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Old Jun 29, 2014 | 07:08 AM
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Just wanted to post a buddies mustang we threw a turbo kit on for. He has a standard cover cast wheel s480/96/1.32 bone stock 5.3 we threw on some head studs ls6 cam some cheap valve springs. This was the second time out first ran into some issues with it throwing the belt. Did some tuning for him at the track and was blown away by the power. 5psi trapped 95 1/8th 11 did 138 in the 1/4 and this pass in the video was ET 10.19 16psi trapped 144 it has an off the shelf converter which is garbage I tried every truck in the book to get it to spool better but most I could get was 4psi launch so he's ordering a ptc this week. Car has a lot of potential for what it is. Made me realize I need to put my car on a serious diet!! This weighs 2900 with him in it.
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Old Jun 29, 2014 | 08:05 AM
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Thats a good darn pass, answers my question how good does a 5.3 do with that cast s480.
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