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Originally Posted by mrray13
I respectfully disagree. The Pony war extends to the dragstrip, and not just stock for stock either. It can be John Force's Mustang bodied car vs whomever's Camaro bodied ride, and even though the motors in both cars are hemi-based, it's still Ford vs Chevy, Mustang vs Camaro.
I never got into what can it handle, I brought up a point about boring it over. Which, btw, is a very common practise. However, by reports, you can't bore the 5.0 out. That's sucks.
You are right about one thing, whomever has the most money wins.
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I'm going to take this as an opportunity to bring up what I wanted to in some of the other threads about the 5.0, I'm sure I'll get ganged up on but whatever, it needs to be said. I never intended to bring up boost- just basic bolt-ons and other N/A modifications..
I don't think the 5.0 will respond
as well to modifications as people are expecting/hoping because it is such a high strung motor from the factory- 11:1 compression ratio, limited room for bore/stroke, a higher profile cam that seems to rely on high/higher revs for all of its power right from the factory...I mean the thing already has shorty headers from the factory.
I'm sure it will be able to make some from bolt-ons but take a look at the dinan modifications for the M3. The engine is DI and CAI, and bored throttle bodies, a tune, and a catback exhaust still don't make the power that some long tubes would on an SS. No doubt the Mustang has the Camaro beat on curb weight so all that power isn't as vital to its performance. I almost feel as if Ford was targeting BMW more than GM with the newest iteration of the Mustang- it
will be an awesome car.
I do think however, with the G"TT"500 (haha) coming out, the Z28 will have the most to worry because it will be an absolute monster- this is going to be entertaining!