I love Fords and owned a Mustang for many years. However in this day and age choosing the 302 to power this is a fool's choice and the T5 is a weak piece too. An LS based Chevy motor would've been a WAY better choice to say the least. They virtually fall out of the sky from trucks and wrecked performance vehicles…

Spinning a rear main bearing isn't likely a tuning issue though. Assembly issue maybe and possibly an issue with mains moving around that wasn't taken into account. I know on the engine I tuned when you hit around 900WHP the main caps were known to move around and weird things like cam belt tensioners began to get…

Happened to a friend of mine. Just past the checkered flag and slowing he got creamed by an asshat that thought the race was still on. Tore his car up badly and the idiot that hit him tried to dodge any responsibility for it <sigh>

For some people it's about the challenge. I took a 3liter engine up to over 700WHP on the stock longblock just because I could. I wanted to see what it would do with restrictions removed and so I had a ported head and cams for it but sadly didn't get them installed before the car was totalled. I know folks who ran my…

If their builds are making 1KHP at the wheels then someone has a clue as to how to tune them although 4liters of displacement certainly helps the cause. At those levels mistakes can end badly and the margin for error is slimmer than just bumping the power on say an EVO. This isn't a level you just drop a mailed in…

MANY shops fall down on large jobs like this! Years ago I took a Mustang to a Turbo shop in Maryland and had them install a turbo kit THEY recommended from Spearco. It took forever and they blew the headgaskets on the first test drive. Headgaskets THEY specced ("NASCAR") and then they had the balls to charge ME to…

Actually, sadly, I see some takedown notices in his future too. Car companies sell some of these FSM for a bazillion dollars and they will NOT be happy about his giving them away. That said, I've a few to donate myself!

I agree, Mustang and Camarao have long since given up being lightweight "muscle cars" but have at least retained the Muscle roots. This is going to have to be something new and unfortunately if it's done right it will be faster and more fun than the current muscle cars which means we likely won't see it. Kripes, I…

I've owned slow cars, multiple Miata to be exact. All were a blast but pretty much gutless and ran out of legs on the highway. I owned an FD RX7 with no torque too but it revved like crazy and made power up high, a shame the motor was fragile.

I'd worry about runing out of fuel with a direct injection engine, hopefully that will be solved in the near future but I'm expecting it won't be cheap which is too bad. Cracking the OEM ECU is a must but I'd gladly take something like an AEM to swap it if I had to, more capability for external triggers and such for…

I've owned fun cars that were slow - two Miata to be exact. The ONLY thing those cars needed was more power to make them a real blast. Okay that and a taller top gear, even the six speed was revving it's guts out on the highway :-( I wanted to do a turbo but ended up with other projects but I'm told that turbo Miata…

I'm fine with rev happy, I'd love it, but I want more displacement than what you're after. Displacement is what's going to limit total power on pump gas and I want as much of that as I can stand. It will also lower the tendency towards lag if it has a bit more displacement and allow the turbo to spool quicker too. I…

4 banger? Not unless it's turbocharged and at LEAST 2.8 liters. You know it will be a fat pig no matter what, give me enough displacement and low enough compression that I can stuff 2BAR of boost in it and get it's ass down the road.

Make it a GT and I'll put it in my driveway today to start swapping in a 350. I owned a Vega GT with a built rear and tired 350 that hauled ass. I regret selling that car, a truly stupid move on my part. Last I heard the punks that got it slapped a nitrous kit on it and were hanging the front wheels at the drag strip…

I saw a Caddy the other day with a 2liter Turbo badge on it and it didn't look like an ocean liner. I was actually tempted to do some research to see if there might be some performance potential... A Miata with a turbo 2liter or bigger would fit the bill for me. I was pissed they killed the Sky before the performance…

I disagree. I don't look at the BRZ because it simply doesn't have enough power. And the power it does have cannot be easily upgraded because they didn't force induct it and the compression is sky high. forget that, give me something I can play with and modify, give me something light and forced induction that has…

Did you try driving one of those Mustangs? I got to drive a new 13 Cobra for a month and while it has TONS of torque and power it's also damned FAT! It took all of the fun out of it since every time I hit the gas the tires wanted to spin. Love the drivetrain and looks but not the pork. But that puppy and the Camaro…

Make it forced induction either supercharged or turbocharged. Make it at least 3 liters of displacement and I'm okay if that's a straight six or V8 but if you turbocharge it a straight 6 and single turbo is the way to go. Leave enough fender space for decent tires and good brakes. AWD might be nice but RWD for sure.…

No pone on the street? You mean besides HOW many kids filming it?! The kid was hnging onto the wheel just to reach the pedals - no that was NOT safe.

I've seen reports that claim this plant filed a report with DHS claiming that there was no explosion risk and that the worst that could happen at their plant was a 10 minute release of ammonia gas. I think that perhaps the fire dept didn't realize just exactly how bad this could be, that the residents also didn't…