Weve always had the 2/5 entree fee. Plus we have to pay an environmental fee also. They still sell cobra motors and such but they dont charge the regular buck fifty price. Its usually $400-1000.
Sorry this has probably been posted but I've never been through this thread. I just remembered it when I saw this pic of a modified Coyote. Sure would look nice in my 64 Cyclone!
Ford is finally building engines it should have twenty years ago. As a young guy im glad! When im old ill probably be able to pick them up cheap
only thing i wish is that the smaller 4.6l and the new large 6.2l made the same kind of power for the money that chrysler is making with the hemis. i have always been a ford guy but i will die with my dodge ram. now granted i sunk about $4000 into parts but for a quad cab pickup with a stock block to run high 12's in the quarter you cant beat it and it's only a 5.7l. i test drove a raptor about 6 months ago and was very unimpressed for the price. now im sure that dyno numbers arent wrong but to me the stock 5.7l hemi had more pothan the 4.6l and was only a little below power vs. the 6.2. but chrysler still has the 6.1l hemi that is just a monster and with them releasing the 6.1l based 392 in the srt 8 series this year id like to see what ford does to catch up.
chrysler is the one playing catch-up. the coyote mustang already runs what the 6.4l challenger is expected to run. and power to price ratio???? how bout having a srt for 50k+ and only runs high 13s?? if its lucky
Yeah like if I keep up to date with mopar stuff lol. When I sold my fury I stopped paying attention to them.
maverick75 Hey my friend has a 67 two door Fury with a 383 auto with cam, headers, intake and more. Fun and fast car but he's too weird to just put a 440 in it. SOOOO he's gonna have to get smoked by a Maverick... Again And hey the new 5.0 makes more power than the 6.1 HEMI and costs less. Waaay less. On the dyno the 5.0 makes 377 or so at the wheels which means it's really putting out around 435 HP at the crank. I do really hope the 6.4 liter Challenger at least gets close to the Mustangs performance just so it puts the Camaro in 3rd place. At least performance wise.
the srt's torque managment kills its fun factor to me. according to dealerconnect the 6.4 challenger claims to run high 12's we shall see o and as far as the vtec similarity.... not so much. vvt advances and retards the timing. in a dohc configuration vvt can control overlap, as in the 5.0 which allows for a bump in compression and the elimination of an egr valve. vtec has 2 different cam lobes in which one is smooth idle and the other a more performance profile. it uses a predetermined setting that it engages. ivtec is similar but the computer calculates when it engages. im not sure if the newest hondas have cam phasers to control timing yet but im sure something like that is coming
isnt that the truth and i agree the torque management is a huge buzz kill but a $300 tuner solves that. i wasnt trying to say Chrysler is better than ford or vice versa the main comparison i was trying to make was with the 6.2 vs the 6.1 anyone who has driven the both knows what i mean when i say the 6.2 f-150 leaves something to the imagination especially if you have driven both. but on the flip side at least ford can build a trans than can hold up to that kinda power in a truck. chrysler cant even get a trans to hold up to the 5.7l for more than 100k miles in a truck in most cases especially when you drive as hard as i do.
