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Originally Posted by moebius
The Mustang Gt is kinda the fun car to beat on for all 1g mx6 GT.. 'stang owners like to pretend they have a 5.0.. but they don't.
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The 5L wasn't all that. Lots of low-end torque but not alot of power up top. They take mods well but the OE blocks limit power output to about 500 before the risk of catastrophic failure in the form of a split block shows up. The 99-04 2Vs were rated at 260HP; mine made 230HP to the wheels bone stock, more than most 5Ls were rated at the crankshaft. A 96-98 car with a PI (99-04) swap -- heads and cams -- can make more still due to a higher resulting compression ratio. The the modular blocks are much more robust than their 5L counterparts and can take a fair amount more power if the FI or nitrous route is taken.
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The fun part is, if you chip your gt, and up the boost to around 15 psi, you can just about do the same thing to a Mustang 5.0...  depends on the year of course.. but.. still.. that's what makes the 1g MX6 so much fun.
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I speak as one who owns both types of cars, a 1.8T GTI that's respectably quick in my driveway and a 4.6L Mustang GT in my garage. As I drive the GTI around and accelerate onto a highway, tailing a Mustang or whatever, always in the back of my head is the simple fact that while I have a turbo on the GTI and maybe I'm even out-accelerating a few of them, the owners of those cars are allowed to tweak and modify too: For not a lot of money, relatively speaking, I could put a 62mm turbo kit from Hellion on my GT, run low- to moderate-boost and make 430HP at the rear wheels. Up the internals to forged and upgrade to a T-76 turbo and the power goes into the 500-600HP at the wheels range.
I have chosen not to do so, preferring a classic "muscle car" feel to a highway stormer. Just don't get too cocky 'cause one of these days you'll be humiliated by some dude who
did go that route with his GT.
When that happens, will we hear that story?
