1987 H/C/I 5.0 Vert vs 03/04 Mach

[YELL03]

I am just telling an entertaining story, purely fiction....

My 19 year old son took our 27 year old 5.0 Convertible out for a cruise.

Our 87 has Ported and Polished heads and intake, cam, + the usual bolt ons.

It has a 3200 stall and Nice meaty 275/50/15 MT DRs.

He bumps in to a nice 03/04 manual tranny Mach 1 with headers and bolt-ons.

A friendly discussion happens at the light and when the light goes green both cars roll out slowly, then the Mach takes the hit & nails it in 1st.

My son follows shortly after and the big MTs hook hard in 1st in to 2nd and by 55mph the 87 had the Mach by about 1&1/2 cars.

I had a 03 Mach and it was pretty quick, I am pretty shocked by the outcome.

The Mach driver was cool and they chatted at the next light.

My son has piloted his manual tranny 2005 Mustang GT with only a cai & canned tune (290rwhp SAE) to a 13.3@104 on a 1.9 60' on street tires, so he can drive.

 

[03 deadpool]

nice kill is the 87 a aod or a c4 car. and what cam and heads ? my AFR headed 347 91 notch with 410s was a slug with the aod slightly better with a c4 and real fast with the tremec swap i did. My buddies 99 cobra use to rape me all the time thats why im asking particulars.

 

[YELL03]

nice kill is the 87 a aod or a c4 car. and what cam and heads ? my AFR headed 347 91 notch with 410s was a slug with the aod slightly better with a c4 and real fast with the tremec swap i did. My buddies 99 cobra use to rape me all the time thats why im asking particulars.

Edelbrock rpm heads p/p
10.8:1 compression
Crane cam 544 lift/290 duration 1.7 rr
Cobra intake p/p
4.10 rear
3200-3400 stall
Built AOD

 

[03 deadpool]

Damn thats some serious motor. When you said ported and polished heads i was thinking a set of "Thumprs" e7s and a b-cam. But thats some serious hardware. I had a lentech aod and it was still a pos. I swapped in the tremec and picked up 70 horsepower thats how much power that aod was eating up.

 

[YELL03]

Damn thats some serious motor. When you said ported and polished heads i was thinking a set of "Thumprs" e7s and a b-cam. But thats some serious hardware. I had a lentech aod and it was still a pos. I swapped in the tremec and picked up 70 horsepower thats how much power that aod was eating up.

I've been away from the Fox 5.0 game for a while.
I was thinking this would be a mid to high 13 car at like 103-104.

I would be absolutely stoked to find it is 12.9@107+ capable.

That is without this....

I really hate Nitrous, probably won't use it, but at 10.8:1 a supercharger is out of the question