2006 GTO vs 2011 5.0 Mustang GT
11-05-2010, 05:39 AM
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Thx, has to be some of the best runs ive been in yet...
The Goat is a constant work in progress and I do what I can, but money has been tight... bills come before mods. I have been self employed now for the last 4 or 5 months... establishing my own performance oriented business. I worked in my fathers machine and fab shop for about 5 years doing all sorts of stuff. Stopped doing that a while back (hard to work for family) and I just took those skills and applied them somewhere else that I enjoy way more. I mostly do porting work on intake manifolds, throttle bodies, superchargers etc, but I also shaved a fellow GTOs fenders the other day to fit some 275s like my car, painted his grilles and rear valence gloss black like mine. Whatever various little jobs I can find....
Have ported many LS2 intake manifolds, couple LS6s, SRT8s, TBSS, various throttle bodies. I am in the process of learning to correctly hand port cylinder heads but thats a little bit down the road. Its tough getting customers, business is up and down... but I have a strong will power and this is something I enjoy doing so I am sticking with it. I have met many great people through the car scene and I am slowly making more customers and establishing a foot hold for the business. One baby step at a time...
The Goat is a constant work in progress and I do what I can, but money has been tight... bills come before mods. I have been self employed now for the last 4 or 5 months... establishing my own performance oriented business. I worked in my fathers machine and fab shop for about 5 years doing all sorts of stuff. Stopped doing that a while back (hard to work for family) and I just took those skills and applied them somewhere else that I enjoy way more. I mostly do porting work on intake manifolds, throttle bodies, superchargers etc, but I also shaved a fellow GTOs fenders the other day to fit some 275s like my car, painted his grilles and rear valence gloss black like mine. Whatever various little jobs I can find....
Have ported many LS2 intake manifolds, couple LS6s, SRT8s, TBSS, various throttle bodies. I am in the process of learning to correctly hand port cylinder heads but thats a little bit down the road. Its tough getting customers, business is up and down... but I have a strong will power and this is something I enjoy doing so I am sticking with it. I have met many great people through the car scene and I am slowly making more customers and establishing a foot hold for the business. One baby step at a time...
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11-05-2010, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by F8L BYT
Don't be that guy... Don't follow Ju1ce and his dumbass ways.
I agree with you that they are quick cars and they are faster than the new camaro's and a better competition but like any 2 cars it doesn't matter if we are comparing honda's if they are close in all the numbers then it will come down to the driver which in this case I believe the OP had the upper hand.
All in good fun BTW.
11-05-2010, 10:47 PM
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Have ported many LS2 intake manifolds, couple LS6s, SRT8s, TBSS, various throttle bodies. I am in the process of learning to correctly hand port cylinder heads but thats a little bit down the road. Its tough getting customers, business is up and down... but I have a strong will power and this is something I enjoy doing so I am sticking with it. I have met many great people through the car scene and I am slowly making more customers and establishing a foot hold for the business. One baby step at a time...
Seems liked you picked up a good amount after seeing your car run.
11-06-2010, 05:43 AM
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Its tough getting customers, business is up and down... but I have a strong will power and this is something I enjoy doing so I am sticking with it. I have met many great people through the car scene and I am slowly making more customers and establishing a foot hold for the business. One baby step at a time...
11-06-2010, 06:49 AM
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Not being "that" guy but when these cars first were being I released and everyone was talking about how they were going to rape EVERYTHING I said that it would be a drivers race with LS1 f bodies and LS2 GTOs with a slight edge to the new 5.0s being DOHC and I was ridiculed for it. Now that they are out and it is indeed a drivers race like I stated I find it pretty damn funny is all.
All in good fun BTW.
After seeing a local guy bust out some mid 11's with a few bolt-ons and slicks, I was even more impressed.
11-06-2010, 06:57 AM
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I believe for power mods he only had a K&N filter, gutted cats, and a tune. Non power mods were a clutch and slicks & skinnies.
Why couldn't they have came out 5 years ago
I would have probably had one instead of my Evo.
Why couldn't they have came out 5 years ago
I would have probably had one instead of my Evo. 
11-06-2010, 08:05 AM
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Stage 1 = avg of 10rwhp, 10rwtq & Stage 2 = avg of 15rwhp 15rwtq
The Ls2 intake manifolds are the worst manifolds made by GM and thats why huge gains can be made from porting. Your LS6 intakes dont see near the gains... many people say its not worth porting an LS6... but you can get 5 or so HP of them if you clean up certain areas. LS3s & LS7s also respond well from porting...
Pictures to compare before/after...
http://s482.photobucket.com/albums/r...fold/?start=80
I love Cali and I have plans to live there one day for sure. I was thinking somewhere up towards the north side. Maybe Fresno/Clovis area...
I have done a few core exchanges on intake manifolds and throttle bodies to out of state customers. One of them was a GTO owner in Cali named Georgetek, he sent me his stockLS2 intake/TB as a core and I sent him out a stage 2 intake/TB combo. He picked up 14hp without a re tune on a basic bolt on LS2 GTO. Its best to get a retune to adjust A/F ratio... usually after doing work like this it will run towards the lean side. Helps squeeze all the power possible out of it.
Cylinder heads is really what I am going to get into over the next year. Doing some practicing on 241s, my 243s that are going on my buddies LS1 GTO and new LS3 for my Goat. Gotta get some practice under my belt before I will feel comfortable/confident enough doing work like that to other peoples heads on a regular bases. I have many books and have done a ton of research on it, I understand exactly what is involved... just need to get hands on experience now. All in due time though...
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11-06-2010, 08:58 AM
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Ran my best pass last night at HRP... it was the very last pass made on the track @ 12Am. I was really happy about it and knew it was the one before I even had the slip in hand.
11-06-2010, 11:03 AM
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http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...KeyField=12345
11-06-2010, 11:09 AM
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Honestly dude your "bolt ons" as people keep referring to them as... are doing basically nothing for you. It's the -779DA that did anything at all. For comparison this is my GTO which was all stock aside from drag radials, the DA was +1400
Your GTO might as well be stock.
With that said, good kill on that new 5.0, but you don't have "Bolt ons". You have mods that might have gained you 10rwhp.
Your GTO might as well be stock.
With that said, good kill on that new 5.0, but you don't have "Bolt ons". You have mods that might have gained you 10rwhp.
11-06-2010, 05:42 PM
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I do agree my little bit of "bolt ons" is basically nothing... it does help but less then 20HP. Track conditions were perfect and I just kept monkeying with the launch until I found that sweet spot. 4500 launch, slipped clutch a little faster then normal... Conditions were perfect though, there is no doubt about that...
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11-06-2010, 06:37 PM
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Not being "that" guy but when these cars first were being I released and everyone was talking about how they were going to rape EVERYTHING I said that it would be a drivers race with LS1 f bodies and LS2 GTOs with a slight edge to the new 5.0s being DOHC and I was ridiculed for it. Now that they are out and it is indeed a drivers race like I stated I find it pretty damn funny is all.
All in good fun BTW.
11-06-2010, 07:49 PM
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Anyone need a $1250 catback from Evolution performance? Makes your mustang run 11's.
