That's correct, OP isn't making 302/314 and much less in a mustang dyno. He'd be lucky to put down 270whp or so in a proper dyno, and a lot less in a MD. With a Trickflow top end kit you would've made over 300 and would've likely beat that camaro.
My 5.0 notch vs. '11 Camaro SS: Brought a knife to a gunfight
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That's correct, OP isn't making 302/314 and much less in a mustang dyno. He'd be lucky to put down 270whp or so in a proper dyno, and a lot less in a MD. With a Trickflow top end kit you would've made over 300 and would've likely beat that camaro.
Wouldn't be the first time I've heard of a car making more on that dyno than it really does.
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Well, OP should be happy, it wouldve sucked if he had a better setup and still lost to a stock 2010 camaro, at least now he knows what he needs to upgrade.
Nice race!
Your gears deff prob hurt you,but power to weight it should of been a good race, I had similar encounterwith my 95 5.0 which is alot heavier then your year fox, It was more of a chase not a race but I was right next to the guy pretty much the whole time and after he let off he had a shocked look on his face looking mycar over wondering how my year gt kept up with him esp since my car looks pretty much stock lol and I have the 96+ 4.6 tail lights on my car lol.
But put some gear in that car and Im sure u can take one out the new camaros seem to run mid to low 13's high 12's stock, a h/c/i fox should easily be in the 12s.
But like others said with your setup 270-290rwhp seems about more right for your dyno numbers.
My new setup hasnt been on the dyno but I have a 306 h/c/i a set of ported trickflow aluminum heads large comp cam, ported track heat intake and my setup seems to make around 320-350rwhp from what I have seen people make. so 300 seems high for your mild setup, on my old stock 5.0 with the trickflow h/c/i my car made 273rwhp untuned and 300rwhp tuned which is better setupthen your current setup so 270-290rwhp sounds more like it not 300+
Your gears deff prob hurt you,but power to weight it should of been a good race, I had similar encounterwith my 95 5.0 which is alot heavier then your year fox, It was more of a chase not a race but I was right next to the guy pretty much the whole time and after he let off he had a shocked look on his face looking mycar over wondering how my year gt kept up with him esp since my car looks pretty much stock lol and I have the 96+ 4.6 tail lights on my car lol.
But put some gear in that car and Im sure u can take one out the new camaros seem to run mid to low 13's high 12's stock, a h/c/i fox should easily be in the 12s.
But like others said with your setup 270-290rwhp seems about more right for your dyno numbers.
My new setup hasnt been on the dyno but I have a 306 h/c/i a set of ported trickflow aluminum heads large comp cam, ported track heat intake and my setup seems to make around 320-350rwhp from what I have seen people make. so 300 seems high for your mild setup, on my old stock 5.0 with the trickflow h/c/i my car made 273rwhp untuned and 300rwhp tuned which is better setupthen your current setup so 270-290rwhp sounds more like it not 300+
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A 5-6psi Vortech would probably wake that notch up a bit. 
Prob is the highway pull. The heft of the new camaros doesn't mean as much when all the mass is already moving.
Good death story though. Doesn't take much to get those fox body's running well. As you said, slow the race down a little on the start and it'd probably be much different.
Good death story though. Doesn't take much to get those fox body's running well. As you said, slow the race down a little on the start and it'd probably be much different.
i can see a 5th gen. having more mid range power.
ill bet from a stop with you being lighter it wouldve been closer.
ill bet from a stop with you being lighter it wouldve been closer.
+1 on making less than that, especially on a MD. With my 95 GT with bolt on's, cam, GT40X heads, GT40 intake, i made 290rwhp on a dynojet.
Nice race though and good death. They can run but they're not that special. There was a SS on base and i thought it was a V6 at first. Their exhaust note is crap.
Nice race though and good death. They can run but they're not that special. There was a SS on base and i thought it was a V6 at first. Their exhaust note is crap.
Nice death and sweet lookin car!
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