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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...son/index.html
Isn't the fastest ever stock 5th gen time a 12.6? 12.7@111.3 w/ all the extra weight in there. Stock for stock you guys are going to have a drivers race, but the edge will be to the mustang. Every equal comparison shows that. Now modded, we will just have to wait and see.
Whoever was talking about BMEP, good luck making 200 PSI reliably on a pushrod, daily driven engine without a LOOOOOT of money. On top of that, while BMEP is a good indicator, it only works for average torque and IC engines' torque fluctuates massively, with certain strokes even reversing torque values completely in single cylinder engines. Although that doesn't apply all that much here, you get the idea. BMEP is a useful tool, but not an end all. That being said, we won't know how the 5.0 responds to modifications until it is out. Results will depend on plenty of factors that we really can't know for sure yet. It's all speculation at this point.
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Fastest time is a 12.5.
Nascar motors are 220 psi and they are pushrod. Top fuel and funny cars use pushrod. The pushrod design is actually a newer design than ohc design.
Most all of the fastest cars in the world (6 seconds and below) use two valves per cylinder activated by pushrods from a centrally-placed camshaft.
We wont have to wait and see modded. It is who ever has the most money. If you are staying NA the advantage will be to the LS3. No way the 5.0 will make as much power as a 6.2 modded NA. Forced induction and or nitrous...may be the 5.0 from its strong internals.