Originally Posted by delsold

alright so heres the deal guys. I have a 98 ws6 m6 with the mods in my sig, and this kid i go to school with has a 1997 mustang gt with a 1997 32v cobra swap. The catch is...it has a vortech v2 s trim (i believe...know its an v2) with the anderson (spelling?) powerpipe. He used the sct scanner and flash street tuned it himself. Its on like a 6-8psi pulley not sure, but i know it never goes over 8psi. He tells me he will be "crushing" 420rwhp at our dyno day at school, and will easily blow the doors off me.

....does he speak the truth, or will a stock longblock, stock heads, shorties with cats, x pipe, catback on street tire mustang be able to beat me 360rwp 370ft lbs trans am?

i know i know...race and find out but i dont have the car at school yet, and im curious if his "knowledge for supercharged cobras" is accurate.

Originally Posted by big reg

My cousin has a 98 Cobra with the Vortech non aftercooled kit. His car made 397rwhp on 10 psi on pump gas with a very safe tune. Car also has catted x-pipe, Bassani CB and 4.10's. It is quite a downgrade from his 621rwhp Whippled 03 he sold due to a child on the way. My other cousins 406rwhp Baby H/C (220/220 .581 on a 114) Formula pulls it in third gear by about half a car or so and even more so up top.

Originally Posted by Assman

Ok, the two guys I know well that tried to do it blew them up and there are several others local that I don't know well that have also killed the stock motor easily.

What are you going to believe? What you see and witness or what your told by someone on the internet....make sense?

Originally Posted by slick1851

My freind was spraying a 200shot at his cobra, and it held up fine!

There good motors, nothing wrong with them at all...

There dumbasses that dont know what there doing

Originally Posted by Camaro396

I drug a 97 cobra with no supercharger bad, but it did have 4.10s, headers, x pipe, and a catback, and some other bolt ons, and I did that with a basically stock LS1 camaro.

Originally Posted by Irunelevens

Must be a HELLA safe tune... I've seen 2V GTs make that much power with that boost.

Originally Posted by ponygt65

Personally...I disagree with 420+RWHP....

Tune and NO I/C.


Andersen powerpipes help out alot, but the fact he isn't running a cooler negates that and then some. Unless he gets a REAL tune, and not his backyard test run BS tune, he should @ about 400, even with 6.5 psi. His 'test tuning' is killing him....the 10.5 is proof of that. He needs to put down his crack pipe, and have someone that knows what they are doing, tune it. I would guess he is running ~370 RWHP, given tune and no IC.

I have Q's for him though....if he is worried about his car, why is he experiementing with the tuning, instead of having an experienced person do it? AND Why is he NOT running an I/C? Does he have Meth inj.?


BTW - assman....I think you should do a combination....research online and call around. Nice tune and 8-9 psi on a stock short block with a centrif. blower is fine.

Originally Posted by Camaro396

I drug a 97 cobra with no supercharger bad, but it did have 4.10s, headers, x pipe, and a catback, and some other bolt ons, and I did that with a basically stock LS1 camaro.

Originally Posted by 88blackgt

haha no reason you cant tune on the street. he's doing the right thing by starting out rich, make a few pulls, log a/f and timing, then add some more timing or pull some more fuel if its safe. repeat. alot of aem cars will foul out a set of plugs starting out if you're not quick.

Originally Posted by delsold

well we started tearing into his car and realized what he had done! He had it running so rich from his "conservative tune" he washed out his rings and diluted his oil with gas. Spun 3 or 4 rod bearings, and kissed a valve and spark plug in a few cylinders.

I guess now he wants to build (hopefully not destroy) a 5.4 iron block

man...now im gonna hafta spray haha