faster this race than the first 2 probably out of desperation and we actually ran up to 110-115ish instead of letting out at 80-90 like the first 2. again, he reals me in 2nd but does't pull the 1.5-2 lengths as in the first 2 races and in 3rd i seamed to have stopped his pull early and crept by him by 110 with my nose being barely ahead when we shut down.
He's a good friend so afterward we bullshitted and talked about our cars for a while.
It is our conclusion that his "unknown" cam is most likely too large for his stock heads. THis may explain the lack of low end torque at take off, and the falling on its face after 2nd gear.
does the outcomes seem right? i know it being an auto vert has a bit to do with slowing it down, but will that really slow it down enough to be just be barely faster than a stock nPI 4.6l?
all in all, i'm proud of my car for not getting raped by a cammed 5 oh.