I would start with a good set of brakes and suspension before the engine!
the motor seems to run realy strong even though the rings are a little worn.BUT still has enough balls to beat a stock 05 GT.My gaol is to spend 2500 on a good long block motor and go from there with intake long tube headers.Going all out with msd everythig,and after the motor is broken in due some nos just so i can spank a couple of LS1 & STI around town. looks like ill stay away from the 10.5 compression motors i want to run on pump gas.privatejoker said:We need some more info. What's wrong with the stock engine? Is the stock shortblock usable?
asuspension was already done everything BBK springs/upper,lower swing arms.Brakes green stuff good enough from 100 to 0 for me.shakerhood said:I would start with a good set of brakes and suspension before the engine!
Boy they do have some realy bad azz motors there! i added that site to my every growing wish list.wyominghotwheel said:10.5to 1 is a little high for a poweradder, if you are serious about a motor, check out dssracing.com they build some wicked motor's....
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What mods do you have now? If you havent upgraded your heads,cam and intake you cannot beat any stock 05 gt's.5.0 man said:the motor seems to run realy strong even though the rings are a little worn.BUT still has enough balls to beat a stock 05 GT.My gaol is to spend 2500 on a good long block motor and go from there with intake long tube headers.Going all out with msd everythig,and after the motor is broken in due some nos just so i can spank a couple of LS1 & STI around town. looks like ill stay away from the 10.5 compression motors i want to run on pump gas.
sorry but i have 3 times in a row.Yes i have many mods from cam a very mild cam that is though you can only go so far on a SD motor.headers off road H-pipe.flow master with turn down tips in front of the axles,alum.drive shaft.rebuilt rear end with 3.73 gears B&m short throw shifter,65mm throttle body & egr spacer,K&N HIGH FLOW FILTER..thats good for @ least 25hp..heheheeh(joke)GhostDog 5.0 said:What mods do you have now? If you havent upgraded your heads,cam and intake you cannot beat any stock 05 gt's.
"Twizzler" I do believe comes from the chassis twist you'll get from all the torque that engine produces. Not sure about any other fox bodies, but a stock 5.0L LX weighs about 2.7-2.8. Compare that to a smaller car such as a delsol which weighs about 2.3, or to the 95 v6 version which weighed in at about 3.1. 5.0s are light for the amount of power they produce which makes it easy to twist without proper reinforcement at higher hp. (What I think anyway, anyone care to comment?)5.0 man said:and as far as what the other guy said. why would my car with lots of HP be called king twizzler????? im a good driver....
I dont know where you got your numbers fox bodies but with manual transmissions theDirewolf said:"Twizzler" I do believe comes from the chassis twist you'll get from all the torque that engine produces. Not sure about any other fox bodies, but a stock 5.0L LX weighs about 2.7-2.8. Compare that to a smaller car such as a delsol which weighs about 2.3, or to the 95 v6 version which weighed in at about 3.1. 5.0s are light for the amount of power they produce which makes it easy to twist without proper reinforcement at higher hp. (What I think anyway, anyone care to comment?)
*Just got done researching yet another car* I'm curious...the new 05s weigh 3450 @ 300hp(.086), and the fox bodes weigh 2770 @ 225hp(.081). How does the power to weight ratio not come into effect here? From this it seems that a simple missed shift or wrong steering alignment would change the outcome. So why is it so not possible for an older car to beat a new gt? Not to sound smart mouthed or anything, just wondering.