With those mods you should hit high 12s with good tires and solid driving, and mid to low 12s no problem with the spray. I'd swap those 4.10s out for 4.30s or 4.56s, though.
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Fobras are like trannies. They try to look like something they aren't and generally end up looking like shit. With enough money they can fool many people but they still have the wrong equipment under the hood.
if that car could get the suspension dialed in so it wouldnt buck up and down he would have a much faster smoother running car, the suspension set up on that car is all wrong
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Mods-Griggs coil overs 4 corners, griggs caster camber kit, Koni shocks/struts, Griggs tubular k-member/tubular a-arms, 2x4 steel boxed framerails cut and welded into the length of the body, 4 point roll bar, Battle Boxes, Currie johnny joint rear upper control arms, griggs lower control arms, Kenny Brown rear shock tower brace, NA SVT shortrunner intake, IMRC deletes, BBK longtube headers and O/R H-pipe, SLP powerflo catback, FRPP aluminum driveshafts, Centerforce dual friction clutch, C&L cold air intake/K&N, pro 5.0 shifter, rear seat delete, stalker side skirts, boss shinoda wing, rear mounted battery moroso kit, chrome terminator wheels
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410rwhp with a stock shortblock, what was the setup?
FR500 cams, heads and intake
It's not hard to get power out of these. In fact it's very easy to do with the right parts. I see people putting together mismatched combinations everyday and they end up spending a lot of money and with little power. A few well spent dollars can go far.
hey man good luck with your 400hp project. im trying to do the same thing and stay n/a. i just swapped in a 5.4 bottom end and still have my b heads and widened intake. with drag radials or slicks does anyone think i could hit 12's with this setup with full bolt ons minus headers? also what gains would we see from a ported short runner? and do intake spacers help?
hey man good luck with your 400hp project. im trying to do the same thing and stay n/a. i just swapped in a 5.4 bottom end and still have my b heads and widened intake. with drag radials or slicks does anyone think i could hit 12's with this setup with full bolt ons minus headers? also what gains would we see from a ported short runner? and do intake spacers help?
A short runner is worth 15-20rwhp plus it extends your power band allowing you to rev a little bit higher. But with a 5.4L it may be worth a tad bit more. With full bolt ons, gears, and slicks these cars can go mid 12's. Some people on here have gone 11's with all bolt ons, short runner, a little weight reduction and suspension.
As for the intake spacer, there are many of us wondering the same thing you are. I'm waiting for MMR to answer the question in a form of a dyno graph. I know for the 99-01 and Mach 1's the intake spacer is worth 5-10rwhp.
the natural tendency I have seen in cars is that it takes less hp in a N/A car to keep up with a FI car.
What?! Now I understand power to weight, but for a n/a car to keep up with a FI car that is making 50rwhp more the n/a car would have to weigh about 500lbs less. This is given all other factors are equal. Plus a n/a motor is a motor with never ending boost lag
What?! Now I understand power to weight, but for a n/a car to keep up with a FI car that is making 50rwhp more the n/a car would have to weigh about 500lbs less. This is given all other factors are equal. Plus a n/a motor is a motor with never ending boost lag
I've seen 380rwhp n/a cars whoop up on 450rwhp FI cars numerous times. Me, I'd rather have 400n/a than 450 FI.
No idea why so many people are hard pressed to stay N/A, but still want huge power. Its really easy to slap a blower on the stock motor and make 450whp and drive the thing every day. A 400whp n/a build will be expensive and you probably won't want to drive it all the time.
you have to have forged pistons for a blower ,s/c or juice!
I've seen 380rwhp n/a cars whoop up on 450rwhp FI cars numerous times. Me, I'd rather have 400n/a than 450 FI.
Now I can see this happening if the n/a car weighs less and has more aggressive gearing. But all things equal its the laws of physics, 450rwhp>380rwhp.
What?! Now I understand power to weight, but for a n/a car to keep up with a FI car that is making 50rwhp more the n/a car would have to weigh about 500lbs less. This is given all other factors are equal. Plus a n/a motor is a motor with never ending boost lag
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Now I can see this happening if the n/a car weighs less and has more aggressive gearing. But all things equal its the laws of physics, 450rwhp>380rwhp.
Actually, a N/A motor is a motor that NEVER has boost lag
I really don't have an explanation for it, but from all the videos and results I have seen from N/A motors..is that they rev a LOT faster and can pull or keep up with FI cars that make more power. Its also not just about numbers...its also WHERE you make your power as well.
I'll take a 500rwhp N/A motor over a 600 blown motor any day of the week. Except for maybe a PD blower, that is a close one.
Jesus..that car was hoping all the way down the strip...definitely would run a lot better times with a dialed suspension.
Believe me I told him he has his struts wayy too loose. But he wanted the wheels up on the initial hit so it did that all the way down the track. Car had mach1 heads, stroked, and cams. Made 424rwhp. Peak around 7800. Then he hit it with a 200 shot. The motor is torn down/parted out and the owner went MIA.
-Mark
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Believe me I told him he has his struts wayy too loose. But he wanted the wheels up on the initial hit so it did that all the way down the track. Car had mach1 heads, stroked, and cams. Made 424rwhp. Peak around 7800. Then he hit it with a 200 shot. The motor is torn down/parted out and the owner went MIA.
-Mark
do you know what he had done to the heads and what cams he had?
isnt power, power? 
how is 400rwhp faster than 450rwhp in the same car?
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