its time for me to lower my times, need sugestions

shrades79 · Jul 12, 2007

Well its about time i get some power and speed to back up the looks of my stang. All my friends have newer modular engines with low miles and are shooting nitrous or getting blown. the slowest car that one of my friends own is a 13.4, my best time ever is a 15.2 with the mods in my sig. My car has about 120,000 on the odometer, the 5.0 is old and tired. i wanted to know what kind of options im looking at here, i always wanted to do H/C/I but i dont know if itll be worth the money for as many miles as i have. I know i probably wont be able to put any boost through it either. Lately ive been thinking about a crate engine from ford racing? i dont really know how much the 5.0's can take so let me know what you think i should do, thanks

ripper · Jul 12, 2007

I would do the h/c/i. Worst senerio is you could break somthing in the rotating assemby. With the new upper you would only need a rebuild or a shortblock. Get a good quality set of heads and cams. There is a cobra intake for sale in the classifieds. I think he wants 200 for it.

Also I would think the 15.2 is a little off for your car. Im sure other guys will chime in with the correct et's for your mods but im thinkin its slow.

95Grandtouring5.0 · Jul 12, 2007

Stock blocks can handle about 500rwhp with a GOOOOOOOd tune. Any more and your asking to crack that block.

shrades79 · Jul 12, 2007

i would be plenty happy with 300 or so, im jus curious if its a good idea for H/C/I or save the money and get another motor that could take it?

stang94X · Jul 13, 2007

15.2 is horrible, you should be around 14.5-14.6 just cause of the 4.10's and headers back exhaust and thats given for not having traction with street tires, drag radial probably take ya to low 14's, but if you want to go faster, either boost it or do a H/C/I, personally i would do a H/C/I first