2000 SS VS 05 OR 06 stang....won but not by how much i would liked
04-19-2012, 11:27 PM
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But yes, a good tune would work. But FIRST, add longtubes, an off-road y-pipe, don't need a catback as I assume you have the slp dual-duals. What gears do you have? I'm assuming you went with 3.73's, but correct me if I'm wrong.
I'm hoping you bought the car this way? Just don't understand why somebody would spend the money to mod and cam a car when they could have spent less money on longtubes and an ory and be better off
04-20-2012, 09:55 AM
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first off, i didnt do a huge cam and expect huge results with stock exhaust.....i did the cam first, simply because i wanted to........does it harm the engine by putting a big cam and springs without having supporting mods? no. it just makes the cam not perform aswell........i am doing headers and exhaust in about a month orso.....yea i did it backwards, but so what. as stated in my post, i have 342s, and by the end of august hopefullyill have the money for a midwest 9 inch........i posted because i felt like i should have pulled on him harder.....in about a month or so i should have the money for the clutch and headers
04-20-2012, 10:17 AM
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Well he got the jump, a large lead, and your car is setup very poorly.
Also, with that cam and stock exhaust I bet you are actually closer to 340-350rwhp than your 370rwhp guess. You are giving the cam too much credit on stock exhaust...you even said it doesn't feel much faster. That's because it isn't. You would feel a 50+rwhp gain. The cam's job is to let the engine breathe and the stock manifolds/exhaust are enough to choke a stock car.
There's a reason people gain 25-30rwhp on a stock car from those mods. A guy I know had stock manifolds into 3"duals with a 228/228 cam and still gained over 3mph in the 1/8th mile with ebay headers.
It's also possible he is a better driver than you.
Also, with that cam and stock exhaust I bet you are actually closer to 340-350rwhp than your 370rwhp guess. You are giving the cam too much credit on stock exhaust...you even said it doesn't feel much faster. That's because it isn't. You would feel a 50+rwhp gain. The cam's job is to let the engine breathe and the stock manifolds/exhaust are enough to choke a stock car.
There's a reason people gain 25-30rwhp on a stock car from those mods. A guy I know had stock manifolds into 3"duals with a 228/228 cam and still gained over 3mph in the 1/8th mile with ebay headers.
It's also possible he is a better driver than you.
04-20-2012, 04:23 PM
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no it has been tuned since the cam swap......so with the slp flowpac, flowmaster muffler, and smooth bellow, i made 317 on a dynojet.....i figure after the cam and intake, i should be around 370 or so...which is a 100 hp difference than thestang, so i just thought i shoulda caught him more......maybe i should try racing him and actually go on the 3rd honk.........
04-20-2012, 04:39 PM
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so i have an m6 stock clutch, tranny, suspension, and gears......cammed 236 238 on a 112 lsa......has the slp flowpac kit, and also has an ls6 intake.....completely stock exhaust and manifolds.........dont have the money for an ory and headers.....but soon....anyway a guy i know has a 4.6, stick and only has a catback.......got out on the highway and gues he neverraced before because while driving, tried explaining to go on three honks, but then started pulling ahead when we didnt even honk....i was like wtf.....we were rolling at 40, and turns out he thought i said put it in third and go......so hes in third and after he was about 80 feet ahead of me i just gunned it......i didnt even start to catch him til i was doing like 100.....so i pass him when im doing 130 and then i let off......just thought mycar had a tougher time catching him than it should have........is the fact that i have stock manifolds really choking this carabove 5000 rpms? i mean after the cam and intake swap, thecar doesnt feel that much faster.....if i got headers and ditched the cats will it totally wake the car up?
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04-25-2012, 02:23 PM
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I don't know about that one....seems like the cheatr cam is considered medium sized, and it's done well. Pat g spec made over 400 at teh wheels with stock manifolds and through an auto...
05-01-2012, 05:23 AM
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Well, my friend used to own a 07 vette C6
Intake + exhaust cutout + dyno tuned by an experienced tuner using HP
We raced several cars such as R8, Carrera 4s, GT3-RS and we won in all
After installing headers, the way that vette pulled was amazing. Headers will really impress u more than u expect.
We raced porsches and R8's after installing headers. And they couldn't stand a chance.
Bottom line, install headers do a proper tune and race those mustang from dig in reverse.
U can search on youtube for (corvette C6 vs Audi R8) and u'll c
Intake + exhaust cutout + dyno tuned by an experienced tuner using HP
We raced several cars such as R8, Carrera 4s, GT3-RS and we won in all
After installing headers, the way that vette pulled was amazing. Headers will really impress u more than u expect.
We raced porsches and R8's after installing headers. And they couldn't stand a chance.
Bottom line, install headers do a proper tune and race those mustang from dig in reverse.
U can search on youtube for (corvette C6 vs Audi R8) and u'll c
05-02-2012, 10:32 AM
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Well, my friend used to own a 07 vette C6
Intake + exhaust cutout + dyno tuned by an experienced tuner using HP
We raced several cars such as R8, Carrera 4s, GT3-RS and we won in all
After installing headers, the way that vette pulled was amazing. Headers will really impress u more than u expect.
We raced porsches and R8's after installing headers. And they couldn't stand a chance.
Bottom line, install headers do a proper tune and race those mustang from dig in reverse.
U can search on youtube for (corvette C6 vs Audi R8) and u'll c
Intake + exhaust cutout + dyno tuned by an experienced tuner using HP
We raced several cars such as R8, Carrera 4s, GT3-RS and we won in all
After installing headers, the way that vette pulled was amazing. Headers will really impress u more than u expect.
We raced porsches and R8's after installing headers. And they couldn't stand a chance.
Bottom line, install headers do a proper tune and race those mustang from dig in reverse.
U can search on youtube for (corvette C6 vs Audi R8) and u'll c
05-02-2012, 10:53 AM
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I don't think I would bother with that particular cam without the long tubes and good dyno tune by a reputable shop. Something just seems wrong with that setup, and it probably has a lot to do with the tune...like questioned above. I wonder how flat his face is from falling on it....? I'd bet good money that with the right amount of roller time (some street tuning would undoubtedly help as well) and some pacesetters he'd be tapping into a lot of otherwise unusable power. Maybe the rev limit isn't where it should be either. Now it just sounds like I'm making excuses for the fbody 
