Raced a new 5.0 last night

[KungFuHamster]

i'll be over 600 at the wheels through an s-trim 2v with less than half the investment of a 2012 gt. it's all in the build. a stock 2012 gt won't beat the car your 03 lost to either. well, at least not with the same driver(s). i got my car for really cheap though, it was my dads. if i were to buy a car it would be a fox or a 4.6 4v.

i dont think an S-trim will support 600 @ the tire...you're probably gonna need to go with a T-trim.

and its easy to say "ive got a $4k car and put $XX,XXX into it and can beat your new 5.0!!"

but what happens in a year or two when the 5.0s are on used car lots and can be had fairly cheap? or even cheaper after the new body style comes out? a full exhaust and a few lb of boost and theyre matching your heavily modifed on-the-ragged-edge 2V but still have a stock longblock and perfect driveability.

[Red Fire Dragon]

Hey my 2v is not the fastest car in Dfw....I just wanted to show that I could hang door to door with a New 5.0 ..nothing special ...I'm pretty sure after he slaps on a blower or spray's it I'm left behind..oh well its only money that buys horsepower and I need more of it..thanks guys

[Red Fire Dragon]

lol @ the names of the cars.

all in good fun

[jnobles06]

Yep, 48 and solid upper middle class. LOL! And I know most of us have been through the whole 2V deal. Mine was a Sonic Blue '03 with a Procharger that made a tad over 400 at the wheels. Lost my first race to a cammed '98 Z28 the day I got it back from tuning. Benn there, done that, got the t-shirt, burned the shirt and vowed never to make the 2V mistake again. Ever.

i'll be over 600 at the wheels through an s-trim 2v with less than half the investment of a 2012 gt. it's all in the build. a stock 2012 gt won't beat the car your 03 lost to either. well, at least not with the same driver(s). i got my car for really cheap though, it was my dads. if i were to buy a car it would be a fox or a 4.6 4v.

[onemeangixxer7502]

Yep, 48 and solid upper middle class. LOL! And I know most of us have been through the whole 2V deal. Mine was a Sonic Blue '03 with a Procharger that made a tad over 400 at the wheels. Lost my first race to a cammed '98 Z28 the day I got it back from tuning. Benn there, done that, got the t-shirt, burned the shirt and vowed never to make the 2V mistake again. Ever.

Ive never had a 2valve or desire to get one. Last stang I had was an 04 cobra, the new gt's seem pretty nasty though. I'm trying looking around to snag up a cheap viper gts

[SonicblueGT03]

your old and middle class? Jk yah it would suck to drop that much money and have stock cars be neck and neck.

Yep, 48 and solid upper middle class. LOL! And I know most of us have been through the whole 2V deal. Mine was a Sonic Blue '03 with a Procharger that made a tad over 400 at the wheels. Lost my first race to a cammed '98 Z28 the day I got it back from tuning. Benn there, done that, got the t-shirt, burned the shirt and vowed never to make the 2V mistake again. Ever.

[lincolnboy]

They are cheap for the poor/young crowd....

And I'm in both! =D

Are you running a 32v with some NOS. Good thing he didn't have a 3v.

[onemeangixxer7502]

Damn near even, and the 2V is blown. Yeah, that's a selling point. Fortunately, I'm neither young nor poor.

your old and middle class? Jk yah it would suck to drop that much money and have stock cars be neck and neck.

[SonicblueGT03]

exactly. 10k car vs 35k car and it was damn near even. plus it is just more fun being the underdog. imo. plus i am betting that 4.6 had the shitty 3.6 blower pulley on it.

raise the compression of a 2v 4.6, throw some decent heads and cams, keep it n/a and it will hold its own with (if not beat) a new 5.0 for far less $$.

Damn near even, and the 2V is blown. Yeah, that's a selling point. Fortunately, I'm neither young nor poor.

[JC316]

lol @ the names of the cars.

Same. Reminds me of...

[LS1Goat]

lol @ the names of the cars.

[jnobles06]

lol with all those mods that 10k car becomes a 25k one ina hurry.

i was speaking of the op's car. i have a total of 10k in my 2v; blower and car price included. you can get a bolt-on new edge for 6-7k. spend another 6k in the motor/ supporting mods, and there you have it. you can probably do it cheaper if you just kept the stock bottom end, got the trickflow h/c/i and milled the heads. then you wouldn't even have to touch the bottom end which would save a ton of $$.

[jnobles06]

Maybe with a large assortment of supporting mods like full exhaust, gears, etc...

i would say gears, exhaust, and a tune. i was assuming those things since a lot of the 2v's on the market have those things done already, minus the tune obviously. the 400lb weight advantage the 2v has over the 2012 gt is a big factor.

[onemeangixxer7502]

exactly. 10k car vs 35k car and it was damn near even. plus it is just more fun being the underdog. imo. plus i am betting that 4.6 had the shitty 3.6 blower pulley on it.

raise the compression of a 2v 4.6, throw some decent heads and cams, keep it n/a and it will hold its own with (if not beat) a new 5.0 for far less $$.

lol with all those mods that 10k car becomes a 25k one ina hurry.

[jdgregory84]

exactly. 10k car vs 35k car and it was damn near even. plus it is just more fun being the underdog. imo. plus i am betting that 4.6 had the shitty 3.6 blower pulley on it.

raise the compression of a 2v 4.6, throw some decent heads and cams, keep it n/a and it will hold its own with (if not beat) a new 5.0 for far less $$.

Maybe with a large assortment of supporting mods like full exhaust, gears, etc...