This weekend I raced a few cars, but one got my attention, a 1992 Mustang GT. The 5.0 had full exhaust, BBK Shorties, Mid Pipe, and Flowmaster Catback, he had a BBK CAI, new cams, and a tranny and clutch upgrade. I expected to get my *** handed to me but I was very surprised. It was my first 4.6 vs. 5.0 race and it turned out that it was the exact opposite of what I thought. I took him right off the line and pulled to about 4 car lengths away from him!!! Shouldn't he of beaten me??? :boxing:


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not exactly, he only has 225 hp 300tq stock

 

5.0 are slow. though both of your cars are basically stock. im sure if you were a horrible driver and he were an expert driver the race could have been different.

 

they weight nothing though just give them some spray and there gone.

 

they make less power stock but they are so light it doesnt matter. just a few bolt ones and a good driver and they are fast. hell all you had to do to an LX was bump the timing and runa short belt to hit 13's and i have heard of a few with only timing changes run 13's. bone stock as a rock otherwise.

 

whats good about 5.0 is that parts are cheaper for them.

 

I dunno how true this is.. but isn't torque what you really feel, not hp?

 

Correct, I read once, "horsepower sells cars, torque moves them" The 5.0s arent that fast, but they are a great accomplishment for the time they came out. And yes, the parts are cheap and very easy to come by. I mean, companies are still making intake manifolds for them whereas, we cant even get a decent one ( other than RR and Foxlake) for our cars. Congrats on the wins, but be safe.

 

And 5.0s were well known for being very torquey! and like Spike_africa said with very little mods they can scoot!! I know my son owned one with 190,000 miles and was running 14.8s-14.9s @ 5000ft elevation with a little timing and very simple bolt ons! Nothing done internally! you said this car had cams??

 

you say it has cams, but i think you mean it had a cam, the fox body 5.0 are a pushrod motor and only have 1 cam :toothy9:

 

yeah those old pushrods are slow unitl you built them right!...... :blob3:

 

5.0? more like 5 . slow