Uh....2011 Mustang V6 goes 13.7@102....
03-30-2010, 02:10 AM
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I totally agree, and I've given props. I was just pointing out that MT ran slower than 13.7 but printed/posted that number. I'll be at the track waiting...
03-30-2010, 01:07 PM
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Wow that's fast. 
I expected a mid to low 14 from the car but a magazine time of 13s?! That's potentially a 13.5 in private hands in good air. 
It's a good time to be a car guy in America.
Well I might not go that far...depending on the air/track conditions a bone stock LS1 F-body will see the high 12s with plenty of them having gone 13.0s-13.3s at over 108+mph (Corvette LS1s have gone 12.6s bone stock). Of course under even more ideal conditions this V6 Mustang might beat that 13.7 as well, but on the same track on the same day with the same driver an LS1 F-body will still have a few tenths over it almost every time.
I expected a mid to low 14 from the car but a magazine time of 13s?! That's potentially a 13.5 in private hands in good air. It's a good time to be a car guy in America.
Well I might not go that far...depending on the air/track conditions a bone stock LS1 F-body will see the high 12s with plenty of them having gone 13.0s-13.3s at over 108+mph (Corvette LS1s have gone 12.6s bone stock). Of course under even more ideal conditions this V6 Mustang might beat that 13.7 as well, but on the same track on the same day with the same driver an LS1 F-body will still have a few tenths over it almost every time.
Granted, the LS1 will always sound better and have the insane modability factor. Oh well, at least it'll be cheaper to insure.
Ford has definitely struck a good note with these cars. I have a feeling this new 5.0L engine will be Ford's modern day equivalent of Chevy's LS1 back in 97/98.
03-30-2010, 01:55 PM
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I don't know man. How many people do you personally know that can drive a stock LS1 that fast? I know I probably couldn't, not without practice. It's a bit scary how quickly technology progresses. 10 years ago, the LS1 was top dog. 10 years before that we had the "wonderful" 350TPI cars and the 5.0L Now, modern V6 cars are getting damn close to the LS1's times. I'm a huge fan of the styling of 4th gen Trans Ams, but damn, it's gonna suck when I buy one in a few years and I'm getting outrun by factory V6 cars.
There were magazines that only got 13.5s - 13.8s out of stock LS1s as well so maybe this thing is as close as it appears.
Gotta love modern technology.
03-30-2010, 03:48 PM
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You guys got to think... These newer cars are tuned much better and come with much better parts from the factory.
This is why the ls1 widens the gap between it and "XXXX" car when the modding begins. Ls1 picks up 30Rwhp with headers, other platforms pick up 15Rwhp.
There is NO replacement for displacement. And technology/better parts from the factory aren't going to help. Will it be faster stock for stock? Sure.. But who keeps their car stock?
This is why the ls1 widens the gap between it and "XXXX" car when the modding begins. Ls1 picks up 30Rwhp with headers, other platforms pick up 15Rwhp.
There is NO replacement for displacement. And technology/better parts from the factory aren't going to help. Will it be faster stock for stock? Sure.. But who keeps their car stock?
03-30-2010, 05:20 PM
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I was just thinking that too. Looks like i'll have to start prepping my 6.0 for my SS not my future project car. Hell i might even pick up a LS3 in the next couple years when the prices drop a little, just to keep up to these factory hot-rods 
Can't have a bone stock Mustang or Camaro out running my modded 4th gen. now can I?
03-30-2010, 05:30 PM
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The 3.6 in the 2010 Camaro picked up 32rwhp from just headers as well...
Today's cars tend to love mods compared to the cars of yesterday. The new Mustang/Camaro V6 just make my 3.8 that much more of a dog..lol
03-30-2010, 11:44 PM
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x2 thats what I did ls2 with a few goodies, because anyone can win when your racing modded cars no big deal but I be a little hurt if I lost to a stock 2011 mustang gt or v6 bet thats gona sting alttle to any stock 4th gens out there.
03-30-2010, 11:54 PM
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According to the MotorTrend dyno the "11 V6 Mustang put 308rwhp down on the dyno so that means Ford underrated it. Thats a good 50rwhp above the '10 Camaro V6 not to mention the mustang is that much ligher so I can see how they got a 13.7 out of it vs a 14.4 in the V6 Camaro
GM better put the Camaro on a massive diet and up the HP or we will have Mustangs slapping them all over the place.....as far as V6 goes and the SS model needs a diet as well.
When is GM going to release 2011 Specs?
GM better put the Camaro on a massive diet and up the HP or we will have Mustangs slapping them all over the place.....as far as V6 goes and the SS model needs a diet as well.
When is GM going to release 2011 Specs?
03-31-2010, 08:45 AM
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unless there is a 2.73 LS-1 car out there, there is no way a V6 stang wins. even fully modded the V6 should still lose to a stock LS-1 with any gearing at all. LT-1's are in trouble with fully modded v6 cars these days. just look at a full bolt on 370Z.
3.73's should get another .2-.3 off the V6 times. 13.5-13.4 @ 102-103.
longtubes, x-pipe, CAI with good maf and tubing sizes. who knows how much they will make. how rediculous would it be for a bolt-on v6 to hit the 12.90's?
realistically 300rwhp would be a killer number for a v6. just barely 12.90's, and beat a stock 2011 premium GT with 3.31 stock gears and 235 tires.
they will kill a lot of 1972-2010 mustangs.
3.73's should get another .2-.3 off the V6 times. 13.5-13.4 @ 102-103.
longtubes, x-pipe, CAI with good maf and tubing sizes. who knows how much they will make. how rediculous would it be for a bolt-on v6 to hit the 12.90's?
realistically 300rwhp would be a killer number for a v6. just barely 12.90's, and beat a stock 2011 premium GT with 3.31 stock gears and 235 tires.
they will kill a lot of 1972-2010 mustangs.
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03-31-2010, 11:50 AM
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You are correct, The video I watched from MotorTrend after the dyno the say and show that it has 308hp but fail to say if its crank or to the wheels...but probably is just crank.
03-31-2010, 01:02 PM
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Could a handful on a very happy dyno (which is what they always use on **** like that anyway), sure. But that is surely not the norm.
I don't know of any newer platform that picks as much Rwhp/tq up as the LsX platform does mod for mod. That is why it is still "top dog".