View Poll Results: which will perform and respond better to mods?

5.0 foxbody

80.77%

5.7 TPI third gen.

19.23%

Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

5.0 foxbody Vs. 5.7 TPI 3rd gen.

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Oct 26, 2004 | 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by ghost 727
i'm a die hard chevy fan but they are right the 5.0 would be cheaper unless u are planing on doing a heads/cam swap then i would go with the 5.7.
it realy comes down to how much do u have to spend on the car plus mods
i got a 327 and trans that would make u go 11s for a steal but is not that street friendly

i heard that the stealth ram intake really wakes up the TPI. What kind of numbers should i expect off a head/cammed TPI 3rdgen?

Oct 26, 2004 | 10:34 AM

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Gears,tires,and some bolt on suspention should get you low 13's in a fox.

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Oct 26, 2004 | 10:57 AM

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Originally posted by 351coupe
Gears,tires,and some bolt on suspention should get you low 13's in a fox.

Add spray and your seeing 12s.

Oct 26, 2004 | 11:22 AM

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wow, am ammazed. I never thought that foxbodies are that easy to be made fast.

Oct 26, 2004 | 11:41 AM

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It's not cause of the power, more cause of weight and traction.

Oct 26, 2004 | 12:28 PM

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Originally posted by 4drwhore
Add spray and your seeing 12s.

11's, and if you are planning on spraying the car the majority of the time you race it, leave the gear alone

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Oct 26, 2004 | 12:29 PM

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Shows how much I know about that ford crap!

Thanks bbb.

Oct 26, 2004 | 12:35 PM

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stock for stock, your lookin at mid 14 sec cars...but id preferably go for the fox, and turbo it. plus parts are much cheaper for the fox..and yes there are alot around.

as for the stealthram intake...its like 1000 dollars...you can pick up a C4 tpi vette fairly cheap nowadays...ive been wanting to get one and boost that..always something to look forward to.

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Oct 26, 2004 | 07:21 PM

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Mustang. TPI is a PITA to work on period and nothing is really cheap for the cars. Yea an intake might wake up a TPI setup, but most intake setups are damn near a grand in price. My friends 92 coupe went 13.5@100 on a stock motor. Only thing it had was exhaust, gears, suspension and tires.

TPI make a shit load of torque but come 5k they die quicker than a 5.0 does.