But mine is a drag car in search of ultimate performance not 100,000mile plus of trouble free with zero maintenance operation. I'm not recommending everyone goes out there and spin theirs to 9,500 lol.
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But mine car is a drag car in search of ultimate performance not 100,000mile plus of trouble free with zero maintenance operation. I'm not recommending everyone goes out there and spin theirs to 9,500 lol.
i only need two examples to tell me how much of a difference a strut tower brace will make on the S197 cars;As for the strut tower brace. I've seen it all argued all sorts of ways. Even Ford can't seem to make up their minds if it's required or not lol. Some years it's there some years it's not back and forth. The other thing to think about is long term the flexing of thee strut towers with and with-out the brace. Does the extra flex make a significant difference in the car 5-10-15-20 years later. Does that matter to you if it does?
If you look closely at the pic I posted, it appears there is a bar extending from the fire wall to the passenger side strut tower...presumably this is an extension from the interior cage.i only need two examples to tell me how much of a difference a strut tower brace will make on the S197 cars;
the boss 302R race car
and the '11+ shelby GT500
the first is ford's premier road racing mustang, that's pulling high lateral Gs and hitting curbs HARD to maximize corner speeds. the other is the most nose heavy mustang with ~56% of the car's weight on the front end, and it's supposed to be able to carve corners pretty good too(especially that '13!). neither of these have strut tower braces, which tells me that the strut towers don't flex enough to cause a measurable performance loss when cornering, and that long term durability isn't an issue if the most nose heavy model doesn't come equipped with one. if those two examples don't tell you something...!
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Although this intake will make more power then the Boss it is certainly geared to the more extreme crowd. People interested in this intake will be generally sporting upgraded springs, ported heads, upgraded shortblock etc. Its for people looking to do more then what most of the bolt on crowd. It is certainly a racier intake system. Not saying that it's an intake that can't be used on the street. But it's not particular designed for a stock long block car.
Anybody seen or heard of any dyno results on a stock 5.0 yet?